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The Sound of Building Coffins

2009 Fiction
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Release : 2009
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Book Synopsis The Sound of Building Coffins by : Louis Maistros

Download or read book The Sound of Building Coffins written by Louis Maistros. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1891 in New Orleans, and young Typhus Morningstar cycles under the light of the half-moon to fulfil his calling, re-birthing aborted foetuses in the fecund waters of the Mississippi River. He cannot know that nearby, events are unfolding that will change his life forever-events that were set in motion by a Voodoo curse gone wrong, forty years before he was born. In the humble home of Sicilian immigrants, a one-year-old boy has been possessed by a demon. His father dead, lynched by a mob, his distraught mother at her wit's end, this baby who yesterday could only crawl and gurgle is now walking, dancing, and talking - in a voice impossibly deep. The doctor has fled, and several men of the cloth have come and gone, including Typhu's father, warned off directly by the clear voice of his Savoir. A newspaper man, shamed by the part he played in inciting the lynch mob that cost this boy his father, appalled by what he sees, goes in search of help. Seven will be persuaded, will try to help...and all seven will be profoundly affected by what takes place in that one-room house that dark night. Not all will leave alive, and all will be irrevocably changed by this demonic struggle, and by the sound of the first notes blown of a new musical form: jazz..

Defining the Delta

2015-11-15 Social Science
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Release : 2015-11-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Defining the Delta by : Janelle Collins

Download or read book Defining the Delta written by Janelle Collins. This book was released on 2015-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the Arkansas Review’s “What Is the Delta?” series of articles, Defining the Delta collects fifteen essays from scholars in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to describe and define this important region. Here are essays examining the Delta’s physical properties, boundaries, and climate from a geologist, archeologist, and environmental historian. The Delta is also viewed through the lens of the social sciences and humanities—historians, folklorists, and others studying the connection between the land and its people, in particular the importance of agriculture and the culture of the area, especially music, literature, and food. Every turn of the page reveals another way of seeing the seven-state region that is bisected by and dependent on the Mississippi River, suggesting ultimately that there are myriad ways of looking at, and defining, the Delta.

Arkansas Review

2016 American fiction
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Release : 2016
Genre : American fiction
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Legendary Locals of New Orleans

2013 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2013
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 390/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Legendary Locals of New Orleans by : Edward J. Branley

Download or read book Legendary Locals of New Orleans written by Edward J. Branley. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its founding in 1718 by the LeMoyne brothers, New Orleans has cemented its status as one of the busiest ports on the continent. Producing many unique and fascinating individuals, Colonial New Orleans was a true gumbo of personalities. The city lays claim to many nationalities, including Spaniards Baron Carondelet, Don Andres Almonester, and French sailors and privateers Jean Lafitte and Dominique Youx. Businessmen like Daniel Henry Holmes and Isidore Newman contributed to local flavor, as did musicians Buddy Bolden, Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Louis Prima. War heroes include P.G.T. Beauregard and Andrew Jackson Higgins. Avery Alexander, A.P. Tureaud, and Ernest Morial paved the way for African Americans to lead the city. Kate Chopin, Lafcadio Hearn, Ellen DeGeneres, Mel Ott, Archie Manning, and Drew Brees have kept the world entertained, while chefs and restaurateurs like Leah Chase and the Brennans sharpened the city's culinary chops. Legendary Locals of New Orleans pays homage to the notables that put spice in that gumbo.

Florence + The Machine: An Almighty Sound

2012-09-19 Music
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Release : 2012-09-19
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 934/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Florence + The Machine: An Almighty Sound by : Zoe Howe

Download or read book Florence + The Machine: An Almighty Sound written by Zoe Howe. This book was released on 2012-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of her upbringing in South London to her thrilling rise to international fame as a singer and also a highly individual fashion icon. Her collaborations and working relationships with Chanel Creative Director Karl Lagerfeld, her manager Mairead Nash and her friend Isabella Summers who to this day forms part of ‘the machine’.

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