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Pre-orders The Falcons Of Fire And Ice by Karen Maitland (historical) and Toby's Room by Pat Barker (WW1) have both been dispatched,and waiting for library request Stone Cradle by Louise Doughty.
 
Louisiana Inklings - A Literary Sampler, ed. by Charles Gramlisch.

A sampling of shorter works and single chapters by a group of my writing friends here in Louisiana. Self-published on kindle and definitely worth a look I would say.
 
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino and Rising Sunsets by DH Cermeno. Both of these were written by friends of mine and they are great! Both are getting great reviews on amazon
 
Pylon by William Faulkner. "Takes place at an air show in New Valois, a thinly disguised New Orleans."

Walking Tours of Old New Orleans by Stanley Clisby Arthur.

Literary New Orleans in the Modern World ed. by Richard S. Kennedy. Nine essays.

One Day by David Nichols. Twenty years, two people. Same day each year.

The Memory Quilt by T.D. Jakes. "A Christmas Story for Our times."

The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly. "A history of literature for a parallel world."

The American Civil War by John Keegan. ", , , an irresistible narrative illuminated with comparisons to the Napoleonic Wars, the First World War and other conflicts."

The Strongest Tribe by Bing West. "War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq."
 
Ed King by David Guterson

The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory

Marilyn by Lois Banner

Citizen Sherman by Michael Fellman

Twelve Patients Life and death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer, MD

A First-Rate Madness Uncovering the links between Leadership ad Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi

Tutankhamun, Egypt, and Nefertiti by Nick Drake
 
A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr

Of course husband has absconded with the above, so I'll have to wait to read it. /sigh/ :D
 
Just arrived by FedEx:

City of Women by David R. Gillham

Creole Houses commentary by John H. Lawrence, Foreword by James Conaway

Creating a New Old House, Yesterday's Character for Today's Home by Russell Versaci

The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town text by Cyril E. Vetter, photographs by Philip Gould
 
Massive by Ian Sample. "The missing particle that sparked the greatest hunt in science."

Ballroom Dancing by Alex Moore. The book, first last and always.
 
Dixie Bohemia by John Shelton Reed. "A French Quarter Circle in the 1920's," including William Faulkner.

Phi by Giulio Tonio. "A Voyage From the Brain to the Soul." It says.

The Ballad of Tom Dooley by Sharyn McCrumb.

You Are The Love of my Life: A Novel by Susan Richards Shreve. (Kindle)
 
Went out to a movie, now that the hurricane is by, and of course picked up a few more books.

Einstein - A Hundred Years of Relativity by Andrew Robinson.

The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer.
 
A Simple Act of Violence: A Thriller by R. J. Ellory. Living proof that any publicity is good publicity.
 
Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry (A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel)

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior by Paul Strathern

Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe

Savage Continent by Keith Lowe

In the Country of Brooklyn by Peter Golenbock
 
Lost Books of the Bible by William Hone. Twenty-six existing early writings that didn't make it into the Canon.

How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie. A reissue of one of my all-time favorites.

Explorers by The Smithsonian Institution. A fat heavy glossy picture and word book with more explorers than one has ever heard of.
 
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