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Cathedral Condo's on the Square, Jackson Square that is    by
Price: $8.95 USD. 29870 words. Published on February 5, 2009. .

New Orleans Archdiocese, hard pressed for cash, closes five historic parishes, confiscates parish assets resulting in turmoil, protests and parishioners arrest. The Archbishop’s strikes a deal with the “money changers” to sell St. Louis Cathedral, the center piece of New Orleans Catholicism and history, for “30 pieces of silver”. A young academic holds the key to the Cathedral’s fate.
Streets of Youth: a New Orleans Story    by Kevin Law
Price: $0.99 USD. 103160 words. Published on October 1, 2009. .

Take a walk through the lower echelons of New Orleans and hang out with a happily impoverished young writer. Visit unusual corners of human existence, share a drink. This unique book is the account of a young man's desire to experience the world in all its deviant beauty and how NOLA obliges with consummate strangeness. "Today I know how to recognize beauty." A. Rimbaud- A Season In Hell
A Walking Tour of New Orleans-French Quarter, Louisiana    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 5080 words. Published on January 8, 2010. .

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of New Orleans' French Quarter from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical, architectural landmarks, cultural sites and ecclesiastic touchstones and provides step-by-step directions.
Einstein's Road Trip    by George Brinner
Price: $4.95 USD. 89430 words. Published on May 10, 2010. .

‘Hitchhiker’s Guide meets Don Quixote’. Magical Realism, aliens, and murder. An artist and Albert Einstein are chased cross country in search of life’s design.
Big Easy    by Eric Wilder
Price: $3.99 USD. 82500 words. Published on June 5, 2010. .

When someone begins killing New Orleans street people, it affects the City's tourist trade just recovering from Hurricane Katrina. More than simple acts of murder, voodoo is involved, the killer likely an actual Vodoun deity.
Lily's Little Cajun Cookbook    by Eric Wilder
Price: $0.99 USD. 10100 words. Published on June 14, 2010. .

Twenty-two essential Cajun and Creole recipes from the best Cajun cook that ever lived, served up with essential lagniappe from Louisiana author Eric Wilder.
A Time Before Me    by Michael Holloway Perronne
Price: $4.99 USD. 65250 words. Published by Chances Press, LLC  on June 20, 2010. .

In this poignant coming-of-age novel, a gay teen struggles to find his identity in the contrasting worlds of rural Mississippi and the big city of New Orleans. "Debut novelist Perronne presents a believeable and engaging cast of characters in this quiet tale of self-realization. -- Kirkus Discoveries Reviews, Jan. 2007" "A must own for fans of gay fiction." -- GayWired.com, Jan. 2006
Call Off The Dogs    by James Moushon
Price: $2.99 USD. 96420 words. Published on December 11, 2010. .

Another shooter in the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy is uncovered by Jonathon Stone. CIA Agent Jonathon Stone’s purchase of an old rifle from a gun dealer leads him on a search for the owner of the gun. When he finds the owner, a Cajun gun for hire, he discovers that he was one of the shooters in Dealey Plaza in Dallas the day President Kennedy was assassinated.
A Time Before Us: A Novel    by Michael Holloway Perronne
Price: $4.99 USD. 62770 words. Published by Chances Press, LLC  on March 13, 2011. .

In "A Time Before Us," Mason and Joey, a gay couple in their mid-thirties, have spent the past five years in post-Katrina New Orleans trying to keep Savannah’s, a drag queen cabaret and family legacy, alive amid challenging times. When the beloved French Quarter institution is threatened with closure, Mason and Joey are left questioning not just their relationship but also their life purposes.
Tenderless Night    by O'Neil De Noux
Price: $0.99 USD. 7910 words. Published on April 25, 2011. .

A woman is murdered in her home shortly after her husband takes out a large insurance policy. Her husband is an assistant district attorney and the cops quickly catch the killer (a hobo); but the insurance company is suspicious and hires New Orleans Private-Eye Lucien Caye to look into the matter.