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The Post Office Girls

Book One in a heartwarming and uplifting new wartime saga series

by Poppy Cooper ...

With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot ... Read more

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With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot
... Read more
Postcards

True Stories That Never Happened

Edited by Jason Rodriguez ...

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a
... Read more
Westwood

by Michael Pellegrino ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Westwood has been 'the hub of the Pascack Valley' since the mid-1700s, when the region's first grain mill drew people from neighboring settlements. The town is known for the early establishment of a fire department, post office, and schools and for having the first bank, library, and hospital. Westwood has always attracted visitors to its businesses, places of worship, and social events. For a ... Read more

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Westwood has been 'the hub of the Pascack Valley' since the mid-1700s, when the region's first grain mill drew people from neighboring settlements. The town is known for the early establishment of a fire department, post office, and schools and for having the first bank, library, and hospital. Westwood has always attracted visitors to its businesses, places of worship, and social events. For a
... Read more
Virginia Beach in Vintage Postcards

by Alpheus J. Chewning ...

Series series Postcard History Series
First visited by English settlers in 1607, Virginia Beach has been a popular tourist destination ever since. The sea, sand, and sun are the most popular attractions, but throughout history the city has also been known for its unique architecture. The first geodesic dome built in the United States, designed by Buckminster Fuller, was the city's convention center for many years. The Cavalier Hotel, ... Read more

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First visited by English settlers in 1607, Virginia Beach has been a popular tourist destination ever since. The sea, sand, and sun are the most popular attractions, but throughout history the city has also been known for its unique architecture. The first geodesic dome built in the United States, designed by Buckminster Fuller, was the city's convention center for many years. The Cavalier Hotel,
... Read more
Texas Oil and Gas

by Jeff A. Spencer ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Texas Oil and Gas documents in postcards the rapid growth of the Texas petroleum industry from its beginnings near Corsicana in the 1890s through the next several decades of oil booms throughout the state. The young 20th century opened with the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop in 1901. Thousands rushed from the oilfields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia to find work and riches. Continued ... Read more

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Texas Oil and Gas documents in postcards the rapid growth of the Texas petroleum industry from its beginnings near Corsicana in the 1890s through the next several decades of oil booms throughout the state. The young 20th century opened with the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop in 1901. Thousands rushed from the oilfields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia to find work and riches. Continued
... Read more
Thief River Falls and Pennington County

by Pennington County Historical Society, Caryl J. Bugge ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Positioned on the east edges of the Red River Valley and the northern Minnesota Woodlands, Pennington County was settled by farmers of predominantly Scandinavian stock, and census surveys indicate that Thief River Falls was the 'most Norwegian' city in the United States. These settlers broke the soil, planted grain, and traveled to the woodlands for logs with which to build their homes. They ... Read more

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Positioned on the east edges of the Red River Valley and the northern Minnesota Woodlands, Pennington County was settled by farmers of predominantly Scandinavian stock, and census surveys indicate that Thief River Falls was the 'most Norwegian' city in the United States. These settlers broke the soil, planted grain, and traveled to the woodlands for logs with which to build their homes. They
... Read more
Tyler

by Robert Reed ...

Series series Postcard History Series
In the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards was just beginning. Millions of cards were mailed across America, and many survive today in archives and private collections. Through these snapshots of history, Tyler's evolution can be traced. While fruit and cotton production was king into the early 20th century, a floral beauty soon brought Tyler new royalty-the Rose Queen. The discovery of oil ... Read more

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In the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards was just beginning. Millions of cards were mailed across America, and many survive today in archives and private collections. Through these snapshots of history, Tyler's evolution can be traced. While fruit and cotton production was king into the early 20th century, a floral beauty soon brought Tyler new royalty-the Rose Queen. The discovery of oil
... Read more
Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns

by Jane Bardal ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Spanish and American prospectors discovered gold, silver, and copper mines in southwestern New Mexico in the 1800s. This volume explores the further development of these mining operations into the early 1900s. During this time period, improvements in technology made mining profitable, and eastern corporations invested in New Mexico mines. World War I created a demand for copper, and this era saw ... Read more

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Spanish and American prospectors discovered gold, silver, and copper mines in southwestern New Mexico in the 1800s. This volume explores the further development of these mining operations into the early 1900s. During this time period, improvements in technology made mining profitable, and eastern corporations invested in New Mexico mines. World War I created a demand for copper, and this era saw
... Read more
Amsterdam

by Gerald R. Snyder, Robert H. von Hasseln ...

Series series Postcard History Series
In the 1700s, Amsterdam was just a small trading village in upstate New York. Utilizing its superior location astride critical waterways, the village grew during the westward expansion of the early 1800s to become an industrial powerhouse. By the 20th century, Amsterdam had become America's foremost rug-making center, nicknamed the 'Carpet City,' and the seventh largest city in New York. Waves of ... Read more

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In the 1700s, Amsterdam was just a small trading village in upstate New York. Utilizing its superior location astride critical waterways, the village grew during the westward expansion of the early 1800s to become an industrial powerhouse. By the 20th century, Amsterdam had become America's foremost rug-making center, nicknamed the 'Carpet City,' and the seventh largest city in New York. Waves of
... Read more
Southeast Georgia in Vintage Postcards

by Gary L. Doster ...

Series series Postcard History Series
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... Read more

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From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to
... Read more
Tennessee Valley Authority in Vintage Postcards

by Mark Allen Stevenson ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Created by the federal government in 1933 to revitalize a region twice the size of New England, the Tennessee Valley Authority began as an experiment of unprecedented proportions. Seen here through picture postcards, the dramatic achievements of the TVA take on a personal aspect, as individuals visit the hydroelectric projects and enjoy the newly created recreational opportunities. Tangible ... Read more

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Created by the federal government in 1933 to revitalize a region twice the size of New England, the Tennessee Valley Authority began as an experiment of unprecedented proportions. Seen here through picture postcards, the dramatic achievements of the TVA take on a personal aspect, as individuals visit the hydroelectric projects and enjoy the newly created recreational opportunities. Tangible
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Caedmon, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, John Bunyan

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 28 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsCaedmon, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, John Bunyan:Any college level introduction to English literature is highly likely to include study of these four pillars of the canon. Likenesses of Caedmon are non-existent so he is known in postcards almost exclusively by a huge Celtic cross in Whitby, England. No sure portrait of ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsCaedmon, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, John Bunyan:Any college level introduction to English literature is highly likely to include study of these four pillars of the canon. Likenesses of Caedmon are non-existent so he is known in postcards almost exclusively by a huge Celtic cross in Whitby, England. No sure portrait of
... Read more
Boise

by Frank E. Aden Jr. ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Boise was founded on the Oregon Trail in 1863, shortly after the opening of Fort Boise, which was built to protect the gold that had recently been discovered in the Boise Basin around Idaho City. By the late 1800s, Boise had a very large downtown infrastructure, and it saw the addition of many multistoried buildings after 1900. In the late 1960s though the 1970s, Boise experienced a major urban ... Read more

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Boise was founded on the Oregon Trail in 1863, shortly after the opening of Fort Boise, which was built to protect the gold that had recently been discovered in the Boise Basin around Idaho City. By the late 1800s, Boise had a very large downtown infrastructure, and it saw the addition of many multistoried buildings after 1900. In the late 1960s though the 1970s, Boise experienced a major urban
... Read more
Postcard Collector

by barbara Andrews ...

An exciting overview of the manufacturers, design and subject matter used in 19th and 20th century American postcards. ... Read more

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An exciting overview of the manufacturers, design and subject matter used in 19th and 20th century American postcards.
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Postcard America

Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931–1950

by Jeffrey L. Meikle ...

This illustrated history of the colorized linen postcards of the 1930s and '40s is " an incredible tour . . . A veritable treasure trove of American culture" ( Crave Online).From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a "linen" card. Colorized in vivid, often exaggerated hues and printed on card stock embossed with a linen-like ... Read more

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This illustrated history of the colorized linen postcards of the 1930s and '40s is " an incredible tour . . . A veritable treasure trove of American culture" ( Crave Online).From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a "linen" card. Colorized in vivid, often exaggerated hues and printed on card stock embossed with a linen-like
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 10 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Robert Burns and Sir Walter ScottThis book includes an unprecedented selection of postcards, most more than 100 years old-or older, portraying high points of their biographies, accompanied by informative captions and texts outlining essential elements of their lives. With plenty of rarely-seen cards depicting the ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Robert Burns and Sir Walter ScottThis book includes an unprecedented selection of postcards, most more than 100 years old-or older, portraying high points of their biographies, accompanied by informative captions and texts outlining essential elements of their lives. With plenty of rarely-seen cards depicting the
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Miguel de Cervantes and Luis de Camões

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 11 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Iberian Duo- Miguel de Cervantes, Luis de CamõesThough the Spanish author Cervantes is much more celebrated internationally than his Portuguese counterpart Luid de Camões, it is an oddity of postcard history that the latter was feted far more in his country than the creator of Don Quixote was in his. Nonetheless, this book gives today's reader a comprehensive look at the ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Authorized Images: Iberian Duo- Miguel de Cervantes, Luis de CamõesThough the Spanish author Cervantes is much more celebrated internationally than his Portuguese counterpart Luid de Camões, it is an oddity of postcard history that the latter was feted far more in his country than the creator of Don Quixote was in his. Nonetheless, this book gives today's reader a comprehensive look at the
... Read more
Greetings from San Antonio

Historic Postcards of the Alamo City

by Lewis F. Fisher ...

At the dawn of the twentieth century, just as color postcards were becoming a worldwide sensation, San Antonio bypassed Dallas as the largest city in Texas. Idyllic postcard images of San Antonio began landing in mailboxes across the country, displaying recently gained wealth and prosperity. Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

At the dawn of the twentieth century, just as color postcards were becoming a worldwide sensation, San Antonio bypassed Dallas as the largest city in Texas. Idyllic postcard images of San Antonio began landing in mailboxes across the country, displaying recently gained wealth and prosperity. Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Lord Byron, Percy Byshhe Shelley, John Keats

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 18 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Byron, Shelley, KeatsThe three most famous Romantic poets in English were notorious in their day and have remained so more than two centuries later. As soon as picture postcards became commonly available in the 1890s, these three writers were frequent subjects, two of them famous for the poetry but even more so for their ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Byron, Shelley, KeatsThe three most famous Romantic poets in English were notorious in their day and have remained so more than two centuries later. As soon as picture postcards became commonly available in the 1890s, these three writers were frequent subjects, two of them famous for the poetry but even more so for their
... Read more
Walker County, Alabama

by Pat Morrison ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek-or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora-have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will ... Read more

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Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek-or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora-have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will
... Read more
Messages on Edwardian Postcards

by Freda Gittos ...

The Edwardian era (1901-1910) was known as the Golden Age and a time of new inventions and machinery. It was during this short period that the first cars, aeroplanes and the telephone were introduced into society.In this book, we have nostalgic examples of social history depicted on postcards: gold miners in the Forest of Dean, Rose with her 'rag and bones' horse-drawn cart, a lady chimney sweep ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The Edwardian era (1901-1910) was known as the Golden Age and a time of new inventions and machinery. It was during this short period that the first cars, aeroplanes and the telephone were introduced into society.In this book, we have nostalgic examples of social history depicted on postcards: gold miners in the Forest of Dean, Rose with her 'rag and bones' horse-drawn cart, a lady chimney sweep
... Read more
Along the Perkiomen

by Jerry A. Chiccarine ...

Series series Postcard History Series
The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern borders of the county and travels south. The creek empties into the Schuylkill River at the county's lower border. The old Perkiomen Railroad closely followed the same path. Along the Perkiomen showcases postcards of the Perkiomen Valley in Montgomery County as ... Read more

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The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern borders of the county and travels south. The creek empties into the Schuylkill River at the county's lower border. The old Perkiomen Railroad closely followed the same path. Along the Perkiomen showcases postcards of the Perkiomen Valley in Montgomery County as
... Read more
Sarasota and Bradenton

by Bonnie Wilpon ...

Series series Postcard History Series
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, andassembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... Read more

$17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, andassembling crowds of local children only too happy to
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Oren Arnold, Sholem Aleichem, Ernest Hemingway

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 27 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsF. Scott Fitzgerald, Oren Arnold, Sholem Aleichem, Ernest Hemingway:Two of this quartet are obviously giants of American literature; the other two had a substantial readership during their heyday. Of these latter two, Aleichem is moderately known beyond the sphere of those who read Yiddish due to the success of the ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsF. Scott Fitzgerald, Oren Arnold, Sholem Aleichem, Ernest Hemingway:Two of this quartet are obviously giants of American literature; the other two had a substantial readership during their heyday. Of these latter two, Aleichem is moderately known beyond the sphere of those who read Yiddish due to the success of the
... Read more

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