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Pen and ink artist Joseph Arrigo, a native New Orleanian, has sketched the city’s most charming landmarks. Each of his illustrations is accompanied by a description explaining its significance. Paperback.
Hot spots and cool cocktails fill the pages of this essential guide to the best drinking neighborhood in America: the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Part travelogue, part guidebook, and part exposé, this hip and informative guide will introduce every watering hole of note in the French Quarter. From the seersucker-friendly Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone to the sordid hangouts along the back streets of the Quarter to the iconic and down-to-earth Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, the authors visit them all, providing a bar-side review of the music, drinks, patrons, and décor.
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The history of New Orleans is a street-level story, with names like Iberville, Terpsichore, Gravier, Tchopitoulas, and of course, Bourbon, presenting the city’s past with every step. The late John Churchill Chase eloquently chronicles the origins and development of the most fascinating of American cities in this humorous masterpiece. Hardcover.
The history of New Orleans is a street-level story, with names like Iberville, Terpsichore, Gravier, Tchopitoulas, and of course, Bourbon, presenting the city’s past with every step. The late John Churchill Chase eloquently chronicles the origins and development of the most fascinating of American cities in this humorous masterpiece.
Baku the crocodile and Taki the monkey are back in a second tale of friendship, loyalty, honesty, and trust. Baku ruined his friendship with Taki by trying to steal his heart and lost the approval of his village for not returning with it. Now he needs Taki’s help to cure the Mighty One, leader of all crocodiles, who is terribly ill.
One day Joe Gilmore came to Lyle Saxon and told him that he needed a job. Joe got a job, and Lyle gained a friend for life. Joe Gilmore became the most trusted and reliable person in Lyle Saxon’s life—Joe did everything, including mix drinks, drive the car, give massages, oversee construction, and anything else that was asked of him. Through it all he never stopped smiling. This book will introduce you to the people Joe knew, and the places he and Mr. Saxon went together, including Lyle Saxon’s small eighteenth-century cabin on Melrose Plantation.
While almost every male can biologically father a child, there exists a vast difference between fathering and being a father. An inspirational resource for fathers, this guide provides spiritual guidance drawn from the wisdom of King Solomon. Evangelist, program coordinator, and father Jerry Drace invites dads to live by example and raise their children by showing them love, establishing clear boundaries and rules, and offering security and consistency.
In a true “Cinderella story,” Eva Steortz rose through the ranks to eventually become vice president of the Walt Disney Company. She reveals the “unspoken truths about the crap you can’t control” in your career while focusing on the areas you can control.
Louise Littleton Davis offers a collection of detailed, poignant accounts of the people and events that shaped the early history of Tennessee. In Frontier Tales of Tennessee, she traces the personal tragedies and triumphs that shaped the destinies of people struggling to build a young nation and that influenced the course of history itself. A “behind the historical scenes” perspective includes such notable figures as Sam Houston, Aaron Burr, and “Black Horse Harry” Lee.
From the pages of such notable publications as Downbeat, Swing Music, Saturday Evening Post, and Fortune comes a collection of essays that truly illustrates the birth, adolescence, and maturation of jazz-the country’s most influential contribution to the musical world. Hand picked by Ralph de Toledano, these writings give credence to the form’s history and its parents. Aficionados, instrumentalists, and fans alike will find Frontiers of Jazz essential and enjoyable reading.
Filled with folksy art and creative recipes from affordable restaurants captured in tantalizing photographs—with tidbits of history thrown in as lagniappe—author Jyl Benson serves up just the right taste of this fascinating and ever-evolving city. Included are neighborhood favorites such as MoPho, Purtoo, Toup’s Meatery, Lola, Bhava, and Juan’s Flying Burrito: A Creole Taqueria.
Fried zucchini, juicy watermelon, lazy alligators, and sweet tea—the South can be defined by these things and so much more. From a very young age, Southern children learn of the simple joys of good food, the peace of a warm summer night, and the good of practicing perfect manners. And because every child must learn his or her ABCs, there is no better way than by exploring them in a truly Southern way.
Leon Galatoire, a fourth-generation member of the founding family of Galatoire’s Restaurant, knows that recipes designed for feeding large numbers of people will not work by reducing them proportionally. With this in mind, he has redesigned recipes for home use that retain the tastes he knows so well. Now, for the first time, the classic versions of dishes such as Shrimp Remoulade, Crawfish Etouffée, Stuffed Creole Tomato with Grilled Chicken, and Steak au Poivre can be prepared at home with ease.
Florida’s environment produces a breathtaking variety of plant life, and nineteen of its most famous and most fabulous gardens are featured in this coffee-table book. Hardcover.
Florida’s environment produces a breathtaking variety of plant life, and nineteen of its most famous and most fabulous gardens are featured in this coffee-table book. Paperback.
Always anxious for new experiences, the intrepid Gaston®, the green-nosed alligator, decides to invest his hard-earned savings in an oil well off the coast of Louisiana. As in Gaston®’s previous adventures, the locale, terminology, and techniques described are authentic. Gaston® Drills an Offshore Oil Well gives young people a basic introduction to the problems and procedures involved in producing America’s oil. Hardcover.
Gaston®, the intrepid green-nosed alligator from the bayou, ventures far and wide to satisfy his wanderlust. Gaston®’s creator, James Rice, has written and illustrated eight books featuring this friendly swamp creature. In this installment a hurricane blows Gaston® from his swamp home to West Texas, the first alligator cowboy dons chaps and a Stetson to ride the range, roping longhorns and learning about the life of a cowboy. Hardcover.