During a time when candles glowed in lieu of electricity, the Hill sisters of Kentucky spent their days playing music on the piano and singing. While Mildred tickled out tunes on the ivories, Patty strung together lyrics and sang along.

From the National Headliners Club award winner and editorial cartoonist for The Washington Times comes a collection of cartoons that range from the Clinton administration to the baseball strike in America. In his introduction, Tod Lindberg, Editorial-Page Editor of The Washington Times, hints at the talent Bill Garner possesses, the ability to capture a likeness that is more than a likeness and the power to "skewer someone" if he so wishes. Paperback.

In recounting the history of the Cajuns from their Canadian beginnings through their migration south to Louisiana, Theriot conveys the spirit and resolve of a proud community. To know this spirit is to know what drives them to cook with such passion. From boiled crawfish, crabmeat au gratin, and shrimp gumbo to chicken étouffée, Chef Theriot has distilled the essence of Cajun cooking with his signature easy-to-follow, hearty recipes.

In the South, desserts are symbolic of hospitality, and no special occasion can be had without the appropriate dose of sugar. Pies, puddings, candy, ice cream, and cakes are anticipated and expected at every event. Ensuring that each mouthful of sugared bliss will be remembered is a welcomed challenge for every hostess.

The only thing wilder than Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century are the tales that continue to surround it. In the days of the Wild West, Oklahoma was teeming with assassins, guerillas, hijackers, kidnappers, gangs, and misfits of every size and shape imaginable. Featuring such legendary characters as Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, Belle Starr, and Pretty Boy Floyd, this book combines recorded fact with romanticized legend, allowing the reader to decide how much to believe.

The Lone Star State is known for producing and attracting vicious outlaws. Machine Gun Kelly, Billy the Kidd, and Clyde Barrow are just a few. These criminals terrorized civilians, inspiring both fear and awe and creating legends that would be handed down through generations. Tales of the state’s gunfights, robberies and kidnappings, heinous ne’er-do-wells, and noble lawmen bring to life a time before the West was tamed.

In this delightful cookbook- Natalie V. Scott has compiled savory recipes which have filled New Orleans kitchens with delicious aromas for more than 200 years. Paperback.

From corporate executives to college students, now anyone can navigate the often-treacherous terrain of negotiation with this useful guide. Marketing expert Donald W. Hendon humorously delivers the instructions necessary to persuade others and achieve desired results in personal and professional situations. Over the course of nineteen insightful chapters, he reveals the most effective methods for overcoming every day dilemmas. These techniques will empower individuals to haggle with car dealers, request a raise, or dive into the dating pool.

This guide will give those looking for financial security the knowledge they need to manage their money effectively. Whether the goal is to own a home, create a retirement plan, or just get out of debt, financial freedom is within reach with this economic guide. Written in easy-to-understand language, this resource includes valuable tips and inventive tricks to save money and suggests strategies and tactics that can help direct reasers to the road of financial freedom. Seven building-block strategies pave the way to a secure future for you and your family.

Too often we become enslaved by the daily grind and grow distant from those who matter most to us.  Recognizing that fact, Jerry Drace has been on a mission to discover the secrets of preserving a marriage. The result of decades of research undertaken across the United States and Great Britain, 44 Ways to Strengthen Your Marriage puts biblical principles into action.

Lincoln was not assassinated—he was ordered executed by fellow politicians and military leaders because he wanted to welcome the Southern states back into the Union with their full constitutional rights restored. Threatened by this and other possibilities of clemency for the South, Vice-Pres. Andrew Johnson, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, and the U.S. chief of the National Detective Police, Lafayette Baker, took action to ensure that this would not occur.

Interactive- multimedia presentations make exploring Acadian culture and history fun and easy on this CD-ROM that is conveniently divided into sections on culture- history- genealogy- and even tours of Nova Scotia and the Maritimes.

Also available in French.

Soon, dunking is the least of Roopster's concerns after he overhears the evil Tegore's plans to take over the town, and the world, with his stinky green slime. With the help of Mr. Figby the librarian, Roopster might just be able to stop Tegore. But will he be able to slam dunk? Audiocassette.