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Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest
$45.00 Add to cartDemonstrates what made Modernist art in the Puget Sound region unique
In the early twentieth century, the Puget Sound region was home to a progressive artistic and cultural scene shaped by the region’
- Author: Papanikolas, Theresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0295754842
- Language: English
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A Place for Us: Gay Life at Chicago’s Belmont Rocks
$24.95 Add to cartBelmont Rocks: Where Chicago Went Queer in Broad Daylight
A Place for Us: Gay Life at Chicago’s Belmont Rocks by Owen Keehnen is a vivid work of LGBTQ+ history, queer Chicago history, and oral history
- Author: Keehnen, Owen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1968983023
- Language: English
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The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief
$19.95 Add to cartThe thrilling story of a brazen, uncatchable jewel thief who roamed the homes of Dallas high society–and a window into the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the Swinging Sixties.
As a strin- Author: Pederson, Rena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1639368744
- Language: English
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The University of Central Florida Trivia Book
$22.95 Add to cartThe unofficial guide to the home of the Knights!
The University of Central Florida Trivia Book features a wealth of historic and recent facts, with over 650 questions (with answers!) and quotations sp
- Series: College Trivia
- Author: Rubin, Mary A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1493075519
- Language: English
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New York’s Family Grocer: The Story of d’Agostino Supermarkets
$34.95 Add to cartFrom pushcart to pantry staple in the city that never sleeps
New York’s Family Grocer tells how a neighborhood name became part of the city’s daily rhythm. Patsy and Nicholas D’Agostino arrived from I- Author: Schmitz, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1531513220
- Language: English
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The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
$23.00 Add to cartThe “enormously entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) account of a shocking 1897 murder mystery that “artfully re-create[s] the era, the crime, and the newspaper wars it touched off” (The New York T… [more below]
- Author: Collins, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0307592219
- Language: English
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San Antonio and Its Missions: Three Centuries of History, Memory, and Heritage
$42.50 Add to cartCharacterizing San Antonio’s five Spanish colonial-era missions as “sites of memory,” author and historian Joel Daniel Kitchens explores how and why Spain built the missions, what happened to the mis
- Series: Vistas, Sponsored by Texas A&m University-San Antonio
- Author: Kitchens, Joel Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1648433405
- Language: English
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Love, Lies, and Murder in Northern Ohio
$24.99 Add to cartLovers of true crime and Ohio history will find themselves riveted by these crimes of passion.
There is a thin line between love and hate, and when intense passion threatens that border, blood will fl
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Koile, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1467155896
- Language: English
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Pittsburgh: A Renaissance City
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover Pittsburgh’s historic sites, modern downtown, famous rivers, recreation, and arts. Witness the city’s progression from an outpost and battleground in the colonial war for the control of North… [more below]
- Author: Gadomski, Michael P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 28 2015
- ISBN10: 0764349236
- Language: English
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Chinese in Washington: The Legacy of the Chinese Exclusion ACT
$24.99 Add to cartHow the U.S. law targeting Chinese laborers impacted families for generations.
Near the end of the nineteenth century, after the railroads were completed and the gold mines exhausted, an economic downt
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Hackett Nicola, Trish
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1467147729
- Language: English
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Been There, Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome
$31.00 Read moreProfessor Greg Jackson, podcast host of History That Doesn’t Suck, proves that while today’s political climate may be dark, these aren’t as unprecedented times as we may think.
Our nation’s past is fu- Author: Jackson, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1668062607
- Language: English
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A Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations
$31.99 Add to cartLouisiana plantations evoke images of grandeur and elegance. Beyond the facade of stately homes are stories of hope and subjugation, tragedy and suffering, shame and perseverance and war and conquest…. [more below]
- Author: White, Cheryl H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1540226611
- Language: English
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Georgetown’s Retail Past: Generations of Shops and Restaurants in One of America’s Great Historic Neighborhoods
$34.95 Add to cartStep back in time and rediscover the bars and restaurants, mom-and-pop shops, and bustling storefronts that shaped historic Georgetown.
Georgetown’s Retail Past is a history of retail stores in the Ge- Author: Peters, Kenneth G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1493093622
- Language: English
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The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America
$30.00 Read moreA revelatory look at one of America’s most progressive cities–Minneapolis–as journalist Justin Ellis returns to his hometown to grapple with the quiet history of white supremacy in the wake of Georg
- Author: Ellis, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 0063091240
- Language: English
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Amasa Speaker Factory: Poems
$19.95 Add to cartAmasa Speaker Factory wanders Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with a mining helmet, a pickaxe, and a dizzying soundtrack.
Chad Faries sifts through abandoned mines, family history, and the quiet damage of l
- Author: Faries, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: February 23 2026
- ISBN10: 9798896560845
- Language: English
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The Black History of the White House
$19.95 Add to cartThe Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americans, from the generations of enslaved pe
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Lusane, Clarence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0872865320
- Language: English
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Nazis of Long Island: Sedition, Espionage & the Plot Against America
$24.99 Add to cartIn Yaphank, New York, hid the greatest threat to the United States war effort during World War II: the American Nazi.
Building on racial and ethnic biases, lack of trust in government and a dose of co
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Verga, Christopher C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1467156493
- Language: English
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Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising
$24.00 Add to cartThe dangers of “progressive policing” as told through a study of Portland, Oregon.
Policing the Progressive City tells the story of how Portland’s “law and order” has been shaped for over two hundred y
- Author: Williams, Kristian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1849354286
- Language: English
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The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South
$19.95 Add to cartA timely call for Texas-and the South–to reclaim its radical history, drawing lessons for today’s struggle from the populists and socialists of yesteryear.
In blood-red states such as Texas, politics
- Author: Griscom, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1682196453
- Language: English
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Mimi: The Perilous Journey of a Free-Spirited Texas Woman
$24.99 Add to cartMimi: The Perilous Journey of a Free-Spirited Texas Woman tells the extraordinary true story of a Texas debutante who lived a life few could imagine.
A niece of Texas Senator John Tower, Mimi’s journe
- Author: Wright, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 0875659632
- Language: English
