Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic
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Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York
$20.00 Add to cart“A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves.”
―John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Lucy Sante’s Low Life is a portrait of America’s greatest city,- Author: Sante, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 24 2003
- ISBN10: 0374528993
- Language: English
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The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and t
$19.99 Read more“Jeff Pearlman has captured the swagger of the ’86 Mets. You don’t have to be a Mets fan to enjoy this book–it’s a great read for all baseball enthusiasts.” –Philadelphia Daily News
Award-winning Spo
- Author: Pearlman, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0062097636
- Language: English
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Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars
$23.99 Add to cartThe story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy.
From the golden age of piracy to
- Author: Goodall, Jamie L. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 24 2020
- ISBN10: 146714116X
- Language: English
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Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians
$17.95 Add to cartPart natural history, part poetry, Mountains of the Heart is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains
Stretching almost unbroken from Alabama to Belle Isle, Newfoundla- Author: Weidensaul, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1938486889
- Language: English
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New Jersey Off the Beaten Path(r): Discover Your Fun
$17.95 Add to cartTired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, let New Jersey Off the Beaten Path show you the Garden State you never knew existed. Visit For
- Series: Off the Beaten Path
- Author: Scheller, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493070509
- Language: English
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Report from Engine Co. 82
$18.99 Add to cartFrom his bawdy and brave fellow firefighters to the hopeful, hateful, beautiful and beleaguered residents of the poverty-stricken district where he works, Dennis Smith tells the story of a brutalising… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0446675520
- Language: English
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Chesapeake Bay Odyssey: 23 Ports of Call with Historic Perspectives
$26.95 Add to cartThe author, Captain Michael Dodd, grew up in Baltimore and spent many hours on the Chesapeake Bay throughout most of his life. His book outlines a fascinating exploration of 23 cities and towns on the
- Author: Dodd, Capt Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1948494558
- Language: English
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Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
$35.00 Read moreSince its publication – Delirious New York (1978) has attained mythic status. Rem Koolhaas’s celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the variety of human behavior
At the
- Author: Koolhaas, Rem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1885254008
- Language: English
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Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983
$30.95 Add to cartAs the 1970s gave way to the 80s, New York’s party scene entered a ferociously inventive period characterized by its creativity, intensity, and hybridity. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor ch… [more below]
- Author: Lawrence, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: September 30 2016
- ISBN10: 0822362023
- Language: English
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The Soul of Central New York: Syracuse Stories
$15.95 Add to cartA group of strangers risk death along the New York State Thruway to save a soldier from a burning truck. The true story, as told by football legend Jim Brown, of how the number 44 rose to prominence a
- Author: Kirst, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0815610831
- Language: English
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Rao’s Cookbook: Over 100 Years of Italian Home Cooking
$40.00 Add to cartRao’s, the hundred-year-old restaurant with a mere ten tables tucked in a corner of East Harlem in what was once a legendary Italian neighborhood, is one of the most sought-after restaurants in all of… [more below]
- Author: Pellegrino, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 07 1998
- ISBN10: 0679457496
- Language: English
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The Van Alen Legacy
$10.99 Read moreFrom NYT bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, this steamy vampire series is full of secrets, intrigue and blood sucking, perfect for fans of Chloe Gong and Tracy Wolff!
With the stunning revelation- Series: Blue Bloods
- Author: de la Cruz, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 1368094171
- Language: English
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When Love Died: The True Story of the Brutal Murder of a War of 1812 Hero that Involved Greed, Lies and Treachery
$16.95 Add to cartIn 1824, Boston was a small farming community, about twenty-five miles south of Buffalo, New York. Buffalo itself was still only considered a village with a population of just over two thousand people
- Author: Pluta, Sherrie L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887312927
- Language: English
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Legends of the Outer Banks and Tar Heel Tidewater
$19.95 Read moreFrom Blackbeard’s den at Ocracoke, to the Hills of the Seven Sisters at Nags Head, to the misty swamps of Shallote, there is hardly an inch of territory along North Carolina’s coast without a legend a
- Author: Whedbee, Charles Harry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 165
- Publish Date: January 01 1966
- ISBN10: 0910244413
- Language: English
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City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900 – Present
$31.65 Add to cartBUFFALO, NEW YORK IS ENJOYING A RESURGENCE, AND HAS BECOME A RECOMMENDED TRAVEL DESTINATION. THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF HOW IT GOT HERE.In a sweeping narrative that speaks to the serious student of … [more below]
- Author: Goldman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1591024579
- Language: English
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The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
$16.95 Add to cartThousands of people live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels that form the bowels of New York City and this book is about them, the so-called mole people. They live alone and in communities, i… [more below]
- Author: Toth, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 01 1995
- ISBN10: 155652241X
- Language: English
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Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli
$22.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity from the Jewish Book Council
The history of an iconic food in Jewish American culture For much of the twentieth century,- Author: Merwin, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1479872555
- Language: English
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Rural Hours
$19.95 Add to cartNature and the mid nineteenth-century American landscape is beautifully revealed in this journal of the seasons. Susan Fennimore Cooper, daughter of the great American novelist, wrote this book in 185
- Series: New York State
- Author: Cooper, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 378
- Publish Date: May 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0815603177
- Language: English
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The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
$20.00 Add to cartRediscover the Gems of Antiquity in The Artificial River
Woven from a rich tapestry of research, The Artificial River is more than just a historical account of the Erie Canal–it encapsulates a pivota- Author: Sheriff, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 12 1997
- ISBN10: 809016052
- Language: English
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Indian Sign Language
$9.95 Read morePlains Indians from different tribes speaking different languages were nevertheless able to communicate facts and feelings of considerable complexity when they met. They used a language composed of ge… [more below]
- Series: Native American
- Author: Tomkins, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 1969
- ISBN10: 048622029X
- Language: English
