Voodoo Days at La Casa Fabulosa

2016-09-19

Author : David Domine
Release : 2016-09-19
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Book Rating : 667/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Voodoo Days at La Casa Fabulosa by : David Domine

Download or read book Voodoo Days at La Casa Fabulosa written by David Domine. This book was released on 2016-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When food writer David Domin� moves into a six-bedroom, three-story Victorian house, he doesn't realize he will be living in an enchanted neighborhood, one known for its gargoyles and gas lamps, hidden courtyards, towers, turrets, and gingerbread trim. In need of some TLC, the 1890s structure he will call home becomes known as La Casa Fabulosa-or the fabulous house in Spanish-because of its elaborate fa�ade. His is just one of hundreds of striking dwellings in an area famous for its fanciful architecture and 19th-century charm, however. Apart from beautiful old houses, the neighborhood is also replete with colorful characters-an assortment of vagrants, cross-dressers, gypsies, and random misfits that make life interesting, to say the least. There are even rumors of modern-day witches and voodoo queens in the area. When strange noises and puzzling smells start to keep him awake at night, and bizarre coincidences punctuate his days, he discovers that enchantment can take many different forms. The oddballs and oddities he encounters in this enchanted neighborhood come to life in Voodoo Days at La Casa Fabulosa.

A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City

2021-10-05 True Crime

Author : David Dominé
Release : 2021-10-05
Genre : True Crime
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Book Rating : 642/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City by : David Dominé

Download or read book A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City written by David Dominé. This book was released on 2021-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true crime saga—with an eccentric Southern backdrop—introduces the reader to the story of a murder in a crumbling Louisville mansion and the decades of secrets and corruption that live within the old house’s walls. On June 18, 2010, police discover a body buried in the wine cellar of a Victorian mansion in Old Louisville. James Carroll, shot and stabbed the year before, has lain for 7 months in a plastic storage bin—his temporary coffin. Homeowner Jeffrey Mundt and his boyfriend, Joseph Banis, point the finger at each other in what locals dub The Pink Triangle Murder. On the surface, this killing appears to be a crime of passion, a sordid love tryst gone wrong in a creepy old house. But as author David Dominé sits in on the trials, a deeper story emerges: the struggle between hope for a better future on the one hand and the privilege and power of the status quo on the other. As the court testimony devolves into he-said/he-said contradictions, David draws on the confidences of neighbors, drag queens, and other acquaintances within the city's vibrant LGBTQ community to piece together the details of the case. While uncovering the many past lives of the mansion itself, he enters a murky underworld of gossip, neighborhood scandal, and intrigue.

True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America's Most Haunted Neighborhood

2014-03-14 History

Author : David Domine
Release : 2014-03-14
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 010/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America's Most Haunted Neighborhood written by David Domine. This book was released on 2014-03-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most haunted neighborhood in America? That's what many are calling Old Louisville, an extensive preservation district with hundreds of old mansions and beautiful homes in Kentucky's largest city. Wherever you go in this eye-popping neighborhood, it seems that a haunted house is not far away. Or a haunted church, a haunted street corner, or a haunted park. Over the last decade, so many stories of paranormal activity have surfaced that Old Louisville has gained the reputation as being one of the spookiest locations in the country. David Dominé discovered this for himself after purchasing an old home on Old Louisville's famed Millionaires Row in 1999. A self-proclaimed skeptic, the food writer dismissed rumors of a mischievous resident poltergeist named Lucy when he moved in, but he quickly found himself at a loss to explain the disembodied footsteps and mysterious odors that seemed to plague the old house. Soon, he was talking to neighbors and fellow homeowners, and it seemed that everyone had stories of strange events and supernatural occurrences in their own dwellings. As a result, David set out to document and research these reports and began writing about the neighborhood; in the process he uncovered a wealth of fascinating history and ghostly tales that convinced him this historic neighborhood is like no other in the country. If you liked David Dominé's Ghosts of Old Louisville series, you'll love True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America's Most Haunted Neighborhood. Edited and updated, this collection brings together the most popular and chilling tales from his previous books about one of the most fascinating neighborhoods in the country.

111 Fabulous Food Finds

2011-04 Travel

Author : David Domine
Release : 2011-04
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 123/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book 111 Fabulous Food Finds written by David Domine. This book was released on 2011-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compiled list of over one hundren places to eat if you want to experience the culinary bounty that is Kentucky, from elegant eateries to diners and dives, holes in the wall, hometown hideaways, roadside restaurants to backwoods barbecues.

Woman Hollering Creek

2013-04-30 Fiction

Author : Sandra Cisneros
Release : 2013-04-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 885/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Woman Hollering Creek by : Sandra Cisneros

Download or read book Woman Hollering Creek written by Sandra Cisneros. This book was released on 2013-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border with tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.

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