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California’s Deadly Women: Murder and Mayhem in the Golden State 1850–1950
Michael Thomas Barry
Available NowThere’s an old saying in the news business: If it bleeds, it leads. The nightly California news and other media…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 50 b/w photos | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355301 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Harmony: The People’s Guitar, 1945–1975
Ron Rothman
Available NowThe American made instruments from The Harmony Guitar Company receive long overdue recognition and credit in this…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 340 color and b/w photos | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355202 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Inspired by Elvis: Art Quilts Celebrating the King
Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto, Foreword by Charles L. Hughes
Available NowFiber artists honor Elvis Presley in a collection that is as unique as the King of Rock and Roll himself. The art…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 116 color photos | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355240 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Jazz in Available Light: Illuminating the Jazz Greats from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s
Veryl Oakland, Foreword by Quincy Jones
Available NowThrough both personal stories and stunning photographs captured behind the scenes, lose yourself in this bygone…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 350 b/w photographs | 288 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354830 | Binding: hard cover$60.00
The Illinois Watch and Its Hamilton Years: The Finale of a Great American Watch Company
Fredric J. Friedberg
Available NowThis new five-volume, boxed set completes the Illinois Watch story in detail never before revealed, describing the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 2844 color & b/w images | 1648 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353710 | Binding: box set$295.00
80s Redux: Your Favorite Musicians Today
Mike Hipple, Foreword by Dave Holmes
Available NowThe influence of 80s culture is undeniable, perhaps most popularly in music. So what are the musicians who built…
Size: 8″ x 8″ | 84 color photos | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354960 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
PosterSpy: An Alternative Movie Poster Collection
Frederic ClaquinARTtitude & Jack Woodhams
Available NowWay before the advent of social networks, the first, and sometimes only, visual contact you may have had with a…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 290+ artworks | 240 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354755 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
HERstory Quilts: A Celebration of Strong Women
Susanne Miller Jones
Available NowA long-overdue tribute to a selection of women who have shaped history through her story, this rich collection of…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 114 color images | 240 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354601 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Damsels in Design: Women Pioneers in the Automotive Industry, 1939–1959
Constance Smith
Available NowIn the mid-1950s, an innovative group of women at General Motors (dubbed the Damsels of Design by marketers) and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 425 color and b/w images | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354359 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Eye See You: The Art of Oliver Hibert
Angelo Madrigale & Oliver Hibert, Foreword by Wayne Coyne
Available NowIn this first survey of his career, you’ll find beloved, neo-psychedelic artist Oliver Hibert blending in as…
Size: 8″ x 10″ | 283 color images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354434 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema
Michael Vaughn
Available NowIt isn’t every film that features man-eating zombie sushi. But for those searching for just that and more…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 164 color & b/w images | 352 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354281 | Binding: soft cover$34.99
It Came From the Video Aisle!: Inside Charles Band\’s Full Moon Entertainment Studio
Dave Jay, William S. Wilson & Torsten Dewi
Available NowCharles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment was the most remarkable B-movie studio of the 1990s, responsible for…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 430 color images | 480 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354106 | Binding: soft cover$34.99
Let’s Get Monster Smashed: Horror Movie Drinks for a Killer Time
Jon Chaiet & Marc Chaiet
Available NowA horror movie inspired cocktail book with gross-looking but delicious party drinks, all wrapped up in an awesome…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 152 color images/artwork | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353703 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Lights, Camera, Game Over!: How Video Game Movies Get Made
Luke Owen, Foreword by Paul W. S. Anderson, film director, producer, and screenwriter
Available NowSince 1993, Hollywood has been rendering popular video games on the silver screen, mainly to critical derision and…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 320 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353178 | Binding: soft cover$19.99
Dick Allen, The Life and Times of a Baseball Immortal: An Illustrated Biography
William C. Kashatus , Foreword by Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies’ Hall of Fame 3rd Baseman
Available NowBaseball star Richie “Dick” Allen forced Philadelphians to address the racism that existed in their city during…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 204 color & b/w images | 304 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352843 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup
Gabriela Hernandez
Available NowThe definition of a beautiful face has never been constant. See howpolitical and social climates have molded…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 450+ color & b/w images | 224 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353000 | Binding: hard cover$49.99
Down by the Feed Mill: The Past and Present of America’s Feed Mills and Grain Elevators
David Hanks
Available NowMore than 240 fascinating photos bring to light the importance of feed mills to American townspeople, economies,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 240 color & b/w images | 208 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352935 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Three Cheers for the Chesapeake!: History of the 4th Maryland Light Artillery Battery in the Civil War
Rick Richter
Available NowIllustrated with previously unpublished photos, letters, documents, and diary entries, the untold story of the…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 51 color and b/w photos | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352621 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Antique Mining Equipment & Collectibles
David W. Pearson & Ron Bommarito
Available NowMining’s dramatic and dangerous nature is reflected in the hundreds of specialized tools and artifacts shown in…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 459 color prints | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764314957 | Binding: soft cover$29.95
Freaks of Sideshow and Film
Mary Brett & Stevan Gould
Available NowExplore the lives of over 150 of the top sideshow performers of by-gone days, as well as the history of the circus…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 663 color and b/w images | 224 pp
ISBN13: 9780764348457 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
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