Jay Edwards: 8 books
A Creole Lexicon
Architecture, Landscape, People
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Throughout Louisiana's colonial and postcolonial periods, there evolved a highly specialized vocabulary for describing the region's buildings, people, and cultural landscapes. This creolized language -- a unique combination of localisms and words borrowed from French, Spanish, English, Indian, and...
by Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay Edwards, Glen Pitre
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1991
The first book in the Folklife in the South series and by far the broadest look at traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It not only describes the traditions as they are but also explains how they came to be.
by Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay Edwards, Glen Pitre
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
This insightful book is by far the broadest examination of traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It goes beyond the stereotypes and surface treatment given to Cajuns by the popular media and examines the great variety of cultural elements alive in Cajun culture today—cooking, music, storytelling,...
The Mystery Of 2012
Predictions, Prophecies, and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Are we coming to the end of a cosmic cycle? Will there be an age of awakening, or even an end to the world we know? For the first time, the leading authorities on the 2012 phenomenon are all given voice in a single book: The Mystery of 2012 . From the prophecies of the Mayan astronomers to modern...
Sex at Work
Twenty sexy stories that give a new meaning to job satisfaction.
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
Twenty sexy short stories that give a new meaning to job satisfaction ... From encounters with the boss to affairs with colleagues or forbidden liaisons with clients, these stories revolve around all manner of workplace relationships and environments. There are orgies at the office, frisky fun at...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Courting Justice
Ten New Jersey Cases That Shook the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Since 1947 a modernized New Jersey Supreme Court has played an important and controversial role in the state, nation, and world. Its decisions in cutting-edge cases have confronted society’s toughest issues, reflecting changing social attitudes, modern life’s complexities, and new technologies.
Paul...
by Alex Bledsoe, Nayad Monroe, Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
There's something compelling about the shine of clicking brass clockwork and hiss of steam-driven automatons.
But there was something missing. It was easy to find excellent stories of American and British citizens... but we rarely got to see steampunk from the point of view of the rest of the...