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Prospects
$20.95 Add to cartWhich prospects will be shared? Which inherited? Or must they be individual inventions, spurs digging into a future unavailable but, nevertheless, still there? Judith Hall’s new poems consider the way… [more below]
- Author: Hall, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: September 16 2020
- ISBN10: 0807172634
- Language: English
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Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810-1935
$39.95 Add to cartIn Pistols and Politics, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., reveals the reasons behind the remarkable levels of violence in Louisiana’s Florida parishes in the nineteenth century. This updated and expanded edition
- Author: Hyde, Samuel C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0807169277
- Language: English
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Girl After Girl After Girl: Poems
$20.95 Add to cartThe poems in Girl after Girl after Girl celebrate the connections between mothers and daughters from generation to generation. Through an acknowledgment of mothers’ unconditional love, the memories ev… [more below]
- Series: Barataria Poetry
- Author: Cooley, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 13 2017
- ISBN10: 0807166839
- Language: English
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George Washington Carver: A Life
$34.95 Add to cartNearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. The many tributes honoring his contributions to scientific advancement and black history include a natio
- Series: Southern Biography
- Author: Vella, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: February 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0807177199
- Language: English
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On the Overnight Train: New and Selected Poems
$25.95 Add to cartOn the Overnight Train collects a lifetime of thought and writing by Alice Friman, presenting poems of passion and permission, gravity and humor, alongside a great deal of truth telling peppered with
- Author: Friman, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: February 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0807181412
- Language: English
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Daniel Boone’s Window: Poems
$19.95 Add to cartDaniel Boone’s Window, a new book of poetry by Matthew Wimberley, meditates on the past and future of contemporary Appalachia through explorations of both mythologized and actual landscapes. In poems … [more below]
- Series: Southern Messenger Poets
- Author: Wimberley, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: September 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0807175684
- Language: English
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Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda
$49.95 Add to cartWinner of the Goldsmith Book Prize by the Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Manipulating the Masses tells the story of the enduring threat to American democracy that arose- Author: Hamilton, John Maxwell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0807170771
- Language: English
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A More Noble Cause: A. P. Tureaud and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Louisiana: A Personal Biography
$44.95 Add to cartThroughout the decades-long legal battle to end segregation, discrimination, and disfranchisement, attorney Alexander Pierre Tureaud was one of the most influential figures in Louisiana’s courts. A Mo
- Author: Emanuel, Rachel L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0807137936
- Language: English
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Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter’s Son
$29.95 Add to cartBorn and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his lifetime (1885–1942) was brought face to face with the
- Series: Library of Southern Civilization
- Author: Percy, William Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: October 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0807100722
- Language: English
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Divine Ratios: Poems
$21.95 Add to cartThe reach of Divine Ratios is global, ranging from Tang Dynasty China and the Florentine Renaissance to contemporary Baltimore, post-World War II Berlin, and the landscapes of the Mountain West. The s… [more below]
- Author: Osherow, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0807177717
- Language: English
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French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana
$29.95 Add to cartIn recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French-speaking immigrant groups have been identifi
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: September 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0807176966
- Language: English
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The Café Brûlot
$24.95 Add to cartThe Caf? Br?lot examines the cocktail that was born of a legend and has endured through the centuries, showcasing New Orleans’s love of flavored drama. A combination of coffee, liquor, and fire, Caf? … [more below]
- Series: Iconic New Orleans Cocktails
- Author: Strachan, Sue
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: September 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0807176044
- Language: English
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Sibilance: Poems
$20.95 Add to cartThe word “sibilance” refers to pronunciations of the letter “s,” including the emission of a hissing or whistling sound. As the title of Sally Van Doren’s fourth collection of poetry, the word alerts
- Author: Van Doren, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: September 27, 2023
- ISBN10: 0807180181
- Language: English
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Louisiana Herb Journal: Healing on Home Ground
$34.95 Add to cartIn a world of constant change and crisis, the relationship between humans and their environment has never been more vital. Louisiana Herb Journal invites readers into the world of medicinal herbs, int
- Author: Martin, Corinne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0807177407
- Language: English
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Rescuing Biodiversity: The Protection and Restoration of a North Louisiana Ecosystem
$29.95 Add to cartRestoration ecology is a vital tool to mitigate the crisis caused by the global destruction of biodiversity, one of the most powerful existential threats to future generations. Johnny Armstrong’s Resc
- Author: Armstrong, Johnny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0807179507
- Language: English
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String
$20.95 Add to cartA book-length sequence of poems, Matthew Thorburn’s String tells the story of a teenage boy’s experiences in a time of war and its aftermath. He loses his family and friends, his home and the life he
- Series: Barataria Poetry
- Author: Thorburn, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: March 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 0807179043
- Language: English
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Speed, Safety, and Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines
$39.95 Add to cartIn Speed, Safety, and Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines, former Delta Boeing 767 captain and aviation historian James John Hoogerwerf traces the evolution and growth of one of America’s most su
- Author: Hoogerwerf, James John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0807180076
- Language: English
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Mémère’s Country Creole Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Louisiana’s German Coast
$34.95 Add to cartM m re’s Country Creole Cookbook showcases regional dishes and cooking styles associated with the “German Coast,” a part of southeastern Louisiana located along the Mississippi River north of New Orle
- Series: Southern Table
- Author: Wilson, Nancy Tregre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 14, 2018
- ISBN10: 0807168971
- Language: English
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The Louisiana Urban Gardener: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Vegetables and Herbs
$34.95 Add to cartWhether your garden consists of large raised beds or a few pots on the patio, Kathryn K. Fontenot’s The Louisiana Urban Gardener offers easy guidelines and useful tools to jump-start and maintain smal
- Author: Fontenot, Kathryn K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 19, 2017
- ISBN10: 0807166790
- Language: English
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Notes from the Divided Country: Poems
$20.95 Add to cartIn her first collection, Suji Kwock Kim confronts a number of difficult subjects–colonialism, the Korean War, emigration, racism, and love. She considers what a homeland would be for a divided nation
- Author: Kwock Kim, Suji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: April 01, 2003
- ISBN10: 0807128732
- Language: English
