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Wicked Cleveland
$21.99PaperbackRead moreAward-winning true crime author Jane Turzillo brings together the strippers, gangsters, robbers, shady politicians, and more from Cleveland’s rough and rowdy past.
From world-class museums and popular
- Series: Wicked
- Author: Turzillo, Jane Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 27 2022
- ISBN10: 146715024X
- Language: English
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The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History
$24.99PaperbackRead moreAmerica’s Oldest Black Swim Club
When it opened in July of 1959, the Nile Swim Club welcomed over one thousand people to its pool. The only problem that day, remembers Bill Mellix, then 13, “None of u
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Kodosky Phd, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1467156124
- Language: English
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By: McQueen, Keven
Creepy Kentucky: Strange Stories from the Bluegrass State
$21.99PaperbackRead moreThe Eerie and Ominous in Kentucky
Kentucky is no stranger to strange occurrences. From weird encounters with the Grim Reaper to local graveyard dogs, the Bluegrass State has its share of odd stories
- Series: American Legends
- Author: McQueen, Keven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154164
- Language: English
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By: Pucci, Kelly
Lost Mackinac Island
$23.99PaperbackRead moreWhether prehistoric and glacially slow or swift and modern, countless changes to Mackinac Island have driven much of its history out of sight and memory. Eons ago, waves washed away soft rock to leave… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: Pucci, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149187
- Language: English
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By: Drower, George
Sails, Skippers & Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations
$28.99HardcoverRead more‘The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference and entertainment – something for every seafarer and many others too.’ – Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence
- Author: Drower, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750995734
- Language: English
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By: Amick, Jeremy
Lutherans of Cole County, Missouri: A History
$24.99PaperbackRead moreThe Houses Lutherans Built
Large groups of German immigrants began arriving in Cole County in the 1830s. By 1843, thirty-seven of them banded together to establish the first Lutheran church in the
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Amick, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 146715489X
- Language: English
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By: Quigley, Kevin
New England Tiki
$23.99PaperbackRead moreNew Englanders are as far away from the South Pacific as any American can be, yet when tiki fever gripped the country in the mid-twentieth century, even they were not immune. Tropical-themed restauran… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Quigley, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153095
- Language: English
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Philippine-American Heritage in Washington, D.C.
$23.99PaperbackRead moreJourney into the Philippine-American experience in Washington, DC. Washington is famed for its place in the history of the United States, but few know its close connections with the Philippines. Trace… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Tiongson, Erwin R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149020
- Language: English
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By: Wright, Brian
Mets in 10s: Best and Worst of an Amazin’ History
$24.99PaperbackRead moreRelive the most unforgettable moments – even those that diehards have longed to forget – of the New York Mets.
Since their inception in 1962, the New York Mets have not traveled the straight and narrow
- Series: Sports
- Author: Wright, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1467139688
- Language: English
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By: Bury, Robin
Buried Lives: The Protestants of Southern Ireland
$38.95PaperbackRead moreThe early twentieth century saw the transformation of the southern Irish Protestants from a once strong people into an isolated, pacified community. Their influence, status and numbers had all but dis… [more below]
- Author: Bury, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1845888804
- Language: English
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Historic Chicago Bakeries
$21.99PaperbackRead moreAs immigrants came from outside the United States and settled in pockets around Chicago, each neighborhood had its own bakery–and sometimes several. At one time, more than seven thousand bakeries dot… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Billock, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1467150118
- Language: English
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By: Bate, Seth
Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival
$23.99PaperbackRead moreLocal historian Seth Bate tells the story of the Walnut Valley Festival with reflections from staff, emcees, performers, campers, and characters from throughout its history.
The Festival was launched i
- Author: Bate, Seth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1467146056
- Language: English
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Lost Restaurants of Portland, Oregon
$23.99PaperbackRead moreA full menu of unforgettable events and historical milestones.
Delve into the Rose City’s colorful and sometimes tumultuous past through the memories, meals and recipes that put these bygone restaurant
- Series: Lost
- Author: Kennedy, Theresa Griffin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1467143308
- Language: English
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By: Ellis, James H.
Myths, Tall Tales and Half Truths of Cape Cod
$23.99PaperbackRead moreCape Cod, one of the nation’s oldest regions, can claim many firsts, but not as many as some want you to believe.
Boastfulness, tall tales and plain stretching the truth about history is widely pract
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Ellis, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 146715444X
- Language: English
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By: Rumrill, Alan F.
Monadnock Originals: Colorful Characters from New Hampshire’s Quiet Corner
$23.99PaperbackRead moreThe Monadnock Region has been referred to as New Hampshire’s “forgotten corner.” It is a quiet region known for its historic New England villages and beautiful natural landscape. Overlooked tales from… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Rumrill, Alan F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152641
- Language: English
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By: Parisi, Vincent
The New Jersey Food Truck Cookbook
$23.99PaperbackRead moreDiscover the best of the Garden State’s booming food truck scene… Whether appearing at food festivals, catering personal and business events or just serving up lunch on the job site, New Jersey’s fo… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Parisi, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151777
- Language: English
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By: Cauthen, Carmen
Historic Black Neighborhoods of Raleigh
$23.99PaperbackRead moreThe story of Raleigh’s African American communities begins before the Civil War. Towns like Oberlin Village were built by free people of color in the antebellum era. During Reconstruction, the creatio… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Cauthen, Carmen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150886
- Language: English
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Haunted Kenosha: Ghosts, Legends and Bizarre Tales
$21.99PaperbackRead moreWhat unknown spirits lurk among the living in the Gateway to Wisconsin?
oin Candice Shatkins, a founding member of the Paranormal Investigators of Kenosha, as she uncovers the spooky secrets and unlike
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Shatkins, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 25 2009
- ISBN10: 1596297174
- Language: English
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By: Krikorian, Doug
Los Angeles Sports Memories
$21.99PaperbackRead moreFor five decades, distinguished sportswriter Doug Krikorian chronicled LA’s most transcendent sports moments. Revisit revered columns enshrining iconic achievements like when rookie Magic Johnson scor… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: Krikorian, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1626199892
- Language: English
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By: Schneidau, Lisa
Woodland Folk Tales
$24.99PaperbackRead moreOnce upon a time, most of Britain and Ireland was covered in woodland. Many of the trees have been cleared, but connection with the wildwood remains. It is a place of danger, adventure and transformat… [more below]
- Author: Schneidau, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 30 2020
- ISBN10: 0750990112
- Language: English
