State & Local
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What a Building Does: The Hoosier Modernisms of Evans Woollen
$40.00 Add to cartHoosier architect Evans Woollen (1927-2016) made a profound contribution to the built identity of Indianapolis, Indiana. Most recognized for introducing concrete Brutalism to the city, his practice wa
- Author: Cox, Phillip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 025307410X
- Language: English
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Blooming Hollyhocks: Tales of Joy During Hard Times
$16.95 Read moreStep into a bygone era where family, faith, and community turned hardship into unforgettable stories of strength. In Blooming Hollyhocks: Tales of Joy During Hard Times, Duluth journalist Naomi Helen
- Author: Yaeger, Naomi Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: October 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1643435108
- Language: English
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Delaware Behaving Badly: First State, True Crimes
$17.95 Add to cartMurder, scandal, betrayal, and deceit-Delaware has never been as quiet as its size suggests. Delaware Behaving Badly opens the case files of the First State and reveals stories of crime, corruption, a
- Author: Tabler, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: January 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798992166729
- Language: English
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When Santa Lived In Iowa: The True Story of Joy Roberts, Spencer’s Santa Claus
$14.99 Add to cartWhen Santa Lived in Iowa is the inspirational true story of a man whose generosity and unselfish giving convinced several generations of children that he was Santa Claus, and in a very true sense, he
- Author: Fertick, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: November 15 2025
- ISBN10: 9798993703800
- Language: English
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This Is No Drill: Living Memories of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
$27.00 Add to cartThis fascinating and powerful collection of first-hand accounts–prepared with the assistance of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association–brings to vivid life one of the most fateful days in American h… [more below]
- Author: Berry, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0425179168
- Language: English
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Amelia Island
$24.99 Read moreTiny Amelia Island, in the northeast corner of Florida, was once among the most important ports in the western hemisphere.
Before Florida was granted statehood, the island served as an international ga
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Hicks, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0738552674
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Crook County: An Oil Fortune, a Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land
$21.95 Add to cartDAVID J. WEBER BOOK PRIZE FINALIST: The true–and unsolved–story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existed
For re- Author: Cobb, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0807021393
- Language: English
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Spooky Texas: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
$17.95 Add to cartSuitably, hauntings and paranormal happenings in the Lone Star state are larger than life. Included in this must-read collection are tales of the ghost lights of Marfa, the werewolf of Elroy, and the … [more below]
- Series: Spooky
- Author: Schlosser, S. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 149303247X
- Language: English
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Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth
$29.95 Add to cartA captivating portrait of Westbeth, the legendary artists’ residence that shaped contemporary art, activism, and New York’s cultural landscape for over fifty years
In 1970, the former Bell Telephone- Author: Chaiken, Miriam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1531511775
- Language: English
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Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin
$22.95 Read moreIndigenous perspectives on sustainability, culture, and community
In this collection of twelve biographies, one from each of the Native nations in Wisconsin, author Patty Loew (Bad River Ojibwe) intr- Author: Loew, Patty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 1976600731
- Language: English
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Heart of American Darkness: A Story of Murder and Revolution on the Early Frontier
$21.99 Add to cartWe are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroism? Or was it where the full force of an all-powerful empire was brou
- Author: Parkinson, Robert G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1324123400
- Language: English
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Coyotes and Culture: Essays from Old Malibu
$22.00 Add to cartWhat do coyotes have to do with culture?
This unique collection of essays offers a gripping exploration of the precarious beauty and peril of California’s iconic coastline. Through essays blending pe… [more below]- Author: McEachern, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1647792150
- Language: English
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The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago
$27.00 Add to cartWith a thrilling, fast-paced narrative, award-winning journalist Douglas Perry vividly captures the sensationalized circus atmosphere that gave rise to the concept of the celebrity criminal- and gave … [more below]
- Author: Perry, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0143119222
- Language: English
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The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in the Public Schools
$34.95 Add to cartToday’s battles over Christianity in U.S. public schools have deep roots. In the nineteenth century it was an intramural struggle between Protestants and later-arriving Catholics. But at Christmastime… [more below]
- Author: Seligman, Scott D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1640126546
- Language: English
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Henry Sieben and the Montana Story
$24.95 Add to cart- Author: Ryan, Ciara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1591523605
- Language: English
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Steam and Steel: The Eastern Shore of Virginia 1870-1884
$25.00 Add to cartThe years following the Civil War were fraught with change for the people of the Virginia counties of Accomack and Northampton on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay. War had altered patterns of trade… [more below]
- Author: Barnes, Brooks Miles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: November 21 2025
- ISBN10: 162806451X
- Language: English
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River: A Hudson Memoir
$16.95 Add to cartLeslie Day’s life changed forever when, in 1975, she moved to a tiny houseboat on the Hudson River at the 79th Street Boat Basin–a new home umbilically tied to Manhattan’s Upper West Side. In her hea
- Author: Day, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1501783882
- Language: English
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The Princeton University Trivia Book
$22.95 Add to cartThe quintessential source of information about Princeton, one of the world’s most respected universities, with more than 650 questions (and answers!), perfect for current and prospective students, alu
- Series: College Trivia
- Author: Van Rossum, Helene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 149307430X
- Language: English
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Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815
$39.95 Read moreThe classic study of gravestone art
In Puritan New England, with its abiding concern for things not of this world and its distrust of forms and ceremonies, one art flourished: the symbolic art of mortu
- Author: Ludwig, Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 532
- Publish Date: February 28 2000
- ISBN10: 0819560405
- Language: English
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Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry
$35.00 Add to cartBy his longtime friend and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the definitive biography of Larry McMurtry, the legendary author and screenwriter of Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, and Brokeback
- Author: Streitfeld, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0063234882
- Language: English
