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Black Homeownership on Martha's Vineyard: A History

Black Homeownership on Martha's Vineyard: A History...

Author: Thomas Dresser ,  Richard Lewis Taylor
ISBN: 9781467157070
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Martha's Vineyard has always been a unique island and vacation destination, made even more diverse with the arrival...  Read More >>

Mortimer and the Witches: A History of Nineteenth-Century Fortune Tellers

Mortimer and the Witches: A History of Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Marie Carter ,  Marie Carter
ISBN: 9798874856885
Format: Audio
$105.57

Under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B., humor writer Mortimer Thomson went undercover to investigate...  Read More >>

Mortimer and the Witches: A History of Nineteenth-Century Fortune Tellers

Mortimer and the Witches: A History of Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Marie Carter ,  Marie Carter
ISBN: 9798874856892
Format: Audio
$121.31

Under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B., humor writer Mortimer Thomson went undercover to investigate...  Read More >>

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian...

Author: Patrick Moser
ISBN: 9780252045912
Format: Hardback
$271.00

Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships...  Read More >>

There's History Around Every Bend

There's History Around Every Bend

Author: Steve Procko ,  Kathy Thompson
ISBN: 9798988024422
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"""There's History Around Every Bend"" is a book that takes you on a captivating journey into the past, bringing...  Read More >>

Next Year in America: A Family History of Eastern European Jews in the Old and New Worlds

Next Year in America: A Family History of Eastern European...

Author: Taylor Shiroff
ISBN: 9781964014067
Format: Hardback
$79.17

"Between 1880 and 1924, about two million Jews left the Russian Empire and its poverty and persecution in favor...  Read More >>

The Life We Chose: William ""Big Billy"" d'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family

The Life We Chose: William ""Big Billy"" d'Elia and...

Author: Matt Birkbeck
ISBN: 9780063234680
Format: Paperback
$52.77

"An investigative journalist takes readers deep inside the inner workings of the mob from the perspective of William...  Read More >>

The Rose and the Ring (Edition1)

The Rose and the Ring (Edition1)

Author: Sir William Howard Russell
ISBN: 9789357966450
Format: Book
$61.83

My Diary: North and South (Volume 1), a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history,...  Read More >>

Prineville

Prineville

Author: Steve Lent
ISBN: 9781467161213
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Settled in 1868, Prineville was the first community in Central Oregon. Primarily focused on the livestock industry,...  Read More >>

La Plata County

La Plata County

Author: Ed Anthony Horvat
ISBN: 9781467161091
Format: Paperback
$65.97

"Established in 1874 as an agricultural lifeline, La Plata County, Colorado, has played many roles. European...  Read More >>

Morayshire's Railways including Inverness-shire and the north: in photographs by ENC Haywood

Morayshire's Railways including Inverness-shire and...

Author: ENC Haywood
ISBN: 9781840339789
Format: Paperback
$30.92

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Banffshire's Railways: in photographs by ENC Haywood

Banffshire's Railways: in photographs by ENC Haywood...

Author: ENC Haywood
ISBN: 9781840339741
Format: Paperback
$30.92

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Cirencester Branch

Cirencester Branch

Author: Nigel S. M. Bray
ISBN: 9780853615040
Format: Paperback
$41.27

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Vicksburg National Cemetery

Vicksburg National Cemetery

Author: Elizabeth Hoxie Joyner
ISBN: 9781467161084
Format: Paperback
$65.97

This volume explores the history of Vicksburg National Cemetery, reveals recent discoveries, and notes how the addition...  Read More >>

The Washington Apple Volume 7: Orchards and the Development of Industrial Agriculture

The Washington Apple Volume 7: Orchards and the Development...

Author: Amanda L. Van Lanen
ISBN: 9780806193984
Format: Paperback
$71.15

How did Washington become the leading producer of America’s most popular fruit? In this enlightening book, Amanda...  Read More >>

A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family

A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming...

Author: Mark E Miller
ISBN: 9781954861169
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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The story of Bury St Edmunds Market Cross: the history, the actors, and the architect Robert Adam

The story of Bury St Edmunds Market Cross: the history,...

Author: Adrian Tindall
ISBN: 9781915067432
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Designed in 1774 by the celebrated architect Robert Adam, the...  Read More >>

Pressing Forward: My Life as a Baton Rouge Community Pioneer

Pressing Forward: My Life as a Baton Rouge Community...

Author: Press L. Robinson, Sr.
ISBN: 9780807182819
Format: Hardback
$79.07

In this down-to-earth memoir, longtime educator and community leader Press L. Robinson Sr. recounts his hardscrabble...  Read More >>

Gunmen, Lawmen and Wild Men of Early Georgia

Gunmen, Lawmen and Wild Men of Early Georgia

Author: R Olin Jackson
ISBN: 9798990021143
Format: Hardback
$118.67

"Documented within the pages of this book are accounts of the outlaws, lawmen, and unusual characters who existed...  Read More >>

The Little Book of Cork

The Little Book of Cork

Author: Kieran McCarthy
ISBN: 9781803996479
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Facts and anecodtes about Cork City, new in paperback.  Read More >>

How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism: The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks

How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism: The Civilian...

Author: David J Nelson ,  Paul Woodson
ISBN: 9798874850999
Format: Audio
$176.85

"Countering the conventional narrative that Florida's tourism industry suffered during the Great Depression, this...  Read More >>

The Delta in the Rearview Mirror Lib/E: The Life and Death of Mississippi's First Winery

The Delta in the Rearview Mirror Lib/E: The Life and...

Author: Di Rushing ,  Elisabeth Ashby
ISBN: 9798874835224
Format: Audio
$176.85

In 1976, Di Rushing and her husband, Sam decided to open the first winery in Mississippi. Their business was thriving...  Read More >>

Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America's Energy Future

Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight...

Author: Jonathan Mingle ,  Daniel Henning
ISBN: 9798874853488
Format: Audio
$190.05

Journalist Jonathan Mingle tells the vivid and inspirational story of everyday people standing up against America's...  Read More >>

Paddleways of Mississippi: Rivers and People of the Magnolia State

Paddleways of Mississippi: Rivers and People of the...

Author: Patrick Parker ,  Ernest Herndon
ISBN: 9798874851743
Format: Audio
$176.85

Part natural history, part narrative nonfiction, this book will appeal to outdoor enthusiasts, anglers, naturalists,...  Read More >>

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