This collection of dark and enchanted satire, musings, and witticisms exposes a swatch in the psyche deeper than character studies or scenarios of right or wrong, good or bad, politics or peccadilloes. Crafty, uncensored, and contentious, this irreverent commentary serves up the perfect "quipsodic" tonic for overcoming the perpetually positive, goodie-two-shoes, saintly Stepford, happy middlebrow mindset. From the hallowed halls of tycoons to the underbelly of pop culture and flawed people living in the abyss, beyond the revelry and merrymaking, the guises and disguises, herein lies a quirky shadow dance of quips; a dark-jewel slice of life. Taking umbrage at milquetoast platitudes, with sardonic, world-weary wit, the narrative delivers insolent interpretations of how Louisiana's rebellious, rollicking French Quarter saints and sinners approach life, love, lust, backstabbing, and survival on the brink.

Hearsay from Heaven and Hades: New Orleans Secrets of Sinners and Saints

Politics & Social Sciences

Fisher, T. J.

Philosophy

Morgana Pr

Paying tribute and homage to the French Quarter's compelling clash-of-culture imagery of past and present, this highly visual collage reveals a mad hatter's mesmerising jumble of exquisitely-controlled chaos.

Vieux Carre Chic: The Art of Overindulgent Home Decor

Arts & Photography

Architecture

100% of publisher profits will be donated to French Quarter preservation groups Revisit the timeless mystery, magic, and majesty of the French Quarter and its legendary gardens with this lush collection of photographs. An emotional narrative about the heart and soul of New Orleans and the city’s ability to triumph over sorrow accompanies hundreds of pictures taken before and after the life- and landscape-altering Hurricane Katrina; a special section presents the classic work The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré, which offers mesmerizing images of the verdant gardens concealed behind brick walls and iron gates in the Quarter. The importance of fundraising for and conscientious rebuilding of New Orleans is stressed throughout the book, making this a gorgeous bookwith a purpose.

Orleans Embrace With the Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carre

Guste, Roy F.

Fisher, TJ

Photography & Video

New York art sleuth Peter Grant and his capricious, estranged wife Claire find themselves deeply enmeshed in an intriguing yet deadly web of Venetian politics and crime in this tale of the privileged and powerful, the beautiful and the cursed. Peter is summoned to Venice by Lloyds of London to recover an original, priceless Giovanni Bellini masterpiece stolen from an Austrian archduke’s 17th-century palazzo. Under the charm, elegance, and decadence of Venice, Peter pursues reconciliation with Claire only to find himself immersed in debauchery, theft, and murder. Calling upon his unique brand of savoir faire, Peter narrowly escapes capture and is able to track down the painting and the missing artifact. As both objects slip through his grasp, he discovers that Claire is about to become the next murder victim. Amid a series of perverse twists and turns, Peter must manage to untangle the mystery and unmask an unexpected villain before striking again.

Ruins of Grandeur (The Peter Grant Chronicles)

Literature & Fiction

Geddes, Donald G., III

United States

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