new orleans (la.)

Nore arrives at her stepmother's Louisiana plantation to find her new family odd, and an aura of evil and mystery about the place.

In the summer of 1779, having served as an officer in the Continental Army, eighteen-year-old Lorenzo Bannister enjoys a quieter life practicing medicine in Spanish-controlled New Orleans, until his fiancee is kidnapped and the governor of the Louisiana territory, Bernardo De G?lvez, decides to lead Spanish troops in a surprise attack against the British.

Tough New Orleans detective Carson O'Connor and her partner, Michael Maddison, investigate a string of murders, unaware that the culprit they seek was created by Victor Frankenstein, who has survived two hundred years and is populating the city with a new race of "perfect" beings, and that his original creation, Deucalion, is hunting his maker.

In 1888, adopted by a farming couple outside of New Orleans, twelve-year-old orphan Jonathan must choose between security and the excitement of performing as a musician along the river.

The Hourglass group is on the search for the legendary Infinityglass and trace it to the city of New Orleans, where they send Dune to retrieve the object, but the Infinityglass is a beautiful, headstrong dancer named Hallie.

A reprint of the 1899 novel about Edna Pontellier, a Victorian-era wife and mother who is awakened to the full force of her desire for love and freedom when she becomes enamored with Robert LeBrun, a young man she meets while on vacation.

Presents the sixth installment in the alternative history in which Alvin Maker, a man who has the magical ability to create, repair, heal, or destroy, travels to New Orleans where he saves his friends from a deadly plague and takes the first steps toward his envisioned destiny in the Crystal City.

Describes the history, culture, daily life, people, and points of interest in the largest city in Louisiana.

Two children participating in the traditional Mardi Gras celebration see such sights as the Zulu and Rex parades, enjoying the songs, bright costumes, and gigantic floats.