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Prettycitylondon: The Petite Guide to London’s Beautiful Places Volume 4
$19.99PaperbackRead moreA pocket-sized guide to London’s prettiest neighborhoods, from the creator of the hugely successful Instagram account @prettycitylondon
Featuring everything from charming cafes and restaurants to pea- Series: The Pretty Cities
- Author: Ferguson, Siobhan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2022
- ISBN10: 750995211
- Language: English
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By: Clerici, Paul C.
Oregon Running Legend Steve Prefontaine
$23.99PaperbackRead moreIn the Footsteps of Oregon’s beloved U.S. Olympic Athlete, Activist, and Icon
Born in the small town of Coos Bay, Oregon, Steve “Pre’? Prefontaine’s meteoric rise to cross-country and track superstardo
- Series: Sports
- Author: Clerici, Paul C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1467151734
- Language: English
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By: Hayes, Lewis
Charleston History in Color: Photographs from the Civil War to Modern Days
$26.99PaperbackRead moreCharleston Like It’s Never Been Seen
Hand-colored, vivid details bring these historic photographs to life like never before. Witness the beginnings of the sweetgrass basket tradition. See the bleak
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Hayes, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154601
- Language: English
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By: Brown, Alan N.
Unexplained South: The Underwater Forest of Alabama, Inexplicable Lights Over Texas, the Red-Eyed Monster of Arkansas & More Rich Souther
$23.99PaperbackRead moreIn the South, mystery comes heaped with added richness. And in this collection of comfort food for the curious mind, author Alan Brown guides readers into the most delightful medley of mystery the Sou… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Brown, Alan N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153605
- Language: English
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By: Gralley, Craig
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute: An Untold History of Spacemen & Spies
$23.99PaperbackRead moreFor six decades western North Carolinians have asked the question: “What are those big satellite dishes doing behind that chain-linked fence?” In the early years of the site near Rosman, NASA gave pub… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Gralley, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152188
- Language: English
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By: Michaels, Denver
Strange Tales from Virginia’s Foothills to the Coast: The Richmond Vampire, the Witch of Pungo, the Dismal Swamp Monster & More
$23.99PaperbackRead moreThe Old Dominion is filled with the unexplained… With a history stretching back to the 1607 Jamestown settlement, Virginia is rich in mystery. There are ghost towns, fake towns, a vampire in Richmon… [more below]
- Author: Michaels, Denver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152714
- Language: English
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By: Hall, Jim
The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain
$21.99PaperbackRead moreIn 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County. A mob set fire to his body. Officials identified the remains as Shedrick Thompson, wanted for the abduction and rape … [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Hall, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135658
- Language: English
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By: Reyes
San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$21.99PaperbackRead moreSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of low and slow. Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighbor… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Reyes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137804
- Language: English
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New Mexico Book of the Undead:: Goblin & Ghoul Folklore
$19.99PaperbackRead moreNew Mexico is a land of shadow and mystery. From the old coal mines near Raton and the isolation of Isleta Pueblo to the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and beyond, ghouls and spirits lie in w… [more below]
- Series: Legends
- Author: De Aragon, Ray John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1626197326
- Language: English
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Colorado Legends & Lore: The Phantom Fiddler, Snow Snakes and Other Tales
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartColorado is steeped in stories as unique as the people who settled it. Each wave of exploration and settlement brought new tales to explain the mysteries of this incomparable place. With extreme weath… [more below]
- Author: Waters, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1626194815
- Language: English
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Haunted Florida Love Stories
$21.99PaperbackRead moreWide eyes, sweaty palms and a racing heart. Are these the tell-tale marks of a love story or a haunted tale? If the story is set in Florida, there’s a good chance it’s both. From the infamous Bellamy … [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Balzano, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1467145688
- Language: English
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Bigfoot in Maine
$24.99PaperbackRead moreThe dark woods of Maine have been the setting for many eerie and unexplained events, none more captivating than sightings of a giant hominid known as Bigfoot. But what makes this corner of New England… [more below]
- Author: Souliere, Michelle Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1467147486
- Language: English
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By: Ismay, Clifford
Understanding J. Bruce Ismay: The True Story of the Man They Called ‘The Coward of Titanic’
$28.99PaperbackRead moreAn insight into the man at the heart of the world’s most infamous maritime disaster
Following the Titanic disaster, Bruce Ismay was savaged by both the British and American press for deserting the sh- Author: Ismay, Clifford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750998660
- Language: English
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Wicked Cleveland
$21.99PaperbackRead moreAward-winning true crime author Jane Turzillo brings together the strippers, gangsters, robbers, shady politicians, and more from Cleveland’s rough and rowdy past.
From world-class museums and popular
- Series: Wicked
- Author: Turzillo, Jane Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 27 2022
- ISBN10: 146715024X
- Language: English
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The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History
$24.99PaperbackRead moreAmerica’s Oldest Black Swim Club
When it opened in July of 1959, the Nile Swim Club welcomed over one thousand people to its pool. The only problem that day, remembers Bill Mellix, then 13, “None of u
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Kodosky Phd, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1467156124
- Language: English
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By: McQueen, Keven
Creepy Kentucky: Strange Stories from the Bluegrass State
$21.99PaperbackRead moreThe Eerie and Ominous in Kentucky
Kentucky is no stranger to strange occurrences. From weird encounters with the Grim Reaper to local graveyard dogs, the Bluegrass State has its share of odd stories
- Series: American Legends
- Author: McQueen, Keven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154164
- Language: English
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By: Pucci, Kelly
Lost Mackinac Island
$23.99PaperbackRead moreWhether prehistoric and glacially slow or swift and modern, countless changes to Mackinac Island have driven much of its history out of sight and memory. Eons ago, waves washed away soft rock to leave… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: Pucci, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149187
- Language: English
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By: Drower, George
Sails, Skippers & Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations
$28.99HardcoverRead more‘The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference and entertainment – something for every seafarer and many others too.’ – Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence
- Author: Drower, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750995734
- Language: English
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By: Amick, Jeremy
Lutherans of Cole County, Missouri: A History
$24.99PaperbackRead moreThe Houses Lutherans Built
Large groups of German immigrants began arriving in Cole County in the 1830s. By 1843, thirty-seven of them banded together to establish the first Lutheran church in the
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Amick, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 146715489X
- Language: English
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By: Quigley, Kevin
New England Tiki
$23.99PaperbackRead moreNew Englanders are as far away from the South Pacific as any American can be, yet when tiki fever gripped the country in the mid-twentieth century, even they were not immune. Tropical-themed restauran… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Quigley, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153095
- Language: English

