State & Local
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The Great Black Swamp: Toxic Algae, Toxic Relationships, and the Most Interesting Place in America That Nobody’s Ever Heard of
$19.99 Add to cartIn the summer of 2014, a strange thing happened to one of the largest freshwater bodies on the planet: Lake Erie’s western shore turned bright green with toxic algae that could have killed 400,000 Ohi
- Author: Wensink, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1540270106
- Language: English
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Presidential Seclusion: The Power of Camp David
$32.95 Add to cartBehind the gates of Camp David–where presidents find solitude, forge diplomacy, and shape history in absolute secrecy.
The Presidential Retreat Camp David is shrouded in mystery, and rightfully so.- Author: Ferguson, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1493091468
- Language: English
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Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the Power of Poetry
$27.95 Add to cartFrom an award-winning poet comes a humanizing story of immigration shown through the lens of undocumented, unaccompanied children and the poems they write.
“Heartfelt . . . a surprisingly uplifting cal
- Author: Michelson, Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1640658394
- Language: English
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Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital
$24.00 Add to cartNelson Lankford draws upon Civil War-era diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports to vividly recapture the experiences of the men and women, both black and white, who witnessed the tumultuous … [more below]
- Author: Lankford, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0142003107
- Language: English
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The Bowery
$24.99 Add to cartThe Bowery is New York City’s oldest street. Stretching 1.25 miles from Chatham Square to Cooper Square, it was a Native American footpath, Dutch wagon road, and the triumphal march route as Washingto
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Mulkins, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 146716206X
- Language: English
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Battles at Annapolis: Two Remarkable Football Games in the Army-Navy Rivalry
$26.95 Add to cartOn the shores of the Chesapeake, two hard-fought Army-Navy games left a lasting mark on football and the service academies.
On two cool late fall Saturday afternoons, separated by forty-nine years, t- Author: Gendell, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088386
- Language: English
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The Nature of Pain: Roots, Recovery, and Redemption Amid the Opioid Crisis
$29.95 Add to cart- Author: Sheffel, Mandi Fugate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1985903105
- Language: English
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Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters
$25.00 Add to cartA witty, wise, and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. After years of living abroad, writer and poet Patrick Hicks returns to Minnesota only to find that his home state feels
- Series: Heartland History
- Author: Hicks, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0253073790
- Language: English
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Elements of Los Angeles: Earth, Water, Air, Fire
$30.00 Add to cartAcclaimed essayist D.J. Waldie turns his eyes to the elements of Los Angeles–earth, water, air and fire–exploring the foundations of the city with his trademark wisdom, elegance, and incisiveness.
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- Author: Waldie, D. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 162640142X
- Language: English
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Tufts University
$24.99 Add to cartThese images from the University archives show both the continuity and change at Tufts through time,
Tufts College was founded in 1852 as a liberal arts college by a group of Universalists committed t
- Series: Campus History
- Author: Colati, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 24 2001
- ISBN10: 0738508535
- Language: English
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Lessons from Lockport: Dispatches from the Great American Divide
$24.95 Add to cartA long-time liberal activist gets an up-close political education about conservative America when he moves to a small town in upstate New York.
During a time of great national division and a growing wo
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Shultz, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 209
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798855802337
- Language: English
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Secret Oklahoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Add to cart- Author: Kirouac, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1681066157
- Language: English
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Dear Marty, We Crapped in Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World
$20.00 Add to cart- Author: Cullen, Art
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1948509636
- Language: English
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The Murder of Little Mary Phagan
$28.00 Add to cartLeo Frank raped and murdered Mary Phagan.
In 1913, Leo M. Frank was an Atlanta sweatshop boss who routinely took sexual advantage of young girls in his employ. He raped and strangled 13-year-old littl
- Author: Phagan-Kean, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 502
- Publish Date: September 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1737966018
- Language: English
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Mysterious San Juan Island
$18.99 Add to cartFew places could hope to rival the rich history of Washington’s San Juan Island. From the famed Pig War to the secretive “kingdom” at Roche Harbor, the island has played host to countless remarkable s
- Author: Reigel, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798218614393
- Language: English
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All Roads Lead to Hastings-on-Hudson: A History of the Lower Hudson River Valley and New York City
$32.99 Add to cartA definitive history of Hastings-on-Hudson, reflecting the triumphs and challenges of progress within America for over 400 years.
Despite its modest footprint, Hastings-on-Hudson mirrors the growth of
- Author: Lillard, Jonathan Foster
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822977921
- Language: English
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New York Fairies: A History of the Little People of the Empire State
$24.99 Read moreDutch, Irish and Native American residents of New York State have long told tales about mysterious Little People occupying the region’s hills and forests. An exhausted man in 1880s Brooklyn reported t
- Author: Warburton, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1467159735
- Language: English
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
$19.99 Add to cartNominated for the 2017 Hillman Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing y
- Author: Barry, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0062372149
- Language: English
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Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945
$37.50 Add to cartAppalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a … [more below]
- Author: Eller, Ronald D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0813142466
- Language: English
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Urban Republican Mayor: My Story
$30.00 Add to cartA midwestern urban Republican mayor reveals the success of his moderate approach to governing.
Throughout his eight years as mayor of Indianapolis, Greg Ballard did what he thought was right, looking o
- Author: Ballard, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0253073197
- Language: English
