new orleans (la.)

Unable to scare anybody, Gumbo the watchdog runs away to the French Quarter of New Orleans in search of a new identity.

Presents the complete text of "The Awakening" by nineteenth-century American novelist Kate Chopin and contains biographical, historical, and cultural contexts, as well as critical essays that analyzes her work.

Mr. Ash learns there are other surviving Taltos and goes to New Orleans, where he becomes involved with the Mayfair witches.

Examines the events in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and argues that the nation's failure to offer timely aid to Katrina victims indicates deeper problems in race and class relations.

Offers a comprehensive overview of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath, describing the storm's progression, the attempted evacuation of New Orleans, the destruction it brought, the clean up and rebuilding efforts, the government's response to the disaster, and other related topics.

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway witnesses the bizarre suicide of a New Orleans attorney and is left with a deadly secret concerning a recent murder of a Louisiana Senator.

Air pirate Andan Cly, having decided to straight, is about to embark on his first legitimate mission when he is summoned to New Orleans by his former lover Josephine Early, a brothel owner and Union spy, who presents him with an intriguing proposal to retrieve a prototype submarine from the depths of Lake Pontchartrain.

Discusses Edgar Degas's 1872 trip to post-Civil War New Orleans to meet his mother's family, suggesting that the visit elicited some of his finest paintings, and discusses the influence of some local writers.

Rowan, queen of the coven, attempts to escape from the evil spell of the demon Lasher, taking with her their child.