Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic
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Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the- Author: Griswold, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1250215072
- Language: English
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Ghost Stories & Graveyard Tales: New Jersey
$16.95 Add to cartPrepare for an eerie odyssey into the supernatural with “Ghost Stories & Graveyard Tales: New Jersey.” This spine-tingling journey will lead you through the Garden State’s most haunted houses, includi
- Author: Sircy, Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1088055087
- Language: English
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Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and Music of Birds, Intended to Assist in the Identification of Species Commo
$18.95 Read moreIn this beautifully written and well-illustrated guide to birds’ songs from 1904, Mathews describes 127 bird species, mostly of Eastern United States, and their songs. This fieldbook contains descript… [more below]
- Series: Applewood Books
- Author: Mathews, F. Schuyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: July 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1557095183
- Language: English
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Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway
$21.00 Add to cart“A vivid page-turner” (NPR) detailing the rise, fall, and redemption of Broadway–its stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the drama, intrigue, and power plays that happened behind the sce… [more below]
- Author: Riedel, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 1451672179
- Language: English
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The War Is Here: Newark 1967
$50.00 Read moreWith a foreword by the Honorable Ras J. Baraka, 40th Mayor of Newark, NJ, The War Is Here is Life magazine photographer Bud Lee’s dramatic, empathetic, and still shocking record of the Newark uprising… [more below]
- Author: Lee, Bud
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1736309366
- Language: English
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Henry Dreyfuss: Designing for People
$33.95 Add to cartCelebrates the design work of Henry Dreyfuss and his associates that revolutionized 20th century industrial design from telephones to trains to thermostats.
- Author: Flinchum, Russell A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: June 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1438491387
- Language: English
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Christmas in America: A Photographic Celebration of the Holiday Season
$29.99 Read moreA New Edition of Peter Guttman’s Dazzling Photographic Treasury of Holiday Lights and Celebrations
Nothing reminds us of the good things in life–family, friendship, food, and good cheer–more than C- Author: Guttman, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1510778543
- Language: English
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The Flaming Ship of Ocracoke and Other Tales of the Outer Banks
$19.95 Add to cartEvery September, on the first night of the new moon, there are those who vow they see a flaming ship sail three times past the coast of Ocracoke. No matter the direction or velocity of the wind, this
- Author: Whedbee, Charles Harry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 153
- Publish Date: January 01 1971
- ISBN10: 0910244618
- Language: English
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The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America’s Newfound Sovereignty
$19.99 Add to cartA gripping and sensational tale of violence, alcohol, and taxes, The Whiskey Rebellion uncovers the radical eighteenth-century people’s movement, long ignored by historians, that contributed decisivel… [more below]
- Series: Simon & Schuster America Collection
- Author: Hogeland, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0743254910
- Language: English
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Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
$19.99 Add to cart“Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and Cheap Pierogi” —Vanity Fair
An unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a love l
- Author: Moss, Jeremiah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0062439685
- Language: English
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I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cart“A glittering, bittersweet vision of an outsider who turned himself into the life and soul of the party. Kilmer-Purcell’s cast is part freak-show, part soap-opera, but his prose is graced with such in
- Author: Kilmer-Purcell, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0060817321
- Language: English
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Walking Philadelphia: 30 Walking Tours Exploring Art, Architecture, History, and Little-Known Gems
$18.95 Read moreExplore the most interesting, scenic, and historic places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, via 30 self-guided walking tours.
From Broad Street to Independence National Park, from Manayunk to the Delaware
- Series: Walking
- Author: Pompilio, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1643590898
- Language: English
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The Shady Lady’s Guide to Northeast Shade Gardening
$29.95 Add to cartThe Shady Lady’s Guide to Northeast Shade Gardening is a crash course in the essentials of shade gardening, helping gardeners take advantage of the potential in shadow. Within this expanded second edi
- Author: Ziffer, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501760033
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of Gettysburg
$42.99 Add to cartThe Battle of Gettysburg {July 1-July 3, 1863}, fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and is frequently cited as the war’s tur… [more below]
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Salmon, John S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1683369378
- Language: English
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From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society (Music History and Punk Rock Book, for Fans of Everybody Hurts, Smas
$18.99 Add to cartThis book aims to teach… Why this era of music is important and should not be overlooked. That it is a legitimate genre that is a significant part of the story of rock. Deep insights into how the sc… [more below]
- Author: Markarian, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 164250114X
- Language: English
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Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City
$25.95 Read moreImagine an urban oasis with hundreds of thousands of trees and whose mayor wants to plant a million more. That sylvan place is New York City, and this is a guide to the diverse trees that line its str
- Author: Day, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1421401525
- Language: English
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Oneida
$23.99 Add to cartA fascinating and unusual chapter in American history about a religious community that held radical notions of equality, sex, and religion–only to transform itself, at the beginning of the twentieth
- Author: Wayland-Smith, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1250131863
- Language: English
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Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change
$39.95 Read moreThe illuminating evolution of the iconic space of Times Square.
What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of- Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
- Author: Sagalyn, Lynne B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 026204854X
- Language: English
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Fields of Play: Sport, Race, and Memory in the Steel City
$28.00 Add to cartA Pittsburgh Sports History Centering Issues of Race and Economic Disparity
Americans love sports, from neighborhood pickup basketball to the National Football League, and everything in between. Whi- Author: Hayashi, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0822947846
- Language: English
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Secret Syracuse: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Lowen, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064928
- Language: English
