Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic
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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
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Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
$35.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and
- Author: Smith, Patti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 006621131X
- Language: English
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South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City
$34.95 Read moreThirty-five years after this landmark of urban history first captured the rise, fall, and rebirth of a once-thriving New York City borough–ravaged in the 1970s and ’80s by disinvestment and fires, th… [more below]
- Author: Jonnes, Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1531501214
- Language: English
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New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State
$21.95 Add to cartDespite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singu… [more below]
- Author: Sullivan, Kerri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: June 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1978825609
- Language: English
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Love Is the Drug
$12.99 Read moreFrom the award-winning author of The Summer Prince comes a novel that blends John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief and Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain set at an elite Washington D.C. prep school.
Em
- Author: Johnson, Alaya Dawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 545417821
- Language: English
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Josh Allen: Built for Buffalo
$17.95 Read moreJosh Allen re-wrote the Bills’ record book in 2020 as the team finished 13-3 and won its first AFC East title since Jim Kelly was behind center in 1995. Allen set single-season franchise records … [more below]
- Author: The Buffalo News
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1629379913
- Language: English
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Easy Weekend Getaways in the Hudson Valley & Catskills: Short Breaks from New York City
$31.99 Add to cartThe Hudson Valley and Catskills are destinations New Yorkers can’t get enough of. Unlike typical travel guides, Easy Weekend Getaways in the Hudson Valley & Catskills ditches the well-worn antiquing, … [more below]
- Series: Easy Weekend Getaways #0
- Author: Fisher, Carly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1682683540
- Language: English
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A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York
$29.99 Add to cartJourney through the splendor and the excesses of the Gilded Age
“Every aspect of life in the Gilded Age took on deeper, transcendent meaning intended to prove the greatness of America: residences beau
- Author: King, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1681620537
- Language: English
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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
$19.99 Add to cartIn the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard.
Liz Murray was born to lo… [more below]- Author: Murray, Liz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 1401310591
- Language: English
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Hazelwood A Community Story
$36.88 Add to cartA community story about Hazelwood and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the 1960’s to today. Booming years of the steel mill, civil unrests of the 60’s and changes in the community over many years until t
- Author: Bonner, Edward V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1088124704
- Language: English
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Explorer’s Guide 50 Hikes in Western New York: Walks and Day Hikes from the Cattaraugus Hills to the Genessee Valley
$22.99 Add to cartEhling guides you to plunge-pools and glacial caves, past fossil beds and through “rock cities”-all the results of the area’s distinctive geological history. Many of the hikes described here follow ma… [more below]
- Series: Explorer’s 50 Hikes #0
- Author: Ehling, William P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: January 25 2008
- ISBN10: 0881501646
- Language: English
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A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks
$29.95 Add to cartA Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York’s rural North Country forms the nation’s largest State Park, with a
- Author: Edmondson, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1501759019
- Language: English
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The Last Days of New York: A Reporter’s True Tale
$27.99 Add to cart“Barron cuts through the noise and provides a devastating account of a city’s decline under the delusional leadership of socialists and con men.” — GREG KELLY, host of Newsmax Greg Kelly Reports
THE L
- Author: Barron, Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1630061875
- Language: English
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If These Walls Could Talk: Philadelphia Phillies: Stories from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box
$18.95 Read moreOver the last half-century, the Philadelphia Phillies have experienced epic highs–World Series titles in 1980 and 2008–and frustrating lows, and Larry Shenk has been there for every minute of it. He… [more below]
- Series: If These Walls Could Talk
- Author: Shenk, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1600789102
- Language: English
