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  • Nine Lives

    Death and Life in New Orleans

    by Dan Baum ...
    The hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters.“Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New Orleans, the most fascinating city in the United States, and illuminated it in a way that is as innovative as Tom Wolfe on hot rods and Truman Capote on a pair of murderers. Full of stylistic ... Read more

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  • Gun Guys

    A Road Trip

    by Dan Baum ...
    Series series Vintage Departures
    Dan Baum is a gun fanatic. He is also Jewish Democrat who grew up in suburban New Jersey. In Gun Guys, he takes us on a guided tour of gun stores and gun shows, shooting ranges and festivals, contests and auctions, trying to figure out what draws so many of us to guns in the first place. Is it just part of being American? Introducing a wide cast of characters, Baum shows both sides of the gun ... Read more

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  • Cornbread Nation 7

    The Best of Southern Food Writing

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    How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region, Southerners share their lives in food, with a complex mix of stories of belonging and not belonging and ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Nine Lives

    Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans

    by Dan Baum ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 24 min

    Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings this kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    Gun Guys

    A Road Trip

    by Dan Baum ...
    Narrated by Richard Kind ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 44 min

    Here is armed America—a land of machine-gun gatherings in the desert, lederhosened German shooting societies, feral-hog hunts in Texas, and Hollywood gun armories. Whether they’re collecting antique weapons, practicing concealed carry, or firing an AR-15 or a Glock at their local range, many Americans love guns—which horrifies and fascinates many other Americans, and much of the rest of the world. ... Read more

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  • Harlem

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  • What It Means to Miss New Orleans

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  • The Race for Timbuktu

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