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Contributor(s): Tallant, Robert (Author) Originally published: New York: Harper, 1952. The Crescent City’s dark past is as glamorous as ever. New Orleans has never been a city void of drama, from revelers on Bourbon Street to grisly murders. Seven of the most renowned murders of the early twentieth century are collected in this book by […]

Contributor(s):�Perez, Frank�(Author) ,�Fieseler, Robert W�(Foreword by) “During Mardi Gras 1973, Stewart Butler fell in love with Alfred Doolittle-a wealthy socialite and schizophrenic from San Francisco. Their relationship was an improbable love story that changed the course of LGBTQ history. With Doolittle’s money, Butler was able to retire and devote his life to political activism in […]

NEW ORLEANS: FACTS AND LEGENDS is a classic compilation of New Orleans history, tales, and folklore. It is peppered with numerous vintage photographs of historic sites and the legendary men and women who framed Louisiana’s life and lore. Maintained in its original edition and accurately reproduced, this book is perfect for tourists and locals alike, […]

In 1925, William Faulkner began his professional writing career in earnest while living in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He had published a volume of poetry ( The Marble Faun), had written a few book reviews, and had contributed sketches to the University of Mississippi student newspaper. He had served a stint in the […]

ntributor(s): Krist, Gary (Author) Annotation: “From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans’ other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City. Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans’ thirty-year war against itself, pitting the […]

Contributor(s): Brown, Ethan (Author) Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the murky canals and crawfish ponds of Jennings, Louisiana, a bayou town of 10,000 in the heart of the Jefferson Davis parish. The women came to be known as the Jeff Davis 8, and local law enforcement officials were […]

Contributor(s): Wells-Barnett, Ida B (Author) Immediately after the awful barbarism which disgraced the State of Georgia in April of last year, during which time more than a dozen colored people were put to death with unspeakable barbarity, I published a full report showing that Sam Hose, who was burned to death during that time, never […]

Contributor(s): Random House Disney (Author), Random House Disney (Illustrator) Annotation: Tiana’s big dreams are put on hold when she is transformed into a frog. Discover how she finds love and learns all about what is truly important in the Little Golden Book retelling of Disney’s new animated feature film, “The Princess and the Frog.” Full […]

Contributor(s): Bisso, Ray (Author)

Contributor(s): Oliphant, Ashley (Author), Yarbrough, Beth (Author) Annotation: Jean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One of America’s Longest-Running Mysteries takes a fresh look at the various myths and legends surrounding one of the last great pirates. Beginning in 1805, the book traces Laffite through his rise to power as a privateer and smuggler in the Gulf, his […]

Contributor(s): Marquis, Donald M (Author) The beginnings of jazz and the story of Charles “Buddy” Bolden (1877-1931) are inextricably intertwined. Just after the turn of the century, New Orleanians could often hear Bolden’s powerful horn from the city’s parks and through dance hall windows. Despite his lack of formal training, his unique style–both musical and […]

Contributor(s): Stuart, Bonnye (Author) From the Mardi Gras celebrations to the disasters of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’s city is full of ghosts, mysteries, and spooky happenings. Anyone who picks up Haunted New Orleans is sure to get goosebumps. Explore the haunted hotels, houses, restaurants, and historical places in the City That Care ForgotFrom, from Mardi […]

Contributor(s): Saxon, Lyle (Author), Dreyer, Edward (Author), Tallant, Robert (Author) Annotation: Gumbo Ya-Ya is a charming look at the legends and practices of Louisiana. Originally written as part of the WPA’s Louisiana Writers’ Program, it has endured as a classic of its genre. This 70th anniversary printing contains the unabridged contents of the original 1945 […]

Contributor(s): Martin, Mary L (Author) Annotation: Explore New Orleans in over 230 hand-tinted postcards from the early 20th century. Explores a fascinating city, from charming gardens, private courtyards, and balconies dripping in iron lacework, to ornate, grand architecture. Enjoy tales of pirates, a bloody slave revolt, political duels settled with swords, and beautiful burial vaults […]

Contributor(s): Merrill, Ellen (Author) , Tolzmann, Don (Foreword by) During the antebellum period, New Orleans was the largest German colony below the Mason-Dixon line. Later settlements moved upriver between New Orleans and Donaldsonville, near Lecompte, and in North Louisiana near Minden. Germans of Louisiana is the first unified published study of the influence the German […]

Fear 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 concentration of haunted places in America, Fear Dat features a “bone watcher’s guide” with useful directions of who’s buried where, from Marie Laveau to Ruthie […]

Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs This comprehensive guide to the magical uses of over 400 herbs and plants from all parts of the world includes details on the finer aspects of Magical Herbalism. The volume is fully indexed and cross-indexed by herb name, common names, use, and rulership, and fully and attractively illustrated for easy identification […]

Contributor(s): Chick, Sean Michael (Author) Few Civil War generals attracted as much debate and controversy as Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard. He combined brilliance and charisma with arrogance and histrionics. Sean Michael Chick explores a life of contradictions and dreams unrealized–the first real hero of the Confederacy who sometimes proved to be his own worst enemy. […]

Contributor(s): Reed, John Shelton (Author) Annotation: In the years following World War I, the New Orleans’s French Quarter attracted artists and writers with its low rents, faded charm, and colorful street life. By the 1920s Jackson Square had become the center of a vibrant if short-lived bohemia. A young William Faulkner and his roommate William […]

Contributor(s): Casas, Starr (Author), Illes, Judika (Foreword by), Bailey, Josef (Illustrator) “Traditional Conjure is the domain of the poor and disenfranchised, living in regions that were (and remain) unfriendly to esotericism and the occult. Thus, Conjure divination relies on inexpensive tools that are not exclusively magical: playing cards rather than Tarot cards or scrying with […]

Contributor(s): Nystrom, Justin A (Author) Justin A. Nystrom explores the influence Sicilian immigrants have had on New Orleans’s foodways. His culinary journey follows these immigrants from their first impressions on Louisiana food culture in the mid-1830s and along their path until the 1970s.

Contributor(s): Schmalz, Lydia (Author), Masson, Ann (Author) A pictorial examination of cast iron in New Orleans. Cast iron artistry remains an iconic characteristic of New Orleans, familiar to both locals and visitors alike. Beginning with the origins of cast iron, this pictorial study follows its evolution into contemporary times. Ornate illustrations depict the various patterns […]