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Mumbo gumbo murder / by Childs, Laura,author.; Moran, Terrie Farley,author.;
"It's Jazz Fest in New Orleans, and the giant puppets from the Beastmaster Puppet Theatre are parading through the French Quarter. Some are very spooky and veiled, others are tall and gangly, like strange aliens. As the parade proceeds, Carmela Bertrand and her best friend, Ava, follow behind, down Royal Street and past the food booths. Suddenly, they hear a terrible crash from Devon Dowling's antiques shop. They rush inside to find Devon collapsed with blood streaming down the side of his face. Has he been shot? Stabbed? 911 is hastily called, and the police and EMTs show up. After the police examine Devon's body, they tell Carmela and Ava that their friend was murdered with an icepick. They're shocked beyond belief - and now Mimi, Devon's little pug, is left homeless. Carmela and Ava are determined to catch the murderer, but the list of suspects is long. How long do they have before they find themselves on the killer's list?"--
Subjects: Recipes.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Bertrand, Carmela (Fictitious character); Murder;
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A tuba to Cuba [videorecording] / by Herrington, T. G.,film director.; Clinch, Danny,film director.; Gabriel, Charlie,on-screen participant.; Harris, Walter,on-screen participant.; Jaffee, Ben,on-screen participant.; Blue Fox Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ben Jaffee, Charlie Gabriel, Walter Harris.The leader of New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band seeks to fulfill his late father's dream of retracing their musical roots to the shores of Cuba in search of the indigenous music that gave birth to New Orleans jazz. A Tuba to Cuba celebrates the triumph of the human spirit expressed through the universal language of music and challenges us to resolve to build bridges, not walls.E.DVD-R ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Preservation Hall Jazz Band.; Jazz; Jazz; African Americans; Jazz musicians; Music and history; Music and history;
For private home use only.
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The chef / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; DiLallo, Max,author.;
Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted. In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty--as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste for murder? While fighting the charges against him, Rooney makes a pair of unthinkable discoveries. His beloved city is under threat of attack. And these would-be terrorists may be local.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Police; Cooks; Murder; Detective and mystery stories;
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Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy / by Ball, Edward,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."An examination of the history of the author's family and its ties to white supremacist movements."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Lecorgne, Constant, 1832-1886.; Lecorgne family.; Ku Klux KLan; White League (La.); Creoles; Racism; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); White supremacy movements;
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American horror story. [videorecording] / by Conroy, Frances.; Lange, Jessica.; Paulson, Sarah,1974-; Peters, Evan,1987-; Rabe, Lily,1982-; FX Networks, LLC.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Lily Rabe.The third season primarily follows the antics and events of a coven of Salem descendants who reside within a boarding school, Miss Robichaux's Academy, centered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The academy is run by Headmistress Cordelia Foxx (Sarah Paulson), who has always lived in the shadow of her mother, Fiona Goode (Jessica Lange). Fiona is the Coven's "Supreme", a witch born every generation who embodies countless gifts and magical abilities, namely, the Seven Wonders of Witchcraft; the Supreme is the head of the Coven. Danger lurks inside the academy's past due to the mysterious butler Spalding (Denis O'Hare) and his relationship with Fiona. The entire coven is assessed and evaluated by the Council of Witchcraft, which includes Fiona's old rival and Cordelia's mother figure, Myrtle Snow (Frances Conroy).14A.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, Dolby digital 5.1, dual-layer format, NTSC, region 1.
Subjects: Covens; Female friendship; Good and evil; Horror television programs.; Magic; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Witches;
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The agony house / by Priest, Cherie.; O'Connor, Tara.;
Seventeen-year-old Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which is over 100 years old, and really showing its age, but which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Ghost stories.; Haunted houses; Murder; Comic books, strips, etc.;
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Waking the dead / by Graham, Heather.;
Danielle and Michael connect events between a Swiss summer in 1816 and those in modern New Orleans, and their connection to a certain painting created by a friend of Byron's.
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Detective and mystery stories.; Cafferty, Danni (Fictitious character); Quinn, Michael (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Good and evil in art; Ex-police officers; Antique dealers; Supernatural;
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The undertaker's assistant / by Skenandore, Amanda,author.;
"The dead can't hurt you. Only the living can." Effie Jones, a former slave who escaped to the Union side as a child, knows the truth of her words. Taken in by an army surgeon and his wife during the War, she learned to read and write, to tolerate the sight of blood and broken bodies-and to forget what is too painful to bear. Now a young freedwoman, she has returned south to New Orleans and earns her living as an embalmer, her steady hand and skillful incisions compensating for her white employer's shortcomings. Tall and serious, Effie keeps her distance from the other girls in her boarding house, holding tight to the satisfaction she finds in her work. But despite her reticence, two encounters--with a charismatic state legislator named Samson Greene, and a beautiful young Creole, Adeline--introduce her to new worlds of protests and activism, of soirees and social ambition. Effie decides to seek out the past she has blocked from her memory and try to trace her kin. As her hopes are tested by betrayal, and New Orleans grapples with violence and growing racial turmoil, Effie faces loss and heartache, but also a chance to finally find her place.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; African American women political activists; Undertakers and undertaking;
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A penguin named Patience : a Hurricane Katrina rescue story / by Lewis, Suzanne,1954-; Anchin, Lisa.;
"Patience is a South African penguin living at New Orleans's Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. When the Aquarium is severely damaged during Hurricane Katrina, many animals are put in peril, including Patience and the other penguins. They must leave their home, and their penguin keeper, until it is restored"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: African penguin; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Animal rescue; Penguins;
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The haunted mansion : storm & shade / by Gray, Claudia,author.; Disney Enterprises (1996- );
"Welcome, foolish mortals, to an original and eerie novel inspired by the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disney Parks! Audrey is the new girl in town, a town that houses a supposedly haunted mansion. When Audrey and a few of her friends decide to investigate this phantom manor, she becomes involved in a macabre mystery and eerie adventure that holds the fate of the mansion's 999 happy haunts in the balance. Plus, if that wasn't enough, Audrey finds herself in a love triangle between her boyfriend and enigmatic Sterling, who just might be one of the ghosts. Can Audrey and her friends save the ghosts--and her love life--before it's too late?"--012-018.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Ghost stories.; Novels.; Ghosts; Haunted houses; Haunted Mansion (Amusement ride); Interpersonal relations; Teenagers; Ghosts; Haunted houses; Haunted Mansion (Amusement ride); Interpersonal relations; Teenagers;
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