Author: Todd Mouton
Publisher: University of Louisiana
ISBN: 9781935754732
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
With Clifton Chenier's amazing life and career as the centerpiece, this collection of profiles gathered across two decades unites some of the world's most innovative creative forces.
Way Down in Louisiana
Author: Todd Mouton
Publisher: University of Louisiana
ISBN: 9781935754732
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
With Clifton Chenier's amazing life and career as the centerpiece, this collection of profiles gathered across two decades unites some of the world's most innovative creative forces.
Publisher: University of Louisiana
ISBN: 9781935754732
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
With Clifton Chenier's amazing life and career as the centerpiece, this collection of profiles gathered across two decades unites some of the world's most innovative creative forces.
Louisiana's Way Home
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536204773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante’s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn’t overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana’s life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town — including a surly motel owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder — she starts to worry that she is destined only for good-byes. (Which could be due to the curse on Louisiana's and Granny’s heads. But that is a story for another time.) Called “one of DiCamillo’s most singular and arresting creations” by The New York Times Book Review, the heartbreakingly irresistible Louisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in Raymie Nightingale — and now, with humor and tenderness, Kate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536204773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante’s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn’t overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana’s life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town — including a surly motel owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder — she starts to worry that she is destined only for good-byes. (Which could be due to the curse on Louisiana's and Granny’s heads. But that is a story for another time.) Called “one of DiCamillo’s most singular and arresting creations” by The New York Times Book Review, the heartbreakingly irresistible Louisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in Raymie Nightingale — and now, with humor and tenderness, Kate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.
Down in Louisiana
Author: Johnette Downing
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781589804517
Category : Children's poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A variety of Louisiana animals pursuing their daily activities introduce the numbers one through ten. Includes a page of music.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781589804517
Category : Children's poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A variety of Louisiana animals pursuing their daily activities introduce the numbers one through ten. Includes a page of music.
The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music
Author: Richard Williams
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393076636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A brilliant, wide-ranging book on how Miles Davis's seminal 1959 jazz album "Kind of Blue" revolutionized music and culture in the 20th century.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393076636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A brilliant, wide-ranging book on how Miles Davis's seminal 1959 jazz album "Kind of Blue" revolutionized music and culture in the 20th century.
Songs
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, American
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, American
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
A Thousand Ways Denied
Author: John T. Arnold
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807174416
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
From the hill country in the north to the marshy lowlands in the south, Louisiana and its citizens have long enjoyed the hard-earned fruits of the oil and gas industry’s labor. Economic prosperity flowed from pioneering exploration as the industry heralded engineering achievements and innovative production technologies. Those successes, however, often came at the expense of other natural resources, leading to contamination and degradation of land and water. In A Thousand Ways Denied, John T. Arnold documents the oil industry’s sharp interface with Louisiana’s environment. Drawing on government, corporate, and personal files, many previously untapped, he traces the history of oil-field practices and their ecological impacts in tandem with battles over regulation. Arnold reveals that in the early twentieth century, Louisiana helped lead the nation in conservation policy, instituting some of the first programs to sustain its vast wealth of natural resources. But with the proliferation of oil output, government agencies splintered between those promoting production and others committed to preventing pollution. As oil’s economic and political strength grew, regulations commonly went unobserved and unenforced. Over the decades, oil, saltwater, and chemicals flowed across the ground, through natural drainages, and down waterways. Fish and wildlife fled their habitats, and drinking-water supplies were ruined. In the wetlands, drilling facilities sat like factories in the midst of a maze of interconnected canals dredged to support exploration, manufacture, and transportation of oil and gas. In later years, debates raged over the contribution of these activities to coastal land loss. Oil is an inseparable part of Louisiana’s culture and politics, Arnold asserts, but the state’s original vision for safeguarding its natural resources has become compromised. He urges a return to those foundational conservation principles. Otherwise, Louisiana risks the loss of viable uses of its land and, in some places, its very way of life.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807174416
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
From the hill country in the north to the marshy lowlands in the south, Louisiana and its citizens have long enjoyed the hard-earned fruits of the oil and gas industry’s labor. Economic prosperity flowed from pioneering exploration as the industry heralded engineering achievements and innovative production technologies. Those successes, however, often came at the expense of other natural resources, leading to contamination and degradation of land and water. In A Thousand Ways Denied, John T. Arnold documents the oil industry’s sharp interface with Louisiana’s environment. Drawing on government, corporate, and personal files, many previously untapped, he traces the history of oil-field practices and their ecological impacts in tandem with battles over regulation. Arnold reveals that in the early twentieth century, Louisiana helped lead the nation in conservation policy, instituting some of the first programs to sustain its vast wealth of natural resources. But with the proliferation of oil output, government agencies splintered between those promoting production and others committed to preventing pollution. As oil’s economic and political strength grew, regulations commonly went unobserved and unenforced. Over the decades, oil, saltwater, and chemicals flowed across the ground, through natural drainages, and down waterways. Fish and wildlife fled their habitats, and drinking-water supplies were ruined. In the wetlands, drilling facilities sat like factories in the midst of a maze of interconnected canals dredged to support exploration, manufacture, and transportation of oil and gas. In later years, debates raged over the contribution of these activities to coastal land loss. Oil is an inseparable part of Louisiana’s culture and politics, Arnold asserts, but the state’s original vision for safeguarding its natural resources has become compromised. He urges a return to those foundational conservation principles. Otherwise, Louisiana risks the loss of viable uses of its land and, in some places, its very way of life.
Hang the Elephant
Author: John Hinson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132947984X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In the follow up to ""Something About These Fields,"" John tackles his next big adventure - The Deep South. Along the way, John covers his three Ws - Waterfalls, Wings, and Weird stuff - and contemplates why Americans are constantly overreacting to tragedy. This book is full of funny stories and thoughtful contemporary commentary, while also taking a look into John's past and connecting dots to show how he got to where he is today.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132947984X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In the follow up to ""Something About These Fields,"" John tackles his next big adventure - The Deep South. Along the way, John covers his three Ws - Waterfalls, Wings, and Weird stuff - and contemplates why Americans are constantly overreacting to tragedy. This book is full of funny stories and thoughtful contemporary commentary, while also taking a look into John's past and connecting dots to show how he got to where he is today.
All Music Guide to the Blues
Author: Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879307363
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879307363
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.
Louisiana Rocks!
Author: Tom Aswell
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 1455607835
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
An in-depth history of rock and roll's Louisiana roots. Taking the position that rock and roll started in New Orleans in 1947 when Roy Brown recorded "Good Rockin' Tonight," Aswell provides an expansive history of this beloved American music form. By looking at the Louisianan influences of swamp pop, Cajun, zydeco, R&B, rockabilly, country, and blues music, the author explores the way these musical forms gave birth to rock and roll as we know it today.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 1455607835
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
An in-depth history of rock and roll's Louisiana roots. Taking the position that rock and roll started in New Orleans in 1947 when Roy Brown recorded "Good Rockin' Tonight," Aswell provides an expansive history of this beloved American music form. By looking at the Louisianan influences of swamp pop, Cajun, zydeco, R&B, rockabilly, country, and blues music, the author explores the way these musical forms gave birth to rock and roll as we know it today.
Report of the Proceedings of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description