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The Golden Age of Baltimore Theater: A History from Shakespeare to Vaudeville

The Golden Age of Baltimore Theater: A History from...

Author: Charlie Mitchell
ISBN: 9781467154482
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The story of Charm City on stage. Baltimore's dynamic theatrical tradition had hard-scrabble beginnings in the eighteenth...  Read More >>

Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. Desantis--The Greatest Show on Earth (or at Least in Florida)

Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. Desantis--The Greatest Show...

Author: Matt Dixon
ISBN: 9780316397223
Format: Hardback
$79.20

In Swamp Monsters, veteran Florida journalist and NBC News senior national politics reporter Matt Dixon pulls back...  Read More >>

Historic Shipwrecks of Coastside California

Historic Shipwrecks of Coastside California

Author: Joann Semones
ISBN: 9781467155557
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The stretch of California coast from San Francisco to Monterey has seen its share of disastrous shipwrecks with...  Read More >>

Camp David

Camp David

Author: Robert P Savitt
ISBN: 9781467160872
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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Lost Long Island

Lost Long Island

Author: Richard Panchyk
ISBN: 9781467155205
Format: Paperback
$65.97

From sprawling potato farms and incredibly lavish estates, to whaling ships and early race cars, Long Island has...  Read More >>

A Guide to Mississippi Museums

A Guide to Mississippi Museums

Author: Richelle Putnam ,  Diane Williams
ISBN: 9781467141840
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Museums not only preserve history--their mere presence shows what a community values and celebrates. And from the...  Read More >>

Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion

Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National...

Author: Patrick Wohl
ISBN: 9780252045479
Format: Hardback
$290.40

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Hostage of Tomorrow

Hostage of Tomorrow

Author: Sam K Cowan
ISBN: 9789357927376
Format: Book
$45.43

Sergeant York And His People, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history,...  Read More >>

Hope Hathaway: A Story of Western Ranch Life

Hope Hathaway: A Story of Western Ranch Life

Author: Arthur Clinton Boggess
ISBN: 9789357924016
Format: Book
$56.52

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Ebbets Field: Great, Historic, and Memorable Games in Brooklyn's Lost Ballpark

Ebbets Field: Great, Historic, and Memorable Games in...

Author: Gregory H Wolf
ISBN: 9781960819178
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Essays about, and recaps of over 100 historic games played at, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn's lost ballpark.  Read More >>

The Lost History of Tennessee Whiskey: Heroes, Villains, and Legends From a Whiskey Story Time Forgot

The Lost History of Tennessee Whiskey: Heroes, Villains,...

Author: Drew Hannush
ISBN: 9781734865165
Format: Paperback
$73.89

Journey through 250 years of Tennessee whiskey history. This deeply researched storytelling epic travels with the...  Read More >>

Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War

Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War...

Author: Robert Cwiklik ,  Rick Adamson
ISBN: 9798212896917
Format: Audio
$97.65

"""A deeply researched narrative history recounting the little-known late Reconstruction-era mission of General...  Read More >>

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater...

Author: Richard Campanella ,  Chris Abernathy
ISBN: 9798212950909
Format: Audio
$137.25

In the first full-length book devoted to ‘the world’s toughest drainage problem’, renowned geographer Richard Campanella...  Read More >>

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater...

Author: Richard Campanella ,  Chris Abernathy
ISBN: 9798212950916
Format: Audio
$110.85

In the first full-length book devoted to ‘the world’s toughest drainage problem’, renowned geographer Richard Campanella...  Read More >>

Children of the Northern Forest: Wild New England's History from Glaciers to Global Warming

Children of the Northern Forest: Wild New England's...

Author: Jamie Sayen ,  Stephen Caffrey
ISBN: 9798874636197
Format: Audio
$124.05

Jamie Sayen approaches the story of northern New England's undeveloped forests from the viewpoints of the previously...  Read More >>

Children of the Northern Forest: Wild New England's History from Glaciers to Global Warming

Children of the Northern Forest: Wild New England's...

Author: Jamie Sayen ,  Stephen Caffrey
ISBN: 9798874636203
Format: Audio
$110.85

Jamie Sayen approaches the story of northern New England's undeveloped forests from the viewpoints of the previously...  Read More >>

Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka: The Meaning and Making of Parkas in Southwest Alaska

Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka: The Meaning and...

Author: Ann Fienup-Riordan ,  Alice Rearden
ISBN: 9780295751726
Format: Hardback
$216.99

""Based on nearly two decades of the authors' conversations with Yup'ik sewing groups in southwestern Alaskan communities...  Read More >>

Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War

Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War...

Author: Robert Cwiklik
ISBN: 9780062950642
Format: Hardback
$79.20

"""A deeply researched narrative history recounting the little-known late Reconstruction-era mission of General...  Read More >>

Field Trip: My Years on a Johns Island Farm: The story of why one end of Johns Island was so special at one point in time.

Field Trip: My Years on a Johns Island Farm: The story...

Author: Lee Glover
ISBN: 9798888516300
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Field Trip will enable readers to see crops and fresh food with significantly more appreciation. Author Lee Glover...  Read More >>

Sojourners in the Capital of the World: Garifuna Immigrants

Sojourners in the Capital of the World: Garifuna Immigrants...

Author: Maximo G. Martinez
ISBN: 9781531504762
Format: Paperback
$59.99

""This fascinating book is the long-overdue account--written by a Garifuna New Yorker--of the ways that Garifuna...  Read More >>

Justice Pursued: The Exoneration of Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams

Justice Pursued: The Exoneration of Nathan Myers and...

Author: Bruce Horovitz
ISBN: 9780813080321
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Portland Renaissance: When Creativity Redefined a City

Portland Renaissance: When Creativity Redefined a City...

Author: Barry Locke
ISBN: 9798988938507
Format: Hardback
$79.17

From the mid-1980s through the 1990s, the elements that would define Portland as a magical city were coming together....  Read More >>

Eastern Shore Roade Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva

Eastern Shore Roade Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures...

Author: Jim Duffy
ISBN: 9798987264119
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Join award-winning writer Jim Duffy as he ventures out in search of the heart and soul of the storied Delmarva Peninsula-wandering...  Read More >>

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