The first book in the Folklife in the South series and by far the broadest look at traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It not only describes the traditions as they are but also explains how they came to be.

This insightful book is by far the broadest examination of traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It goes beyond the stereotypes and surface treatment given to Cajuns by the popular media and examines the great variety of cultural elements alive in Cajun culture today—cooking, music, storytelling, architecture, arts and crafts, and festivals, as well as traditional occupations such as fishing, hunting, and trapping. It not only gives fascinating descriptions of elements in Cajun life th...

'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today’ SALLY ROONEY, author of Normal People‘Remarkable, rare and truly brilliant’ MEGAN NOLAN, author of Acts of Desperation‘Dark, funny, honest and engrossing’ RODDY DOYLE, author of Love‘Refreshing and ambitious’ LISA MCINERNEY, author of The Rules of RevelationOn an island off Ireland’s west coast st...

Loch Ness is more than a dark strip of water in the Scottish Highlands. It is the stage for one of the modern world’s most persistent mysteries, where ancient legend, eyewitness terror, newspaper frenzy, and scientific ambition all collided.The story begins with a saint, a river beast, and a medieval account later pulled into a much larger legend. It erupts in 1933, when a new road opened the loch to passing eyes and a handful of sightings turned a remote Highland landscape into th...