Local interest, family history & nostalgia books

An endurance competition unlike any in their day or likely any since--the Mount Baker Marathons were one of the...  Read More >>

""Over fifty essays about California literature today, written by the host of Alta Journal's California Book Club""--...  Read More >>

""Over fifty essays about California literature today, written by the host of Alta Journal's California Book Club""--...  Read More >>

Depression-era Idaho farm boy becomes esteemed agronomist: A journey from childhood antics to groundbreaking research...  Read More >>

Depression-era Idaho farm boy becomes esteemed agronomist: A journey from childhood antics to groundbreaking research...  Read More >>

Take a fascinating journey through time with the Rouyer family, from 18th century Saint-Dominique a French colony...  Read More >>

Take a fascinating journey through time with the Rouyer family, from 18th century Saint-Dominique a French colony...  Read More >>

Small Town School is presented in three parts. Part One describes teaching both in the US, in Vermont, and in the...  Read More >>

Nestled on the rugged terrain of Long Island, Bethpage Black has earned its fearsome moniker: ""The Black Beast.""...  Read More >>

Sojourners to Joke Sings: Tales of Chinatown & Beyondis a transgenerational, genre-blending work of family memoir,...  Read More >>

¿TE MOLESTA LEER LO QUE NO ESPERAS? Perfecto. Este libro no es para consolarte. Es para incomodarte. Para hacerte...  Read More >>

They called it ""Fayettenam"" for a reason. On a cold December morning in 2020, a deer hunter stumbled upon two...  Read More >>

Testimonio directo de uno de los líderes más visibles e influyentes del movimiento pro derechos de los inmigrantes...  Read More >>

A COLLECTION OF STORIES: SPENCER, IOWA'S 2024 FLOOD THE COLLISION OF THE SWOLLEN OCHEYEDAN AND LITTLE SIOUX RIVERS...  Read More >>

In Greeley, Mexican Americans range from recent immigrants to those who lived before this land became part of the...  Read More >>

Harvard University claims Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan wife and mother, as a founding cause of their institution....  Read More >>

Rochester History is a peer-reviewed biannual journal produced by the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County...  Read More >>

Rochester History is a peer-reviewed biannual journal produced by the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County...  Read More >>

Rochester History is a peer-reviewed biannual journal produced by the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County...  Read More >>

Follow the roots of David Serby, a well-known ready to wear ladies clothing manufacturer, whose companies were a...  Read More >>

Rochester History is a peer-reviewed biannual journal produced by the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County...  Read More >>

Rochester History is a peer-reviewed biannual journal produced by the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County...  Read More >>

Through biographic sketches of more than 650 permanent residents of Mount Hope Cemetery, this book tells the fascinating...  Read More >>

This book chronicles the dynamic life span of an important Rochester institution, a mutual savings bank, that by...  Read More >>

Claude Bragdon (1866-1946) was a first-generation modernist architect, as well as an illustrator, critic, theorist...  Read More >>