Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic
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Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories
$19.95 Add to cartWhedbee’s collections of legends and folklore have become regional classics. The continuing popularity of these books stems from the author’s intimate knowledge of the places, people, and events of wh
- Author: Whedbee, Charles Harry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 133
- Publish Date: January 01 1978
- ISBN10: 0895870061
- Language: English
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City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920
$29.99 Add to cartIn the 19th century, New York saw the development of a sex industry at the heart of a consumer world of entertainment, goods, newspapers and advertising. In this book, Gilfoyle blends first-hand exper
- Author: Gilfoyle, Timothy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0393311082
- Language: English
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Step by Step: A Memoir of Living the American Dream
$19.00 Add to cartIn 1944, Bertie Bowman-a poor, impressionable thirteen-year-old-heard South Carolina senator Burnet Maybank declare: “If you all ever get up to Washington, D.C., drop by and see me ” Bertie took those… [more below]
- Author: Bowman, Bertie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 19 2009
- ISBN10: 034550433X
- Language: English
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Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden
$16.95 Add to cartIn conversation with William Baldwin. Emily Whaley’s garden on Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina, may be the most visited private garden in the country. And no wonder. It is the life’s work … [more below]
- Author: Whaley, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1616208457
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Gettysburg, Second Edition: Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its History, Places, and People
$27.00 Add to cartThis second, updated edition of the acclaimed A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize… [more below]
- Author: Reardon, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: May 08 2017
- ISBN10: 1469633361
- Language: English
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The United States Naval Academy
$24.99 Add to cartFor 178 years, the United States Naval Academy has trained and educated young men and women to be commissioned officers in the US Navy and US Marine Corps. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of th… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Miller, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160245
- Language: English
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An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1
$16.98 Add to cart“I don’t know how long before i shall have to go into the field of battle. For my part i don’t care. I don’t feel afraid to go. I don’t believe there are any Rebel’s bullet made for me yet.”–Pvt. Lyo… [more below]
- Author: Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 29 1996
- ISBN10: 0195102436
- Language: English
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The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
$19.99 Add to cartWinner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book Award
In a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city’s soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and- Author: Wells, Jonathan Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1645030334
- Language: English
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The Prison Guard’s Daughter: My Journey Through the Ashes of Attica
$17.99 Read moreOn the 50th anniversary of America’s deadliest prison riot comes a prison-guard daughter’s quest to uncover the truth about her father’s murder during the uprising―a story of crossing racial div… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Deanne Quinn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1635768047
- Language: English
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Fort Apache: New York’s Most Violent Precinct
$15.95 Add to cartOVER THIRTY YEARS AFTER its publication, Fort Apache: New York’s Most Violent Precinct remains the definitive account of the vicious cycle of violence that has griped urban America over the past centu… [more below]
- Author: Walker, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: February 23 2009
- ISBN10: 1935278398
- Language: English
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A Neighborhood Guide to Washington, D.C.’s Hidden History
$21.99 Add to cartGet off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D. C. ‘s historic neighborhoods. A must-have for visitors and residents alike.
Discover the hidden history of the natio
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Fogle, Jeanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1596296526
- Language: English
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Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartAn instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an “amusing, perceptive and…deliciously evil” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe–Manha… [more below]
- Author: Martin, Wednesday
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 31 2016
- ISBN10: 1476762716
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Pittsburgh
$23.99 Add to cartVeteran journalist Len Barcousky shines a light on the hidden corners of Pittsburgh’s history.
When Mark Twain visited in 1884, he claimed to spy a little bit of hell in Pittsburgh’s smoky appearance.
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Barcousky, Len
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135895
- Language: English
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Long Island City in 1776: The Revolution Comes to Queens
$23.99 Read more1775 belonged to Boston but after April of 1776, the Revolutionary War’s focus became New York City and the highly strategic Long Island, from Brooklyn’s terminal moraine high ground to Queens’s Hell … [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Melnick, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467140953
- Language: English
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Hail Victory: An Oral History of the Washington Redskins
$16.95 Add to cartA you-are-there history of one of football’s most successful and beloved teams
Who is the greatest quarterback in Redskins history? Baugh? Jurgensen? Theismann? Rypien? However you answer that questio- Author: Loverro, Thom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0470179244
- Language: English
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Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook
$75.00 Add to cartEleven Madison Park is one of New York City’s preeminent fine-dining establishments, where Chef Daniel Humm marries the latest culinary techniques with classical technique.
Under Chef Humm’s leadershi- Author: Humm, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0316098515
- Language: English
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Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
$24.00 Add to cartIn Recollections of My Life as a Woman, Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life. Born into a conservative Italian American family, di Prima grew up in Brooklyn but br… [more below]
- Author: Di Prima, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0140231587
- Language: English
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100 Things Penn State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$18.95 Read morePerfect for Penn State fans who think they already know everything
With traditions, records, and Nittany Lions lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Pen… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things…Fans Should Know
- Author: Prato, Lou
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1629371440
- Language: English
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Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania: Ghosts, Monsters and Miracles
$23.99 Add to cartPassed down over generations, Keystone State legends and lore provide both thrilling stories and dire warnings.
Strange creatures and tales of the supernatural thrive in Pennsylvania, from ghostly chil
- Series: American Legends
- Author: White, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 22 2014
- ISBN10: 162619498X
- Language: English
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Engineering Pittsburgh: A History of Roads, Rails, Canals, Bridges and More
$23.99 Add to cartWestern Pennsylvania’s infrastructure is renowned for traversing valleys, mountains, rivers and everything in between. Early surveying in the region delineated state and local boundaries that allowed … [more below]
- Author: Asce Pittsburgh Section 100th Anniversar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1625859694
- Language: English
