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A review of French grammar by André. Mesnard
The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas
Gaslight and shadow; the world of Napoleon III, 1851-1870 by Roger Lawrence Williams
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About meThe Iron Rail is a collectively owned and operated, all-volunteer bookstore, lending library, and community space in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in December 2003, we are committed to anarchist, anti-authoritarian, feminist, queer-positive, class-conscious, and anti-racist politics, and to providing alternative literature and information to the people of New Orleans. The Iron Rail is organized in a way that puts theory into practice. We believe in a world without domination and oppression and in working to undermine authoritarian structures of power. As an anarchist collective, the Iron Rail has no bosses or managers.Group decisions are made collectively in weekly meetings, and members are encouraged to be creative in initiating individual projects. The bookstore is operated by volunteers who believe in the importance of establishing alternatives to capitalism, while creating new public spaces and supporting community projects.
About my libraryOur lending library is one of the largest collectively-run radical libraries in the country. We were also the first library in the city to re-open after Hurricane Katrina, and for several months we were the only functioning library in New Orleans. We have over 7,000 titles on a wide variety of topics. This collection was assembled over the course of 10 years; much of it was inherited from the Crescent Wrench Infoshop, which operated in New Orleans during the 1990s. We are also home to the Above Ground Zine Library, a collection of thousands of rare and hard-to-find zines and small-press/alternative magazines dating back to the 1960s.
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Just a quick note to let you know that my new novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available. Thought you might be interested since you're from NOLA. I was born and raised in New Orleans, and the novel is actually set there. Here's a summary in case you're interested:
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter, you can read it here:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...
Take care,
Chris
posted by cmtusa at 7:18 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2009
Just to let you know I posted a big parcel to you on Monday of copies of Class War going back to the 1980s, plus some magazines, pamphlets etc.
Do let me know when it arrives,
Paul
posted by PaulStott at 3:25 am (EST) on Aug 20, 2008
posted by odkins at 11:41 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2008
I'm writing just to let you know I added your group to LibraryThing Local; see Iron Rail Book Collective. I hope you don't mind the description I meshed together from your profile here and the profile you have at ironrail.org. You can claim ownership of the group by hitting a link at the bottom.
Anyway, keep up the good work over there!
posted by EricHerboso at 8:37 pm (EST) on May 12, 2008
posted by bluetongue at 5:29 am (EST) on May 1, 2007