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A Hundred Small Lessons: A Novel

A Hundred Small Lessons: A Novel

Nov 28, 2017 Uncategorized 0

“This a beautifully written, important, quiet gem of a novel that takes hold of you and wends its way into your psyche. It tells the story of two families who live in the same house at...
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Mrs. Caliban

Mrs. Caliban

Nov 28, 2017 Uncategorized 0

“This book, which New Directions has unearthed from the 1980s, is such a surprising, delightful gem. It’s like a mix of Lucia Berlin’s knack for character, dialogue, and tone with...
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The End We Start from

The End We Start from

Nov 07, 2017 Indie Next List 0

  “As the floodwaters rise on London, a first-time mother takes her newborn son and flees for higher ground, seeking a safe haven from the environmental collapse and the chaos that will...
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It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree

It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree

Nov 07, 2017 Indie Next List 0

  “For anyone interested in climbing their own family tree, A.J. Jacobs’ It’s All Relative offers a lighthearted crash course into the addictive world of genealogy. Inspired by...
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Bonfire: A Novel

Bonfire: A Novel

Nov 07, 2017 Indie Next List 0

  “In this fast-paced thriller, successful environmental lawyer Abby Williams is brought back to her small Indiana town for work, where Optimal Plastics, a company that has helped rebuild...
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Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

Nov 07, 2017 Indie Next List 0

  “Reading Spineless made me think of Nabokov’s butterflies: The subject is distant to the extent that it feels almost extraterrestrial, but the author’s passion is contagious....
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Ain’t There No More: Louisiana’s Disappearing Coastal Plain

Ain’t There No More: Louisiana’s Disappearing Coastal Plain

Nov 02, 2017 Nature 0

For centuries, outlanders have openly denigrated Louisiana’s coastal wetlands residents and their stubborn refusal to abandon the region’s fragile prairies tremblants despite repeated...
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Teche: A History of Louisiana’s Most Famous Bayou

Teche: A History of Louisiana’s Most Famous Bayou

Nov 02, 2017 Nature 0

Shane K. Bernard’s Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American Deep South. Bernard delves into the bayou’s geologic formation as a vestige of the Mississippi and Red Rivers,...
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An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse

An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse

Nov 01, 2017 Poetry Corner 0

An anthology of poems from women who proudly celebrate their own nastiness and that of other women who have served as nasty role models; poems by and about women defying limitations and lady-like...
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4. Manhattan Beach

4. Manhattan Beach

Nov 01, 2017 Indie Bestseller Hardcover Comments Off on 4. Manhattan Beach

by Jennifer Egan (Scribner, ISBN: 9781476716732); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 4 “The magnificent new novel by the bestselling author of A Visit From the Goon Squad is an October 2017 Indie...
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Discovering Author’s & New Books

Twas the Night Before Bayou Classic

Twas the Night Before Bayou Classic

More Seemingly Strange and Unusual Tales (Volume 2)
by Tiffany Pennywell, D. L. Holmes (Contributor)

Baby's Breadth by Jhordynn

Food, Food & More Food

  • Secret Ingredients…Crawfish Pie
    Secret Ingredients…Crawfish Pie

    Oct 28, 2017 0

    Spicy cuisine and quality of life are a flavorful blend of the many cultures that have migrated up and down Louisiana’s rivers and bayous. Festivals, Mardi Gras krewes, street dances, riverfront concerts, and...
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