Contributor(s): Skenandore, Amanda (Author) Annotation: Set during Reconstruction-era New Orleans, this new work from the acclaimed author of Between Earth and Sky is a powerful story of human resilience–and of the unlikely bonds that hold fast even in our darkest moments. An enthralling novel of historical fiction for fans of Lisa Wingate and Ellen Marie […]

Contributor(s): Maistros, Louis (Author) Annotation: This New Orleans cult classic of magic realism has been out of print for years, but as its following continues to grow, The Sound of Building Coffins sees print once again in this first-ever paperback edition–expanded with over a hundred pages of previously unpublished material from the original manuscript.Originally published […]

Contributor(s): Chopin, Kate (Author) Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. When The Awakening was first published in […]

Old Creole Days: A Story of Creole Life Contributor(s): Cable, George Washington (Author) A few steps from the St. Charles Hotel, in New Orleans, brings you to and across Canal Street, the central avenue of the city, and to that corner where the flower-women sit at the inner and outer edges of the arcaded sidewalk, […]

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 […]