78 Best New Orleans Travel Guide Books of All Time
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Explore the busy streets of New Orleans, including the French Quarter and Bourbon Street, see where to get the best beignets and hurricanes, and find the best places to shop.
Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Orleans .
- Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance.
- Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights.
- Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums.
- Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop... more
Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Orleans .
- Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance.
- Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights.
- Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums.
- Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop... more
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For two decades NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu has been living in and writing about his adopted city, where, as he puts it, the official language is dreams. How apt that a refugee born in Transylvania found his home in a place where vampires roam the streets and voodoo queens live around the corner; where cemeteries are the most popular picnic spots, the ghosts of poets, prostitutes, and pirates are palpable, and in the French Quarter, no one ever sleeps.
Codrescu's essays have been called "satirical gems," "subversive," "sardonic and stunning," "funny," "gonzo," "wittily... more
Codrescu's essays have been called "satirical gems," "subversive," "sardonic and stunning," "funny," "gonzo," "wittily... more
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Like the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, one that provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. More than twenty essays assemble a chorus of vibrant voices, including geographers, scholars of sugar and bananas, the city's remarkable musicians, prison activists, environmentalists, Arab and Native voices, and local experts, as well as the coauthors' compelling contributions. Featuring 22 full-color two-page-spread maps, Unfathomable City... more
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Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher*
Lonely Planet's New Orleans is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take the St Charles streetcar past grand homes and enormous oaks, catch some jazz on Frenchmen St and search out po'boy perfection - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of New Orleans and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's New Orleans Travel Guide:
Colour maps and images... more
Lonely Planet's New Orleans is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take the St Charles streetcar past grand homes and enormous oaks, catch some jazz on Frenchmen St and search out po'boy perfection - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of New Orleans and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's New Orleans Travel Guide:
Colour maps and images... more
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In New Orleans, the French Quarter packs itself into a little grid of a colonial town behind the levee of the Mississippi River. Established in 1718, the town received its gridded plan from a French military engineer in 1721. Most of the buildings standing today date from the nineteenth century, with eighteenth and twentieth century structures interspersed.
This detailed architectural handbook describes how to "read" French Quarter architecture by determining a structure's "type," its component parts, and its style. The basic "types" are termed the French Colonial house, the... more
This detailed architectural handbook describes how to "read" French Quarter architecture by determining a structure's "type," its component parts, and its style. The basic "types" are termed the French Colonial house, the... more
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From neighborhoods such as Lakeview and Mid-City to landmarks including the Saenger Theater and Mercedes Benz Superdome, from its restaurants and music clubs to its parks and museums, the Big Easy has regained the title of one of the world’s most fascinating cities. In Walking New Orleans, lifelong resident and writer Barri Bronston shares the love of her hometown through 30 self-guided tours that range from majestic St. Charles Avenue and funky Magazine Street to Bywater and Faubourg Marigny, two of the city’s “it” neighborhoods. Within each tour, she offers tips on where to eat,... more
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Few cities anywhere are as vibrant, historically rich, and just plain fun as New Orleans. But it's not a "dummy proof" destination. Too many travelers leave town wondering what all the fuss is about.
That doesn't happen to those carrying this book. Written by frequent Frommer author and journalist, Diana K. Schwam, Frommer's EasyGuide to New Orleans 2019 introduces travelers to the experiences other visitors miss; and has the type of insightful commentary on the iconic sights that brings them to life. The book includes special sections for those who are visiting during Mardi Gras... more
That doesn't happen to those carrying this book. Written by frequent Frommer author and journalist, Diana K. Schwam, Frommer's EasyGuide to New Orleans 2019 introduces travelers to the experiences other visitors miss; and has the type of insightful commentary on the iconic sights that brings them to life. The book includes special sections for those who are visiting during Mardi Gras... more
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"The maps themselves are things of beauty."
--The New York Times
Explore the hidden histories of San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York with this brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas. From Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.
In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit--aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers--has compiled three stunning atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted... more
--The New York Times
Explore the hidden histories of San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York with this brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas. From Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.
In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit--aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers--has compiled three stunning atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted... more
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Fear Dat New Orleans explores the eccentric and often macabre dark corners of America’s most unique city. In addition to detailed histories of bizarre burials, ghastly murders, and the greatest concentration of haunted places in America, Fear Dat features a “bone watcher’s guide” with useful directions of who’s buried where, from Marie Laveau to Ruthie the Duck Girl. You’ll also find where to buy the most authentic gris-gris or to get the best psychic reading.
The Huffington Post tagged Michael Murphy’s first book Eat Dat, about the city’s food... more
The Huffington Post tagged Michael Murphy’s first book Eat Dat, about the city’s food... more
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From publisher's website:
The magic of New Orleans is more than the romance – the mornings in the Quarter and afternoons in the Garden District. Rebirth at the Maple Leaf and John Boutte at dba. And the wonderfully rich culinary heritage of Creole, Cajun and Southern cuisines. But to know New Orleans, one must also know its complicated wounds. The forgotten neighborhoods. Its swollen prisons. The long disparity of race and class. The truest, and most beautiful, NOLA story embraces the whole story, shining a light on the city’s blessings and curses. less
The magic of New Orleans is more than the romance – the mornings in the Quarter and afternoons in the Garden District. Rebirth at the Maple Leaf and John Boutte at dba. And the wonderfully rich culinary heritage of Creole, Cajun and Southern cuisines. But to know New Orleans, one must also know its complicated wounds. The forgotten neighborhoods. Its swollen prisons. The long disparity of race and class. The truest, and most beautiful, NOLA story embraces the whole story, shining a light on the city’s blessings and curses. less
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In his now classic work of historical geography, published in 1976, Lewis traces the rise and expansion of New Orleans through four major historic periods. This second edition offers a revised and greatly expanded look at this unique community on the Mississippi Delta---a fearsome place, difficult enough for buildiing houses, lunacy for wharves and skyscrapers.- less
Recommended by Gary Rivlin, and 1 others. Gary RivlinI can’t tell you how much I fell in love with this book. Some of it is timing in my life. I was in San Francisco, working for the New York Times covering Silicon Valley and my phone rang. I was asked to go to New Orleans and a journalist friend of mine said ‘you should read this book.’ It was the first book I read. It’s just so splendidly written. This guy is a geographer, he didn’t really know... (Source)
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When Mario Batali was asked his favorite food city, he responded, “New Orleans, hands down.” No city has as many signature dishes, from gumbo and beignets to pralines and po' boys, from muffuletta and Oysters Rockefeller to king cake and red beans and rice (every Monday night), all of which draw nearly 9 million hungry tourists to the city each year.
In this fully revised and updated new edition, Eat Dat New Orleans celebrates both New Orleans’s food and its people. It highlights nearly 250 eating spots—sno-cone stands and food carts as well as famous restaurants—and... more
In this fully revised and updated new edition, Eat Dat New Orleans celebrates both New Orleans’s food and its people. It highlights nearly 250 eating spots—sno-cone stands and food carts as well as famous restaurants—and... more
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Every place has its history. But what is it about New Orleans that makes it more than just the sum of the events that have happened there? What is it about the spirit of the people who live there that could produce a music, a cuisine, an architecture, a total environment, the mere mention of which can bring a smile to the face of someone who has never even set foot there?
What is the meaning of a place like that, and what is lost if it is lost?
The winds of Hurricane Katrina, and the national disaster that followed, brought with them a moment of shared cultural... more
What is the meaning of a place like that, and what is lost if it is lost?
The winds of Hurricane Katrina, and the national disaster that followed, brought with them a moment of shared cultural... more
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Hit the Road with Moon Travel Guides!
From Music City to the Big Easy, cruise through the heart of the South along the verdant Natchez Trace Parkway. Inside Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip you'll find:
Maps and Driving Tools: 24 easy-to-use maps keep you oriented on and off the parkway, along with site-to-site mileage, driving times, and detailed directions for the entire route
Eat, Sleep, Stop, and Explore: Grab some hot chicken and two-step to country classics in Nashville, indulge in jazz and Creole cuisine in New Orleans, or... more
From Music City to the Big Easy, cruise through the heart of the South along the verdant Natchez Trace Parkway. Inside Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip you'll find:
Maps and Driving Tools: 24 easy-to-use maps keep you oriented on and off the parkway, along with site-to-site mileage, driving times, and detailed directions for the entire route
Eat, Sleep, Stop, and Explore: Grab some hot chicken and two-step to country classics in Nashville, indulge in jazz and Creole cuisine in New Orleans, or... more
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Day Trips RM guides take travelers to dozens of wonderful destinations with attractions ranging from museums and arboretums to theme parks and micro-breweries. They also include all pertinent information on dining, shopping, and even lodging, should readers decide to really play hooky!Listings for each day trip will be fully updated in each new edition, including what to see and do and where to eat, stay, and shop.New Orleans is a 300-year-old city blessed by historic architecture, centuries-old French, Spanish, and African cuisine, and rollicking jazz born in the wee hours of the 20th... more
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An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to New Orleans, packed with insider tips and ideas, colour maps, top 10 lists and a laminated pull-out map, all designed to help you see the very best of New Orleans.
Visit the unique stores at Royal Street, engage in fun-filled activities at the New Orleans City Park, enjoy the vibrant carnival scenes at Mardi Gras, dine at the upscale restaurants at Canal Street or explore the amazing Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. From Top 10 live music venues to Top 10 architectural highlights, discover the best of New Orleans with this easy-to-use travel... more
Visit the unique stores at Royal Street, engage in fun-filled activities at the New Orleans City Park, enjoy the vibrant carnival scenes at Mardi Gras, dine at the upscale restaurants at Canal Street or explore the amazing Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. From Top 10 live music venues to Top 10 architectural highlights, discover the best of New Orleans with this easy-to-use travel... more
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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, wounded city means to the United States. Many of the essays in this collection were composed by writers trying to piece their lives together in the aftermath of the hurricane. Written in places like Baton Rouge, Houston, and Lafayette, these stories create a bridge back to the old New Orleans. And as the battle for this city rages on, this...
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New Orleans is an American city unlike any other, and its rich diversity is reflected in the world-class bar scene. In Drink Dat New Orleans, Elizabeth Pearce takes us on a tour of the city’s many unforgettable drinking spots, including a candle-lit tavern favored by pirates in the early eighteenth century and a watering hole so beloved by locals that several urns containing the ashes of former patrons rest in peace behind its bar. A Louisiana native and co-founder of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, Pearce brings her lifelong love of food, beverage, and local lore to this... more
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“A perfect reflection of the French Quarter, In Exile brings history to piquant, steamy, and always-fascinating life. The Quarter is a place like no other, and with the publication of In Exile, there's now a book about its history like no other.”
—Rick R. Reed, award-winning author of Caregiver
“A true look into New Orleans Gay History and Café Lafitte’s role in it.”
—Ken GranPré, General Manger Wood Enterprises, Café Lafitte
“Even further back than the oldest gay publication in the South, an exciting read...”
—Ambush... more
—Rick R. Reed, award-winning author of Caregiver
“A true look into New Orleans Gay History and Café Lafitte’s role in it.”
—Ken GranPré, General Manger Wood Enterprises, Café Lafitte
“Even further back than the oldest gay publication in the South, an exciting read...”
—Ambush... more
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Local author Andy Peter Antippas presents a walking history of the Vieux Carre, one alley, corner and street at a time.
Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses--and the imagination. The experience is much more meaningful with knowledge of the area's colorful history. For instance, the infamous 1890 "separate but equal" legal doctrine justifying racial segregation was upheld by the Louisiana Supreme Court at the Cabildo on Jackson Square. In the mid-twentieth century, a young Lee Harvey Oswald called Exchange Alley home. One of New Orleans' favorite... more
Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses--and the imagination. The experience is much more meaningful with knowledge of the area's colorful history. For instance, the infamous 1890 "separate but equal" legal doctrine justifying racial segregation was upheld by the Louisiana Supreme Court at the Cabildo on Jackson Square. In the mid-twentieth century, a young Lee Harvey Oswald called Exchange Alley home. One of New Orleans' favorite... more
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet's Pocket New Orleans is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. March with a brass band through the French Quarter, eat everything from jambalaya to beignets, and take a walking tour past the Garden District's plantation-style mansions - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of New Orleans and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket New... more
Lonely Planet's Pocket New Orleans is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. March with a brass band through the French Quarter, eat everything from jambalaya to beignets, and take a walking tour past the Garden District's plantation-style mansions - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of New Orleans and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket New... more
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• Go off the beaten path to discover the hidden places, stories, and neighborhoods that reveal New Orleans' true character, history, and flavor
• The ultimate insider's guide to New Orleans
• Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides
• Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 150 titles and 1 million copies in print worldwide
• Appeals to both the local market (nearly 400,000 call New Orleans home) and the tourist market (10 million people visit New Orleans every year)
• Fully illustrated with 111 full-page... more
• The ultimate insider's guide to New Orleans
• Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides
• Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 150 titles and 1 million copies in print worldwide
• Appeals to both the local market (nearly 400,000 call New Orleans home) and the tourist market (10 million people visit New Orleans every year)
• Fully illustrated with 111 full-page... more
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The texts in this series offer recipes, cuisine highlights maps, and regional and city maps. As well as containing explorations of regional influences and traditional cooking they provide guides to markets, dining out and celebrating in each country plus a cuisine dictionary. less
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Local writers cover every inch of the Big Easy, from Bourbon Street to Mardi Gras, in this exciting guide. Authoritative reviews profile Creole and Cajun cooking in depth, from crawfish étoufée to gumbo file. The full gamut of nightlife in this city that never sleeps is covered: bars, bowling alleys, arenas, clubs, Cajun venues, zydeco haunts, and more. Here too are such tantalizing diversions as Cajun Country swamp tours, River Road plantation jaunts, and the scenic beaches of the Gulf Coast. Visitors learn not only where to stay, play, and dine in style, but also how to peel a crawfish,... more
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Here is Knopf’s unique pocket-size MapGuide to the historic city of New Orleans: with six full-color, fold-out street maps of the most popular neighborhoods, plus bus, rail, and streetcar maps, as well as carefully selected information about the essential places to go and things to do.
Here are the city’s most interesting destinations, from the Garden District to the French Quarter to the Warehouse District and the Lower Ninth Ward; from classic Creole food at Galatoire’s to Cochon, the hippest restaurant in town; shopping at Lucullus for culinary antiques, Fifi Mahony’s for Mardi... more
Here are the city’s most interesting destinations, from the Garden District to the French Quarter to the Warehouse District and the Lower Ninth Ward; from classic Creole food at Galatoire’s to Cochon, the hippest restaurant in town; shopping at Lucullus for culinary antiques, Fifi Mahony’s for Mardi... more
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Who Else Wants to Have a Fabulous Time in New Orleans?
NEW ORLEANS is a city like no other. Over the centuries it's been sung about and written about as this mysterious, dream-like place almost magical in its effect on people.
RICHARD BIENVENU, author and New Orleans musician, was born and raised in New Orleans so knows the city intimately. He maintains a blog, Notes On New Orleans.net, as a celebration of the city, its customs, food, music and way of living.
INTENDED FOR VISITORS AND LOCALS ALIKE this New Orleans travel guide is short and concise written by a... more
NEW ORLEANS is a city like no other. Over the centuries it's been sung about and written about as this mysterious, dream-like place almost magical in its effect on people.
RICHARD BIENVENU, author and New Orleans musician, was born and raised in New Orleans so knows the city intimately. He maintains a blog, Notes On New Orleans.net, as a celebration of the city, its customs, food, music and way of living.
INTENDED FOR VISITORS AND LOCALS ALIKE this New Orleans travel guide is short and concise written by a... more
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Hurricane Katrina ravaged much of New Orleans in 2005, but thankfully the city’s most treasured historic homes survived. Plantations & Historic Homes of New Orleans is a poignant tribute of these storied mansions, whose architectural beauty brings a unique flair to the Big Easy’s most famous neighborhoods.
From the French Quarter and Garden District to Uptown, Marigny, and Bayou St. John, many of New Orleans’ grandest old homes and nearby plantations are featured in this book, showcasing the massive brick columns, intricate cast-iron balconies, wide verandas, sumptuous... more
From the French Quarter and Garden District to Uptown, Marigny, and Bayou St. John, many of New Orleans’ grandest old homes and nearby plantations are featured in this book, showcasing the massive brick columns, intricate cast-iron balconies, wide verandas, sumptuous... more
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"Quite possibly the most comprehensive architectural examination of any American city."
-Landscape Architecture Magazine
"The tourist who does not visit at least one of the old cemeteries just a few blocks from the French Quarter misses an inimitable experience in sepulchral urban design."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In New Orleans, cemeteries are known as "cities of the dead." Because the city is located below sea level, buried coffins will not stay underground. As a result, residents bury their dead in above-ground tombs and vaults, forming the "buildings" of... more
-Landscape Architecture Magazine
"The tourist who does not visit at least one of the old cemeteries just a few blocks from the French Quarter misses an inimitable experience in sepulchral urban design."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In New Orleans, cemeteries are known as "cities of the dead." Because the city is located below sea level, buried coffins will not stay underground. As a result, residents bury their dead in above-ground tombs and vaults, forming the "buildings" of... more
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The Definitive Guide to the Architectural and Cultural Treasures ofOne of North America's Most Beloved Cities
The National Trust Guide to New Orleans is an indispensableresource for tourists, armchair travelers, architects, and anyoneconcerned with the preservation of one of the world's mostfascinating cities. From the cast iron ornamentation in the FrenchQuarter to the stately Greek Revival residences of the GardenDistrict, this lavishly illustrated guide takes you on aneighborhood-by-neighborhood journey through the architectural andcultural... more
The Definitive Guide to the Architectural and Cultural Treasures ofOne of North America's Most Beloved Cities
The National Trust Guide to New Orleans is an indispensableresource for tourists, armchair travelers, architects, and anyoneconcerned with the preservation of one of the world's mostfascinating cities. From the cast iron ornamentation in the FrenchQuarter to the stately Greek Revival residences of the GardenDistrict, this lavishly illustrated guide takes you on aneighborhood-by-neighborhood journey through the architectural andcultural... more
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Few cities boast a heritage as rich and a local color as dynamic as that of New Orleans. Known the world round for its unique architecture, exquisite cuisine, flamboyant celebrations, and exotic peoples, New Orleans is a place where many cultures met and harmonized to create a city, and a lifestyle, unlike any other in America. Founded in 1718 as a backwater outpost of France, New Orleans was the catalyst for the greatest land deal in the history of the world, the Louisiana Purchase. Discover in these pages what made one city so appealing that a third of the continental United States was... more
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This guide includes a history of the fiction writers, journalists, poets, critics and others who have been associated with New Orleans. It also includes a tour of author's homes and hangouts, a reading list of New Orleans titles in categories from mysteries to cooking; and a list of bookshops. less
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'With compassion and insight, Jane Foster examines how a perfectly happy family is pulled apart, not by the challenge of raising a young family far away from home, but by alcoholism. Leaving her husband in Tokyo and escaping back home to New Orleans with her children, thinking there is no other way but out, old friends show Lila that there is still hope if only she can learn to pray. Because when human strength is not enough, turning to God can make all the difference, as we find out in this touching account of one family's journey back to happiness. 'A compassionate read. Foster teaches us... more
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Fodor's Compass New Orleans 4ed.
Created by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture, and character of America's most spectacular destinations. Covering everything there is to see and do as well as choice lodging and dining, these gorgeous full-color guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of the region they're visiting.
Outstanding color photography, plus a wealth of archival images Topical essays and literary... more37
Saxon's accounts include Mardi Gras as seen through the eyes of a boy and a brief history of the city. less
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Julia Reed went to New Orleans in 1991 to cover the reelection of former (and currently incarcerated) governor Edwin Edwards. Seduced by the city's sauntering pace, its rich flavors and exotic atmosphere, she was never entirely able to leave again. After almost fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter's schedule, she got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina struck.
With her house as the center of her own personal storm as well as the ever-evolving stage set for her new life as an upstanding... more
With her house as the center of her own personal storm as well as the ever-evolving stage set for her new life as an upstanding... more
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The ultimate out-of-the-way New Orleans guide. Sassily written with an emphasis on sticking to a budget. less
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A travel series unlike any other, Insight Guides go beyond the sights and into reality. Their incomparable photojournalistic approach captures the uniqueness of each culture they cover: their traditions, their arts, their history, their lives. The stunning photography is married to compelling text, written by local writers; the people most qualified to convey their culture's "secrets".Yes, Insight Guides will tell you which attractions to visit, but they'll also tell you a whole lot more. From the most popular resort cities to the world's most remote and exotic villages, Insight Guides will... more
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Easy to read ratings for quality and value help locals and tourists avoid dining disappointments and overpriced restaurants as they discover the city's best dining establishments.
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Take a walk with Lestat, Louis, Claudia, and the Mayfair Witches.New Orleans is one of America's most romandc and mysterious cities. Its steamy climate and languid air; its cultural gumbo of Catholicism and voodoo, French past, and Creole present; its celebrated corruption, cuisine, and cemeteries -- all combine to make the Crescent City a magical place. A magic enhanced by Anne Rice's Vampire chronicles and Mayfair Witch novels, all of them set in New Orleans.
This newly updated guide offers a walking tour of all New Orleans hotels, grave sites, streets, and places mentioned or... more
This newly updated guide offers a walking tour of all New Orleans hotels, grave sites, streets, and places mentioned or... more
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Houses built to resemble riverboats, the finest business hall in the world, a meteorite in a golf course, a back alley that serves as a portal of the voodoo afterwold, a 1960's time capsule, a house made of 1200 glass ashtrays, Lee Harvey Oswald forgotten Commemorative Plate, a secret doll museum on the second floor of a private house, the largest religious work of art on canvas in the world... Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, New Orleans offers countless off-beat experiences and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who... more
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For New Orleans’ 300th Anniversary in 2018, when millions will travel to the city to celebrate, Michael Murphy presents his fifth book about his adopted and beloved home. But with a booming tourism industry and boundless local culture, knowing where to start in New Orleans can be as difficult as packing up to leave. In addition to selected material from Murphy’s Eat Dat, Fear Dat, and Hear Dat, brand new chapters explore shopping, creeping around, fitting in, and celebrating—for natives and travelers alike.
All Dat presents the city’s absolute... more
All Dat presents the city’s absolute... more
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From the hidden treasures tucked away in Treme to sweeping panoramic views overlooking the Mississippi River, these are sights, tastes and stories of our favorite restaurants. With over 70 restaurant recipes, historic photos and trivia about the city, the range of amazing food that is uniquely New Orleans is showcased. Enjoy the secret recipes from Commander's Palace, Cafe Du Monde and many, many more of the iconic restaurants of the Big Easy. An homage in words and pictures, Signature Tastes of New Orleans captures the culinary essence of restaurants from the Crescent City. New Orleans... more
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"Interesting investigation and straightforward handling of sensational times and tricksters, of the cult of voodooism in all its manifestations. From its first known appearances in New Orleans of 200 years ago, here are the fetishes and formulae, the rites and dances, the cures, charms and gris-gris. Here were the witch-doctors and queens, and in particular Doctor John, who acquired fame and fortune, and Marie Laveau, who with her daughter dominated the weird underworld of voodoo for nearly a century." Kirkus Reviews "Robert Tallant speaks with authority . . . ." New York Times "Much nonsense... more
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Stunning architecture. An exciting mix of colorful cultures. Dixieland jazz and zydeco. Heritage celebrated proudly in countless parades and music festivals. Crawfish and jambalaya. It’s all this and more about "The Big Easy" that induces pride in residents and attracts more than eight million tourists each year. The spirit of the city comes alive in the pictorial guide New Orleans. Informative captions and chapter introductions detail the multi-faceted aspects of life in Louisiana’s world-famous city. Glorious four color photographs abound and illustrate what makes New Orleans so special.... more
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Are you excited about planning your next trip?
Do you want to try something new?
Would you like some guidance from a local?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you.
Greater Than a Tourist- New Orleans USA by Julie A. Sullivan offers the inside scoop on New Orleans. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. more
Do you want to try something new?
Would you like some guidance from a local?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you.
Greater Than a Tourist- New Orleans USA by Julie A. Sullivan offers the inside scoop on New Orleans. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. more
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Sitting on a bend of the Mississippi River, "Crescent City" is an intoxicating blend of people and cultures. The New Orleans weekend guide covers the best things to do in this most seductive of cities, with a focus on maximizing your time. Michelin's star ratings recommend the most interesting sights for every neighborhood and excursion, atmospheric places to stay, incomparable local eateries and outstanding venues to kick back and listen to jazz, Cajun and blues. The pocket-sized guide is packed with information for the weekend in New Orleans. less
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The definitive literary portrait of the capital of Southern belles lettres including illuminating vignettes of fact and fiction. New Orleans is a melting pot that has been stirred by French, Spanish, African, and Caribbean influences. From the labyrinthine cobblestone streets of the Vieux Carre, the sombre elegance of the Garden District, and the bayous and banks of the Mississippi River to the above-ground St. Louis Cemetery, sexy steamy Storyville, and Tin Pan Alley, the Crescent City is one of the longest running literary salons in American history. It is also a city of many... more
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Designed in our new, gatefold postcard book format, the collection of these stunning images of the Crescent City are the elegant antidote to the typical throwaway souvenirs This book of thirty evocative postcards capture how southern Louisiana's unique history has left its indelible mark on the magical city of New Orleans and the plantations of its outlying River Road. Showcasing the region's most enduring symbols - Mardi Gras pageantry, crumbling plantations, lush gardens, Creole interiors, legendary jazz halls, intricate personal altars, and the lacy iron balconies of the French Quarter -... more
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America's #1 bestselling travel series Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer's Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.
More annually updated guides than any other series Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design less
More annually updated guides than any other series Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design less
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Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey through the Cities of the Dead is a photographic tour of the city’s captivating graveyards. Glorious photographs accompanied by interesting captions showcase more than fifteen of New Orleans’s historic and fascinating cemeteries (or ""cities of the dead""), such as St. Louis #1, Greenwood, St. Roch, Lafayette, and bayou and plantation country cemeteries. This intriguing volume includes helpful travel information, such as a list of ""who’s buried where."" Sidebars and captions discuss origins of All Saints’ Day, architectural styles, burial processes,... more
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The Blues Highway is a classic road trip through the cradle of musical innovation in America. This definitive travel and music guide follows Highway 61 and the Mississippi River to explore the roots of jazz, blues, Cajun, zydeco, country, gospel, soul, and rock & roll music. Trace the story from Congo Square in New Orleans to down-home Delta blues joints then on to Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis, Davenport, and eventually to Chicago.
Written by award-winning author, Richard Knight, this fully updated second edition features:
*Comprehensive city guides with 55... more
Written by award-winning author, Richard Knight, this fully updated second edition features:
*Comprehensive city guides with 55... more
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National Geographic offers a century of incomparable travel expertise to the high end of the travel market with this extraordinary series of world tours. These information-packed guides offer savvy advice and the in-depth information that sophisticated travelers demand. Each guide features: Detailed background and site descriptions; mapped walking and driving tours; full-service sidebars with fascinating vignettes on history, culture, and contemporary life; a 60-page directory of visitor information, including notable hotels and restaurants, entertainment, and shopping; and foldout end flaps,... more
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Hurricanes, po'boys, crawfish, oh my! New Orleans wrote the book on delicious, intensely local food and the unending happy hour. Drive-thru daiquiri shop, anyone? Readers will know where to get the best and pay the least in the City That Care Forgot. less
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From the days when Buddy Bolden would blow his cornet to attract an audience from one New Orleans park to another, to the brass bands in clubs and on the streets today, jazz in New Orleans has been about simple things: getting people to snap their fingers, tap their toes, get up and clap their hands, and most importantly dance! From the 1890s to World War I, from uptown to Faubourg Treme and out to the lakefront, New Orleans embraced this uniquely American form of music. Local musicians nurtured jazz, matured it, and passed it on to others. Some left the city to make their names elsewhere,... more
Don't have time to read the top New Orleans Travel Guide books of all time? Read Shortform summaries.
Shortform summaries help you learn 10x faster by:
- Being comprehensive: you learn the most important points in the book
- Cutting out the fluff: you focus your time on what's important to know
- Interactive exercises: apply the book's ideas to your own life with our educators' guidance.
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In 1938, under the direction of novelist and historian Lyle Saxon, The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration produced this delightfully detailed portrait of New Orleans. Containing recipes, photographs and folklore, it is consistently hailed as one of the best books produced about the city. Remarkably, many of the sites and attractions the WPA chronicled in 1938 are still around today. less
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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 Carre," which offers mesmerizing images of the verdant gardens concealed behind... more
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“Betcha I can tell ya / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Betchadollar, / Betchadollar, / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Got your shoes on your feet, / Got your feet on the street, / And the street’s in Noo / Awlins, Loo- / Eez-ee-anna. Where I, for my part, first ate a live oyster and first saw a naked woman with the lights on. . . . Every time I go to New Orleans I am startled by something.”
So writes Roy Blount Jr. in this exuberant, character-filled saunter through a place he has loved almost his entire life—a city “like no other place in America, and yet (or therefore) the cradle... more
So writes Roy Blount Jr. in this exuberant, character-filled saunter through a place he has loved almost his entire life—a city “like no other place in America, and yet (or therefore) the cradle... more
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Todd and April Fell have lived in New Orleans since the 70s. They created a travel book called 'The Vignette' which was published until 1987. In this book Todd has woven his striking photographs, with the paintings, drawings and historic photos, that he selected from the city's rich archives of the past. April has tried to create images, with stories from the city's history, culture and lifestyle, that they have both found so intriguing. less
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The famous festivals of New Orleans continue to draw crowds back to the city: nearly 400,000 attended the Jazz Festival in 2007, and the French Quarter festival drew nearly half a million. The brand new (2007) Harrah's New Orleans hotel has been named one of the top 100 in the United States by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler, and visitors can look forward to the re-opening of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in 2009. There are more fine restaurants in New Orleans than before Katrina, according to more
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French Quarter bohemians designed The Bachelor in New Orleans as an unauthorized guidebook before unauthorized guidebooks. Over forty marvelous block prints illustrate a remarkably jaunty text, delivering a portrait of New Orleans nightlife unlike any other. Restored from the original 1942 lithographs and set in full color, this is the quintessential book for any bachelor about to dive into the old quarter. The Bachelor in New Orleans discusses, among other things: absinthe, the Ramos Gin Fizz, Cafe Brulot, Bourbon Street, The Sazerac Bar, Court of the Two Sisters, Pat O'Brien's, The... more
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Quakers and later Mormons seeking religious freedom ... homesteaders looking for more land in untamed Kentucky or Oregon ... gold seekers in 1598, and in 1898: all left their stories and their marks on the American landscape. These colorful characters, their strength and triumphs, are recalled in this richly told history with dozens of evocative drawings and photos. Detailed maps and travel advice help readers retrace the same paths, in imagination or behind the wheel. less
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From Gulf Coast beaches to magnificent plantations, this guide offers more than 25 excursions for travelers seeking a minivacation within a two-hour drive of New Orleans. Includes directions, suggestions for places to eat and stay, and recommended itineraries.
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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Orleans!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s New Orleans provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
• Fodor’s New Orleans features... more
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Orleans!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s New Orleans provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
• Fodor’s New Orleans features... more
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The 25 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops, and sight of New Orleans. less
Don't have time to read the top New Orleans Travel Guide books of all time? Read Shortform summaries.
Shortform summaries help you learn 10x faster by:
- Being comprehensive: you learn the most important points in the book
- Cutting out the fluff: you focus your time on what's important to know
- Interactive exercises: apply the book's ideas to your own life with our educators' guidance.
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Completely updated every year, "Frommer's New Orleans" features a full rundown of the unique experiences that await you.Our author hits all the highlights, from the French Quarter to the Garden District to Mid-City and beyond. She's checked out all the city's best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; an in-depth look at Mardi Gras; detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful... more
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Get back to the Big Easy, baby Always unique, New Orleans is on the rebound with its gumbo pot of eclectic arts, legendary live music, Southern hospitality and unbeatable cuisine. Our longtime New Orleans author ladles out tips on how best to savor this essential, historic American city.
Find Your Fest - someone's always celebrating in America's festival city - our special Mardi Gras & Jazz Fest chapter delves into the city's biggest parties.
Stuff Your Face - pack an appetite for America's most unique cuisine - top tips on where to find blackened Cajun seafood, delicate... more
Find Your Fest - someone's always celebrating in America's festival city - our special Mardi Gras & Jazz Fest chapter delves into the city's biggest parties.
Stuff Your Face - pack an appetite for America's most unique cuisine - top tips on where to find blackened Cajun seafood, delicate... more
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c Quick & Easy Guidance so your customers will have more time to enjoy their trips and less time to rummage through pages of useless information. Heavy use of dynamic icons, maps, and indexes expertly developed by our Frommer's travel staff. c Idiot-Proof Instructions so your customer will know when to go where and why, all without the stress of wondering, "Will I get burned?" c Down-to-Earth Advice detailing the location by sights, hotels, restaurants, do's and don'ts, tourist traps, and time- and money-wasters to be avoided! Our new Complete Idiot's Travel Guides have the advice and...
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With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, Berlitz Pocket Guides have been long renowned for their ease of use and portability by booksellers and travelers alike. Redesigned and updated, Pocket Guides continue to provide a world of information for travel at any budget -- and still fit into a pocket. Each guide includes:
-- New foreign language and cultural tips featured in sidebar columns
-- Updated hotel and restaurant information, catering to a variety of budgets and tastes
-- New eye-catching, modern covers
-- Four-color interior design and graphics
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-- New foreign language and cultural tips featured in sidebar columns
-- Updated hotel and restaurant information, catering to a variety of budgets and tastes
-- New eye-catching, modern covers
-- Four-color interior design and graphics
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Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you.... more
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For this portable guide the author, a New Orleans resident, has chronicled the city's post-Katrina devastation and resurrection, with full information on what neighborhoods have rebounded and what establishments are open for business. Coverage of hotels, sights and transport options will help visitors enjoy their stay. less
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“The composite face of New Orleans is an old face and a young face, worn, and some think repellent, in places, but fair and sweet and good to look upon in others. But whether worn or fresh it is an interesting face, a face of charm and character.” So wrote Nathaniel Cortlandt Curtis in New Orleans: Its Old Houses, Shops and Public Buildings, his influential documentary study of New Orleans’ historic building typologies that was published in 1933. less
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This Mini Rough Guide makes the Crescent City easy. with inside info on one of America's most romantic and exotic destination. You'll find local cuisine -- from beignets and po'boys to erouffee and oysters -- and innovative activities in and around the city. Whether you seek New Orleans' rich heritage or its partying present, this is the ultimate way co say, "laissez les bons temps rouler " less
Don't have time to read the top New Orleans Travel Guide books of all time? Read Shortform summaries.
Shortform summaries help you learn 10x faster by:
- Being comprehensive: you learn the most important points in the book
- Cutting out the fluff: you focus your time on what's important to know
- Interactive exercises: apply the book's ideas to your own life with our educators' guidance.