What if, by trying to save a world that did not need saving, we accidentally destroyed it? Three hundred years after the destruction of the earth’s surface by man’s attempt at playing God, James and L
James Lee Burke is best known for crime novels in which protagonists battle low-life thugs who commit violent crimes and corporate executives who exploit the powerless. He is best known for his Dave R
In twenty novels over three decades, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has become popular with readers around the world. Yet writer James Lee Burke’s protagonist is deeply rooted in a culture that may b
This elegant volume collects Claudio Abate's photographs of works by James Lee Byars (1932-1997) as installed at the Benrath palace in Dusseldorf and its surrounding parkland. This regal setting for B
Mysteries and detective stories are among the most popular of books but the writers of such genre fiction suffer from a perception that their work is to be taken less seriously than so-called literar
From antebellum times, Louisiana's unique multipartite society included a legal and social space for intermediary racial groups such as Acadians, Creoles, and Creoles of Color. In Becoming Cajun, Beco
When he created the character Dave Robicheaux, author James Lee Burke lent the New Orleans homicide detective a few of his own characteristics: a daughter named Alafair, a lifetime struggle with alco
You look otherworldly. Like all my girls. This will make you a queen. Like years ago and people wore clothes like weapons, like weapons against poor people, because even is you were hungry how could y
In his 36 years of military service, Lt. General James V. Edmundson had extensive experience in combat operations and command at every level in the Air Force. He had over 10,000 hours of pilot time in
