Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic
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The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
$19.99 Read moreWinner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book Award
In a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city’s soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and- Author: Wells, Jonathan Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1645030334
- Language: English
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The Prison Guard’s Daughter: My Journey Through the Ashes of Attica
$17.99 Read moreOn the 50th anniversary of America’s deadliest prison riot comes a prison-guard daughter’s quest to uncover the truth about her father’s murder during the uprising―a story of crossing racial div… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Deanne Quinn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1635768047
- Language: English
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Fort Apache: New York’s Most Violent Precinct
$15.95 Add to cartOVER THIRTY YEARS AFTER its publication, Fort Apache: New York’s Most Violent Precinct remains the definitive account of the vicious cycle of violence that has griped urban America over the past centu… [more below]
- Author: Walker, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: February 23 2009
- ISBN10: 1935278398
- Language: English
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A Neighborhood Guide to Washington, D.C.’s Hidden History
$21.99 Add to cartGet off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D. C. ‘s historic neighborhoods. A must-have for visitors and residents alike.
Discover the hidden history of the natio
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Fogle, Jeanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1596296526
- Language: English
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Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartAn instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an “amusing, perceptive and…deliciously evil” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe–Manha… [more below]
- Author: Martin, Wednesday
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 31 2016
- ISBN10: 1476762716
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Pittsburgh
$23.99 Add to cartVeteran journalist Len Barcousky shines a light on the hidden corners of Pittsburgh’s history.
When Mark Twain visited in 1884, he claimed to spy a little bit of hell in Pittsburgh’s smoky appearance.
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Barcousky, Len
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135895
- Language: English
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Long Island City in 1776: The Revolution Comes to Queens
$23.99 Read more1775 belonged to Boston but after April of 1776, the Revolutionary War’s focus became New York City and the highly strategic Long Island, from Brooklyn’s terminal moraine high ground to Queens’s Hell … [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Melnick, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467140953
- Language: English
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Hail Victory: An Oral History of the Washington Redskins
$16.95 Add to cartA you-are-there history of one of football’s most successful and beloved teams
Who is the greatest quarterback in Redskins history? Baugh? Jurgensen? Theismann? Rypien? However you answer that questio- Author: Loverro, Thom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0470179244
- Language: English
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Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook
$75.00 Read moreEleven Madison Park is one of New York City’s preeminent fine-dining establishments, where Chef Daniel Humm marries the latest culinary techniques with classical technique.
Under Chef Humm’s leadershi- Author: Humm, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0316098515
- Language: English
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Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
$27.00 Add to cartIn Recollections of My Life as a Woman, Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life. Born into a conservative Italian American family, di Prima grew up in Brooklyn but br… [more below]
- Author: Di Prima, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0140231587
- Language: English
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100 Things Penn State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$18.95 Read morePerfect for Penn State fans who think they already know everything
With traditions, records, and Nittany Lions lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Pen… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things…Fans Should Know
- Author: Prato, Lou
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1629371440
- Language: English
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Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania: Ghosts, Monsters and Miracles
$23.99 Add to cartPassed down over generations, Keystone State legends and lore provide both thrilling stories and dire warnings.
Strange creatures and tales of the supernatural thrive in Pennsylvania, from ghostly chil
- Series: American Legends
- Author: White, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 22 2014
- ISBN10: 162619498X
- Language: English
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Engineering Pittsburgh: A History of Roads, Rails, Canals, Bridges and More
$23.99 Add to cartWestern Pennsylvania’s infrastructure is renowned for traversing valleys, mountains, rivers and everything in between. Early surveying in the region delineated state and local boundaries that allowed … [more below]
- Author: Asce Pittsburgh Section 100th Anniversar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1625859694
- Language: English
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Hell with the Lid Off: Inside the Fierce Rivalry Between the 1970s Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers
$29.95 Add to cartHell with the Lid Off looks at the ferocious five-year war waged by Pittsburgh and Oakland for NFL supremacy during the turbulent seventies. The roots of their rivalry dated back to the 1972 playoff g… [more below]
- Author: Gruver, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496214676
- Language: English
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Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II
$30.00 Add to cartThe year is 1942, and while America is reeling from the first blows of WWII, Osgood is just a nine-year-old boy living in Baltimore. As the war rages somewhere far beyond the boundaries of his hometow… [more below]
- Author: Osgood, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: November 30 2007
- ISBN10: 1401300235
- Language: English
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The Stork Club Cookbook and Bar Book: Throw A Stork Club Party
$19.95 Add to cartRelive the glory days of New York’s poshest night spot with recipes and drinks you can prepare at your own home!
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Billingsley, Sherman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: December 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1438490941
- Language: English
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City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
$24.99 Read moreBy an acclaimed historian, a sweeping history of the peoples who have come to New York for four centuries: a defining American story of millions of immigrants, hundreds of languages, and one great cit… [more below]
- Author: Anbinder, Tyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1328745511
- Language: English
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The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America’s First Subway
$28.00 Add to cartIn the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding, horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 crippled the entire
- Author: Most, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 10 2015
- ISBN10: 1250061350
- Language: English
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Life and Times of Ann Bailey: The Pioneer Heroine of the Great Kanawha Valley
$9.95 Add to cartBack in print after more than a century, this book is the only major biography in existence on Ann Bailey. Newly indexed and containing supplemented images and a map, it is also important for genealog… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Virgil E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0966724607
- Language: English
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Newark Airport
$24.99 Read moreNewark Airport was the first major airport in the New York metropolitan area.
It opened on October 1, 1928, occupying an area of filled-in marshland. In 1935, Amelia Earhart dedicated the Newark Airpor
- Series: Images of Aviation
- Author: Holden, Henry M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 13 2009
- ISBN10: 738565229
- Language: English
