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	Absalom, Absalom! • William Faulkner • LITERATURE • This is Faulkner's brilliant masterpiece on human nature and the Old South, a challenging but rewarding read. (USS69, $13.95)
	Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877 • Carl A. Brasseaux • HISTORY • A history of Louisiana's Acadians in the key period from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to 1877 and the end of Reconstruction. (USS163, $22.00)
	All the King's Men • Robert Penn Warren • LITERATURE • Penn Warren drew on the character of Huey Long for this novel about a Louisiana politician who hits the bigtime and loses his heart to power. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1947. (USS253, $15.00)
	Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway • Mary Ann Sternberg • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the historic River Road, the 100-mile route beside the Mississippi River stretching from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. (USS178, $18.95)
	As I Lay Dying • William Faulkner • LITERATURE • Faulkner's deadpan yet tragic tale of the Bundren family's journey across Mississippi with Addie, their deceased wife and mother, in tow. (USS68, $12.95)
	The Awakening • Kate Chopin • Marilynne Robinson • LITERATURE • The 1899 novel that forever vanquished "feminine propriety." Chopin's exhilarating, tragic feminist novella sings with the Cajun and Creole cadences of her native New Orleans. (USS229, $4.95)
	Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston • Edward T. Cotham • HISTORY • A thorough recreation of the Battle of Galveston that incorporates historical elements and detailed characters of the battle. (TEX02, $25.00)
	Becoming Southern: The Evolution of a Way of Life, Warren County and Vicksburg, Missippi, 1770-1860 • Christopher Morris • HISTORY • A cultural study of Mississippi in the 18th and 19th century. (USS160, $45.00)
	The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession • Mark Obmascik • NATURAL HISTORY • Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled. (BRD29, $14.00)
	The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife • Christopher W. Leahy • Gordon Morrison • NATURAL HISTORY • A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching. (NAM21, $19.95)
	Blues from the Delta • William R. Ferris • MUSIC • A cultural history of the Blues. (MUS34, $16.50)
	Boat People • Mary Gardner • LITERATURE • A novel about Vietnamese refugees in Galveston. (TEX26, $15.95)
	Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America • Alvar Nu�ez Cabeza de Vaca • Cyclone Covey • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The epic story of a conquistador lost in the American wilderness for eight years. (SWU40, $17.95)
	Cajun and Creole Folktales, The French Oral Tradition of South Louisiana • Barry Jean Ancelet • LITERATURE • An excellent, wide-ranging compilation of Cajun and Creole folktales, presented side-by-side in French and English. It includes magic tales, jokes, animal tales, tall tales and legends. (USS152, $25.00)
	Cajun and Creole Music Makers • Barry Jean Ancelet • Elemore Morgan • MUSIC • This book presents interviews with and photos of Cajun and Creole musicians in their surroundings. (USS172, $40.00)
	Cajun Country • Barry Jean Ancelet • Jay D. Edwards • Glen Pitre • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An overview of the history and culture of the Cajuns of South Louisiana which investigates the social institutions and cultural activities of this ethnic group. (USS153, $22.00)
	Cajun Country Guide • Mason Fry • Julie Posner • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to South Louisiana's Cajun country, covering the region's culture, music, food. (USS177, $17.95)
	The Cajuns, Americanization of a People • Shane K. Bernard • HISTORY • A history of the Cajuns over the last 60 years. (USS334, $20.00)
	Chained to the Rock of Adversity: To Be Free, Black, and Female in the Old South • Virginia Meacham Gould • HISTORY • Stories of the lives of Southern Black Women, told through personal letters and diaries. (USS134, $22.95)
	The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War, Vicksburg to Appomattox • William Davis • Bell. I. Wiley • HISTORY • A big, beautiful history of the Civil War featuring 4,000 archival photographs, drawings and maps. (USS156, $39.98)
	The Civil War, A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Red River to Appomattox • Shelby Foote • HISTORY • This classic, three-volume collection documents the military and political battles of the Civil War. (USS116, $78.00)
	Classic Natchez: An Illustrated Tour through a Remarkable Antebellum Town • Van J. Martin • Randolph Delehanty • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Antebellum South presented through photographs and essays on 43 Natchez homes, including maps, floor plans, and a timeline. (USS136, $39.95)
	The Coming of Age in Mississippi • Anne Moody • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A powerful and provocative autobiography of the author's fight against racism in the 1950s South. (USS140, $6.99)
	Creole New Orleans, Race and Americanization • Joseph Logsdon • Arnold R. Hirsch • HISTORY • A scholarly history of New Orleans, focusing on Creole and Black contributions. (USS171, $24.95)
	Creoles of Color of the Gulf South • James H. Dormon • HISTORY • The eight contributors explore Creole origins, language, music and culture in this scholarly history. (USS166, $34.00)
	Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta • Robert Palmer • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Palmer crafts an engaging, thoroughly interesting history of blues music, tracing it from its rural roots in the Mississippi Delta to great blues musicians like Muddy Waters and B.B. King. (USS396, $16.00)
	Delta Wedding • Eudora Welty • LITERATURE • An expertly written comedy about white southerners on the brink of marriage. (USS251, $14.00)
	The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace • Jonathan Daniels • HISTORY • A brief, pocket history of the development, exploration and settling of the Natchez Trace, which stretches from Natchez, Mississippi, across northwestern Alabama to Nashville. (USS142, $5.95)
	Eyewitness Guide New Orleans • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A thorough, gorgeously illustrated guidebook. (USS305, $20.00)
	Flash for Freedom • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • In this fifth installment in the rollicking series, our self-serving, cowardly Victorian hero finds himself playing a role in the Civil War. (USS372, $15.00)
	Flashman and the Angel of the Lord • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman finds himself at the center of extraordinary events in this 10th installment in the entertaining, meticulously researched series. Flashy is kidnapped in Cape Town (talk about reluctant) and soon with John Brown on his fateful 1859 raid at Harper's Ferry. (USS371, $15.00)
	Folklife in Louisiana, Images of Tradition • Frank de Caro • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An exhibit catalog featuring 166 black-and-white photographs of work by local artists. (USS165, $31.95)
	The Forgotten People, Cane River's Creoles of Color • Gary B. Mills • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly account of a Louisiana Creole community. (USS210, $20.95)
	The Founding of New Acadia • Carl A. Brasseaux • HISTORY • Early Acadian settlement and culture in Louisiana by respected Cajun historian Carl Brasseaux. (USS162, $20.95)
	The Free People of Color of New Orleans, An Introduction • Mary Gehman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An interesting portrait of the creole "free people of color." (USS211, $8.95)
	From Slavery to Freedom, A History of African Americans • John Hope Franklin • HISTORY • A classic history of the African American experience. (USA39, $75.00)
	Galveston • Sean Stewart • LITERATURE • A story of magic and morality set in a Galveston of the near future. (TEX34, $14.95)
	Galveston and the 1900 Storm • Elizabeth Hayes Turner • Patricial Bellis Bixel • NATURAL HISTORY • A well-illustrated book of the devastating storm in 1900. (TEX01, $29.95)
	Galveston Map • Rand McNally Maps • (TEX27, $4.95)
	The Galveston That Was • Peter H. Brink • Ezra Stoller • Henri Cartier-Bresson • Howard Barnstone • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A book that inspired successful restoration of Galveston's architectural treasures. (TEX06, $49.95)
	Galveston, A History • David G. McComb • HISTORY • A history of Galveston, focusing on the growth of the cotton port and the great storm of 1900. (TEX13, $24.95)
	Galveston: A History of the Island • Gary Cartwright • NATURAL HISTORY • An entertaining historical look at the history of Galveston (TEX05, $17.95)
	Gardens of New Orleans, Exquisite Excess • Jeanette Hardy • Lake Douglas • Richard Sexton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A sumptuously photographed tour of the grander gardens of New Orleans. (USS231, $40.00)
	General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West • Albert Castel • HISTORY • A scholarly account of the life and career of a key figure in the Civil War west of the Mississippi. (USM37, $24.95)
	Graceland, Going Home with Elvis • Karen Ann Marling • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A serious, engaging analysis of Graceland and the phenomenon of Elvis Presley. (USS191, $14.95)
	Great Smoky Mountains, A Visitor's Companion • George Wuerthner • Douglas W. Moore • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to the history, wildlife, geology and tourism of the Great Smoky Mountains. (USE330, $19.95)
	Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign • Jay Luvaas • Steven Bowman • Leonard Fullenkamp • HISTORY • A history and guide to the battlefield of Vicksburg designed for the traveler. With archival and modern maps, as well as photographic portraits of many of the major officers, it's a terrific handbook for the Civil War enthusiast. (USS155, $17.95)
	Gulf Coast Seashore Life, Alabama to Texas • Raymond Leung • James Kavanaugh • FIELD GUIDE • This fold-out, laminated reference features illustrations of almost 150 species commonly found on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. (USS217, $5.95)
	Gumbo Ya-Ya, A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales • Robert Tallant • Edward Dreyer • Lyle Saxon • LITERATURE • A wonderful collection of charming, outrageous, time-honored, common, obscure, exotic and famous folk tales of Louisiana -- and especially of New Orleans. (USS208, $19.95)
	Hardluck Ironclad, The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo • Edwin C. Bearss • HISTORY • The story of the sinking of the "Cairo," a Union gunboat lost in the Yazoo River, paired with the story of its recovery, 100 years later. Civil War historian Edwin C. Bearss, who provided this firsthand account, was an integral part of the recovery. The "Cairo" can now be seen on display in Vicksburg. (WAR17, $23.95)
	How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher • Simon Barnes • NATURAL HISTORY • According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter. (BRD25, $17.95)
	Huey Long • T. Harry Williams • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The definitive biography of the larger-than-life southern politician. (USS348, $25.00)
	Huntsville Map • Rand McNally Maps • A map of Huntsville, Alabama at a scale of 1:40,000. (USS390, $4.95)
	The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times • William Wilmon Newcomb • HISTORY • An excellent reference of history and cultures of Native Americans in Texas. (TEX10, $22.95)
	Inherit the Wind • Jerome Lawrence • Robert E. Lee • LITERATURE • The case of a biology teacher accused of teaching evolution to his students. (USS180, $5.99)
	Inside War, The Guerilla Conflict in Missouri during the American Civil War • Michael Fellman • HISTORY • (USM36, $18.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide New Orleans • Honey Naylor • GUIDEBOOK • A brief, fully illustrated guide tot he city featuring excellent neighborhood maps. (USS179, $12.95)
	Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History • Erik Larson • Isaac Monroe Cline • HISTORY • A blend of history and science that tells the story of the devastating hurricane of 1900. (TEX03, $14.95)
	Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand • Kenn Kaufman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year. (BRD27, $14.00)
	The Known World • Edward P. Jones • LITERATURE • Set in a fictitious Virginia county in the antebellum years, this great, Pulitzer-winning novel is a consideration of the wages of slavery and an avowal of the peculiar institution's primacy in the American psyche. (USS379, $24.95)
	Lonely Planet New Orleans • Tom Downs • John T. Edge • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide to New Orleans features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on accommodations and sightseeing. (USS186, $18.99)
	Louisiana / Mississippi Map • AAA Publishing • A clear, detailed traveler's map of the two southern states. (USS32, $4.95)
	Louisiana Map • Rand McNally Maps • A colorful road map of Louisiana at a scale of 1:976,000. (USS263, $4.95)
	The Majesty of Natchez • Reid Smith • Steven Brooke • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Acclaimed photographer Steven Brooke's amazing photos of historic homes in Natchez. (USS133, $17.95)
	Mammals of North America • Roland W. Kays • Don E. Wilson • FIELD GUIDE • The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico. (NAM11, $19.95)
	Midnight Magic: Selected Stories of Bobbie Ann Mason • Bobbi Ann Mason • LITERATURE • A good selection of Mason's stories, most set in the south. (USS193, $16.95)
	The Most Southern Place on Earth, The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity • James C. Cobb • HISTORY • A social history of the Mississippi Delta. (USS332, $19.95)
	The Moviegoer • Walker Percy • LITERATURE • Walker Percy won the 1961 National Book Award for this novel, his masterpiece, which unfolds in New Orleans during a momentous Carnival week. It's a great book that we can recommend as much for its sheer readability as for its palpable sense of place. (USS249, $13.95)
	The National Trust Guide to New Orleans • Roulhac Toledano • GUIDEBOOK • An in-depth guide to the architectural heritage, culture and history of New Orleans. With chapters on historic preservation, neighborhood profiles and an introduction to the city's various architectural styles. (USS98, $24.95)
	Native Universe, Voices of Indian America • Clifford E. Trafzer • ANTHOLOGY • This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (USA95, $40.00)
	New Orleans Cemeteries, Life in the Cities of the Dead • Mason Florence • Robert Florence • GUIDEBOOK • A cultural history of New Orleans as seen through its often elaborate cemeteries and funerary ritual. (USS167, $29.95)
	New Orleans Houses, A House-Watchers Guide • Lloyd Vogt • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to the architecture of New Orlean with maps and 100 drawings. (USS213, $24.95)
	New Orleans Map • Borch Maps • A folded, laminated map of the city center of New Orleans. (USS207, $7.95)
	New Orleans Yesterday and Today, A Guide to the City • O.K. Le Blanc • Charles L. Dufour • John Chase • John Wilds • Walter G. Cowan • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to New Orleans, its history, traditions and beauty. (USS170, $18.95)
	New Orleans, A Pictorial History • Leonard V. Huber • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A visual homage to the Big Easy, with text and more than 1,000 illustrations. (USS212, $26.00)
	The Night the War Was Lost • Charles L. Dufour • HISTORY • Charles Dufour contends that with the fall of New Orleans in the spring of 1862, the South had lost the Civil War. In explaining the reasons for the seizure of New Orleans and its results, Dufour also explores a more personable aspect of the war: the people involved and their losses. (USS107, $25.00)
	Off the Beaten Path Louisiana, A Guide to Unique Places • Gay N. Martin • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to unique local restaurants as well as some of Louisiana's less publicized attractions, such as swamp cruises and alligator farms. (USS398, $13.95)
	One Writer's Beginnings • Eudora Welty • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Welty's reminiscences of her childhood in the deep south of the 1910s. (USS252, $14.50)
	Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West • William L. Shea • Earl J. Hess • HISTORY • A comprehensive, moment-by-moment account of the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. (USS182, $22.50)
	The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Natchez and the South, Vol. 1 • Helen Kerr Kempe • Susan Cole Dore • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guidebook to Southern Mississippi (USS137, $12.95)
	Prisoners of War • Steve Yarbrough • LITERATURE • A complex, enormously satisfying tale of family, history or War set in WWII-era rural Mississippi. (USS349, $23.00)
	The Promise of the New South, Life After Reconstruction - 15th Anniversary Edition • Edward L. Ayers • HISTORY • A lauded history of the post-Civil War South, covering industry, agriculture, race, politics and society at a critical moment in our history. Fifteenth-anniversary edition. (USS404, $19.95)
	The Quiet Game • Greg Iles • LITERATURE • A murder mystery set in Natchez, Mississippi. (USS141, $7.99)
	Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories • Ronald J. Drez • David Eisenhower • HISTORY • YOUNG ADULTS • An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information. (USA96, $17.95)
	Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul • Scott Weidensaul • NATURAL HISTORY • An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America. (USA123, $15.00)
	River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America • William Least Heat-Moon • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • William Heat-Moon and a small crew travel westward across the rivers of America in a dual-outward boat dubbed "River-Horse." (USM117, $14.00)
	The River Queen • Mary Morris • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An engaging, meditative account of travels aboard a houseboat on the upper Mississippi. (USM115, $24.00)
	Robert E. Lee • Roy Blount, Jr. • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A lively short biographical essay in the excellent Penguin Lives series, matching writers and subjects. (USS377, $19.95)
	Roots • Alex Haley • LITERATURE • AThe 30th anniversary edition of Alex Haley's epic story of Kunta Kinte and his descendents. (WAF21, $15.95)
	Sailing Ship Elissa • Jim Cruz • Patricia Bellis Bixel • HISTORY • Life of Elissa as a working sailing ship, to the glorious restoration at the Texas Seaport Museum. (TEX09, $22.95)
	Saratoga Trunk • Edna Ferber • LITERATURE • Set during the 1880s, this is the story of the scheming vixen Clio Dulaine who returns to New Orleans to blackmail her father's aristocratic family. (USS122, $13.95)
	Satchmo, My Life in New Orleans • Louis Armstrong • Dan Morgenstern • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Jazz great Louis Armstrong regales with tales of his youth in Louisiana. (USS230, $16.95)
	Satchmo, The Genius of Louis Armstrong • Gary Giddins • MUSIC • A biography of jazz legend Louis Armstong. (MUS35, $16.00)
	Seven Story Mountain, The Union Campaign at Vicksburg • Phillip M. Thienel • HISTORY • A history of Grant's efforts at Vicksburg. (USS157, $35.00)
	The Sound and the Fury • William Faulkner • LITERATURE • Faulkner's classic novel is a psychological study of the Compson family. (USS70, $11.95)
	Southern Honor, Ethics and Behavior in the Old South • Bertram Wyatt-Brown • HISTORY • An examination of the social order and unwritten codes dictating life in the post-Civil War South. 25th-annivesary edition. (USS405, $19.95)
	Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas • Ronald Wright • HISTORY • A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account. (NAM20, $17.00)
	Swapping Stories, Folktales from Louisiana • Carl Lindahl • LITERATURE • Two hundred tales as compiled by a statewide storytelling project. (USS168, $25.00)
	Texas and the Arkansas River Valley: Smithsonian Guides to Historic America • Alice Gordon • Jerry Camarillo Dunn • Mel White • Tim Thomson • Donald Young • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to places of historical interest in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas (TEX28, $19.95)
	Through a Night of Horrors • Shelley Henley Kelley • Casey Edward Greene • NATURAL HISTORY • Letter and memoirs documenting the disastrous storm of 1900. (TEX04, $24.95)
	Time Out New Orleans • Time Out • GUIDEBOOK • Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in New Orleans. (USS187, $19.95)
	To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession • Dan Koeppel • NATURAL HISTORY • In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species. (BRD28, $14.00)
	The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder • Peter Cashwell • NATURAL HISTORY • A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes. (BRD26, $14.95)
	Vicksburg Map • Universal Map Enterprises • A folded road map of Vicksburg, Mississippi. (USS161, $4.95)
	Vicksburg, 47 Days of Siege • A.A. Hoehling • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A history of the Vicksburg Campaign as told through the diaries and memoirs of eyewitnesses to the events. (USS154, $19.95)
	A Weekend in September • John Edward Weems • HISTORY • An honest and vivid account of the Galveston storm, as told from survivors of the storm. (TEX12, $13.95)
	White Terror, The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction • Allen W. Trelease • HISTORY • A history of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Reconstruction Era South. (USS221, $24.95)
	William Johnson's Natchez, The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro • Edwin Adam Davis • William Ransom Hogan • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The personal diary of William Johnson, a free Negro of Natchez, Mississippi. Discovered in 1938, this first person account reveals the hardship he endured as he went from a former slave to a successful businessman. (USS139, $34.95)
	Wilson's Creek, The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It • Richard W. Hatcher, III • William Garrett Piston • HISTORY • A detailed history of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. (USM10, $45.00)
	Women and New Orleans, A History • Nancy Ries • Mary Gehman • HISTORY • A history of women in the Crescent City from Creole belles, Voodoo queens, and nuns, to slave women and modern personalities. (USS215, $10.95)
	Zydeco • Ben Sandmel • Rick Olivier • MUSIC • A handsomely illustrated tribute to the dance music of Loiuisiana's black Creole community. (USS176, $30.00)

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