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Zeitoun (Vintage) by Dave Eggers Publisher Comments When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Staff Pick Dave Eggers wowed even his most ardent skeptics with What Is the What, the "autobiography" of a Sudanese immigrant that Eggers wrote based on interviews with Valentino Achak Deng. Now Eggers is back with Zeitoun, which examines the disappearance of a... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina by Chris Rose Publisher Comments Originally a self-published sensation by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, 1 Dead in Attic captures the heart and soul of New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Time: Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Changed America by Editors of Time Magazine Publisher Comments Time chronicles the story of the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history. Here, in stunning pictures and gripping first-hand accounts, is the terrible tale of Katrina's deadly wrath and savage aftermath. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette Publisher Comments Offering a new perspective on the unique cultural influences of New Orleans, this entertaining history captures the soul of the city and reveals its impact on the rest of the nation. Focused on New Orleans first century of existence, a comprehensive... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans by Robert Tallant Publisher Comments A public menace to some and a local hero to others, the Crescent Cityis most notorious pirate left behind tales and adventures that will give young readers an insight into the life and history of the city during the early 19th century.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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New Orleans Stories: Great Writers on the City by John Miller Synopsis Voodoo. Vampires. Jazz. There's no city quite like New Orleans, a city that whispers stories and where writers come to eavesdrop. New Orleans Stories collects the very best writing on the Big Easy by a stellar gallery of writers for whom the city has... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum Publisher Comments Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Heart Like Water: Surviving Katrina and Life in Its Disaster Zone by Joshua Clark Publisher Comments Clark brings a first-person literary account to the horror of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath as he takes readers on a heart-rending journey through this atrocious national disaster.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--The Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist by Ivor van Heerden and Mike Bryan Publisher Comments The ultimate inside story: how bureaucracy, politics, and a disregard of science combined to crippleperhaps forevera great American city As deputy director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center, Ivor van Heerden had for years been... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Unnatural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina (06 Edition) by Reed Publisher Comments Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster of staggering proportions. The vicious winds and surging seas that lashed the Gulf Coast on August 31, 2005, paralyzed New Orleans and left a scene of utter devastation in their wake. But when the winds and waves... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Why New Orleans Matters by Tom Piazza Publisher Comments In the aftermath of Katrina and the disaster that followed, promises were made, forgotten, and renewed. Now what will become of New Orleans in the years ahead? What do this proud, battered city and its people mean to America and the world? Award... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina by Ken Wells Publisher Comments With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, make a fateful decision to ride out Hurricane Katrina on their hand-built fishing boats in a sheltered Civil War–era harbor... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $16.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards by Tyler Bridges Publisher Comments Louisiana is our most exotic state. It is religious and roguish, a place populated by Cajuns, Creoles, Rednecks, and Bible-thumpers. It is a state that loves good food, good music, and good times. Laissez les bons temps rouler -- let the good times roll -... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Yet those wind-torn hours represented only the first stage of the relentless triple tragedy that Katrina... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Book Club Hardcover
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New Orleans by Richard Bizier Publisher Comments Descriptions of all the attractions and a star rating system highlight entries of ěnot to be missed attractions.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? by Toni Mcgee Causey Publisher Comments This beautifully designed hardcover book starts with a line of cars leaving the city ahead of Hurricane Katrina and ends in a mad Mardi Gras romp. The book winds through the streets of New Orleans toward a deeper understanding of just what this great... (read more) List Price $18.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. But it was only the first stage of a shocking triple tragedy. On the heels of one of the three strongest... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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More Cajun Humor by Justin Wilson Publisher Comments Cajun humor must be kindly and homespun, andno one spins a tale with those requirements better than the world's number onehumorist, Justin Wilson.Written in dialect, his second collection of tales revolves around the livesof quick-witted farmers... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $10.61 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security by Christopher Cooper Publisher Comments Based on exclusive interviews, the inside story of how America's emergency response system failed and how it remains dangerously broken When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on the morning of August 29, 2005, federal and state officials were not prepared... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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