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The fortieth anniversary reissue of the best-selling "tour de force" (Walter Allen, New York Times Book Review ). Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon the publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of fiction's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. A sensual and protected young woman, Antoinette Cosway... (more)

The Feast of All Saints

by Anne Rice

Before the Civil War, there lived in Louisiana, people unique in Southern history. For though they were descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. In this dazzling historical novel, Anne Rice chronicles four of these so-called Free People of Color--men and women caught periolously between the worlds of master and slave, privilege and oppression, passion... (more)

Cane River

by Lalita Tademy

Lalita Tademy was a successful corporate vice president at a Fortune 500 company when she decided to embark upon what would become an obsessive odyssey to uncover her familys past. Through exhaustive research, interviews, and the help of professional genealogists, she would find herself transported back to the early 1800s, to an isolated, close-knit rural community on Louisianas Cane River. Here, Tademy takes... (more)

Emeril's New New Orleans

by Emeril Lagasse

Emeril Lagasse fuses the rich traditions of Creole cookery with the best of America's regional cuisines and adds a vibrant new palette of tastes, ingredients, and styles. The heavy sauces, the long-cooked roux, and the smothered foods that were the heart of old-style New Orleans cooking have been replaced by simple fresh ingredients and easy cooking techniques with a light touch. Emeril serves up a masterpiece in... (more)

Charms, Spells, and Formulas

by Ray T. Malbrough

How would you like to increase the power of your magick? Now you can, with the help of real Louisiana Hoodoo. In Charms, Spells & Formulas, you'll find rituals and recipes for incenses, oils, powders and washes that you can use to make changes in your life. But that's just the beginning. You'll learn the secrets of how to make gris-gris bag charms for any purpose. You also get full instructions on how to... (more)

Vallerands: Book 1

When Strangers Marry

by Lisa Kleypas

Lysette buried her face against Max's throat. "But he's going to take me away. Don't let him, don't -- " "You're not going anywhere," Max interrupted. "Calm yourself, Lysette. It's not good for you to become excited." His possessiveness made her strangely giddy. As far as he was concerned, she was his, and no one was going to take her away from him. Max stared at Etienne. His voice was soft, but it contained a... (more)

Gumbo Ya-Ya: a Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales

Gumbo Ya-Ya: a Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales

by Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer

The living folklore of Louisiana returns in this new edition of the classic long considered the finest collection of Louisiana folk tales and customs ever chronicled. A charming look at the legends and practices of the bayou country, especially New Orleans, Gumbo Ya-Ya has endured as a classic in its genre.

Talk About Good

by Louisiana Lafayette Junior League, LA. Junior League of Lafayette

This cookbook takes you on a journey throuh south Louisiana's traditions, cultural heritage and the culinary artisries of Cajun food. It is in it's 23rd printng with over 70,000 copies sold. Winner of McIlhenny Hall of Fame Award.

Leslie : A Novel

by Omar Tyree

The New York Times bestselling novel about a beautiful young woman with a dangerous secret At the historically black Dillard University in the lush city of New Orleans, Leslie Beaudet struggles with a dark secret of power in a world that is pulling her in many different directions. Her friends and family see her in many ways -- from a father's deserving princess to a mother's source of pride and strength,... (more)

Creole Thrift: Premium Southern Living Without Spending a Mint

Creole Thrift: Premium Southern Living Without Spending a Mint

by Ange?le Parlange

Our most interesting and cherished possessions are not always our most expensive; they are the unusual decorations that tell a story—the irreplaceable antiques or heirlooms that express history and heart. With ingenuity and an open mind, famed New Orleans designer Angèle Parlange sees potential in the offbeat yet sentimentally valuable. Using an eclectic array of heritage pieces, garage sale treasures, and unusual... (more)

River Road Recipes: The Textbook of Louisiana Cuisine

River Road Recipes: The Textbook of Louisiana Cuisine

by Junior League of Baton Rouge

River Road Recipes is the nation's #1 best-selling community cookbook series. This cookbook features classic creole and cajun cuisine. These 650 recipes include the basics like "how to make a roux". This is the "Textbook of Louisiana cooking".

Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana

Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana

Here are more than two hundred oral tales from some of Louisiana's finest storytellers. In this comprehensive volume of great range are transcriptions of narratives in many genres, from diverse voices, and from all regions of the state. Told in settings ranging from the front porch to the festival stage, these tales proclaim the great vitality and variety of Louisiana's oral narrative traditions.... (more)

Creole Folktales

by Patrick Chamoiseau

In this unusual collection of stories and fables, Goncourt prize-winner Patrick Chamoiseau re-creates in truly magical language the stories he heard as a child in Martinique.

Creole Cookery

First published by the thirty-two ladies of the Christian Woman?s Exchange in 1885, "Creole Cookery" is an exhaustive collection of nineteenth-century Creole recipes, the second volume of its kind to be printed in New Orleans. Reprinted here in its original format, Creole Cookery serves as both a historical reference to the foods and habits of the day as well as a usable recipe book for contemporary kitchens. Many... (more)

Slave Song

by David Dabydeen

Songs of frustration and defiance from African slaves and displaced Indian laborers are expressed in a harsh and lyrical Guyanese Creole far removed from contemporary English in these provocative Caribbean poems. An insightful critical apparatus of English translations surrounds these lyrics, shedding light on their meaning, while at the same time cleverly commenting on the impossibility of translating Creole and... (more)

The Good House: A Novel

by Tananarive Due

From the American Book Award winner and author of "one of the most talked about debuts in the horror field since the advent of Stephen King" (Publishers Weekly) comes a terrifying story of supernatural suspense, as a woman searches for the inherited power that can save her hometown from evil forces. Tananarive Due's first three novels gained her legions of dedicated fans who recognize a true master of the... (more)

Where the Line Bleeds

by Jesmyn Ward

Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. They’ve just finished high school and need to find jobs, but in a failing post-Katrina economy, it’s not easy. Joshua gets work on the docks, but Christophe’s not so lucky. Desperate to alleviate the family’s poverty, he starts to sell drugs. He can hide it from his grandmother... (more)

Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album

Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album

by Laura Locoul Gore

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by Omar Tyree

Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella

by Charles Perrault

You may think you know this story I am going to tell you, but you have not heard it for true. I was there. So I will tell you the truth of it. Here. Now.

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Wide Sargasso Sea

by Jean Rhys

The Feast of All Saints

by Anne Rice

Cane River

by Lalita Tademy

Emeril's New New Orleans

by Emeril Lagasse

Charms, Spells, and Formulas

by Ray T. Malbrough

When Strangers Marry

by Lisa Kleypas

Gumbo Ya-Ya: a Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales

by Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer

Talk About Good

by Louisiana Lafayette Junior League, LA. Junior League of Lafayette

Leslie : A Novel

by Omar Tyree

Creole Thrift: Premium Southern Living Without Spending a Mint

by Ange?le Parlange

River Road Recipes: The Textbook of Louisiana Cuisine

by Junior League of Baton Rouge

Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana

Creole Folktales

by Patrick Chamoiseau

Creole Cookery

Slave Song

by David Dabydeen

The Good House: A Novel

by Tananarive Due

Where the Line Bleeds

by Jesmyn Ward

Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album

by Laura Locoul Gore

Leslie

by Omar Tyree

Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella

by Charles Perrault