Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic
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Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
$29.99 Add to cartJames Merrell’s brilliant book is an account of the “go-betweens,” the Europeans and Indians who moved between cultures on the Pennsylvania frontier in efforts to maintain the peace. It is also a refl
- Author: Merrell, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0393319768
- Language: English
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Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York
$26.99 Add to cartNew York is the greatest restaurant city the world has ever seen.
In Appetite City, the former New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes leads us on a grand historical tour of New York’s dining
- Author: Grimes, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 0374532494
- Language: English
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Jalen Hurts: Rare Bird
$16.95 Read moreThe ultimate tribute to the Philadelphia Eagles’ ascendant quarterback
Jalen Hurts altered the trajectory of Eagles history in 2023 as the team silenced all doubters and earned a spot in Super Bowl L- Author: The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 163727372X
- Language: English
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
$56.00 Add to cartIn this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers’ Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repre… [more below]
- Series: History of NYC
- Author: Wallace, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1196
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0195116356
- Language: English
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The Hedges: The Story of Twelve Precious Acres on Blue Mountain Lake
$19.95 Add to cartLike the smooth entry of an Adirondack guideboat, The Hedges transports the reader to the golden years of Blue Mountain Lake when a Civil War hero and extraordinary businessman built a private camp on… [more below]
- Author: Kessel, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1977237290
- Language: English
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Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway
$18.00 Add to cart- Author: Riedel, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1501166654
- Language: English
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Gentleman Jake: The Success and Tragedy of the Deadball Era’s Greatest First Baseman
$24.95 Add to cartThe life story of Jake Daubert, who left the coal mines of Pennsylvania to become a two-time major league batting champion.
Jake Daubert could have followed the path of two of his brothers and died as
- Author: Deitz, Harry J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 13 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888191200
- Language: English
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Salt Tide: Cycles and Currents of Life Along the Coast
$18.99 Add to cartJoin naturalist Curtis J. Badger as he explores the last unspoiled barrier island ecosystem in the eastern United States. Badger’s own ancestral roots in the region reach back into the 1600s, a legacy… [more below]
- Author: Badger, Curtis J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0881504637
- Language: English
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Elder Law in New Jersey: Finding Solutions for Legal Problems
$28.95 Add to cartIn New Jersey, one in five residents is over the age of 65. The Garden State’s legal and healthcare systems are becoming increasingly complex, making it more difficult than ever for seniors to underst
- Author: Dueker, Alice K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0813527368
- Language: English
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The House the Rockefellers Built: A Tale of Money, Taste, and Power in Twentieth-Century America
$25.99 Add to cartThe Dalzells . . . do an astonishing job of placing Kykuit in historical context while weaving the larger-than-life Rockefeller personalities into its very walls and hallways.–Los Angeles Times
One h- Series: John MacRae Books
- Author: Dalzell, Robert F., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 05 2008
- ISBN10: 0805088571
- Language: English
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Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington, DC
$18.95 Add to cartNow in Paperback!
Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s beginnings and explores how the city was tainted from the start, its turbulent history setting a precedent for the dis- Author: Dickey, J. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0762787910
- Language: English
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Ellis Island
$23.99 Add to cartThe United States is considered the world’s foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island.
Through Ellis Island’s halls and corridors more than twe
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Moreno, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0738513040
- Language: English
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Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story
$25.99 Add to cartThe fabulous life of Brooke Astor, a pioneer of philanthropy and for decades a luminary of New York society. Hers is a story out of Edith Wharton. After a disastrous early marriage, Brooke Astor wedde
- Author: Kiernan, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0393331601
- Language: English
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After the Fire
$21.99 Add to cartOn January 19, 2000, a fire raged through Seton Hall University’s freshman dormitory, killing three students and injuring 58 others. Among the victims were Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, roommates fr… [more below]
- Author: Fisher, Robin Gaby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0316066222
- Language: English
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The Turkish Lover: A Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartEnthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago’s memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now, in The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of the monumental struggle with her powerful mot… [more below]
- Series: Merloyd Lawrence Book
- Author: Santiago, Esmeralda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 10 2005
- ISBN10: 030681451X
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring: A History and Tour Guide
$40.99 Add to cartIn 1778, two years after the British forced the Continental Army out of New York City, George Washington and his subordinates organized a secret spy network to gather intelligence in Manhattan and Lon… [more below]
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Bleyer, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: May 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1540247368
- Language: English
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Freedomland: Co-Op City and the Story of New York
$32.95 Add to cartIn Freedomland, Annemarie H. Sammartino tells Co-op City’s story from the perspectives of those who built it and of the ordinary people who made their homes in this monument to imperfect liberal ideal
- Author: Sammartino, Annemarie H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501716433
- Language: English
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Sports Illustrated Derek Jeter: A Celebration of the Yankee Captain
$30.00 Read moreCelebrating a New York icon and one of baseball’s most beloved superstars
Derek Jeter made his major-league debut at age 20 in 1995. The following year, he earned Rookie of the Year honors as the sta- Author: Sports Illustrated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: July 20, 2021
- ISBN10: 1629379484
- Language: English
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Meander: Making Room for Rivers
$19.95 Add to cartDraws on the author’s own experiences as a watershed planner, teacher, and activist to tell the story of the Great Lakes region’s experiment in restoring a complicated natural system of flowing water.… [more below]
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Wooster, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1438484682
- Language: English
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Real Philly History, Real Fast: Fascinating Facts and Interesting Oddities about the City’s Heroes and Historic Sites
$18.95 Read morePhiladelphia is known as the home of vibrant colonial history: the Liberty Bell, the Betsy Ross House, and Independence Hall. But the City of Brotherly Love is also home to–and less well known for–i
- Author: Murphy, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1439919240
- Language: English
