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  • Ghosty Men

    The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders, An Urban Historical

    by Franz Lidz ...
    A true tale of changing New York by Franz Lidz, whose Unstrung Heroes is a classic of hoarder lore.Homer and Langley Collyer moved into their handsome brownstone in white, upper-class Harlem in 1909. By 1947, however, when the fire department had to carry Homer's body out of the house he hadn't left in twenty years, the neighborhood had degentrified, and their house was a fortress of junk: in an ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

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  • Strategy & Soul: A Campaigner's Tale of Fighting Billionaires, Corrupt Officials, and Philadelphia Casinos

    by Daniel Hunter ...
    When Daniel Hunter and Jethro Heiko began planning at a kitchen table, they knew that their movement would be outspent by hundreds of millions of dollars. They were up against powerful elected officials, private investigators, hired thugs, and the state supreme court. Even before they started, newspapers concluded the movement had no chance.This riveting David versus Goliath story is a rare first ... Read more

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  • The North Country Murder of Irene Izak

    Stained by Her Blood

    by Dave Shampine ...
    A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became a fifty-year fight for justice.In June of 1968, Irene Izak, a young French teacher from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was pulling an all-nighter on the road toward the promise of a new life in Quebec. The last time she was seen alive was at 2:09 a.m. by a toll collector at Thousand Island Bridge who ... Read more

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  • Murder in Marple

    The D'Amore Family Tragedy

    Benjamin D'Amore abused his wife for the last time on November 29, 1949. That night, his sons John and Nicholas exacted revenge and executed Benjamin with a shotgun and deer rifle. The trial that followed was unlike many before it. Two psychiatrists diagnosed the brothers with "catathymic crisis," which inhibited their judgment during the crime. But despite the defendants' guilty plea, an all ... Read more

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  • Detonators

    The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice

    by Chad Millman ...
    "A gripping account" of German spies, a massive explosion in New York Harbor, and the hunt for the conspirators ( The New York Times).The attack in New York Harbor was so explosive that people as far away as Maryland felt the ground shake. Windows were blown out at the New York Public Library; the main building at Ellis Island was nearly destroyed; the Statue of Liberty was damaged. Chaos overtook ... Read more

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  • Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell

    Stories from the Orioles' Smokey Slugger

    Series series American Palate
    Since he started smacking long balls for the Baltimore Orioles, John "Boog" Powell has enjoyed the gustatory delights of his adopted hometown. A four-time All-Star and a fixture in two World Series, Boog also knows how to make one heck of a pit beef sandwich. Backyard barbecues at Boog's Baltimore row house were once a post-game tradition for the team. After hanging up his spikes, the former MVP ... Read more

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  • Hicksville

    Series series Images of America
    With Hicksville, local historians Richard and Anne Evers take us on a journey back in time from the area�s 1648 land purchase from Native Americans and associations with Elias Hicks, the Jericho antislavery leader, to its transformation into a thriving twentieth-century Long Island suburb of New York City. Through evocative images and insightful text, we learn how the Long Island Railroad was dead ... Read more

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  • Magnetic City

    A Walking Companion to New York

    From New York magazine’s architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City—a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution of the cityFor nearly a decade, Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Justin Davidson has explained the ever-changing city of ... Read more

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  • The Building of Cities

    Development and Conflict

    In this classic book that records a moment in the history of urban planning, the architect and city planner Harvey H. Kaiser examines the city-building process from the time when a proposal for urban development is first conceived to the early stages of construction. Lysander (near Syracuse) and Gananda and Riverton (both near Rochester). These were brand-new developments and municipalities, and ... Read more

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  • Forgotten Maryland Cocktails

    A History of Drinking in the Free State

    The Southside, Diamondback and the Preakness--Marylanders imbibe history in their native cocktails, from local favorites to little-known classics. Early residents favored fruit brandies and potent punches until the Civil War, when rye whiskey laid claim to local palates. During the golden age of the cocktail, grand hotels like Baltimore's Belvedere created smooth concoctions such as the Frozen Rye ... Read more

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  • Reds at the Blackboard

    Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union

    The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. Clarence Taylor recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as ... Read more

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