Louisiana
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
$19.99 Add to cartThe inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge… [more below]
- Author: Coles, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0590572814
- Language: English
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Locked in Time
$15.99 Add to cartNore Roberts didn’t ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she m… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0316099023
- Language: English
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A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong–As a Kid!
$6.99 Add to cartHow did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mothe- Series: Stepping Stone Chapter Books
- Author: Kimmel, Eric A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0375840052
- Language: English
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Gumbo Weather
$19.99 Read moreAdaleigh, a young Cajun girl, has the envie for her grandmother’s chicken and sausage gumbo. But there is a problem. It’s summer, and Mamere does not cook her gumbo until the weather has just the righ… [more below]
- Series: Pelican
- Author: Broussard, Mary Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1455627615
- Language: English
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The 5 O’Clock Band
$19.99 Read moreTake a tour of New Orleans with Grammy-nominated musician Troy Andrews and renowned illustrator Bryan Collier in this companion picture book to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Illustrator A
- Author: Andrews, Troy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 19, 2018
- ISBN10: 1419728369
- Language: English
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The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story
$19.99 Add to cartAfter fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter’s schedule, Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina st
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Reed, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 30 2009
- ISBN10: 0061136654
- Language: English
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Refined
$28.00 Add to cartTracie was fifteen when she ran away from an abusive father. At the end of her first day of freedom, she was running from two men with a rope. Blazing through the forest, she felt the papers in her sh
- Author: Breaux, Tracie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1737713705
- Language: English
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Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of Baroness de Pontalba
$34.95 Add to cartBorn into wealth in New Orleans in 1795 and married into misery fifteen years later, the Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba led a life ripe for novelization. Intimate Enemies, however, is the spe
- Author: Vella, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 23 2004
- ISBN10: 0807129623
- Language: English
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Walking New Orleans: 33 Historic Neighborhoods, Waterfront Districts, and Recreational Wonderlands
$16.95 Add to cartGet to Know the Famous Louisiana City’s Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods
From Lakeview and Mid-City to the Saenger Theatre and the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Big Easy is one of the world’s most fa
- Series: Walking
- Author: Bronston, Barri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1643590359
- Language: English
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The French Quarter of New Orleans
$45.00 Read moreThere is no place in America like New Orleans’s famed French Quarter.
With photographs and history, The French Quarter of New Orleans explores the unique evolution of this district. The author and ph- Author: Fraiser, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: September 05 2003
- ISBN10: 1578065240
- Language: English
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Slavery’s Metropolis: Unfree Labor in New Orleans During the Age of Revolutions
$26.00 Add to cartNew Orleans is an iconic city, which was once located at the crossroads of early America and the Atlantic World. New Orleans became a major American metropolis as its slave population exploded; in the… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- Author: Johnson, Rashauna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: January 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1107591163
- Language: English
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Beautiful Crescent: A History of New Orleans
$24.95 Read moreCelebrate 300 years of New Orleans history
Originally written by Joan B. Garvey and Mary Lou Widmer, this book is widely regarded as the definitive text for tourists, locals, teachers, and students.
- Author: Garvey, Joan B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 08 2017
- ISBN10: 1455623415
- Language: English
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Bourbon Street: A History
$49.95 Add to cartNew Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polarizing the public while drawing millions of visitors a y
- Author: Campanella, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0807155055
- Language: English
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Booklover’s Guide to New Orleans
$29.95 Add to cartThe literary tradition of New Orleans spans centuries and touches every genre; its living heritage winds through storied neighborhoods and is celebrated at numerous festivals across the city. For book
- Author: Larson, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0807153079
- Language: English
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Fear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Voodoo, Vampires, Graveyards & Ghosts of the Crescent City
$18.95 Read moreFear Dat New Orleans explores the eccentric and often macabre dark corners of America’s most unique city. In addition to detailed histories of bizarre burials, ghastly murders, and the greatest concen… [more below]
- Author: Murphy, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1581572751
- Language: English
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Lift Your Spirits: A Celebratory History of Cocktail Culture in New Orleans
$29.95 Add to cartThe Sazerac, the Hurricane, and the absinthe glass of Herbsaint are among the many well-known creations native to New Orleans’s longstanding drinking culture. But more than vehicles for alcohol, the c
- Series: Southern Table
- Author: Williams, Elizabeth M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0807163260
- Language: English
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Kevin Belton’s Big Flavors of New Orleans
$26.99 Read moreChef Kevin Belton, a true Creole New Orleanian, dishes up the culinary history of his city with recipes that provide both down-home comfort and the big flavors he is famous for. He teaches how to make
- Author: Belton, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1423641574
- Language: English
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Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things
$18.99 Read moreAn ALA Morris Award Finalist!
In this “equal parts heartbreaking and joyful” (School Library Journal) debut YA novel that’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen g- Author: Fuston, Margie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1534474579
- Language: English
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A Guide to the Historic French Quarter
$14.99 Add to cartLocal author Andy Peter Antippas presents a walking history of the Vieux Carre, one alley, corner and street at a time.
Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses–and the imagination.
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Antippas, Andy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 1626192804
- Language: English
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Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans
$35.00 Add to cartA tour of some of the most historic saloons in America.
There is no doubt that New Orleans has more drinking establishments per capita than any other city in the United States. Lavishly illustrated wi
- Author: McCaffety, Kerri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 25 2011
- ISBN10: 1455615846
- Language: English
