Cultural Region/Northeast U.S.
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Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story
$25.99 Add to cartThe fabulous life of Brooke Astor, a pioneer of philanthropy and for decades a luminary of New York society. Hers is a story out of Edith Wharton. After a disastrous early marriage, Brooke Astor wedde
- Author: Kiernan, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0393331601
- Language: English
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After the Fire
$21.99 Add to cartOn January 19, 2000, a fire raged through Seton Hall University’s freshman dormitory, killing three students and injuring 58 others. Among the victims were Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, roommates fr… [more below]
- Author: Fisher, Robin Gaby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0316066222
- Language: English
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The Turkish Lover: A Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartEnthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago’s memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now, in The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of the monumental struggle with her powerful mot… [more below]
- Series: Merloyd Lawrence Book
- Author: Santiago, Esmeralda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 10 2005
- ISBN10: 030681451X
- Language: English
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Shawn Thornton: Fighting My Way to the Top
$18.95 Read moreShawn Thornton was an unlikely NHL success, to say the least. The Oshawa, Ontario native was picked late in the OHL and later thought he was being pranked when the Toronto Maple Leafs called him to sa… [more below]
- Author: Thornton, Shawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 163727095X
- Language: English
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New England’s Notable Women: The Stories and Sites of Trailblazers and Achievers
$21.95 Add to cartNew England has nurtured countless women who shook off traditional gender roles to forge their own destinies. They didn’t set out to be role models, but that’s what they became. This book features for
- Author: Harris, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1493066013
- Language: English
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Sports Illustrated Derek Jeter: A Celebration of the Yankee Captain
$30.00 Read moreCelebrating a New York icon and one of baseball’s most beloved superstars
Derek Jeter made his major-league debut at age 20 in 1995. The following year, he earned Rookie of the Year honors as the sta- Author: Sports Illustrated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: July 20, 2021
- ISBN10: 1629379484
- Language: English
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Real Philly History, Real Fast: Fascinating Facts and Interesting Oddities about the City’s Heroes and Historic Sites
$18.95 Read morePhiladelphia is known as the home of vibrant colonial history: the Liberty Bell, the Betsy Ross House, and Independence Hall. But the City of Brotherly Love is also home to–and less well known for–i
- Author: Murphy, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1439919240
- Language: English
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Second Helpings: A Jessica Darling Novel
$32.00 Add to cartSecond Helpings continues Megan McCafferty’s New York Times bestselling series – now with a new foreword by New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Serle
Jessica Darling is in her senior year of high- Series: Jessica Darling #2
- Author: McCafferty, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1250781817
- Language: English
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Tales of Times Square
$18.95 Read more“Friedman has drawn a vivid picture of the Times Square area and its denizens. He writes about the porn palaces with live sex shows, and the men and women who perform in them, prostitutes and their pi
- Author: Friedman, Josh Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1932595287
- Language: English
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Robert Rauschenberg
$55.00 Read more“Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in the gap between the two.)” –Robert Rauschenberg
The early 1950s, when Robert Rauschenberg launched his career, was the hey
- Author: Rauschenberg, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 163345021X
- Language: English
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Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America’s Most Hopeful Landsca
$17.99 Add to cartMcKibben is] a marvelous writer who has thought deeply about the environment, loves this part of the country, and knows how to be a first-class traveling companion.–Entertainment Weekly
In Wandering- Author: McKibben, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1627790209
- Language: English
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The Animal One Thousand Miles Long: Seven Lengths of Vermont and Other Adventures
$17.95 Read moreThe phrase “an animal a thousand miles miles long,” attributed to Aristotle, refers to a sprawling body that cannot be seen in its entirety from a single angle, a thing too vast and complicated to be … [more below]
- Author: Tonino, Leath
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1595348581
- Language: English
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New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State
$17.95 Add to cartTracing Amish settlement in New York from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on more than thirty years of participant-observation, interviews, and archival resea
- Author: Johnson-Weiner, Karen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1501707604
- Language: English
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Best Easy Day Hikes Portland, Maine
$20.50 Add to cartFeaturing a range of hikes covering the coastal and inland areas within an hour’s drive of Portland, Maine, Best Easy Day Hikes Portland, Maine is an essential hiking companion. Whether you prefer lon… [more below]
- Series: Best Easy Day Hikes
- Author: Westrich, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1493016644
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Bucks County
$23.99 Add to cartBucks County was an original county in William Penn’s newly formed Pennsylvania province and has carried the weight of history ever since. Join author Jennifer Rogers as she recounts the lesser-known
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Rogers, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1467138703
- Language: English
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Surfing Long Beach Island
$21.99 Add to cartThis book is a must read for all East Coast surfers who may have felt at sometime that they should apologize for where they are from. The stories and pictures in this book are sure to make the East Co… [more below]
- Author: Unger, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: July 15 2003
- ISBN10: 1413408087
- Language: English
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Mob Daughter: The Mafia, Sammy the Bull Gravano, and Me!
$21.99 Add to cartFrom Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal.
Karen Gravano is the- Author: Gravano, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1250022207
- Language: English
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25 Bicycle Tours in the Lake Champlain Region: Scenic Rides in Vermont, New York, and Quebec
$22.99 Add to cartThis book offers rides over the entire Lake Champlain region, from the southern tip of the lake at the birthplace of the U.S. Navy in Whitehall, New York, to its northernmost bay in Quebec, west to La
- Series: 25 Bicycle Tours #0
- Author: Hansen, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 239
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0881505757
- Language: English
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Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins
$15.00 Add to cartIn this first play from the award-winning memoirist and poet Nick Flynn, four strangers meet during a blackout on a New York City sidewalk. Gideon finds himself locked out of his apartment, stranded o
- Author: Flynn, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: July 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0865479852
- Language: English
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Gettysburg–The Second Day
$38.00 Add to cartThe second day’s fighting at Gettysburg–the assault of the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac on 2 July 1863–was probably the critical engagement of that decisive battle and, … [more below]
- Series: Civil War America
- Author: Pfanz, Harry W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: March 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0807847305
- Language: English
