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Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York
$26.99 Add to cartNew York is the greatest restaurant city the world has ever seen.
In Appetite City, the former New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes leads us on a grand historical tour of New York’s dining
- Author: Grimes, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 0374532494
- Language: English
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American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation
$22.00 Add to cartONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NEWSWEEK/THE DAILY BEAST, THE NEW REPUBLIC, THE PROGRESSIVE
The definitive history of the reformers, radicals, and idealists who fought for a different America, from- Author: Kazin, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0307279197
- Language: English
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Puget’s Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound
$29.95 Add to cartWith the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic Skid Road, Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of Tacoma, “the City of Destiny,” and southern P
- Author: Morgan, Murray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0295744235
- Language: English
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American Feast: Cookbooks and Cocktails from the Library of Congress
$21.95 Add to cart- Series: Collection Close-Ups
- Author: Klitzman, Zach
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0844495832
- Language: English
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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
$15.00 Add to cartArguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of C
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0226764729
- Language: English
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The American West: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPart geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Aron, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0199858934
- Language: English
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
$53.00 Add to cartIn this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers’ Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repre… [more below]
- Series: History of NYC
- Author: Wallace, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1196
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0195116356
- Language: English
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The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation
$23.99 Add to cart“The American Dream” is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fasci… [more below]
- Author: Cullen, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0195173252
- Language: English
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Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Among its chief failures wa… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0190454792
- Language: English
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In the Enemy’s House
$19.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of Dark Invasion and The Last Goodnight once again illuminates the lives of little-known individuals who played a significant role in America’s history as he chro
- Author: Blum, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0062458264
- Language: English
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Earthrise: Leadership Lessons from the Apollo Space Missions
$30.99 Add to cartOn Sunday July 20, 1969, at 10:56 pm EST, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot upon the Moon. The Apollo 11 mission represented a moment of profound inspiration a
- Author: Appelquist, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: March 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1634895509
- Language: English
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Wisconsin Myths & Legends: The True Stories Behind History’s Mysteries
$19.95 Add to cartUnearth the mysteries, myths, strange happenings, and haunted places in Wisconsin’s history. This intriguing, lively, and easy-to-read collection of eerie stories will leave readers astonished at the … [more below]
- Series: Myths and Mysteries
- Author: Bie, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493067478
- Language: English
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The Mayflower: A Captivating Guide to a Cultural Icon in the History of the United States of America and the Pilgrims’ Journey from E
$25.99 Add to cartDid you know that not every passenger aboard the Mayflower was a Pilgrim?
In fact, of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, only about 40 were fleeing England for religious reasons. And if you want to l
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1637163967
- Language: English
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn
$21.95 Add to cartMari Sandoz’s beautifully written account of the battle in which General George Armstrong Custer staked his life–and lost it–reveals on every page the author’s intimate knowledge of her subject. The… [more below]
- Author: Sandoz, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496229118
- Language: English
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La Quinta
$39.99 Add to cartLa Quinta lies nestled in the beautiful Santa Rosa mountain range of Southern California. Unique landforms and Cahuilla cultural heritage, combined with early agricultural and commercial endeavors and… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: La Quinta Historical Society
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1540245535
- Language: English
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Twice Forgotten: African Americans and the Korean War, an Oral History
$34.95 Add to cartJournalists began to call the Korean War “the Forgotten War” even before it ended. Without a doubt, the most neglected story of this already neglected war is that of African Americans who served just … [more below]
- Author: Cline, David P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1469664534
- Language: English
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The Hedges: The Story of Twelve Precious Acres on Blue Mountain Lake
$19.95 Add to cartLike the smooth entry of an Adirondack guideboat, The Hedges transports the reader to the golden years of Blue Mountain Lake when a Civil War hero and extraordinary businessman built a private camp on… [more below]
- Author: Kessel, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1977237290
- Language: English
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Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change
$16.99 Add to cartSchool strikes for the climate. A bold campaign for a Green New Deal. Fossil fuel divestment. Over the last few years, these and other youth-driven climate initiatives have grabbed the public’s attent… [more below]
- Author: Engelfried, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: November 09 2022
- ISBN10: 9798986958408
- Language: English
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Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
$26.00 Add to cartA narrative history of America’s deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings
After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers bel- Author: McWhirter, Cameron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 03 2012
- ISBN10: 1250009065
- Language: English
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My Family: A Window into the Secrets, Successes, and Sins of Early New Orleans and Beyond
$17.99 Add to cartMy Family: A Window into the Secrets, Successes, and Sins of Early New Orleans and Beyond is a collection of complex life stories that interweave and meander through the ever-changing world of eightee
- Author: Prather, Michelle Freret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1737592681
- Language: English
