State & Local
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Thrill Ride: The Transformation of Hersheypark
$29.99 Add to cartMore than an amusement park linked to a chocolate empire, Hershey Park in its early years was an extension of industrialist Milton Hershey’s paternalistic capitalism. Hershey sought to avoid the labor
- Series: Keystone Books
- Author: Haddad, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0271099925
- Language: English
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Lost Raleigh: Exploring the Oak City’s Architectural History
$30.00 Add to cartLandmarks with great historical, architectural, and cultural value are often demolished in the name of progress, leaving little but memories behind. In the growing city of Raleigh, many important buil… [more below]
- Author: Hanbury, Mary Ruffin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1469694123
- Language: English
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Haunted Mining Towns of Arizona
$21.99 Read moreSpectral miners and lingering spirits
Once Arizona’s biggest economic base, mines and the towns that sprang up around them can be found scattered across the state. Stories of paranormal encounters in p
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Anderson, Parker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151882
- Language: English
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Out of Virginia: Black Americans’ Search for Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Liberia
$27.95 Add to cart- Author: Stinnett, Joseph P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 0813954681
- Language: English
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Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South
$34.95 Add to cartFor three years in the early 1900s, a serial killer zigzagged across the rice belt region of the United States, using an everyday ax to slaughter Black families living within a mile of the Southern Pa
- Author: Henley, Lauren Nicole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 13 2026
- ISBN10: 080718618X
- Language: English
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Caf? Lafitte in Exile: Queer New Orleans and the Story of America’s Oldest Gay Bar
$32.95 Add to cartCaf? Lafitte in Exile tells the story of queer New Orleans through the lens of its most legendary gay bar. The bar has held a central place in New Orleans’s queer scene for many years, with a profuse
- Author: Perez, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0807185841
- Language: English
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Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
$21.00 Read moreAn Edgar Award winner for True Crime – A National Bestseller – A Washington Post Notable Book – Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Forbes, NPR, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles… [more below]
- Author: Fraser, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0593657241
- 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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Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries
$27.95 Add to cartWhether motivated by visionary ideals or commercial gain or political ambition, many have tried to unite Minneapolis and St. Paul into one city, and all have failed. This book explains why.
Why haven’- Author: Ross, Drew M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1681343231
- Language: English
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A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World’s First National Park
$19.95 Add to cartINSIDE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Discover the epic history of the first US national park in this historical adventure for fans of American history, the Wild West, and the hit show
Explore how Yellows- Author: Wilson, Randall K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1640097333
- Language: English
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Along Lake Michigan: Shipwreck Stories of Life and Loss
$24.95 Add to cartNotable shipwrecks of Lake Michigan throughout a century of enterprise, industry, heroism, and disaster on the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are graveyards of a vast number of shipwrecks (30,000 by some
- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 1517916771
- Language: English
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon: A Living Legacy
$28.99 Add to cartThe Civilian Conservation Corps transformed Oregon’s landscapes, building lasting parks, roads, trails, and forest infrastructure.
Amid the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt … [more below]
- Author: Voelz, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1634995279
- Language: English
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Murder in Rockport, Massachusetts: Terror in a Small Town
$24.99 Add to cartCold Case Clues
On May 21, 1932, Arthur Oker, a mild-mannered Finnish tailor, was brutally murdered in his shop in the small seaside town of Rockport, Massachusetts.
While this unsolved crime terrified
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Soini, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1467156310
- Language: English
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Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
$24.95 Read more“A must buy for anyone interested in the Great Lakes.”
—Frederick Stonehouse, maritime historianIn 1892, the Ann Arbor Car Ferries shook the transportation world by doing what was then deemed impossi
- Author: Brown, Grant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0472050494
- Language: English
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Mississippi Bear Hunter Holt Collier: Guiding Teddy Roosevelt and a Lifetime of Adventure
$24.99 Read moreAuthor Mark Neaves guides readers on an incredible tale through the life of one of America’s greatest adventurers.
Born into slavery in the Mississippi Delta in 1847, Holt Collier was taught to hunt
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Neaves, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 146715458X
- Language: English
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Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine.
$18.95 Read moreSo, you think you know Maine? Think again It’s not just the woods, waters, mountains, lobsters and lighthouses that define Maine. From Kittery to Eastport, from Fort Kent to Monhegan, Maine is home t… [more below]
- Author: Brechlin, Earl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1944762809
- Language: English
