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Product Description: With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, make a fateful decision to ride out Hurricane Katrina on their hand-built fishing boats in a sheltered Civil War–era harbor called Violet Canal...read more

Hardcover:

9780300121520 | Yale Univ Pr, September 2, 2008, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St.

Paperback:

9780300217384 | Reprint edition (Yale Univ Pr, August 25, 2015), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St.

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Product Description: Pulitzer Prize finalist and former Wall Street Journal writer Ken Wells set out on America's mighty River of Beer (aka the Mississippi) in a quest for his own Oz: the mythical Perfect Beer Joint. Along the way he samples great beer with the Heartland's raconteurs, probes Elvis's beer-drinking habits, drops in on brewers and hopheads, tours the World's Largest Six-Pack and a bar once owned by Al Capone, and visits an Extreme Beer Maker whose dream is 50-proof brew...read more

Paperback:

9780425219539 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, April 1, 2008), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Pulitzer Prize finalist and former Wall Street Journal writer Ken Wells set out on America's mighty River of Beer (aka the Mississippi) in a quest for his own Oz: the mythical Perfect Beer Joint.

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An upbeat tour of beer manufacture and consumption in America, written by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, journeys along the Mississippi River and visits such sites as a Delaware brewery with designs to make a fifty-proof variety, the Anheuser-Busch plant in St. Louis, and the world of California beer-yeast rustlers. 30,000 first printing. First serial, The Wall Street Journal.

Hardcover:

9780743232784 | Free Pr, October 5, 2004, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: An upbeat tour of beer manufacture and consumption in America, written by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, journeys along the Mississippi River and visits such sites as a Delaware brewery with designs to make a fifty-proof variety, the Anheuser-Busch plant in St.

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Product Description: Justin Pitre was born and raised on his grandfather's Louisiana bayou, and he has made a promise to keep his family's prized 500-acre property safe. But across town, Big-Tex oil bigwig Tom Huff and his company have major plans to cash in on the resources that lie below the bayou by ramming a dragline through the Pitre property...read more
By Dick Hill (narrator) and Ken Wells

CD/Spoken Word:

9781433205125, titled "Crawfish Mountain: Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 1, 2007), cover price $72.00 | About this edition: Justin Pitre was born and raised on his grandfather's Louisiana bayou, and he has made a promise to keep his family's prized 500-acre property safe.

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When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project, a battle that reluctantly is joined by Joe T. Evangeline, the state's charismatic Cajun governor, in a novel of corporate corruption and political shenanigans. Simultaneous.
By Dick Hill (narrator) and Ken Wells

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781433205132 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 1, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project.

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When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project, a battle that reluctantly is joined by Joe T. Evangeline, the state's charismatic Cajun governor, in a novel of corporate corruption and political shenanigans. Simultaneous.
By Dick Hill (narrator) and Ken Wells

CD/Spoken Word:

9781433205156 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 1, 2007), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project.

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When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project, a battle that reluctantly is joined by Joe T. Evangeline, the state's charismatic Cajun governor, in a novel of corporate corruption and political shenanigans. Simultaneous.
By Dick Hill (narrator) and Ken Wells

CD/Spoken Word:

9781433205149 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 1, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project.

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A collection of more than fifty favorite stories from The Wall Street Journal includes tales of animal idiosyncrasies, scientific breakthroughs, wilderness survival, and the human race's impact on the animal kingdom. Original. 30,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
By Bruce McCall (foreword by) and Ken Wells (editor)

Paperback:

9780743254205 | Free Pr, November 25, 2003, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Gathers fifty-seven animal stories from the 'Wall Street Journal' on such topics as goldfish surgery, Prozac for canine anxiety, and the fish-rights movement.

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When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project, a battle that reluctantly is joined by Joe T. Evangeline, the state's charismatic Cajun governor, in a novel of corporate corruption and political shenanigans. 25,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780375508769 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, October 23, 2007), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: When Texas oilman Tom Huff uses underhanded methods and extortion to force a pipeline through Justin Pitre's Louisiana wetland paradise, Justin and his wife Grace launch a desperate campaign to stop the project.

Product Description: The capstone of Ken Wells’s acclaimed Catahoula Bayou trilogy, Logan’s Storm tracks the epic journey of Logan LaBauve as he flees corrupt cops while trying to lead Chilly Cox—the teenager whose “crime” was rescuing Logan’s son, Meely, from a racist bully—to safety...read more

Prebinding:

9780613683609, titled "Logan's Storm" | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $24.50 | About this edition: The capstone of Ken Wells’s acclaimed Catahoula Bayou trilogy, Logan’s Storm tracks the epic journey of Logan LaBauve as he flees corrupt cops while trying to lead Chilly Cox—the teenager whose “crime” was rescuing Logan’s son, Meely, from a racist bully—to safety.

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Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

Hardcover:

9780786230235 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, February 1, 2001), cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

Prebinding:

9780613623940 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $24.50 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

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In the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Meely LaBauve and Junior's Leg, Meely's father Logan and Chilly Cox, a black teenager who had rescued Meely from a bully, are on the run from the law, escaping into the bayous where they encounter a Mississippi grifter, predatory locals, and a killer hurricane. Reader's Guide avialble. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780375505256 | 1st edition (Random House Inc, August 1, 2002), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Logan LaBauve and Chilly Cox, a black teenager who had rescued Logan's son Meely from a bully, are on the run from the law, escaping into the bayous where they encounter a Mississippi grifter, predatory locals, and a killer hurricane.

Paperback:

9780375760679 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, July 1, 2003), cover price $19.00 | About this edition: In the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Meely LaBauve and Junior's Leg, Meely's father Logan and Chilly Cox, a black teenager who had rescued Meely from a bully, are on the run from the law, escaping into the bayous where they encounter a Mississippi grifter, predatory locals, and a killer hurricane.

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A collection of pieces from the popular Wall Street Journal feature reflects a range of styles and topics, from throwing a grand piano and smoking toads to the latest in sheep orthodontia. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
By Ken Wells (editor)

Hardcover:

9780743226639 | Free Pr, May 1, 2002, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The Wall Street Journal reporter shares his best columns from six decades of writing in the paper's famous 'middle column,' covering such topics as animal lovers who freeze-dry their pets and efforts to translate the Bible into Klingon.

Paperback:

9780743226646, titled "Floating Off the Page: The Best Stories from the Wall Street Journal's Middle Column" | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, May 27, 2003), cover price $20.95 | About this edition: The Wall Street Journal reporter shares his best columns from six decades of writing in the paper's famous 'middle column,' covering such topics as animal lovers who freeze-dry their pets and efforts to translate the Bible into Klingon.

Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

Hardcover:

9780375503115 | Random House Inc, February 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Fifteenyearold Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

Reinforced:

9780606229807 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $22.30 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

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Living broke, drunk, and one-legged in a dilapidated trailer on the edge of a swamp, Junior Guidry, the one-time bully of Catahoula Bayou School is given the chance to redeem his life when he encounters the enigmatic Iris mary Parfait, a woman on the run from a bar owner with underworld connections who has placed a bounty on her head. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780375505263 | Random House Inc, August 1, 2001, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Living broke, drunk, and one-legged in a dilapidated trailer on the edge of a swamp, Junior Guidry, the one-time bully of Catahoula Bayou School, is given the chance to redeem his life when he encounters the enigmatic Iris Mary Parfait.

Paperback:

9780375760327 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, August 1, 2002), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Living broke, drunk, and one-legged in a dilapidated trailer on the edge of a swamp, Junior Guidry, the one-time bully of Catahoula Bayou School is given the chance to redeem his life when he encounters the enigmatic Iris mary Parfait, a woman on the run from a bar owner with underworld connections who has placed a bounty on her head.

Prebinding:

9781417648696 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2002, cover price $24.50 | About this edition: Fifteen years after he tormented fellow students at Catahoula Bayou School, Junior Guidry is broke, drunk, one-legged, and living in a wreck of a trailer on the edge of a snake-infested swamp.

Product Description: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve is growing up on Catahoula Bayou and living by his wits. His father is an alligator hunter, still unable to cope with the death of his wife eight years earlier. He finds comfort in bottles of hooch and with companionable women and disappears for days at a time...read more

Paperback:

9780375758164 | Random House Inc, August 1, 2001, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

Miscellaneous:

9781588361011 | Random House Inc, January 29, 2002, cover price $15.00

Prebinding:

9781439564622 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 15, 2008), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve is growing up on Catahoula Bayou and living by his wits.

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Product Description: Unmatched performance and a fantastic variety of cars and competitors made IMSA's Grand Touring Prototypes the most exciting sports-car racing series ever. Innovative technology and cutting-edge aerodynamics made GTP cars the fastest, most powerful road-course racers from 1981 to 1993...read more

Hardcover:

9781893618015 | David Bull Pub, September 1, 2000, cover price $89.95 | About this edition: Unmatched performance and a fantastic variety of cars and competitors made IMSA's Grand Touring Prototypes the most exciting sports-car racing series ever.

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