State & Local
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Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City
$40.00 Add to cart“Building ghosts” are the idiosyncratic remnants or imprints of demolished buildings, left behind on the sides of neighboring structures. Mostly seen in older Northeastern cities with rowhomes or part… [more below]
- Author: Lester, Molly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: November 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1439924090
- Language: English
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The Galveston Dispatches: A Swiss Missionary’s Account of Nineteenth-Century Texas
$24.99 Add to cartPersonal stories of life in Galveston in the mid-nineteenth century.
In 1855, Friedrich Gloor was just nineteen when he was sent from Basel, Switzerland, halfway around the world to teach at the First
- Author: Rogers, Clay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1467158712
- Language: English
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The Birth of Seattle Rap
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the Seattle streets to studio beats.
In the early 1980s, a subterranean shift in Seattle’s music scene began. Disco’s reign over parties and dance clubs faded, and hip-hop became the new attractio
- Series: Narrative
- Author: 132, Novocaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1467158240
- Language: English
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Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland’s Van Sweringen Brothers
$45.00 Read moreEmpire Builders tells the story of Oris P. and Mantis J. Sweringen, two brothers from Wooster, Ohio, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Although they were born into abject poverty,
- Author: Pacini, Lauren R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0253069823
- Language: English
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The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North
$35.00 Add to cartThe epic story of Detroit’s struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs–and the defeat of desegregation in the North.
In 1974, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision: In the case of Milliken- Author: Adams, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0374250421
- Language: English
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American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest
$30.00 Add to cartAn expansive and revelatory historical exploration of the multicultural, water-seeking, land-destroying settlers of the most arid corner of North America, arguing that in order to know where the Unite… [more below]
- Author: Paoletta, Kyle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0553387375
- Language: English
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Uvalde’s Darkest Hour
$30.00 Read moreWhen the police scanner announced an active shooter at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, Uvalde Leader-News staff writers held their collective breath. In those confusing and terrifying moments, these
- Author: Garnett, Craig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1648432999
- Language: English
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The University of Arizona: A History in 100 Stories
$22.95 Read moreThe University of Arizona: A History in 100 Stories is a celebration of the people, ideas, inventions, teaching, and structures that have been part of the school’s evolution from a small land-grant in… [more below]
- Author: McNamee, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1941451144
- Language: English
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Roadside History of Nebraska
$24.00 Add to cartThis overview of Nebraska history leads both visitors and residents on an in-depth tour of the state’s past. Divided into five geographic divisions, the book follows roadways to all the well-known and… [more below]
- Series: Roadside History (Paperback)
- Author: Moulton, Candy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: June 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0878423478
- Language: English
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The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago
$19.95 Add to cart“A brief, cogent analysis of gentrification in Chicago … an incisive and useful narrative on the puzzle of urban development.”-Kirkus Reviews
In the years after World War II, a movement began to brin
- Author: Hertz, Daniel Kay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1948742098
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Cleveland: And More True Tales of Crime and Disaster from Cleveland’s Past
$14.95 Add to cart“Heroes and rogues fill the pages of this book. The stories will hold your attention and chill you to the bone.” — Crime Shadow News
Cleveland’s master of historical crime and disaster returns with 15
- Author: Bellamy, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: October 13 2010
- ISBN10: 1598510673
- Language: English
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Christmas in Cincinnati
$24.99 Read moreBelieve in the Magic
The most wonderful time of the year has its own special meaning for those who grew up in the Queen City. The elves at Shillito’s and Pogie and Patter the talking reindeer were as
- Author: Beckman, Wendy H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1467148318
- Language: English
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The Downtown Pop Underground: New York City and the Literary Punks, Renegade Artists, DIY Filmmakers, Mad Playwrights, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Glitter Que
$20.00 Add to cartThe Downtown Pop Underground presents an artistic history ofNew York City and the literary punks, renegade artists, DIY filmmakers, mad playwrights, and rock ‘n’ roll glitter queens who revolutionized… [more below]
- Author: McLeod, Kembrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1419738046
- Language: English
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Minnesota’s Headline Murders! 1900 to 1919
$19.95 Add to cartExtra Extra Read all about ten sensational stories of murder and justice at the dawn of the twentieth century in Minnesota’s Headline Murders 1900-1919. Author Patrick L. Shannon’s well-researched … [more below]
- Author: Shannon, Patrick L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 159298777X
- Language: English
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Seattle’s Streetcar Era: An Illustrated History, 1884-1941
$40.00 Read moreSeattle’s population was growing rapidly during the 1880s, but steep hills and shorelines impeded residential development, pushing expansion northward and creating a long, narrow corridor ideal for a
- Author: Bergman, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: November 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0874224071
- Language: English
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The Bears Ears: A Human History of America’s Most Endangered Wilderness
$18.95 Read moreThe Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, created by President Obama in 2016 and eviscerated by the Trump administration in 2017, contains more archaeological sites than any other region
- Author: Roberts, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 132403596X
- Language: English
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Along Route 1: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts
$23.99 Read moreRoute 1 in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts is an unapologetic combination of historic gravity, exuberant entertainment, unexpected juxtapositions, and wonderfully kitschy roadside attractions…. [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Bregman, Susan Mara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109959
- Language: English
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An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
$18.95 Add to cartEd Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories–the LA Review of Books calls it an epic, atomic history of the Steel City.
The land surrounding the confluence o
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1948742926
- Language: English
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Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England
$35.00 Add to cartA classic work on farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders refreshed with a new introduction.
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn portrays the four essential components of the st- Author: Hubka, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: December 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1684581354
- Language: English
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This Is Texas, Y’All!: The Lone Star State from A to Z
$16.95 Add to cartThis is Texas, Y’All! written and illustrated by Misha Blaise A charming gift for proud Texans of all ages Take a rollicking ride through Texas culture and history with this quirky illustrated guide t… [more below]
- Author: Blaise, Misha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 163076311X
- Language: English
