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Why New Orleans Matters
HarperCollins 2007; US$ 8.99An impassioned plea for the meaning of New Orleans in American life–past, present, and future–at its moment of greatest peril. Award–winning novelist and cultural critic writer Tom Piazza is a longtime resident of New Orleans, and a celebrator of the music and culture of that city. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, from a temporary... more...
Winding through Time
LSU Press 2007; US$ 18.95Once considered one of the most important waterways in the American southeast and a vital link in a shortcut from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana's Bayou Manchac rests in virtual obscurity today. Few now notice the bayou?which runs for eighteen miles, forming the boundary between several south Louisiana parishes?or remember that... more...
Down on the Batture
University Press of Mississippi 2010; US$ 25.00The lower Mississippi River winds past the City of New Orleans between enormous levees and a rim of sand, mud, and trees called "the batture." On this remote and ignored piece of land thrives a humanity unique to the region-ramblers, artists, drinkers, fishers, rabbit hunters, dog walkers, sunset watchers, and refugees from Immigration, alimony,... more...
Ecuador Travel Complete Profile
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 20.00Whether planning your own trip to Ecuador, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
Native Lords of Quito in the Age of the Incas
Cambridge University Press 1986; US$ 51.00In this study Frank Salomon draws on large stores of sources to reconstruct the political and economic institutions of pre-Inca societies. more...
VIVA Travel Guides Ecuador & The Galápagos
Viva Publishing Network 2010; US$ 9.99Ecuador has it all: beaches, mountains, cloud forests, meandering jungle rivers and charming colonial cities. It also has something you won't find anywhere else: the otherworldly Galapagos Islands. VIVA's Quito-based team will point you in all the right directions. more...
Last Days of Last Island
Garrett County Press 2011; US$ 9.99The 1856 summer season was like so many that had come before ? uneventful, idyllic. The South?s newest and most popular watering spot was a microcosm of Louisiana?s antebellum economic and social structure. More than four hundred vacationers?wealthy sugar planters, powerful politicians, their families, friends and servants?had come to the island... more...
Louisiana Rambles
University Press of Mississippi 2011; US$ 22.00After Hurricane Katrina laid bare the fragility and environmental peril of south Louisiana, author Ian McNulty set out on a series of daytrips to delve into the area's diverse cultural landscapes. He explored communities staked up and down the Mississippi River, nestled into the teeming bayous, braced along the edge of the Gulf, and planted out... more...
Frommer's Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Wiley 2011; US$ 23.99Climbing to the top of Cotopaxi is a challenge, but the spectacular views are well worth it. See chapter 7. Detailed maps throughout Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas... more...
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Orleans
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 20.00The DK Eyewitness New Orleans Travel Guide will lead you straight to the best attractions New Orleans has to offer. The guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the city's stunning architecture, plus 3D aerial views of the key districts to explore on foot. You'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars... more...









