Geographic Orientation/Virginia
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New Beginnings (Direct Mail Edition): Jamestown and the Virginia Colony 1607-1699
$12.95 Read moreWhat makes people give up their life of comfort to travel thousands of miles across the sea to an uncharted land? This is what many have wondered about the settlers who made their way from England to … [more below]
- Series: Crossroads America
- Author: Rosen, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0792282779
- Language: English
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Judy Moody and Stink: The Holly Joliday
$7.99 Read moreJudy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow.
It hasn’t snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years, so what are the chances- Series: Judy Moody & Stink #1
- Author: McDonald, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0763641138
- Language: English
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Big Stone Gap
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The first novel in the beloved Big Stone Gap series, now a major motion picture written and directed by Adriana Trigiani, starring Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldb… [more below]
- Series: Big Stone Gap #1
- Author: Trigiani, Adriana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 03 2001
- ISBN10: 0345438329
- Language: English
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The Petersburg Campaign: Volume 2 – The Western Front Battles, September 1864 – April 1865
$22.95 Read moreWinner, 2014, The Douglas Southall Freeman Award
The wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting b… [more below]- Author: Bearss, Edwin C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: September 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1611215331
- Language: English
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Trail Trouble
$8.99 Add to cartOn a summer vacation with his family, Marlon Keys is about to hike the Appalachian Trail. He isn’t exactly thrilled about the trip, he’d rather play on his smartphone and connect with his friends back… [more below]
- Series: Jake Maddox Adventure
- Author: Maddox, Jake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: March 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496592034
- Language: English
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Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery
$18.95 Read moreArlington National Cemetery spreads across the rolling hills west of the Potomac, a serene and reverent sanctuary for the presidents, soldiers, and heroes–famous and unsung alike–who lie in eternal … [more below]
- Author: Atkinson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 19 2009
- ISBN10: 1426204566
- Language: English
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Ghost Stories of Virginia
$12.95 Read moreVirginia’s history is as rich as it is long: the first English settlement was established at Jamestown; Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in Yorktown, effectively ending the Revolutionary War; the … [more below]
- Series: Ghost Stories
- Author: Asfar, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 18 2006
- ISBN10: 9768200197
- Language: English
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Stormy, Misty’s Foal
$21.99 Add to cartThis is the thrilling story of the hurricane that destroyed the wild herds of Assateague, and how strength and love helped rebuild them. A companion to Misty of Chincoteague, this beloved tale from Ne… [more below]
- Author: Henry, Marguerite
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 1481425617
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story
$18.99 Read moreGhost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl imprisoned for more than a century, the terrifying events that put her there, and a friendship that crosses
- Author: Hahn, Mary Downing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1328850927
- Language: English
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The Last Chance for Logan County
$9.99 Read moreIn The Last Chance for Logan County, the third Legendary Alston Boys mystery from Edgar Award nominee Lamar Giles–now in paperback–Otto and Sheed team up with the Epic Ellisons against a corporation
- Series: A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure
- Author: Giles, Lamar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 035875531X
- Language: English
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As Brave as You
$19.99 Read moreKirkus Award Finalist
Schneider Family Book Award Winner Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book In this “pitch-perfect contemporary novel” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Coretta Scott King – John- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1481415905
- Language: English
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Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America
$18.99 Read moreIn this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates-and triggers the end of slavery in the United States. Thi… [more below]
- Author: Castrovilla, Selene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1635925827
- Language: English
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Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring: A Spy on History Book
$9.95 Add to cartYour Mission: Find Mary’s secret diary using spycraft stools to uncover hidden codes
It’s a true story of bravery: Mary Bowser was an African American spy for the Union who worked as a maid in the- Series: Spy on History
- Author: Alberti, Enigma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1523507713
- Language: English
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Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom
$8.99 Read moreAn awe-inspiring African American woman! A talented seamstress, born a slave, bought freedom for herself and her son.
This picture book biography weaves together historical details, vibrant collages,- Author: Schofield-Morrison, Connie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 823456110
- Language: English
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The Last Chance for Logan County
$16.99 Read moreIn The Last Chance for Logan County, the third Legendary Alston Boys mystery from Edgar Award nominee Lamar Giles, Otto and Sheed team up with the Epic Ellisons against a corporation that wants Logan
- Series: A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure
- Author: Giles, Lamar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0358423368
- Language: English
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Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom
$18.99 Read moreAn awe-inspiring African American woman! A talented seamstress, born a slave, bought freedom for herself and her son.
This picture book biography weaves together historical details, vibrant collages,- Author: Schofield-Morrison, Connie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0823439631
- Language: English
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Waterfalls and Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachians: Thirty Great Hikes
$32.00 Add to cartIf you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants–or simply would like to learn more about them–you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Ti… [more below]
- Series: Southern Gateways Guides
- Author: Spira, Timothy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 02 2015
- ISBN10: 1469622645
- Language: English
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Take Our Advice: A Handbook for Gardening in Northern Virginia
$29.00 Add to cartWhat’s different about Northern Virginia? What are your neighbors’ secrets to a flourishing garden? In this second edition, over 90 gardeners and naturalists teach us how to create an aesthetic habita… [more below]
- Author: Fisher, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: March 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0985009012
- Language: English
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Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay
$26.95 Read moreThe ideal guide for identifying the more than 200 fish species that inhabit the Chesapeake.
Winner of the Design and Effectiveness Award of the Washington Publishers
The only comprehensive field guide t
- Author: Murdy, Edward O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 01 2013
- ISBN10: 142140768X
- Language: English
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Those Who Labor for My Happiness: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
$27.95 Add to cartOur perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view
- Series: Jeffersonian America
- Author: Stanton, Lucia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0813932238
- Language: English
