State & Local

The second volume of Branch's trilogy on the civil rights era. Jeff Shesol Branch spins an intricate, seamless web of politics and personalities, ambition ...

Newton engagingly recalls a lifetime of friendship with five giants of the twentieth century. Foreword by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Index; photographs. ...

Drawing On Newly Discovered Archival Material And Extensive Interviews With Truman's Own Family, Friends, And Washington Colleagues, Mccullough Tells The De...

This book begins with an introductory overview of the socio-political climate of the state of Mississippi during the 1850s and ends with a treatment of its ...

In 1880, the California woman safeguarded the Republic by maintaining a morally sound home. Scarcely forty years later, women in the Pacific state won full...

The bestselling book that became the blockbuster film starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Diane Lane. Boston Globe Mesmerizing....Packs an emotiona...

A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disaster—a story that weaves together corporate malfeasance...

Looks At A Variety Of Island HomesCategories: History United StatesState & Local

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Between the Civil War and the turn of the last century, Southern Baptists gained prominence in the religious life of the...

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of comin...

a Special 60th Anniversary Edition Of The Bestselling Re-creation Of The Surprise Attack On Pearl Harbor, By The Author Of a Night To Remember. sunday, De...

Welcome To My Washington, Dc! Vibrant, Lush Paintings Full Of Elaborate Detail Bring The Capital City To Life! A Young Girl And Her Friend Explore All Their...

Nature Noir is the intensely original story—part Edward Abbey, part James Ellroy—of Jordan Fisher Smith's fourteen years as a park ranger on forty-eight...

This volume celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra. It describes some its most reknowned musical directors such as Stotowski and Mut...

At The Age Of Nineteen, Lara Prior-palmer Discovered A Website Devoted To The World's Longest, Toughest Horse Race--an Annual Competition Of Endurance And S...

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyo...

The inspiring story of New York Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal Judge His death certificate bears the number one. As chaplain to the Fire Departmen...

* Financial Times And Mckinsey Business Book Of The Year * Winner Of The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize​ * 800-ceo-read Business Book Of The Year * A New Yor...

“Michael Gross’s new book…packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map ex...

When fourteen-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, a nightmarish reign of terror over an unsuspecting city came to an end. The Boston Boy Fiend was...

A medical “page-turner” that traces one doctor’s “remarkable journey to the essence of medicine” (The San Francisco Chronicle). San Francisco’...

THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS is a glorious celebration of the Great American Game, and of the city that loves it so. It is a love affair that began in 1874, whe...

Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar M...

myer's Story Will Stand As The Best That Has Yet Been Written On The Alamo. . . . It's A Classic.-boston PostCategories: History United StatesState & Lo...

In This Urgent, Authoritative Book, Bill Gates Sets Out A Wide-ranging, Practical - And Accessible - Plan For How The World Can Get To Zero Greenhouse Gas E...

The Lost Realms, the fourth book of Zacharia Sitchin’s Earth Chronicles series, transports readers to the pre-Columbian civilizations and ancient empires o...

two Men, Each Handsome And Unusually Adept At His Chosen Work, Embodied An Element Of The Great Dynamic That Characterized America’s Rush Toward The Twenti...

Abraham Lincoln's remarkable emergence from the rural Midwest and his rise to the presidency have been the stuff of romance and legend. But as Douglas L. Wi...

An up close and personal portrait of a legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in sho...

"The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1...

For more than a century, the enduring feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been American shorthand for passionate, unyielding, and even violent con...

"Grips you by the throat from beginning to end."—Cleveland Plain Dealer Publishers Weekly In 1974, wealthy Californians Mac and Muff Graham sailed to Palmy...

Want to be known as the Detroit Red Wings' second "Mr. Hockey"?Then prove yourself in the next Wings trivia challenge by blowing away the competition!The en...

the Life Of Harry S. Truman Is One Of The Greatest Of American Stories, Filled With Vivid Characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Be...

A Narrative History Of The Trial Of Nine Black Men For The Rape Of Two White Women On A Train Traveling Through Northern Alabama In 1931. The Supreme Court ...

Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem's twentieth cent...

In August 2003, North Carolina became the first U.S. state to offer restitution to victims of state-ordered sterilizations carried out by its eugenics prog...

Calling All Texas Rangers Fans! The Ultimate Texas Rangers Trivia Book Is A Staple For Anyone Who Loves Baseball, Sports Trivia, And The Lone Stars. You Wil...

With a coastline that rivals California’s, Maine attracts millions of visitors each year who come to swim, fish, hike, or just enjoy the views. Many of th...

Product Description The world’s leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the definitive biography of a man who set the course of...

Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resul...

Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Foreword / Richard D. Parsons And Jonelle Procope -- The Apollo: A Place Of Possibility / Lonnie G. Bunch Iii -- Growing Up ...

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the most important naval battles in the history of World War II (1939-1945), Midway, which was fought barely six months a...

framed By Its Historic Harbor And Rivers, Poised Between Old And New, Boston Is A Special Place With A Dynamic Story. This Up-to-date Photographic Study D...

In this spellbinding account of the real facts of the Central Park jogger case, Sarah Burns powerfully reexamines one of New York City's most notorious crim...

The 90210 Superfan's Companion To The Lives And Loves Of West Beverly's In-crowd From The Creators Of The Hit Podcast Again With This Comes A Hilarious And ...

Rachel Maddow's Blowout Offers A Dark, Serpentine, Riveting Tour Of The Unimaginably Lucrative And Corrupt Oil-and-gas Industry. With Her Trademark Black Hu...

In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections o...