Landmarks & Monuments
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Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names
$23.99 Read moreThe Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Jackie Robinson, the Hutch, the Merritt, FDR Drive, or the Henry Hudson…you might drive them regularly, without really noticing that those road names are, well, n… [more below]
- Author: Bratspies, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151408
- Language: English
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Philadelphia’s Strawbridge & Clothier: From Our Family to Yours
$23.99 Read moreBecome Part of the Store Family
From its flagship store on Market Street in the heart of Philadelphia, Strawbridge & Clothier strove to meet the needs of its customers for over a century. Built on a f
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Butterworth, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150266
- Language: English
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Washington on Foot, Sixth Edition Revised and Expanded
$14.95 Read moreAn essential walking tour guide to one of the most walkable and historic cities in the US, perfect for first-time visitors and longtime residents alike
This updated 6th edition of the perennial favori- Author: Bonstra, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1588347362
- Language: English
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Bygone Attractions of Chittenden County
$24.99 Add to cartThis book is a visual history of the many recreational amenities that sprang up in Chittenden County, Vermont starting with the dawn of the car culture in the 1930s. It spans five decades of snack bar
- Author: Blanchard, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1957184442
- Language: English
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222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
$32.00 Read morePerfect for budding cemetery armchair travelers and serious taphophiles, this hauntingly beautiful guide to the world’s most interesting and unusual cemeteries has been revised and updated to include … [more below]
- Author: Rhoads, Loren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0762486023
- Language: English
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Palm Springs Tiki: Polynesia in the Desert
$35.00 Read morePalm Springs Tiki presents a visual exploration of a mid-century tropical paradise in the California desert.
From the 1930s through the 1970s, Palm Springs and other desert communities embraced the mid
- Author: Kirsten, Sven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1423666038
- Language: English
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Monumental Controversies: Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and the Quest for National Unity
$32.95 Add to cartIn recent years the United States has witnessed major controversies surrounding past American presidents, monuments, and sites. Consider Mount Rushmore, which features the heads of the nation’s most r… [more below]
- Author: Senie, Harriet F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640124993
- Language: English
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Grandes Misterios de la Humanidad: Incluye 2 Libros en 1 – TeorÃas de Conspiración que han Impactado al Mundo, Las Sociedades Secretas más Misteriosas
$23.99 Add to cartTe has preguntado qué secretos ocultan los gobiernos y lÃderes del mundo a las personas? Te gustarÃa saber cuales son los grupos más misteriosos e impactantes de todos los tiempos? Porqué much
- Author: Aguilar, Blake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: July 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1646945964
- Language: Spanish
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The Wonders of Florence
$22.50 Add to cartThe first pop-up book on Florence. Dario Cestaro’s spectacular drawings and paper architecture reveal Florence and its treasures in a pop-up book telling the city’s history with straightforward texts
- Author: Cestaro, Dario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: March 24 2015
- ISBN10: 8831719211
- Language: English
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New Heights: Transforming Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle
$40.00 Read more– A beautifully presented narrative detailing the enthralling process of renovation the Space Needle, the first tower in the world to boast a revolving restaurant, and a structure that changed notions
- Author: Kundig, Olson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 03, 2024
- ISBN10: 1864709707
- Language: English
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Ellis Island
$23.99 Add to cartThe United States is considered the world’s foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island.
Through Ellis Island’s halls and corridors more than twe
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Moreno, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0738513040
- Language: English
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The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from Artistic Houses, with New Text
$19.95 Read moreOriginally published in 1883 to 1884, Artistic Houses comprised more than 200 photographs of the interiors of the homes of the well-to-do, with commentary on the woodwork, wall coverings, color scheme… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Lewis, Arnold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20 2016
- ISBN10: 0486252507
- Language: English
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture
$14.95 Add to cartClassic work by great Victorian expresses his deepest convictions of the nature and role of architecture and its aesthetics. Authoritative edition includes reproductions of 14 plates of Ruskin’s archi… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Ruskin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: December 01 1989
- ISBN10: 048626145X
- Language: English
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Versailles: A Biography of a Palace
$22.99 Add to cartCalled “fast-paced” (Kirkus Reviews) and “highly engrossing” (Publishers Weekly), this is the behind-the-scenes story of the world’s most famous palace.
The story of Versailles is one of high historic- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0312603460
- Language: English
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The Everyday Life of Memorials
$37.00 Add to cartA timely study, erudite and exciting, about the ordinary–and oftentimes unseen–lives of memorials
Memorials are commonly studied as part of the commemorative infrastructure of modern society. Just a- Author: Shanken, Andrew M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1942130724
- Language: English
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This Place of Silence: Ohio’s Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
$29.95 Read moreThis Place of Silence is a photographic portrait of Ohio’s cemeteries and burial grounds by Ohio photographers Ian Adams and Randall Lee Schieber. The text and photo captions by Robin L. Smith provide… [more below]
- Author: Adams, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0804012520
- Language: English
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Hidden Chicago Landmarks
$23.99 Add to cartTake in the sights of Chicago’s forgotten byways, including a cow trail through a downtown hotel. Pause reflectively at the cemetery in a working scrapyard and the church built without a nail. Stop by… [more below]
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Schmidt, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1467143502
- Language: English
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Hidden White House
$26.00 Add to cartCritically acclaimed author Robert Klara’s The Hidden White House leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the Truman administration’s controversial rebuildin
- Author: Klara, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 21 2014
- ISBN10: 1250053935
- Language: English
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Castles: Their Construction and History
$14.95 Add to cartConcise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, and many other features. Caernarvon Castle, Dover Castle, … [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Architecture
- Author: Toy, Sidney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 241
- Publish Date: December 01 1985
- ISBN10: 0486248984
- Language: English
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Modern Architecture: Buildings That Shaped the World
$29.95 Add to cartExplore over 500 masterpieces of modern architecture in this celebration of the most iconic buildings in the world.
Written by acclaimed architecture expert Jonathan Glancey, Modern Architecture is a- Author: Glancey, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1802791019
- Language: English
