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Depicting a child's reaction when Mommy brings a new baby home, this picture book can teach children how to be patient with and honest about their feelings of welcoming a new sibling. Full color.

"Mythological and fantastical creatures abound in these ... rhymes that are retellings of classic Mother Goose poems ... including 'Zombie, rotten, quite forgotten,' 'This little hydra,' and 'Hey Doblin, Doblin'"--Dust jacket fla

In this New Orleans version of The Gingerbread Man, the King Cake Baby, a small figure that is traditionally baked inside a king cake during Carnival season, escapes and encounters various local characters as he runs across the French Quarter, heading for the Mississippi River. Includes a recipe for king cake.

The daughter of the famous sheriff from McNairy County, Tennessee, presents his life story and the story of his later influence on American culture.

"When my friend Rod Gragg writes on leadership, I stop everything I'm doing and start reading. Rod's latest book is no exception. It's terrific."-Pat Williams, co-founder and senior vice president of the Orlando Magic and author of The Leadership Excellence Devotional: The Seven Sides of Leadership in Daily Life"This book is more than a page turner. It will impact the life of the thoughtful reader."-Rev. Harry Reeder, pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, and author of The Leadership Dynamic: A Biblical Model for Raising Effective Leaders"One of the most concise and useful works on leadership that I have ever read."-Lt. Col. Larkin Spivey, US Marine Corps (ret.), author of Battlefields and Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II and God in the TrenchesThe battles of World War II are long gone, but the lessons of dignity, integrity, and personal and public heroism live on. This illuminating book offers ten extraordinary leadership lessons from the Americans who overcame the Great Depression and won World War II. From America's greatest wartime leaders, including Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adm. Chester Nimitz to the unsung heroes who triumphed on Guadalcanal and Omaha Beach, the exceptional examples of leadership in this remarkable book will inspire and encourage you to be a true leader.Here are ten simple steps that will make a difference in the boardroom, classroom, or home. As America's Greatest Generation passes from memory into history, this small but powerful primer passes their brightly shining torch of leadership to a new generation looking to step up to the challenge.Read it. Apply it. And change your world for the better.

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a toad, a snake, and a mockingbird are part of the feast for a rather unusual Texan.

Although Frederic Remington lived in upstate New York, the West fascinated him. His desire to capture the spirit of this rugged region led him to drop out of Yale's art program because it focused on the old masters. Remington illustrated for magazines that sent him on assignments from Canada to Mexico and even Cuba. He filled his studio with props he brought back to help him re-create a dying frontier on canvas and in bronze. In his short life, he produced more than three thousand paintings and sketches and twenty-two bronze sculptures.In this one-on-one tour of thirteen Remington art works, prompts draw the reader's attention to details that casual viewers miss. These questions lead to further discussion. Readers gain a better understanding of the artist's process, cowboy life in the 1800s, and the techniques of looking at art. In the introduction, teachers learn how to incorporate Remington's art into their curriculum. Linda L. Osmundson has written more than 120 articles for regional and national publications. A former presenter at the National Docent Symposium, she is the author of How the West Was Drawn: Cowboy Charlie's Art. As a docent trainer, she taught art in the classroom workshops for volunteers. She has served as a docent in four major art museums and two galleries. Osmundson lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.>

Legendary cowboy Pecos Bill invents the ten-gallon hat after trying several unusual ways to protect his head from the hot Texas sun. Includes a glossary of cowboy terms.

The son of a Mississippi slave overcame prejudices and broke the color barrier to become the first black cowboy on Gov. "Sul" Ross's Texas ranch.

Walking Tours of Old New Orleans is an essential guide for anyone who wants to wander along the narrow streets of New Orleans' Vieux Carré and view its historic buildings, its verdant patios, and its flagged courtyards. With this book as a guide, readers will be able to inspect the wrought- and cast-iron railings that line the balconies of centuries-old Creole homes and gain an understanding of their authentic histories.In his landmark work, Stanley Clisby Arthur reveals the truth about the many colorful legends of the Old Square. As he writes, he relives the social life, traditions, history, romances, and intrigues of Old Creole days. With Arthur's book as a guide, readers may saunter down rue Royale, Bourbon, Chartres, St. Peter, Toulouse, St. Louis, Dumaine, or other quaint streets and enter into what seems to be a curious Old World city of bizarre color and customs. Arthur utilizes the roots of words related to the city to illuminate historic facts about the founding of New Orleans and traditions such as Mardi Gras.Walking Tours of Old New Orleans is more than a guidebook. A fascinating description of all the places of interest in the French Quarter, it offers an authentic history of the original city and gives insight into the old town's traditions and romantic past.Cover illustrations: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

The foremost authority on Puerto Rican cooking is a silver haired, stylish, and warmly hospitable woman named Carmen Aboy Valldejuli . . . [her books] are considered today to be the definitive books on island cooking.-New York TimesWritten entirely in Spanish, Cocina Criolla, the standard reference work on traditional Puerto Rican cooking, is in its 68th priniting and has special appeal to those who enjoy the island's cuisine.In addition to offering hundreds of delicious recipes, Cocina Criolla includes advice for the inexperienced cook that ranges from suggestions about the most efficient way to read a recipe to suggestions about what kitchen equipment every cook should have.Cocina Criolla no puede compararse con la generalidad de los libros de cocina. En muchos puntos difiere grandemente de 'stos. Pero por su encaje perfecto en la necesidad actual de literatura culinaria pr'ctica y 'til y por la forma detallada y caracter'stica de sus rectas es, de por s', 'nico en su clase.Cocina Criolla solucionar' muchas problemas dom'sticos y por lo tanto, est' llamad a ser un libro indespensable en el hogar.The English edition of this book, Puerto Rican Cookery, is in its 36th printing with more than 167,000 copies in print and is also available from Pelican.

Miss Devine the librarian adds a new twist to the well-known cumulative rhyme in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when she eats an important word.

"The U.S. Army's oddest recruits: Camels! In this strange but true historical tale, 34 camels were imported to Texas to work as pack animals for the army in 1856."--Amazon.com.

From Cafe de Refugies, the city's first eatery that later became Antoine's, to Toney's Spaghetti House, Houlihan's, and Bali Hai, this guide recalls restaurants from New Orleans' past. Period photographs provide a glimpse into the history of New Orleans' famous and culturally diverse culinary scene. Recipes offer the reader a chance to try the dishes once served.

This completely revised, full-color edition includes an updated list of significant plantation homes in Louisiana, complete with the historical background of each structure and descriptions of unique features. This modernized guide offers an expanded New Orleans section, highlighting both the famous Garden District and the historic French Quarter. Hours of operation, contact information, and directions to hard-to-find homes are also included. Illustrated with seventy-one color photographs, this guide captures the majesty and mystery of Louisiana's splendid homes.A native of St. Francisville, Anne Butler has reached a diverse audience through her interest in her home state's unique cultures. She has written articles for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Country Woman, New Orleans Magazine, and Country Roads and is the author of River Road Plantation Country Cookbook, Louisiana Swamp Tours, Acadian Plantation Country Cookbook, Bayou Plantation Country Cookbook, Weep for the Living, and Audubon Plantation Country Cookbook, all published by Pelican.

A delightful collection of traditional Irish legends including much-loved favourites such as Oisï¿1/2n, The Brown Bull of Cooley and The Giant from Scotland.Six beautifully illustrated legends, simply retold for children of all ages to enjoy and remember.

A frequent guest of Hitler for long periods of time, Hermann Rauschning resigned from his post as president of the Danzig senate in 1934 and severed his ties with the Nazi Party. He then meticulously transcribed conversations with Hitler from 1932 to 1934 and published them with the hope of sounding a warning throughout the world of the dark days that lay ahead. Unfortunately, it was not published until 1940.This book is unique in its perspective from inside Hitler's intimate circle. The conversations recorded here took place in the last year before Hitler's seizure of power and the first two years of the National Socialist regime. Important not only for the intimate outlining of Hitler's aims and how he would seek to achieve them, The Voice of Destruction helps add detail to the portrait of this man who would settle for nothing short of global German supremacy, even if it meant annihilation for some.

"Julian Piper documents the integral but underappreciated center of blues music--Baton Rouge, Louisiana--with style and grit and no illusions or highfalutin' worship. He includes details of these unique characters that show why they and their music continue to live on." -David Kunian, award-winning documentarian and music curator for the Louisiana State Museum When forty-year-old Englishman Julian C. Piper spent a year abroad at Louisiana State University studying music and playing the blues in Baton Rouge, he had no idea how transformative the experience would be. For years he had played guitar with American blues artists across England and Europe, sharing the music firsthand, enthralled by their stories and almost religious devotion to the blues. His midlife sojourn to America brought him in contact with the music and people he had experienced only through records and well-thumbed books: a surreal experience that he documents through personal recollections in one engrossing chapter after another. Through his close friendship with Blues Box owner Tabby Thomas and his son Chris, Piper worked with blues luminaries including Silas Hogan and Guitar Kelly. He heard stories of many icons, such as Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter and Lightnin' Slim, and even interviewed the elusive Lonesome Sundown. After returning home, he turned those intensely personal and entertaining conversations with the men he met into a series on BBC national radio called Blues on the Bayou--and ultimately into this fascinating look at Louisiana-grown blues. led Blues on the Bayou--and ultimately into this fascinating look at Louisiana-grown blues.

"Another reason for publishing these records is that publication is an excellent way to preserve them. In Louisiana, each person who cares what happens to our precious records needs to do whatever he can in this direction, for they have been disappearing at an alarming rate."--Mary Elizabeth SandersSt. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series Vol. III: Selected Annotated Abstracts of Court Records, 1811-1837 includes a wealth of information from Marriage Book 2 1830-1837, Civil Suits 1811-1836, Mortgage Record Books and Conveyance Books 1811-1837, Donation Book A 1811-1837, and selected abstracts of Estates 1834-1837.Painstakingly researched and compiled by Mary Elizabeth Sanders, this series is a gold mine for historians, genealogical researchers, or students of south Louisiana history.

"Another reason for publishing these records is that publication is an excellent way to preserve them. In Louisiana, each person who cares what happens to our precious records needs to do whatever he can in this direction, for they have been disappearing at an alarming rate."--Mary Elizabeth SandersSt. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series Vol. II: Selected Annotated Abstracts of Marriage Book 1, 1811-1829 records marriages performed in St. Mary Parish by parish judges, justices of the peace, and Protestant ministers. When possible, information about each bride and groom's family is included, along with names of witnesses.Painstakingly researched and compiled by Mary Elizabeth Sanders, this series is a gold mine for historians, genealogical researchers, or students of south Louisiana history.

In the years before the Louisiana Purchase, a brave man sailed the waters of the Gulf Coast. Pierre George Rousseau, a little-known figure in American history, led the Spanish campaign against the British in Louisiana and West Florida during the Revolutionary War. He also served as a commanding general under the last six Spanish governors of Louisiana.Rousseau: The Last Days of Spanish New Orleans is the biography of this unsung American hero, outlining his voyages throughout the Louisiana territory and the anecdotes still told by his descendants today. It is not just the story of one man, but of life in Louisiana and New Orleans during the last years of Spanish colonial rule.