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Scribblin' for a Livin': Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: Trade Paperback, 340 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $19.00
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: Trade Paperback, 340 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $19.00
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
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Scribblin' for a Livin': Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $11.99
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $11.99
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
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New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009
Edited by Teresa Carpenter
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $15.00
New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, she’s been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered—all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies... Read more >
Edited by Teresa Carpenter
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $15.00
New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, she’s been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered—all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies... Read more >
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Capital Views
Historic Photographs of Washington, DC, Alexandria and Loudoun County, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland
Written by James M. Goode
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $39.95
Metropolitan areas change over the time. These changes come together and create a city's character and personality. Renowned Washington, DC, historian James Goode has assembled an incredible collection of images that look back at a Washington before it developed into the international metropolitan city it is today. The impactful historic photography... Read more >
Historic Photographs of Washington, DC, Alexandria and Loudoun County, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland
Written by James M. Goode
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $39.95
Metropolitan areas change over the time. These changes come together and create a city's character and personality. Renowned Washington, DC, historian James Goode has assembled an incredible collection of images that look back at a Washington before it developed into the international metropolitan city it is today. The impactful historic photography... Read more >
St. Clair
Written by Anthony Wallace
Format: eBook, 519 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2012
Price: $19.99
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Written by Anthony Wallace
Format: eBook, 519 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2012
Price: $19.99
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Children of the City
At Work and at Play
Written by David Nasaw
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
This classic title, which was the inspiration for the story behind the new musical Newsies, paints a surprising and indelible portrait of the bitter hardships, amazing resourcefulness, and unadulterated joys experienced by immigrant children in American metropolises at the turn of the century.
The turn of the century was a time of explosive growth for... Read more >
At Work and at Play
Written by David Nasaw
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
This classic title, which was the inspiration for the story behind the new musical Newsies, paints a surprising and indelible portrait of the bitter hardships, amazing resourcefulness, and unadulterated joys experienced by immigrant children in American metropolises at the turn of the century.
The turn of the century was a time of explosive growth for... Read more >
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My Name is New York
Ramblin' Around Woody Guthrie's Town
Written by Nora Guthrie
Format: Trade Paperback, 100 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $12.95
My name is New York, I’m a brick on a brick
I’m a hundred folks running, and ten dying sick
I’m a saint, I’m a sinner, a whore and her pimp
Your ocean’s the mirror I look in to primp.
—“My Name Is New York,” Woody Guthrie
Dust bowl troubadour Woody Guthrie first arrived in New... Read more >
Ramblin' Around Woody Guthrie's Town
Written by Nora Guthrie
Format: Trade Paperback, 100 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $12.95
My name is New York, I’m a brick on a brick
I’m a hundred folks running, and ten dying sick
I’m a saint, I’m a sinner, a whore and her pimp
Your ocean’s the mirror I look in to primp.
—“My Name Is New York,” Woody Guthrie
Dust bowl troubadour Woody Guthrie first arrived in New... Read more >
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Children Of The City
At Work and at Play
Written by David Nasaw
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2012
Price: $11.99
This classic title, which was the inspiration for the story behind the new musical Newsies, paints a surprising and indelible portrait of the bitter hardships, amazing resourcefulness, and unadulterated joys experienced by immigrant children in American metropolises at the turn of the century.
The turn of the century was a time of explosive growth for... Read more >
At Work and at Play
Written by David Nasaw
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2012
Price: $11.99
This classic title, which was the inspiration for the story behind the new musical Newsies, paints a surprising and indelible portrait of the bitter hardships, amazing resourcefulness, and unadulterated joys experienced by immigrant children in American metropolises at the turn of the century.
The turn of the century was a time of explosive growth for... Read more >
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The Castle, Second Edition
An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building
Written by Richard Stamm
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $21.95
An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building
Written by Richard Stamm
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $21.95
When visitors to the nation's capital embark on a day of museum visits at the National Mall, the most striking building in their midst is undoubtedly the Smithsonian Castle. Its iconic architecture has come to symbolize the Smithsonian. Today the Castle is both central administration building for the entire Smithsonian Insititution...
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Washington on Foot, Fifth Edition
24 Walking Tours and Maps of Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, and Takoma Park
Edited by John J. Protopappas and Judith Meany
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $14.95
The best way to see—really see—any city is on foot. The perennial favorite Washington on Foot has been completely revised and updated to offer 24 walking tours of Washington's neighborhoods. Familiar monuments and museums are all here, side-by-side with lesser-known historic sites and storied residential neighborhoods. Washington on Foot offers history... Read more >
24 Walking Tours and Maps of Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, and Takoma Park
Edited by John J. Protopappas and Judith Meany
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $14.95
The best way to see—really see—any city is on foot. The perennial favorite Washington on Foot has been completely revised and updated to offer 24 walking tours of Washington's neighborhoods. Familiar monuments and museums are all here, side-by-side with lesser-known historic sites and storied residential neighborhoods. Washington on Foot offers history... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Washington on Foot, Fifth Edition
24 Walking Tours and Maps of Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, and Takoma Park
Edited by John J. Protopappas and Alvin R. Mcneal
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $14.95
The best way to see—really see—any city is on foot. The perennial favorite Washington on Foot has been compeltely revised and updated to offer 24 walking tours of Washington's neighborhoods. Familiar monuments and museums are all here, side-by-side with lesser-known historic sites and storied residential neighborhoods. Washington on Foot offers history... Read more >
24 Walking Tours and Maps of Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, and Takoma Park
Edited by John J. Protopappas and Alvin R. Mcneal
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $14.95
The best way to see—really see—any city is on foot. The perennial favorite Washington on Foot has been compeltely revised and updated to offer 24 walking tours of Washington's neighborhoods. Familiar monuments and museums are all here, side-by-side with lesser-known historic sites and storied residential neighborhoods. Washington on Foot offers history... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009
Edited by Teresa Carpenter
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $26.00
New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, she’s been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered—all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured... Read more >
Edited by Teresa Carpenter
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $26.00
New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, she’s been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered—all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95
In 1961—as America crackled with racial tension—the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall, the Redskins’ cantankerous principal owner. With slicked-down... Read more >
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95
In 1961—as America crackled with racial tension—the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall, the Redskins’ cantankerous principal owner. With slicked-down... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95
In 1961—as America crackled with racial tension—the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall, the Redskins’ cantankerous principal owner. With slicked-down... Read more >
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95
In 1961—as America crackled with racial tension—the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall, the Redskins’ cantankerous principal owner. With slicked-down... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Roots of Steel
Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $15.95
Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $15.95
As the American economy seeks to restructure itself, Roots of Steel is a powerful, candid, and eye-opening reminder of the people who have been left behind.
When Deborah Rudacille was a child in the working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough...
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eBook.
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A Place of Remembrance
Official Book of the National September 11 Memorial
Written by Allison Blais and Lynn Rasic
Foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $19.95
Official Book of the National September 11 Memorial
Written by Allison Blais and Lynn Rasic
Foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $19.95
On September 11, 2011, the world will be watching as the National September 11 Memorial opens on the site of the World Trade Center. With photographs and architectural plans never before published, paired with comments in the very voices of those who witnessed the event, those who struggled in its shadow for days...
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Resistance
A Radical Social and Political History of the Lower East Side
Edited by Clayton Patterson
Foreword by Jeff Ferrell
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $30.00
This collection of writings and images documents the political history of NYC’s Lower East Side, describing the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists, and immigrants that populated and politicized one of America’s strangest and most beloved neighborhoods. Current and former residents of the neighborhood explore the social, political, and human... Read more >
A Radical Social and Political History of the Lower East Side
Edited by Clayton Patterson
Foreword by Jeff Ferrell
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $30.00
This collection of writings and images documents the political history of NYC’s Lower East Side, describing the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists, and immigrants that populated and politicized one of America’s strangest and most beloved neighborhoods. Current and former residents of the neighborhood explore the social, political, and human... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Vivian Cherry's New York
Text by Julia Van Haaften
Photographed by Vivian Cherry
Format: Hardcover, 114 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $29.95
“Dancer-turned-photographer Vivian Cherry has been capturing the quirks of New York City for nearly 70 years, and has yet to grow tired of it.” —New York Daily News
New York City is characterized by its sheer diversity, as well as the substantial level of open-mindedness consistently... Read more >
Text by Julia Van Haaften
Photographed by Vivian Cherry
Format: Hardcover, 114 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $29.95
“Dancer-turned-photographer Vivian Cherry has been capturing the quirks of New York City for nearly 70 years, and has yet to grow tired of it.” —New York Daily News
New York City is characterized by its sheer diversity, as well as the substantial level of open-mindedness consistently... Read more >
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Roots of Steel
Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $11.99
When Deborah Rudacille was a child growing up in the working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough to comfortably support a family. But in the decades since, the decline of American manufacturing has put tens of thousands out of work... Read more >
Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town
Written by Deborah Rudacille
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $11.99
When Deborah Rudacille was a child growing up in the working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough to comfortably support a family. But in the decades since, the decline of American manufacturing has put tens of thousands out of work... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Ship Ablaze
The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
Written by Ed O'Donnell
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $11.99
There were few experienced swimmers among over 1,300 Lower East Side residents who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldn’t have mattered, since the steamship was chartered only for a languid excursion from Manhattan to Long Island Sound. But a fire erupted minutes into the trip, forcing hundreds... Read more >
The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
Written by Ed O'Donnell
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $11.99
There were few experienced swimmers among over 1,300 Lower East Side residents who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldn’t have mattered, since the steamship was chartered only for a languid excursion from Manhattan to Long Island Sound. But a fire erupted minutes into the trip, forcing hundreds... Read more >
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Life Stories
How I Came Into My Inheritance & Strangers in the House
Written by Dorothy Gallagher
Foreword by Daniel Mendelsohn
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $11.99
Here are two acclaimed memoirs in one remarkable volume. In an extraordinarily compelling voice, Dorothy Gallagher tells stories taking us from her parents’ beginnings in the Ukraine to her own childhood in 1940s New York, through the many adventures of her extended family and into her own adult life. Her themes... Read more >
How I Came Into My Inheritance & Strangers in the House
Written by Dorothy Gallagher
Foreword by Daniel Mendelsohn
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $11.99
Here are two acclaimed memoirs in one remarkable volume. In an extraordinarily compelling voice, Dorothy Gallagher tells stories taking us from her parents’ beginnings in the Ukraine to her own childhood in 1940s New York, through the many adventures of her extended family and into her own adult life. Her themes... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Tompkins Square Park
Text by Bill Weinberg
Photographed by Q. Sakamaki
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2008
Price: $35.00
You better hold on, something’s happening here
You better hold on, meet you in Tompkins Square
—Lou Reed, “Hold On” (1989)
Summer 1988. Tompkins Square Park, which long served as a makeshift home for the homeless and a center for social unrest, erupted in violence when the New York City Police and hundreds of... Read more >
Text by Bill Weinberg
Photographed by Q. Sakamaki
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2008
Price: $35.00
You better hold on, something’s happening here
You better hold on, meet you in Tompkins Square
—Lou Reed, “Hold On” (1989)
Summer 1988. Tompkins Square Park, which long served as a makeshift home for the homeless and a center for social unrest, erupted in violence when the New York City Police and hundreds of... Read more >
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Washington Burning
How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British Army
Written by Les Standiford
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $11.99
The Riveting Story of the Federal City and the Men Who Built It
In 1814, British troops invaded Washington, consuming President Madison’s hastily abandoned dinner before setting his home and the rest of the city ablaze. The White House still bears scorch and soot marks on its foundation stones. It was only... Read more >
How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British Army
Written by Les Standiford
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $11.99
The Riveting Story of the Federal City and the Men Who Built It
In 1814, British troops invaded Washington, consuming President Madison’s hastily abandoned dinner before setting his home and the rest of the city ablaze. The White House still bears scorch and soot marks on its foundation stones. It was only... Read more >
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So Far Out That He's in
Opinions from an Opinionated Journalist
Written by Robert Winthrop Curley, Sr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 403 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2007
Price: $18.99
For thirty-three years Robert Curley worked as a reporter and photographer for newspapers in Rome, Oneida, and Syracuse, New York. In this colorful memoir he vividly recounts the many remarkable events and personal encounters of his long career and rich family life.
Through a series of imaginary dialogues with his alter... Read more >
Opinions from an Opinionated Journalist
Written by Robert Winthrop Curley, Sr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 403 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2007
Price: $18.99
For thirty-three years Robert Curley worked as a reporter and photographer for newspapers in Rome, Oneida, and Syracuse, New York. In this colorful memoir he vividly recounts the many remarkable events and personal encounters of his long career and rich family life.
Through a series of imaginary dialogues with his alter... Read more >
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The Devil's Playground
A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square
Written by James Traub
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
As Times Square turns 100, New York Times Magazine contributing writer James Traub tells the story of how this mercurial district became one of the most famous and exciting places in the world. The Devil’s Playground is classic and colorful American history, from the first years of the twentieth century through... Read more >
A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square
Written by James Traub
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
As Times Square turns 100, New York Times Magazine contributing writer James Traub tells the story of how this mercurial district became one of the most famous and exciting places in the world. The Devil’s Playground is classic and colorful American history, from the first years of the twentieth century through... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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