How Jo Shelbyi??s troops grew into the greatest Confederate cavalry brigade west of the Mississippi. Jo Shelbyi??s cavalry unit is considered by contemporary historians to have been one of the toughes
Distinguished artist and teacher Alan Flattmann provides invaluable information about theory and technique as well as making crayons, designing proper studio lighting, and much more. Both amateur and
A member of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, veteran Harold i??Hali?? Baumgarten gives his firsthand account of the June 6, 1944, landing on Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach.
A comprehensive volume of both familiar Mediterranean-style food as well as Ottoman palace-inspired treats. French, Italian, Persian, and Arab influences are recognizable in this thorough cookbook con
A licensed psychologist shows you how to self-destruct if you choose! This warm-hearted, witty book dares you to cling to your neurotic symptoms, your depressions, your anxieties, and your unhealthy r
Much has been written about the horrors of Southern Civil War prisons, but very little has been written about the deplorable conditions inside Northern prisons. While deprivation affected even the civ
This 1885 volume is one of the two oldest cookbooks published in New Orleans. Many of the recipes, compiled by 18 ladies from the Womeni??s Exchange, are still used in the open-hearth kitchen at the h
A Tennessee native shares some of her down-home Southern recipes and personal memories of growing up poor but well provided for in rural Tennessee. Reprint.
A collection of fifteen colorful stories about the fifty-five mile stretch of South Carolina coast known as the Grand Strand includes the story of a missing signature on the Declaration of Independenc
This anthology contains the works of writers from the 16th to the early 20th centuries who evoke the night to set a scene, twist a plot, or explain something inexplicable, like madness or time travel.
New Orleans native Kemp writes about New Orleans and Louisiana for a number of regional and national magazines; wildlife photographer Sims exhibits her work at her own gallery, and her photographs hav
When D.J.'s sister is chosen to be queen at a debutante ball, D.J.'s grandfather gives him and his cousin lessons in etiquette so that they can be her pages.
This journal recounts the 65-mile journey, during which prisoners had no food, water, or rest. The author survived the POW camps on the Philippine island of Luzon.
After Nicholas, a big-hearted handicapped boy and a skilled toymaker, is transformed by angels into St. Nicholas, he prepares for his debut flight by ending quarrels between elves and coaxing reindeer
Golden Age costume design was a tremendous spectacle of whimsy, mythology, and satire. Costumes included an extraordinary array of creatures: demons, fairies, magicians, animals and vegetables real an
In the style of Clement Moore's well-known poem, the firefighters from Firehouse One receive a visit from Ol' Sergeant Nick, who leaves them lots of surprises, including a shiny new pumper truck, whil
One of the best ways to teach children about an ethnic culture is to introduce them to its cooking. A Good Soup Attracts Chairs bridges cultures on each side of the Atlantic through the ethnic cooking
A retelling, set in Louisianna, of the Norwegian folktale about three clever billy goats that outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way to greener pastures.
After swallowing a fly, an old Cajun swallows a series of other bayou creatures, in a story inspired by the classic folksong, "There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly."
The story of St. Charles Avenue as a pictorial biography of the grandest thoroughfare of America's most romantic city. Many of these interiors have never been published.
Based on the PBS documentary of the same name that aired across the country, The Haunting of Louisiana highlights many of the stories that would not fit into the one-hour television program.
Hoping to avoid punishment for breaking a beautiful tile that was his gift to a Chinese warlord, an artist suggests that the warlord hold a contest to see if anyone can mend it.
In this variation on the story of the Three Little Pigs, three young dinosaurs set out on their own, only to be hassled by a tyrannosaurus rex who gets a big surprise in the end.
