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Hollywood Café: Coffee with the Stars
Steven Rea
Available NowPut on a pot of your favorite coffee, perk up, and enjoy nostalgic black-and-white photos that celebrate screen…
Size: 8 1/8″ x 9 1/8″ | 180 b/w photos | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764349898 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays: 1920–1970
Karie Bible and Mary Mallory
Available NowMarvelously illustrated with more than 200 rare images fromthe silent era through the 1970s, this joyous treasure…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 221 color & b/w photos | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764349645 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Hollywood Movie Posters: 1914-1990
Miles Barton
Available NowEveryone loves the movies, and the movie posters in this book provide a colorful visual history of the movies,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 404 color photos | 224 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764320101 | Binding: hard cover$49.95
How We Lived: Everyday Furniture, Fashions, & Settings 1880-1940
Peter Swift Seibert
Available NowWhat did normal farm, town, and city dwellers really look like between 1880 and 1940? How did they live? During…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 27 color, 10 b/w, & 219 sepia photos | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764317439 | Binding: soft cover$29.95
In the Saddle: Exploits of the 5th Georgia Cavalry During the Civil War
Timothy Daiss
Available NowIn the Saddle is the touching story of a memorable Civil War unit, and covers the first days of the war, the…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 30+ photos, line art | 152 pp
ISBN13: 9780764309724 | Binding: hard cover$29.95
Iron Trails of North America: 1978-2008
Robert W. Burns
Available NowEarlier in the 20th century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the transportation leader in the United States, moving…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 453 color photos | 176 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764332623 | Binding: hard cover$49.99
KOA and the Art of Kamping
John Brunkowski and Michael Closen
Available NowFeaturing 230 exceptional photos, this is the first book covering KOA – Kampgrounds of America – the largest…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 225 color & 5 b/w photos | 104 pp
ISBN13: 9780764345203 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Ku Klux Terror: Birmingham, Alabama, from 1866-present
Michael Newton
Available NowEverything you need to know about the bloody history of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, from its inception in 1866 to…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 71 b/w photos | 1756 pp
ISBN13: 9780764343643 | Binding: soft cover$16.99
Lincoln’s Funeral Train: The Epic Journey from Washington to Springfield
Robert M. Reed
Available NowThe Lincoln funeral and the nearly 1,700-mile epic journey of the funeral train was the biggest single event to…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 131 | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764345944 | Binding: hard cover$39.99
Lincoln’s Senior Generals: Photographs and Biographical Sketches of the Major Generals of the Union Army
Tom Glass
Available NowPresident Abraham Lincoln appointed 133 Major Generals to lead the union army. Their photographs and biographical…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | over 250 bw images | 400 pp
ISBN13: 9780764340352 | Binding: hard cover$59.99
Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth
Linda Heinrich
Available NowFollow the saga of this remarkable fiber from seed to woven fabric. Learn about flax cultivation, processing and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 233 color photos 156 b/w photos & drawings | 232 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764334665 | Binding: hard cover$49.99
Living Crafts, Historic Tools: The Craftspeople and Collections of the Landis Valley Museum
Michael Emery and Irwin Richman
Available NowWhat we celebrate today as “crafts” were once the means of everyday manufacture. The craftsman’s product was not…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 592 images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764342974 | Binding: soft cover$29.99
Logging Long Ago: Historic Postcard Views
Mary Martin, Edward Thompson & Tina Skinner
Available NowFollow the history of logging as it unfolds across the United States, from the virgin forests of the east, to the…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 278 color, 63 b/w images | 144 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764326196 | Binding: soft cover$19.95
Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant
Tim “Swanky” Glazner
Available NowIn 1956, a few brash young men created the Mai-Kai Restaurant and bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by poaching key…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 440 color and b/w images | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764351266 | Binding: hard cover$39.99
Maido: A Gaijin’s Guide to Japanese Gestures and Culture
Christy Colón Hasegawa
Available NowMaido (my-dough, not to be confused with that childhood favorite, Play-Doh) describes the most common Japanese…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 76 color photos | 134 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352676 | Binding: soft cover$12.99
Marching Band Techniques: A Guide to the Successful Operation of a High School Band Program
M. Gregory Martin & Rachael L. Smolinsky, Contributions by Brian W. Cox
Available NowThis book can be used as an accompanying text for the collegiate marching band techniques course and to help build…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 138 color and b/w photos | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764350870 | Binding: soft cover$39.99
Meet the Presidents
Walter Eckman
Available NowGet to know the Presidents of the United States, from George Washington to Barack Obama. Visit the only surviving…
Size: 9 1/8″ x 8 1/8″ | 418 b/w & color images | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764338380 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Midget Exhibit: Images from the Heyday of Dwarf Display
Mary L. Martin & Tina Skinner
Available NowIn the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge…
Size: 6″ x 6″ | 22 | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764321146 | Binding: hard cover$14.95
Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From Sault Ste. Marie to the Lower Lake Ports
Phillip J. Stager
Available NowThis follow-up to the first Mine to Mill book continues the exploration of the American iron ore trade on the…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 323 color photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764349010 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From the Iron Ranges to Sault Ste. Marie
Phillip J. Stager
Available NowThe history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form….
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 321 color photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764347672 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
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