• The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1501168681
    • ASIN: 1501168681
    • ISBN: 1501168681
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • Blood on the River: James Town, 1607

    Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can’t believe his good fortune. He’s heard that gold washes ashore with every tide. But beginning with the stormy journey and his first contact with the native people, he realizes that the New World is nothing like he imagined. The lush Virginia shore where they establish the colony of James Town is both beautiful and forbidding, and it’s hard to know who’s a friend or foe. As he learns the language of ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0142409324
    • ASIN: 0142409324
    • ISBN: 0142409324
    • Brand: Puffin
    • Manufacturer: Puffin Books

  • The Girls in My Town: Essays (River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize)

    Winner of the 2017 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayThe autobiographical essays in The Girls in My Town create an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother's childhood and navigating through her own girlhood and on to the present, Angela Morales contemplates moments of loss and longing, truth and beauty, motherhood and daughterhood. She writes about her parents' appliance store and how she escaped from it, the bowling alley that provided refuge, and the strange and beautiful things she sees while riding her bike in the early mor... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0826356621
    • ASIN: 0826356621
    • ISBN: 0826356621
    • Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press

  • Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War

    From historian Thomas B. Allen, author of Remember Pearl Harbor and George Washington, Spy Master comes a sweeping, dramatic history of the Americans who fought alongside the British on the losing side of the American Revolution. Allen’s compelling account comprises an epic story with a personal core, an American narrative certain to spellbind readers of Tom Fleming, David McCullough, and Joseph Ellis. The first book in over thirty years on this topic in Revolution War history, Tories incorporates new research and previously unavailable material drawn from foreign archives, telling the rivet... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0061241814
    • ASIN: 0061241814
    • ISBN: 0061241814
    • Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

  • Another River, Another Town: A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945

    Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers. Another River, Another Town is the story of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner whose idealistic desire to achieve heroism is shattered by the incredibly different view of life the world of combat demands. He comes to the realization that the realm of warfare has almost nothing in common with the civi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0375759638
    • ASIN: 0375759638
    • ISBN: 0375759638
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Famous in a Small Town

    For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends―loving, infuriating, and all she could ever ask for―she can weather any storm. But when Sophie’s beloved Acadia High School marching band is selected to march in the upcoming Rose Parade, it’s her job to get them all the way to LA. Her plan? To persuade country singer Megan Pleasant, their Midwestern town’s only claim to fame, to come back to Acadia to headline a fundraising festival.The only problem is that Megan has very publicly sworn never to return.What ensues is a journey filled with long-kept secrets,... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250179637
    • ASIN: 1250179637
    • ISBN: 1250179637
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

  • Ghost Towns of Route 66

    Ghost towns lie all along the Mother Road. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boom towns built around oil wells, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than 25 ghost towns, rich in stories and history, complemented by gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James. Also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66.Explore the beauty and nostalgia of these abandoned communities along America... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0760338434
    • UPC: 752748338432
    • ASIN: 0760338434
    • ISBN: 0760338434
    • Brand: Brand: Voyageur Press
    • Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

  • The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps

    From rowing the canals of Amsterdam to riding a cow through the Alps, via Cold War nuclear bunkers, raucous Gay Pride parades, tranquil Lake Constance and snowy mountain climbs, The Rhine blends travelogue and offbeat history to tell the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent. SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through the industrial and political powerhouses of G... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1473662176
    • ASIN: 1473662176
    • ISBN: 1473662176
    • Manufacturer: Nicholas Brealey

  • Little Chapel on the River: A Pub, a Town and the Search for What Matters Most

    Forced from her downtown Manhattan apartment by the terrorist attack of September 11, journalist Wendy Bounds was delivered to Guinan's doorstep - a legendary Irish drinking hole and country store nestled along the banks of the Hudson River in the small town of Garrison, New York - by a friend. Captivated by the bar's charismatic but ailing owner and his charming, motley clientele, Bounds uprooted herself permanently and moved to tiny Garrison, the picturesque river town they all call home. There she became one of the rare female regulars at the old pub and was quickly swept up into its rhy... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0060564075
    • UPC: 971494625539
    • ASIN: 0060564075
    • ISBN: 0060564075
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

  • Peace Like a River: A Novel

    One of Time Magazine's Top Five Books of the Year.A Christian Science Montor,Denver Post, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year."Once in a great while, a book comes along that has such wonderful characters and marvelous prose, that you read it as much for the pure joy it offers on every page as to find out how it ends." -Denver PostLeif Enger's best-selling debut is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, and a love story in which "what could be unbelievable becomes extraordinary" (Miami Herald). Enger brings us eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy in the Midwest who has reason to be... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0802139256
    • ASIN: 0802139256
    • ISBN: 0802139256
    • Brand: Atlantic Monthly Press
    • Manufacturer: Atlantic Monthly Press

  • Ghost Towns of the West

    Ghosts Towns of the West is filled with photographs, maps, history, and detailed directions to find the best ghost towns to linger in the wake of the Old West.Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The book reveals the little-known stories of long-dead soldiers, indigenous peoples, settlers, farmers, and miners. Perfect for planning a road trip, each section covers a geographic area and ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0760350418
    • ASIN: 0760350418
    • ISBN: 0760350418
    • Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

  • Of Mice and Men

    A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression   They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dr... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0140177396
    • ASIN: 0140177396
    • ISBN: 0140177396
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma

    Bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race. In this gripping and ultimately profound book, Kotlowitz takes us to two towns in southern Michigan, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, separated by the St. Joseph River. Geographically close, but worlds apart, they are a living metaphor for America's racial divisions: St. Joseph is a prosperous lakeshore community and ninety-five percent white, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and ninety-two percent black. When the body of a black teenaged boy from Benton Harbor is found in the riv... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 038547721X
    • ASIN: 038547721X
    • ISBN: 038547721X
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

  • Another City upon a Hill: A New England Memoir (Portuguese in the Americas Series)

    This gripping memoir is both a personal story and a portrait of a distinctive New England place―Fall River, Massachusetts, once the cotton cloth capital of America. Growing up, Joseph Conforti's world was defined by rolling hills, granite mills, and forests of triple-deckers. Conforti, whose mother was Portuguese and whose father was Italian, recounts how he negotiated those identities in a city where ethnic heritage mattered. Paralleling his own account, Conforti shares the story of his family, three generations of Portuguese and Italians who made their way in this once-mighty textile city.... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1933227567
    • ASIN: 1933227567
    • ISBN: 1933227567
    • Manufacturer: Tagus Press

  • City-building In America

    Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindle and decline? Why is Milwaukee a town of the past, while Minneapolis-St. Paul seems reborn and infused with future dynamism? And what do Milwaukee and the Twin Cities have to tell us about other cities' prospects, the trials and destinies of industrial Cleveland and post-industrial Austin? Anthony Orum's new book tells the story of these cities and, at the same time, of all cities. Here the urban past, present, and future are woven into one compelling tale. Orum traces the shift in the sources of urban growth from entrepreneurs to institu... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0813308437
    • ASIN: 0813308437
    • ISBN: 0813308437
    • Brand: Brand: Westview Press
    • Manufacturer: Westview Press

  • Boston: America's Best Sports Town

    Boston is a city known for its storied sports heritage. This book recounts the stories behind the triumphs--and occasional setbacks--of the athletes, coaches and teams that have combined to make Boston: America's Best Sports

    • UPC: 747598919

  • The Other Side of the River : A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma

    Explores America's racial antagonisms through the story of two Michigan towns--one white and wealthy, the other Black and poor--and a Black boy's death and its

    • UPC: 460384
    • Rating: 4.0

  • Personnel includes: Fat Joe, Buju Banton, Remy, R. Kelly, M.O.P., Petey Pablo, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Prospecy, Ludacris, Armageddon, Xzibit, Busta Rhymes, Noreaga.Producers include: Irv Gotti, Bink, Rockwilder, Psycho Les, Younglord."What's Luv" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.He's an oversize Latino rapper who came of age in the South Bronx. Sound familiar? Fat Joe once counted Big Pun as a stablemate, and J.O.S.E. starts out with a heartfelt tribute to the late star. It's strictly business from then on, however, with "King of N.Y." making claims for Joe's supremacy over the Tri-State area, with vocal encouragement from dancehall toaster Buju Banton and "Definition of a Don" (featuring the immortal line "If I can't afford it I'll extort it") consolidating his claims of domination. Elsewhere R. Kelly makes an appearance on the R&B-flavored "We Thuggin'" which documents a night out on the town, while the mightily bankable Ludacris is featured on "Get the Hell on With That," proving that, if nothing else, Fat Joe can pick his partners with impunity.

    JEALOUS ONES STILL ENVY (J.O.S.E.)

    • UPC: 3462615

  • Union County River Towns

    High ridges and lush valleys teeming with natural resources abutted Union County's river towns of Allenwood, White Deer, New Columbia, West Milton, and Winfield. Creeks emptying into the Susquehanna River connected gristmills and communities like

    • UPC: 15975998

  • Small Town America Families: Along the Chippewa River Nussberger-Boehm

    Small Town America Families: Along the Chippewa River

    • UPC: 592376763

  • Making Your Move to One of America's Best Small Towns - eBook

    For those looking to raise a family in a storybook American town, or a change of pace from hectic city life, this book is the

    • UPC: 972366994

  • America's First Factory Town : The Industrial Revolution in Maryland's Patapsco River Valley

    9780982304969

    • UPC: 768739194

  • Towns of the Sacramento River Delta

    What can be considered the first major exploration of the Sacramento River, from its mouth northward, began on May 13, 1817, when Padres Duran and Abella and 20 other men under the command of Lt.

    • UPC: 22093599

  • Chicago: America's Best Sports Town

    Chicago sports teams have put their fans through hell at times, but that's only part of the story. Chicago: America's Best Sports Town recounts the athletes, coaches, triumphs, and heartbreaks that have kept fans coming

    • UPC: 786018936

  • The Doctor Is In, River’s Bank, A Small Town Full of Big Love - eBook

    Dr. Rebecca Davis is an OBGYN on a forced vacation due to a sixty-day suspension from her job at a New York City hospital. Aggravated and upset, not only over the issues at work but

    • UPC: 296674676

  • The Best Small Town Main Street in America

    Mississippi River Towns - Choose Your Adventure

    Top 10 beautiful towns in the United States. Carmel California made the list