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New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence. 2nd Edition. Richard Sexton and Randolph Delehanty.. The classic book on New Orleans' creative scene is back in an updated 2nd edition for a new generation! This book conveys in both images and words a complete story of New Or- leans by focusing primarily on the homes and gardens of a handful of its most creative and adventurous residents.• 10"x10" (254x254mm) • 204 color & b/w images • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643- 6598-0 • HC • $45 /£40.99 / 64 CAD New Orleans and Its Environs: The Domestic Architecture 1727-1870. Italo William Ricciuti, photographs by Rudolf Hertzberg. More than 260 images explore the wide verandas, hipped and gabled roofs, and lavish iron lacework that give this region its unique architectural character. Includes architectural drawings and molding profiles. • 81/2"x11" (215x279 mm) • 190 b/w photos, 78 drawings • 160 pp. • 978-0- 7643-3069-8 • PB • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Houses of New Orleans. Alex Caemmerer, Foreword by John Michael Vlach. New Orleans delivers beauty and style in its architecture, even the simple shotgun houses in poor, working neighborhoods. Houses of the Garden District and the plantations beyond are simply stunning. Enjoy rich detailing that was lavished on even the most simple structures, and learn how tastes changed and homes evolved over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 120 color photos • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-3117-6 • HC • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women, 1895-1940. Jessie Poesch, with exhibition catalog by Sally Main Spanola. The illustrated history of the Newcomb Pottery at Tulane University in Loui- siana from its founding in 1895. Women art students made and decorated beautiful vases, dishes, and forms that are prized today. Identifying marks and dating by Walter Bob. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 186 color & b/wphotos•160pp. •978-0-916838-99-7•PB•$24.99 / £23.99 / 36.95 CAD Newcomb Pottery & Crafts: An Educational Enterprise for Women, 1895-1940. Jessie Poesch with Sally Main. This illustrated sourcebook chronicles the history of Newcomb Pottery at Tulane University. It explores the development of the art form, presenting a sensitive picture of the artists themselves. A section on marks and dating by Walter Bob is included. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 807 color & 40 b/w photos • 320 pp. • 978-0-7643-1847-4 • HC • $89.95 / £85.99 / 138.95 CAD Crescent City Crimes: Old New Orleans 1718–1918. Charles Cassady Jr. Step back in time to the city’s first few crime-stained centuries (1718–1918) to explore tales of mischief, mayhem, and skullduggery. Includes murder, piracy, and smuggling, ghosts and Voodoo, and more. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 14 b/w images • 160 pp. • 978-0- 7643-5408-3 • PB • $16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD The Ghosts of New Orleans. Larry Montz, Ph.D., and Daena Smoller. New Orleans is haunted. Its rich culture and stormy history make the city a haven for supernatural ac- tivity. Based on a six-year scientific study, this book separates facts from folklore and local legends, taking the reader on a fascinating trip through more than 25 different haunted properties. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 48 photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-1184-0 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Louisiana: Architecture Louisiana: Arts & Crafts Louisiana: Stories, Lore & History Kentucky Spirits Undistilled. Lisa Westmore- land-Doherty. Discover Kentucky’s haunted locations and read bone chilling stories of murder, decapitations, and things that go bump—even in the daytime. Ghost hunt in the basement of Bobby Mackey’s haunted music world or dine with Jesse James at the Talbott Tavern. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 55 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3142-8 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Greetings from New Orleans. Mary L. Martin & Tina Skinner. Explore New Orleans in more than 230 colorful postcards published during the first half of the 20th century. History unfolds through tales of pirates, a bloody slave revolt, political duels, and beautiful burial vaults built to deal with remains. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 235 photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2371-3 • PB • $19.95 / £19 / 29.95 CAD Louisiana: Scenes A Kentucky Primer: Postcards of Louisville. Mary Martin & Karen Choppa. From the spires of Churchill Downs to the bluegrass farms and blueblood roots of its historic districts, Louisville has something to offer every native and visitor. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 230 postcard images•128pp.•978-0-7643-2570-0•PB•$24.95 / £23.99 / 36.95 CAD Lexington, Kentucky: Past and Present. Alma Wynelle Deese, Photography by John Malick. Compare Lexington of the past from postcards with current buildings and scenery using current color photos. See landmark buildings on downtown streets of long ago and their development today. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 320 images • 128pp.•978-0-7643-3290-6•PB•$24.99/£23.99 / 36.99 CAD Louisville Architectural Tours: 19th Century Gems. Lisa Westmoreland-Doherty. Visit Louisville, Kentucky’s historic districts, replete with antebellum and Victorian homes that will take your breath away. Tour Old Louisville to see the Conrad Caldwell House and the Pink Palace. Rest in a Gothic Revival-styled bed-and-breakfast at the Inn at Woodhaven. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 67 color photos•128pp. •978-0-7643-3038-4•PB•$14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Kentucky Haunts. Daniel Meyer. A macabre assortment of more than 40 haunted locations, including hotels and inns, restaurants, parks, roads and highways, cemeteries, and historic locales. Provides a detailed listing of haunted places for your own visits. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 63 b/w images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-5570-7 • PB • $16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD Campfire Tales: Kentucky. Roberta Simpson Brown, Photographs by Thomas Lee Freese. Just try to ignore the chill down your back as you read 32 campfire tales handed down through generations in Kentucky! This is a collection of original, scary, and sometimes funny stories about ghosts and strange happenings from the Bluegrass State. The tales are short, creepy, and perfect for telling or reading aloud. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •32b/wphotos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-4231-8 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / $22.95 CAD Strange Kentucky Monsters. Michael Newton. Examine reports of cryptids, a ball python snake found in a rental car, and a one-eyed ape near the Kentucky River. Includes a comprehensive list of alleged Bigfoot encounters, alien big cats, freshwater phantoms, cold-blood- ed creatures, and monsters so strange they defy classifi- cation. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 54 b/w images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3440-5 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Kentucky: Scenes Kentucky: Architecture Kentucky: Stories, Lore & History Danny’s Bed. Al Cobb. What would you do if the furniture in your house began to mysteriously rearrange itself? The Cobb family had to face this and other questions when they purchased an antique bed for their son, triggering a ghostly presence in their home that still haunts them today. This first hand account into the world of hauntings in Sa- vannah, Georgia, touches levitation, ghostly communica- tion, and spectral visitations from the dead. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 23 images • 92 pp. • 978-0-7643-2703-2 • PB • $9.95 / £9.99 / 14.99 CAD Savannah’s Ghosts. Al Cobb. Do you believe in ghosts? If you live in Savannah, Georgia, you should! Strange and eerie apparitions have been haunting this historic town since the first native Indians settled in southeast Georgia more than 2,500 years ago! This chilling first volume of spooky spirits and hauntings of Savannah will take you from ghosts to poltergeists, angels, and demons. Includes a tour map. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 29 color photos • 108 pp. • 978-0-7643-2701-8 • PB • $9.99 / £9.99 / 14.99 CAD Savannah’s Ghosts II. Al Cobb. Savannah, Georgia, has been rated among the top three haunted cities in America today, and for good reason! True stories of ghosts, poltergeists, and strange and unusual spiritual events in Savannah will have you reading deep into the night, proving that real life experiences are indeed far stranger than fiction. Includes a tour map. • 6"x9" (152x228mm) • 21 color & 3 b/w images • 100 pp. • 978-0-7643-2702-5 • PB • $9.95 / £9.99 / 14.99 CAD Savannah Spectres. Margaret Wayt Debolt. Some seventy stories skillfully interwoven with the heritage of the area’s colorful past and illustrated with more than thirty photos and sketches. Incidents of precognition, extrasensory perception, deja vu, and reincarnation are included in this personal and highly readable account. • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (139 x 215mm) • 30+photos/illus. • 200 pp. • 978-0-89865-201-7 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD Savannah Tavern Tales and Pub Review. David Rousseau & Dow Harris. Quench your thirst for local Savannah with half a dozen splendid drinking tales for those who love local legends and folktales. These stories, set in the city’s pubs and taverns, serve up intrigue, murder, raucous fun, and juicy gossip, all illustrating that history need not be dry stuff! • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 224 pp. • pp. • 978-0-7643-2530-4 • PB • $16.95 / £16.99 / 24.95 CAD Savannah Ghosts: Haunts of the Hostess City. David Harland Rousseau and Julie Collins Rousseau. Blending history with mystery, ten ghostly tales send readers on a haunted journey that began in 1734 and continues through the mid-twentieth century. They include tales of vengeance, mojo, pestilence, and witchcraft. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 23 b/w images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-2494-9 • PB • $12.95 / £12.99 / 19.95 CAD GEORGIA • KENTUCKY • LOUISIANA 58 | NEW COVER!