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Regional & Local Histories

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4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK: A History of the Promised Land.
By Daniel Wolff. Remainder Item #7077432 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $4.95

AMITYVILLE--THE HAUNTING: The History Channel.
This item is a DVD. Remainder Item #7107579 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $7.95

AROUND WASHINGTON SQUARE: An Illustrated History of Greenwich Village.
By Luther S. Harris. Remainder Item #6204325 Pub at $39.95 - Our Price $12.95

THE ASSOCIATES: Four Capitalists Who Created California.
By Richard Rayner. Current Item #7039573 Pub at $23.95 - Our Price $15.95

AT THE PLAZA: An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Hotel.
By Curtis Gathje. Remainder Item #6334121 Pub at $39.95 - Our Price $6.95

ATLANTA: Then and Now.
By Michael Rose. Remainder Item #7010931 Pub at $17.98 - Our Price $6.95

THE BARBARY PLAGUE: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco.
By Marilyn Chase. Remainder Item #5210666 Pub at $25.95 - Our Price $3.95

BOARDWALK MEMORIES: Tales of the Jersey Shore.
By Emil R. Salvini. Current Item #612321X Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $16.95

BOOK ROW: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade.
By M. Mondlin & R. Meador. Remainder Item #7031491 Pub at $28.00 - Our Price $7.95

THE BOSTON IRISH: A Political History.
By Thomas H. O'Connor. Remainder Item #6159001 Our Price $7.95

THE BOSTON MASSACRE: New England Remembers.
By Robert J. Allison. Remainder Item #6313752 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $3.95

BOSTON'S NORTH END: Images and Recollections of an Italian-American Neighborhood.
By Anthony V. Riccio. Remainder Item #6186076 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $5.95

BOSTON: The Growth of the City.
By Alexander S. Holmes. Remainder Item #6282849 Our Price $9.95

BROOKLYN: A State of Mind.
Edited By Michael W. Robbins. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #702164X Pub at $29.95 - Our Price $5.95

CALIFORNIA CRAZY & BEYOND: Roadside Vernacular Architecture.
By Jim Heimann. Remainder Item #6292828 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $5.95

CENTRAL PARK: Portraits of America.
By John S. Berman. Remainder Item #6114539 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $2.95

CHICAGO: The Growth of the City.
By Elizabeth McIlroy. Remainder Item #6183409 Our Price $9.95

THE CIRCUS FIRE.
By Stewart O'Nan. This item is an audio tape. Remainder Item #6258239 Pub at $32.95 - Our Price $9.95

CLEVELAND'S TRANSIT VEHICLES: Equipment and Technology.
By J.A. Toman & B.S. Hays. Remainder Item #6091482 Pub at $47.00 - Our Price $15.95

COAST OF DREAMS: California on the Edge, 1990-2003.
By Kevin Starr. Remainder Item #7105967 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $9.95

COLORADO'S LEGENDARY LOVERS.
By Rosemary Fetter. Remainder Item #6022626 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $3.95

CONQUERING GOTHAM: A Gilded Age Epic.
By Jill Jonnes. Remainder Item #709969X Pub at $27.95 - Our Price $5.95

THE CONQUEST OF BREAD: 150 Years of Agribusiness in California.
By Richard A. Walker. Remainder Item #7064675 Pub at $27.95 - Our Price $5.95

THE COPA: Jules Podell and the Hottest Club North of Havana.
By Mickey Podell-Raber with C. Pignone. Current Item #6309518 Pub at $26.95 - Our Price $16.95

A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906.
By Simon Winchester. Remainder Item #6160875 Pub at $27.95 - Our Price $5.95

THE DEVIL OF GREAT ISLAND: Witchcraft & Conflict in Early New England.
By Emerson W. Baker. Current Item #6299237 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $16.95

DIAMOND STORIES: Enduring Change on 47th Street.
By Renee Rose Shield. Remainder Item #6261132 Pub at $47.50 - Our Price $4.95

DOMINION OF MEMORIES: Jefferson, Madison & the Decline of Virginia.
By Susan Dunn. Current Item #6209998 Pub at $27.50 - Our Price $18.95

EXPLORING STONE WALLS: A Field Guide to New England's Stone Walls.
By Robert M. Thorson. Remainder Item #7017685 Pub at $14.00 - Our Price $5.95

FIRST RESORTS: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport & Coney Island.
By Jon Sterngass. Remainder Item #7080379 Pub at $40.00 - Our Price $4.95

FLORIDA: An Illustrated History.
By Robert A. Taylor. Remainder Item #6305849 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $4.95

THE FOLKLORE AND FOLKLIFE OF NEW JERSEY.
By David Steven Cohen. Remainder Item #4281705 Our Price $7.95

THE FOXFIRE 40TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK: Faith, Family, and the Land.
Edited By Angie Cheek et al. Current Item #5476623 Pub at $17.95 - Our Price $11.95

FROM SAIL TO STEAM: Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, 1500-1900.
By Richard V. Francaviglia. Remainder Item #6288553 Pub at $34.95 - Our Price $6.95

GANGSTERS & GOLD DIGGERS: Old New York, the Jazz Age, and the Birth of Broadway.
By Jerome Charyn. Remainder Item #7031807 Pub at $24.00 - Our Price $4.95

THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE: Life in Amish Country.
By Bill Coleman. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #6211143 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $9.95

GREAT CHICAGO FIRES: Historic Blazes That Shaped a City.
By David Cowan. Remainder Item #7089295 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $7.95

GREAT FORTUNE: The Epic of Rockefeller Center.
By Daniel Okrent. Remainder Item #6113303 Pub at $29.95 - Our Price $5.95

HELL CREEK, MONTANA: America's Key to the Prehistoric Past.
By Lowell Dingus. Remainder Item #7062869 Pub at $22.95 - Our Price $4.95

HILLBILLY: A Cultural History of an American Icon.
By Anthony Harkins. Remainder Item #7116497 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $11.95

IT HAPPENED ON WASHINGTON SQUARE.
By Emily Kies Folpe. Remainder Item #6204619 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $7.95

JOHN HULL, THE MINT AND THE ECONOMICS OF MASSACHUSETTS COINAGE.
By Louis Jordan. Remainder Item #6104495 Pub at $50.00 - Our Price $14.95

JONES BEACH: An Illustrated History.
By John Hanc. Current Item #6181139 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $16.95

KATHARINE GRAHAM'S WASHINGTON.
Remainder Item #6100643 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $3.95

KING'S HANDBOOK OF NEW YORK CITY, 1892: An Outline History & Description of the American Metropolis.
Edited By Moses King. Remainder Item #6215394 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $5.95

LAS VEGAS: An Unconventional History.
By Michelle Ferrari with S. Ives. Remainder Item #7022816 Our Price $7.95

THE LAST MEN OUT: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse.
By Tom Downey. Remainder Item #6215416 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $4.95

LILY DALE: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead.
By Christine Wicker. Remainder Item #6287239 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $3.95

MAMMOTH: The Sierra Legend.
By Martin Forstenzer. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #7043953 Pub at $49.95 - Our Price $12.95

MICHIGAN, THE GREAT LAKES STATE: An Illustrated History.
By G.S. May & J. Vinyard. Remainder Item #7118651 Pub at $34.95 - Our Price $14.95

MINNESOTA STATE FAIR: An Illustrated History.
By Kathryn S. & Linda Koutsky. Current Item #6275788 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $23.95

THE MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA.
By Bill Yenne. Remainder Item #7065892 Pub at $17.98 - Our Price $8.95

THE MONIED METROPOLIS: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-1896.
By Sven Beckert. Remainder Item #6231977 Pub at $65.00 - Our Price $14.95

MONTANA FOLKS.
By Durrae & John Johanek. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #7003501 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $4.95

MOUNTAIN FEVER: Historic Conquests of Rainier.
By Aubrey L. Haines. Remainder Item #6305296 Pub at $18.95 - Our Price $4.95

MOUNTAIN MYSTERIES: Investigating the Mystic Traditions of Appalachia.
By Larry D. Thacker, Jr. Current Item #6216153 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $10.95

THE MOUNTAINOUS WEST: Explorations in Historical Geography.
Edited By W. Wyckoff & L.M. Dilsaver. Remainder Item #7034504 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $4.95

MURDER CITY: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties.
By Michael Lesy. Current Item #7048734 Pub at $15.95 - Our Price $10.95

MY CITY WAS GONE: One American Town's Toxic Secret, Its Angry Band of Locals, and a $700 Million Day in Court.
By Dennis Love. Remainder Item #7024185 Pub at $25.95 - Our Price $5.95

NATCHEZ: The Houses and History of the Jewel of the Mississippi.
Current Item #3331199 Pub at $39.95 - Our Price $27.95

NEW YORK BURNING: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan.
By Jill Lepore. Remainder Item #6320635 Pub at $26.95 - Our Price $6.95

NEW YORK NIGHT: The Mystique and Its History.
By Mark Caldwell. Remainder Item #7023022 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $4.95

NEW YORK, YOU'RE A WONDERFUL TOWN! Fifty-Plus Years of Chronicling Gotham.
By Henrik Krogius. Remainder Item #6218318 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $6.95

NEW YORK: The Growth of the City.
By Martin J. Howard. Remainder Item #6136990 Our Price $9.95

ONCE UPON A TOWN: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen.
By Bob Greene. Remainder Item #7083513 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $4.95

PASSIONATE NATION: The Epic History of Texas.
By James L. Haley. Remainder Item #7027737 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $6.95

PICTURING CHINATOWN: Art and Orientalism in San Francisco.
By Anthony W. Lee. Remainder Item #6288723 Pub at $45.00 - Our Price $6.95

PICTURING LOS ANGELES.
By Jon & Nancy Wilkman. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #7112882 Pub at $39.95 - Our Price $11.95

PICTURING NEW YORK: The City from Its Beginnings to the Present.
By Gloria Deak. Remainder Item #7044879 Pub at $54.95 - Our Price $14.95

A POCKETFUL OF HISTORY: Four Hundred Years of America--One State Quarter at a Time.
By Jim Noles. Current Item #712547X Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $16.95

PTOWN: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape.
By Peter Manso. Remainder Item #6226175 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $3.95

QUINCY'S MARKET: A Boston Landmark.
By John Quincy, Jr. Remainder Item #6147844 Pub at $29.95 - Our Price $14.95

THE ROCKIES.
By David Lavender. Remainder Item #7078250 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $4.95

SAN FRANCISCO: The Growth of the City.
By Steve Bryant. Remainder Item #6184006 Our Price $9.95

SIN IN THE SECOND CITY: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul.
By Karen Abbott. Current Item #6237371 Pub at $25.95 - Our Price $16.95

THE SOPRANO STATE: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption.
By B. Ingle & S. McClure. Current Item #7065035 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $16.95

SPOOKY NEW ENGLAND: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore.
Remainder Item #7104170 Pub at $11.95 - Our Price $5.95

SPOOKY NEW JERSEY: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore.
Remainder Item #7091443 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $3.95

SPOOKY NEW YORK: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore.
Remainder Item #7104189 Pub at $11.95 - Our Price $5.95

SPOOKY PENNSYLVANIA: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore.
By S.E. Schlosser. Current Item #6123783 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $9.95

THE STORY OF STORYBOOK LAND.
By Tina Skinner. Current Item #7118554 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $14.95

STRANGE BUT TRUE CHICAGO: Tales of the Windy City.
By T.J. O'Gorman & L. Montanarelli. Remainder Item #6104142 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $5.95

SURVEYING THE SHORE: Historic Maps of Coastal Massachusetts, 1600-1930.
By Joseph G. Garver. Remainder Item #6314015 Pub at $60.00 - Our Price $19.95

TALES OF OLD FLORIDA.
Edited By F. Oppel & T. Meisel. Remainder Item #6112730 Our Price $7.95

TALES OF OLD NEW ENGLAND.
Remainder Item #621858X Our Price $7.95

TALES OF THE GREAT LAKES: Stories from Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Remainder Item #6218598 Our Price $7.95

TALES OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.
Remainder Item #6218601 Our Price $7.95

TEXAS EXTRA: A Newspaper History of the Lone Star State, 1835-1935.
This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #7072163 Our Price $9.95

THOSE GLORIOUS DAYS: A History of Louisville as Georgia's Capital, 1796-1807.
By Yulssus Lynn Holmes. Remainder Item #6227384 Pub at $15.95 - Our Price $3.95

THE TIMELINE HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY.
Edited By G. Davies & I.C. Kleeberg. Remainder Item #7054815 Pub at $29.95 - Our Price $4.95

TIMES SQUARE SPECTACULAR: Lighting Up Broadway.
By Darcy Tell. Current Item #6341071 Pub at $34.95 - Our Price $23.95

THE TOWN ON BEAVER CREEK: The Story of a Lost Kentucky Community.
By Michelle Slatalla. Remainder Item #7110596 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $4.95

UNCLE JOHN'S BATHROOM READER PLUNGES INTO OHIO.
Current Item #707431X Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $9.95

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STORY: Hail to the Victors.
Remainder Item #7122500 Pub at $50.00 - Our Price $19.95

VOICES ON THE RIVER: The Story of the Mississippi Waterways.
By Walter Havighurst. Remainder Item #7105371 Our Price $3.95

WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR.
By David Brinkley. Remainder Item #7111886 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $4.95

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Growth of the City.
By Jefferson G. Hamburg. Remainder Item #6184200 Our Price $9.95

WATER FOR GOTHAM: A History.
By Gerard T. Koeppel. Remainder Item #6288898 Pub at $55.00 - Our Price $4.95

WINDMILLS OF NEW ENGLAND: Their Genius, Madness, History & Future.
By Daniel Lombardo. Remainder Item #7085192 Pub at $39.95 - Our Price $5.95

THE WIZARD OF SUN CITY: The Strange True Story of Charles Hatfield, the Rainmaker Who Drowned a City's Dreams.
By Garry Jenkins. Remainder Item #7032714 Pub at $24.00 - Our Price $4.95

THE WORST HARD TIME: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.
By Timothy Egan. Current Item #5471540 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $9.95

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