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Edward Branley

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http://www.goodreads.com/YatPundit

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in Methuen, MA

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http://ebranley.com

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History, Computers & Internet

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A former high school History teacher who now does computer consulting and training, Edward Branley is the author of three books in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series. He has also written numerous articles for computer publications/websites, and also co-authored a book on Windows NT that had a shelf life of less than six months.

Edward blogs at goNOLA.com (New Orleans History) as well at his personal sites.

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BOSH POTW: Ursuline Academy Ad, 1889

Neat ad from the 1889 edition of the Crescent Steam Printing House.

Ursuline Academy "below New Orleans?"

That's right. Ursuline Academy started as a French Quarter school, at the Old Ursuline Convent on Rue Chartres and Rue Ursuline. That's the "Established in 1727" you see in the ad. The convent building got too big for the school, however, and the Ursulines acquired a mansion on the corner of...

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	New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brothers of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #9)

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The Magical Battle of Britain: The War Letters of Dion Fortune

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Edward Branley rated a book 4 of 5 stars Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger (Goodreads Author) read in October, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Gail Carriger's Soulless starts with some great action. You can't help but be attracted to Alexia Tarabotti right from the start. To be in her twenties and already written off as a spinster is amusing to modern readers, but so very Victorian. Why she...more
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