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Remembering Katharine Hepburn: Stories of Wit and Wisdom About America's Leading Lady

Ann Nyberg

A sweet, inspiring, and captivating look at a woman who was an inspiration for many and whose legacy and stories should be shared with a new generation of fans. Journalist and news anchor, Ann Nyberg, delves into the long, extraordinary life of Katharine Hepburn through the personal stories of those whose lives she influenced in even the tiniest way. From tales from her beloved Fenwick in Conn... read more

The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York

Alex Palmer

New York Times Bestseller#1 Amazon Bestseller - True Crime#1 Amazon Bestseller - Christmas.Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr. came along, letters from New York City children to Santa Claus were destroyed, unopened, by the U.S. Post Office. Gluck saw an opportunity, and created the Santa Claus Association. The effort delighted the public, and for 15 years money and gifts flowed to the... read more

Second City Sinners: True Crime from Historic Chicago's Deadly Streets

Jon Seidel

Countless criminals have made their mark on Chicago and the surrounding communities. Chicago Sun-Times journalist Jon Seidel takes readers back in time to the days when H. H. Holmes lurked in his "Murder Castle" and guys named Al Capone and John Dillinger ruled the underworld. Drawing upon years of reporting, and with special access to the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times archives, Jon... read more

Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit

Tom Stanton

A New York Times Bestseller Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True CrimeSelected as one of “2016’s Great Reads” by NPRFinalist for the 2016 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the YearAn unforgettable cauldron of history, crime, race, and sports Now in paperback comes the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a wave of racist ... read more

Marilyn: Lost Images from the Hollywood Photo Archive

Colin Slater and The Hollywood Photo Archive

From the beginning of her modeling career in 1944 as Norma Jeane Mortensen to her death as the voluptuous Hollywood icon in 1962, Marilyn Monroe posed for thousands of modeling and publicity photos, scores of which have long been forgotten or abandoned in neglected studio archives. This book collects 100 of the rarest of the rare, seldom previously seen images of her brief modeling career, ear... read more

Pulling Harvey Out of Her Hat: The Amazing Story of Mary Coyle Chase

Mimi Pockross

Talk about working from home. . . . Pulling Harvey Out of Her Hat chronicles the story of how Mary Chase—a housewife with three children from a working-class Irish community in Denver, Colorado—became a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright for Harvey, a Broadway comedy about a gentle soul and his invisible six-foot-and-one-half-inch-tall rabbit friend. This entertaining and inspiring account trac... read more

MGM Style: Cedric Gibbons and the Art of the Golden Age of Hollywood

Howard Gutner

MGM Style is an overview of the career and achievements of Hollywood’s most famous art director. Cedric Gibbons was the supervisor in charge of the art department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studios from its inception in 1924 until Gibbons chose to retire in 1956. Lavishly illustrated with over 175 pristine duotone photographs, the vast majority of which have never before been published, this ... read more

Toni Tennille: A Memoir

Toni Tennille

Since bursting onto the scene in the mid ‘70s, the pop duo Captain and Tennille have long defined the sparkling, optimistic idea of everlasting love, both in their music and through their image as a happy and, seemingly, unbreakable couple. They were an irresistible pair to millions of fans all over the world, further underscored by the rousing “yes, we can!” gospel of their biggest hit, “Love... read more

On Campaign with the Army of the Potomac: The Civil War Journal of Therodore Ayrault Dodge

Therodore Ayrault Dodge

Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was the nineteenth century's greatest military historian and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus and Napoleon.

Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans

Frederick Gooding Jr.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosts an annual award show affectionately and commonly known as "the Oscars." Yet, these awards are more than a mere ceremony; they are a phenomenon. More so than the amorphous, loosely-organized, multi-faceted entities that comprise Hollywood, the Oscars are the pinnacle of fantasy, beauty, romance and high class. They are eagerly anticipated an... read more

How Maine Changed the World

Nancy Griffin

As Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect uponthe contributions Maine has made that have had significant cultural and historical impacts on both theUnited States and the World. Did you know that the caterpillar tread, common on bulldozers and tanks,originated from the design of Lombard’s steam log hauler; or that the dry plate photographic... read more

The Great Sweepstakes of 1877: A True Story of Southern Grit, Gilded Age Tycoons, and a Race That Galvanized the Nation

Mark Shrager

In 1877 the members of the United States Senate postponed all business for the day so that they might attend a horse race—the iconic, polarizing post-Civil War event at the center of this story. The nation, still recovering from the depredations of the Civil War and the Reconstruction that followed, recognized it as a North vs. South encounter, pitting New York’s powerful thoroughbred Tom Ochi... read more

Casting Forward: Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country

Steve Ramirez

In Casting Forward, naturalist, educator, and writer Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a year-long journey fly-fishing all of the major rivers of the Texas Hill Country. This is a story of the resilience of nature and the best of human nature. It is the story of a living, breathing place where the footprints of dinosaurs, conquistadors, and Comanches have mingled just beneath the clear spring-... read more

Maine at 200: An Anecdotal History

Tom Huntington

Celebrate the bicentennial of Maine statehood.Historian Tom Huntington presents an anecdotal history of the Pine Tree State, covering the course of Maine's often turbulent history, decade by decade. He writes about the death of Congressman Jonathan Cilley in a duel; the Portland Rum Riot and the birth of Prohibition; the Confederate raid on Portland Harbor; James G. Blaine's scandal-ridden try... read more

IronFit's Everyman Triathlons: Time-Efficient Training for Short Course Triathlons

Don Fink, Melanie Fink

Completing IronFit’s “triathlon trilogy” alongside Be IronFit and IronFit Secrets for Half Iron-Distance Success, this is a “go-to,” time-efficient training guide for the Standard and Sprint-distance triathlons, which are the most accessible and achievable distances for time-crunched athletes. The Standard Distance is the original triathlon configuration: a 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, and 10 km r... read more

Warrior Pups: True Stories of America's K9 Heroes

Jeff Kamen

Lavishly illustrated with full-color photos throughout, Warrior Pups takes you behind-the-scenes into the lives of the fiercely dedicated military men and women and their civilian supporters who make the US Military Working Dog program the success that it is. It has been estimated that during its six-year career in the field, each Military Working Dog saves the lives of 150 American and coalit... read more

Forget Dieting!: It's All about Data-Driven Fueling

Candice P. Rosen RN MSW CHC

You don’t need to starve yourself to achieve a healthy weight. Candice Rosen invites you to tap into your own knowledge of how your body works to monitor your sugar levels and discover the sweet spot for your own nutritional needs. Weight comes off and energy spikes to new levels using her method! Forget Dieting! eliminates the guesswork from weight loss and guides readers to improved health b... read more

Transforming Your Life through Self-Care: A Guide to Tapping into Your Deep Beauty and Inner Worth

Carolyn A. Brent

More than ever before, people are living longer with the expectation of enjoying healthier and more vibrant lives. This motivational self-help book outlines the necessary self-care actions to become your own wellness advocate and achieve success in your new lifestyle and wellness journey. Carolyn A. Brent brings fresh perspectives and cutting edge research to areas such as undertaking blood ty... read more

Write Your Stress Away: Tame the Tension in Your Life

Diane Hartingh Price, Susan Ives McCollum

Stress, whether an unconscious undercurrent in your life or a rampage of emotions, can make you sick if you don’t manage it. You want to tame the tension in your life, but you don’t know how. Write Your Stress Away is the place to start. The book introduces you to the revolutionary Write To Be Well four-step method proven to bring relief from stress and optimize your health, simply by writing.... read more

At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White

April Ryan

Winner of the African American Literary Show Award for Best Non-FictionIn her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every home in America. At Mama’s Knee looks at race and race relations through the lessons that mothers tran... read more

The Enduring Reagan

A former Sunday school teacher and Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan was an unlikely candidate for president. His charisma, conviction, and leadership earned him the governorship of California, from which he launched his successful bid to become the fortieth president of the United States in 1980. Reagan's political legacy continues to be the standard by which all conservatives are judged. In The... read more

Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America

George Yancy

When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled “Dear White America” asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response.The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible—including death threats—and sup... read more

Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy)

Bruce Kraig professor emeritus of History Roosevelt University Chicago Founding President Culinary Historians of Chicago; author Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America and Hot Dog: A Global History, Patty Carroll

Whether you call them franks, wieners, or red hots, hot dogs are as American as apple pie, but how did these little links become icons of American culture? Man Bites Dog explores the transformation of hot dogs from unassuming street fare to paradigms of regional expression, social mobility, and democracy. World-renowned hot dog scholar Bruce Kraig investigates the history, people, décor, and v... read more

Panhandle to Pan: Recipes and Stories from Florida's New Redneck Riviera

Irv Miller

The Florida Panhandle is the last great regional culinary secret of the state of Florida. The foods and agriculture of Florida’s Northwest Gulf of Mexico touch the cultural heart and soul of all who visit the region. With fresh seafood such as blue crab and grouper, just-picked produce such as peaches and corn, and traditional foods like fried catfish and hushpuppies, the Florida Panhandle is ... read more

Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays: From Shofar to Seder

Cantor Matt Axelrod

Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations. There are many new students of Judaism, often potential converts or members of interfaith families who are seeking to learn more about the religion and its rituals. Unfortunately, many of the existing texts that examine the Jewish holidays are written in a dry, unexciting way, making it difficult fo... read more

Masters of the Games: Essays and Stories on Sport

Joseph Epstein

In this collection, his twenty-fifth book, Joseph Epstein departs from writing about literature and culture to indulge his fondness for the world of sport in all its forms. In these essays and stories on such subjects as saving Joe DiMaggio’s reputation from the clutches of an iconoclastic biographer, marveling at the skills of Michael Jordan, shaking free of an addiction to radio sports talk ... read more

Dare to Lead Like a Girl: How to Survive and Thrive in the Corporate Jungle

Feldheim, Dalia, Sandberg, Sheryl

Florida's Best Herbs and Spices: Native and Exotic Plants Grown for Scent and Flavor

Boning, Charles R.

Florida's Best Fruiting Plants: Native and Exotic Trees, Shrubs, and Vines

Boning, Charles R.

The Grunge Diaries: Seattle, 1990–1994

Thompson, Dave

Soul of Goodness: Transform Grievous Hurt, Betrayal, and Setback into Love, Joy, and Compassion

Phillips, Christopher, Ph.D

The Boy in the Box: A Novel

Nelson, Lee J.

The Enduring Reagan

Heclo, Hugh, Ceaser, James W., Nash, George H., Knott, Stephen F., Kengor, Paul G., Busch, Andrew E., Hayward, Stephen F., Barone, Michael, Dunn, Charles W.

The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens: Strategies for Unlocking Your Child’s Full Potential

Haddad, Douglas

Mississippi River Mayhem: Disasters, Tragedy, and Murder on Ol' Man River

Klinkenberg, Dean