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Wicked Cleveland
$21.99 Read 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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Honor Killing: Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow’s Spectacular Last Case
$27.00 Add to cartIn the fall of 1931, Thalia Massie, the bored, aristocratic wife of a young naval officer stationed in Honolulu, accused six nonwhite islanders of gang rape. The ensuing trial let loose a storm of rac… [more below]
- Author: Stannard, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0143036637
- Language: English
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The Toledo War: The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry
$24.95 Read more“An engaging account of the Toledo War of 1835, a serious confrontation whose outcome established the borders of the state of Michigan. Faber expertly narrates the history of a dispute conducted by fa
- Author: Faber, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0472050540
- Language: English
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The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World
$18.00 Add to cartA brilliant and visionary argument for America’s role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world–and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward.
Recent years h- Author: Kagan, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0525563571
- Language: English
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Rails Around Durango
$24.99 Read moreIn the 1880s, the Denver & Rio Grande began building its three-foot railroad toward the San Juan Mountains alongside the Animas River and the budding community of Durango. The D&RG quickly established… [more below]
- Series: Images of Rail
- Author: Lewis, Allan C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0738548596
- Language: English
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New Gloucester
$24.99 Read moreNamed by the proprietors from Gloucester, Massachusetts, New Gloucester began as a frontier town, as it was the most inland settlement in Maine at the time. Incorporated in 1774, the town has been cal… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Blake, Thomas P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 21 2009
- ISBN10: 0738565830
- Language: English
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Latinos in Pasadena
$24.99 Read moreHistories of Pasadena are rich in details about important citizens, time-honored traditions, and storied enclaves such as Millionaires Row and Lamanda Park. But the legacies of Mexican Americans and o… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Martã-Nez, Roberta H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 22 2009
- ISBN10: 0738569550
- Language: English
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The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History
$24.99 Read 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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Forgotten San Diego
$24.99 Read moreMemories are fleeting, and a region’s history can easily be forgotten. This book features over 200 unique and interesting historical postcards that vividly capture San Diego County’s forgotten past fr… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Marshall, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160261
- Language: English
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Creepy Kentucky: Strange Stories from the Bluegrass State
$21.99 Read 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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San Luis Obispo County Architecture
$24.99 Read moreCalifornia is rare among states and nations in having two cultural capitals–Los Angeles and San Francisco–and San Luis Obispo is smack in the middle. In the middle of nowhere or equidistant from eve… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Papp, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160040
- Language: English
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A Culinary History of Mobile
$24.99 Read moreJoin author Christopher Andrews on a delectable romp through the long food history of Mobile, Alabama .
From its founding in 1702 by the French, Mobile has had a lot on its plate. Indeed, the story
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Andrews, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149055
- Language: English
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Lost Mackinac Island
$23.99 Read 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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Frontier Fake News: Nevada’s Sagebrush Humorists and Hoaxsters
$21.95 Read moreWhen readers see the names Mark Twain and Dan De Quille, fake news may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But these legendary journalists were some of the original, and most prolific, fake ne
- Author: Moreno, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1647790867
- Language: English
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Emma’s Postcard Album: Black Lives in the Early Twentieth Century
$58.33 Read moreBCALA 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation Award winner
The turn of the twentieth century was an extraordinarily difficult period for African Americans, a time of unchecked lynchings,- Series: Atlantic Migrations and the African Diaspora
- Author: Mitchell, Faith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1496843150
- Language: English
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The Manhattan Project at Hanford Site
$24.99 Add to cartThe Manhattan Project at Hanford Site describes the top-secret effort undertaken during World War II to develop a weapon never imagined at “Site W” or “Hanford Engineer Works,” one of three sites sele… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Toomey, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 21 2015
- ISBN10: 1467134449
- Language: English
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Inside the Combat Zone: The Stripped Down Story of Boston’s Most Notorious Neighborhood
$18.95 Add to cartBoston has always been known for its stiff character. So how did this great New England city become home to one of the largest and most notorious adult entertainment districts in the nation? In this e… [more below]
- Author: Schorow, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1493048996
- Language: English
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An Illustrated History of Siesta Key: The Story of America’s Best Beach
$24.95 Read moreA history of a very popular beach destination near Sarasota on the Gulf coast of Florida. Reviewing the past century of Siesta Key development in the context of Florida’s ancient and recent emergence,
- Author: Farrrell, Thomas Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1683340167
- Language: English
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Secret Los Angeles: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Add to cart- Series: Secret
- Author: Jensen, Danny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 168106216X
- Language: English
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Facing Georgetown’s History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation
$29.95 Read moreThese essays, articles, and documents introduce readers to the history of Georgetown University’s involvement in slavery and recent efforts to confront its troubling past. It traces Georgetown’s “Slav
- Author: Rothman, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: June 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1647120969
- Language: English
