Landmarks & Monuments
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Capitol America: A Photographic Portrait of the Fifty State Capitols
$60.00 Read moreMaster photographers Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein have created an unprecedented photographic portrait of all 50 US state capitol buildings, exploring architecture, interior spaces, furnishings, l… [more below]
- Author: Lisak, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2023
- ISBN10: 764366769
- Language: English
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The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel
$19.99 Add to cartJournalist Julie Satow’s thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined our understanding of money and glamour, from the Gilded Age to the Go-Go Eighties to today’s Billiona… [more below]
- Author: Satow, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1455566659
- Language: English
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Modernist Escapes: An Architectural Travel Guide
$40.00 Read moreThis sleek and insightful guide showcases modernist buildings from all over the world that are open to visit or even stay at.
Modernist fans will want to dive right into the pages of this guide to rem
- Author: Orazi, Stefi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 3791386344
- Language: English
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The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
$18.99 Add to cartSet against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The H tel on Place Vend me is the captivating history of Paris’s world-famous H tel Ritz–a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and
- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 24 2015
- ISBN10: 0061791040
- Language: English
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Architecture: A Visual History
$30.00 Add to cartExplore the world’s most incredible buildings, from the magnificent architecture of the ancient world to green buildings of the present day.
Discover the beautiful details, principal elements, and dec- Series: DK Ultimate Guides
- Author: Glancey, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 21 2017
- ISBN10: 1465464689
- Language: English
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Art Deco Tulsa
$21.99 Add to cartTransformed from a cattle depot into the Oil Capital of the World, Tulsa emerged as an iconic Jazz Age metropolis. The Magic City attracted some of the nation’s most talented architects, including Bru… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Wallis, Suzanne Fitzgerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1625859899
- Language: English
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Flatiron
$24.00 Add to cartThe marvelous story of one of New York City’s most unique buildings
Critics hated it. The public feared it would fall over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed,- Author: Sparberg Alexiou, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1250032040
- Language: English
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New York City Skyscrapers
$24.99 Read moreNew York City Skyscrapers celebrates the numerous awe-inspiring buildings that have made New York the skyscraper capital of the world. This book traces the history of New York’s tallest structures fro… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Panchyk, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0738572969
- Language: English
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Iconic Pittsburgh: The City’s 30 Most Memorable People, Places and Things
$23.99 Add to cartThe Steel City has boasted some of the most famous figures, landmarks and innovations in the country’s history. Pittsburgh’s past is littered with dozens of fascinating stories behind the icons that d… [more below]
- Author: King, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1467143596
- Language: English
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Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong
$28.32 Add to cartA fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called “jim-dandy pop history,” by the bestselling, American Book Award-winning author
“The most definitive and expansive work on the Lost Cau
- Author: Loewen, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1620974339
- Language: English
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Marking Stockbridge’s Past
$45.95 Add to cartStockbridge, Massachusetts, a small town located in the southern portion of Berkshire County, has a varied and fascinating history. Some of which are found in the form of monuments, plaques, and marke
- Author: Carr, Maria L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 412
- Publish Date: March 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885054768
- Language: English
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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
$18.95 Add to cartIn this “magnificent compendium” (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing “illuminate[s] the history of America itsel
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1631492500
- Language: English
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The Eiffel Tower
$40.00 Add to cart“The Tower is also present to the entire world… a universal symbol of Paris… from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn’t made, somehow, in the Tower’s name.”
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 3836584417
- Language: English
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Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSomewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it’s hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expen… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Sharr, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198783442
- Language: English
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Rome: The Eternal Beauty: Pop-Up
$22.50 Read moreThe first pop-up book on Rome, a 3D guide for children and adults with evocative images and texts that stimulate the reader’s curiosity. Rome presented through the spectacular paper architecture of Da
- Author: Cestaro, Dario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 8831726730
- Language: English
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Palm Springs: A Modernist Paradise
$80.00 Add to cartPaying homage to the seminal mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs, this luxurious book showcases historic jet-set homes designed by legendary talents such as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey, an… [more below]
- Author: Street-Porter, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0847861872
- 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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Memphis Then and Now(r)
$19.95 Read moreUsing archive photos matched with the same viewpoint today, Memphis Then and Now charts 150 years of Memphis history.
Born as a planned community that was partly owned by Andrew Jackson, Memphis grew o
- Series: Then and Now(r)
- Author: Johnson, Russell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 191121697X
- Language: English
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Michigan Haunts: Public Places, Eerie Spaces
$24.99 Add to cartMichigan has two beautiful peninsulas that are connected by stories, legends, and mysteries. What Purple Gang member still hangs out in Clare? What spirits lurk at Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village?
This
- Author: Milan, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1467104248
- Language: English
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Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and Misfortune
$21.99 Add to cartThe author of Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses shares tales of disaster and misfortune on the Great Lakes.
Losing one’s life while tending to a Great Lakes lighthouse sadly wasn’t such an unusual occurr
- Series: Murder & Mayhem
- Author: Stampfler, Dianna Higgs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1467149950
- Language: English
