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New Orleans Historic Hotels

By: Paul Oswell

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The hotels of New Orleans have welcomed countless visitors in a history stretching back to the eighteenth century. From humble boardinghouse beginnings to the grand hotels of the nineteenth century and through to the modern properties that stand today, hotel life in New Orleans has reflected the city's own story. From political scandal and celebrity intrigue to events that shaped the landscape of the entire country, the story of New Orleans's hotels is an endlessly engaging one. Travel writer Paul Oswell checks into the great hotels of the past and the present, telling the story of the properties that stood the test of time, as well as those that didn't. Using city records, newspaper archives, vintage travel guides and anecdotal stories in the best New Orleans tradition, he brings each one to life and in the process fleshes out the story of the city's hospitality industry and, by extension, its lively, fascinating history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625852150

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9781625852151

Love Enter

By: Paul Kafka

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Love Enter

By: Paul Kafka

A romantic, computer-age love story set in Paris and New Orleans. Young Dan Shoenfeld, spending a year abroad after college, falls in love with Bou and Margot, two women who happen to be in love with each other. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, Paul Kafka's brilliant first novel is now available in paperback. Patricia Hampl writes, "Paul Kafka's enchanting novel brings a new dimension to the epistolary romance and a fresh face to the American in Paris. The city gleams and winks, seduces and betrays as if for the first time in this deftly written love story. It's a beauty-a crazy, unexpected, entirely winning tale: Paris love remembered by a young doctor on the milky computer screen of a New Orleans maternity ward at night. When Paul Kafka hits the Enter key to "save to memory," the story gets sent straight to the heart.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0395860016

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9780395860014

Liberty on the Waterfront

American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution

By: Paul A. Gilje

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Liberty on the Waterfront

American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution

By: Paul A. Gilje

Through careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty meant to an important group of common men in American society, those who lived and worked on the waterfront and aboard ships. In the process he reveals that the idealized vision of liberty associated with the Founding Fathers had a much more immediate and complex meaning than previously thought. In Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution, life aboard warships, merchantmen, and whalers, as well as the interactions of mariners and others on shore, is recreated in absorbing detail. Describing the important contributions of sailors to the resistance movement against Great Britain and their experiences during the Revolutionary War, Gilje demonstrates that, while sailors recognized the ideals of the Revolution, their idea of liberty was far more individual in nature—often expressed through hard drinking and womanizing or joining a ship of their choice. Gilje continues the story into the post-Revolutionary world highlighted by the Quasi War with France, the confrontation with the Barbary Pirates, and the War of 1812.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812202023

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9780812202021

The Voodoo Cult’s Treasure

A T.J. Jackson Mystery

By: Paul Ferrante

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The Voodoo Cult’s Treasure

A T.J. Jackson Mystery

By: Paul Ferrante

After a disastrous run-in with a vindictive 1600s witch leaves him wanting to ditch his ghost hunting career forever, T.J. Jackson and his mates are drawn back into the paranormal world to investigate the mysterious disappearance of their friend and mentor, Mike Weinstein, in the Voodoo Capital of America: New Orleans. Along the way, T.J., Bortnicker and LouAnne — with an assist from their Bermudian friend Ronnie Goodwin — must explore the strange world of New Orleans Voodoo, as well as the crazy gumbo of cultures that make Southern Louisiana a place like no other. Their quest will take them from the bright lights of Bourbon Street to the steamy backwaters of the bayou, and test their courage at every turn. It looks like this trip to NOLA will provide the Junior Gonzo Ghost Chasers with their most dangerous case yet!

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Melange Books, LLC

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1680465503

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9781680465501

Terror in the Tower

A T.J. Jackson Mystery

By: Paul Ferrante

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Terror in the Tower

A T.J. Jackson Mystery

By: Paul Ferrante

Off with their heads! T.J. Jackson, LouAnne and Bortnicker have become international TV personalities for their ghost hunting exploits. But when they are summoned to Buckingham Palace to undertake a Royal investigation in the Tower of London, the stakes are raised and the pressure is on. Who exactly is haunting the Bloody Tower? The suspects are many, and it’s up to the Junior Gonzo Ghostchasers to sort things out and crack the case. But how can three teenage Yanks from across the pond put a stop to centuries of murder, mayhem and madness in the world’s most famous castle? They’re about to find out that Olde England wasn’t so merry!

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Melange Books, LLC

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1953735975

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9781953735973

Jefferson Parish

Rich Heritage Promising Future

By: Paul F. Stahls

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Jefferson Parish

Rich Heritage Promising Future

By: Paul F. Stahls

An illustrated history of the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, paired with histories of the local companies.

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HPN Books

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1893619974

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9781893619975

Arc Pair Grammar

By: David E. Johnson,Paul M. Postal

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Arc Pair Grammar

By: David E. Johnson,Paul M. Postal

Arc pair grammar is a new, extensively formalized, theory of the grammatical structure of natural languages. As an outgrowth of relational grammar, it constitutes a theoretical alternative to the long-dominant generative transformational approach to linguistics. In this work, David Johnson and Paul Postal offer the first comprehensive presentation of this theoretical framework, which provides entirely new notions of all the basic concepts of grammatical theory: sentence, language, rule, and grammar. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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753

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Princeton University Press

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1400855551

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9781400855551

To Swear like a Sailor

Maritime Culture in America, 1750–1850

By: Paul A. Gilje

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To Swear like a Sailor

Maritime Culture in America, 1750–1850

By: Paul A. Gilje

This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture.

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409

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Cambridge University Press

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0521762359

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9780521762359

Bomber

By: Paul Dowswell

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Bomber

By: Paul Dowswell

ONE IN FIVE NEVER RETURNED. Every boy dreams of flying, but in war that dream can turn into a nightmare. Harry Friedman is the gunner of the Macey May, an American Flying Fortress stationed in East Anglia. The Second World War is raging and the Nazis have swept over Europe. The crews of every Flying Fortress face terrible odds on their bombing missions. To make it through alive, Harry will need luck on his side and courage ... Courage to keep going when he has watched close friends die. Courage to confront a terrible evil. And the courage to make it home from deep behind enemy lines. Nail-biting tension and compelling storytelling combine with Dowswell's meticulous research to deliver a page-turner for fans of John Boyne, Morris Gleitzman and Marcus Zusak.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408858509

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9781408858509

Britain's Search for Health

The First Decade of the National Health Service

By: Paul F. Gemmill

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Britain's Search for Health

The First Decade of the National Health Service

By: Paul F. Gemmill

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512816191

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9781512816198

1815: The Return of Napoleon

By: Paul Britten Austin

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1815: The Return of Napoleon

By: Paul Britten Austin

The dramatic story of Napoleon’s escape from Elba and march on Paris—in the words of eyewitnesses and participants. Drawing on hundreds of firsthand accounts by Napoleon’s supporters and opponents, Paul Britten Austin recreates the drama of those tumultuous days of the spring of 1815 and throws light on the mixed French response to the unexpected return of their former emperor. 1815: The Return of Napoleon recreates, in the words of those present, Napoleon’s dramatic landing at Antibes in the south of France; the first heady days of his arrival after almost a year of exile; his almost miraculous march across France; his arrival in Paris; and the coup which led to the fall of the Bourbons. Paul Britten Austin, author of an acclaimed trilogy on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, brings historical events to life and gives a dramatic insight into the hopes and fears of the French nation in that spring of 1815.

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Frontline Books

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1784380458

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9781784380458

Historical Gazetteer of the United States

By: Paul T. Hellmann

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Historical Gazetteer of the United States

By: Paul T. Hellmann

The first place-by-place chronology of U.S. history, this book offers the student, researcher, or traveller a handy guide to find all the most important events that have occurred at any locality in the United States.

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Routledge

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1135948585

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9781135948580

A.W.N. Pugin

Master of Gothic Revival

By: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin,Megan Aldrich,Megan Brewster Aldrich,Paul Atterbury,Barry Bergdoll,Margaret H. Floyd,Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts

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A.W.N. Pugin

Master of Gothic Revival

By: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin,Megan Aldrich,Megan Brewster Aldrich,Paul Atterbury,Barry Bergdoll,Margaret H. Floyd,Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts

Pub. for Bard Grad. Ctr. for Studies in Decorative Arts, NY, Exhibition catalog.

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Yale University Press

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0300066562

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9780300066562

Jackson, Crockett and Houston on the American Frontier

From Fort Mims to the Alamo, 1813-1836

By: Paul Williams

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Jackson, Crockett and Houston on the American Frontier

From Fort Mims to the Alamo, 1813-1836

By: Paul Williams

The 1813 storming of Fort Mims by Creek Indians brought to light the careers of Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston. All three fought the Creeks and each would have his part to play two decades later when the Alamo was stormed during the fight for Texan independence from Mexico. President Jackson was the first head of state to recognize the fledgling Republic of Texas. Colonel Crockett would be enshrined as a folk hero for his stand at the Alamo. General Houston won Texan independence at San Jacinto in 1836. This book tells the stories of the two landmark battles--at Fort Mims and the Alamo--and the interwoven lives of Jackson, Crockett and Houston, three of the most fascinating men in American history.

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264

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McFarland

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1476665877

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9781476665870

Blitzkrieg in the West

Then and Now

By: Jean Paul Pallud

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Blitzkrieg in the West

Then and Now

By: Jean Paul Pallud

Jean Paul Pallud, author of the highly acclaimed The Battle of the Bulge Then and Now, presents — for the first time through comparison ‘then and now’ photographs — a detailed account of the Battle of France: the forty-five traumatic days from May 10 to June 24, 1940 that resulted in one of the most remarkable military victories of modern times. During those six weeks, six nations found themselves at war, fighting across four countries. From the polders of the Netherlands in the north to the mountains of the Alps in the south, and from the Rhine valley to the Atlantic coast, Jean Paul Pallud explores every corner of the battlefield, the camera recording the scenes today where fifty years ago Dutch, Belgian, German, French, British and Italian soldiers were locked in mortal combat. Battles great and small are described and illustrated to color the canvas of both the broad strategy and the individual firefight in Hitler’s victorious campaign of Blitzkrieg in the West.

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After the Battle

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1399076183

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9781399076180

Jackson

The Iron-willed Commander

By: Paul S. Vickery

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Jackson

The Iron-willed Commander

By: Paul S. Vickery

This book is part of The Generals, a series of books that examine the character traits of great generals in American history.

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257

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Thomas Nelson Inc

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1595554548

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9781595554543

Paris

The Shaping of the French Capital A Political Perspective

By: Paul N. Balchin

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Paris

The Shaping of the French Capital A Political Perspective

By: Paul N. Balchin

This book offers a new perspective on French architecture, describing the impact of political history on the architectural development of Paris. Through various stages in history from the Roman to the Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern and Modern, Paris: The Shaping of the French Capital shows how the immense political power of monarchs, the aristocracy and church determined the pace and volume of building in Paris and the extent of town planning. Whereas many other great cities owe their historic importance to trade, and to local government (the City of London being a supreme example), these attributes were largely absent in Paris (throughout most of its history it didn’t even have a mayor). Arguably, because of this, gradually over the centuries the French capital emerged as one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and now is a metropolis with a population in excess of 2 million.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000834867

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9781000834864

The God Gene

By: F. Paul Wilson

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The God Gene

By: F. Paul Wilson

A genetic discovery unearths a devastating secret in the New York Times–bestselling author’s medical thriller “worthy of Michael Crichton” (Publishers Weekly). When Rick Hayden’s brother Keith disappears, he turns to medical examiner Laura Fanning to help find him. An NYU zoologist, Keith had been researching the so-called “God Gene” that played a key role in human evolution—specifically in the development of brain power and creativity. But after an exciting discovery in East Africa, Keith destroyed his results and vanished. Rick and Laura’s search takes them to an uncharted island in the Mozambique Channel, where they come up against a world-shattering secret—and powerful enemies who have their own devious plans for it. In The God Gene, F. Paul Wilson continues his mind-bending ICE trilogy that began with Panacea.

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Macmillan + ORM

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0765385600

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9780765385604

That's My Team!

The History, Science, and Fun behind Sports Teams' Names

By: Paul Volponi

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That's My Team!

The History, Science, and Fun behind Sports Teams' Names

By: Paul Volponi

This interactive book compels both reluctant and sports-crazed readers to its pages by examining how various teams from a range of sports received their names. Teen and pre-teen readers will gain knowledge of history, science, literature, math, and a slew of other subjects through the lens of notable sports teams.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538126745

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9781538126745

The Person In Psychology

REALITY OR ABSTRACTION

By: Lafitte, Paul

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The Person In Psychology

REALITY OR ABSTRACTION

By: Lafitte, Paul

First Published in 1999. This is volume XVIII of 38 the international library of psychology, and is concerned with the person in psychology, a reality or abstraction. This book states a hypothesis about the nature of psychological enquiry and the proper field of psychology. Consequently, it takes issue with the major problems of methodology and theory in the various branches and schools of psychology, with many of which it stands at diameter and sword's point.

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Routledge

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1136324690

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9781136324697

Diary from the Dome

Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina

By: Paul Anthony Harris

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Diary from the Dome

Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina

By: Paul Anthony Harris

Diary from the Dome" is a personal chronicle of two very different trips to New Orleans, "America's Most Soulful City." The first chronicle is the author's 1977 trip, recorded in his journals as "a nave twenty-one-year-old discovering himself." The second trip finds the author caught in the vicious storm, Hurricane Katrina, and eventually becoming trapped as a tourist inside the New Orleans Superdome along with 20,000 other helpless people. This incisive and opinionated story serves as an eloquent tribute to "the incredible citizens of New Orleans.

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Vantage Press, Inc

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0533158524

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9780533158522

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