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  • Bamberger's

    New Jersey's Greatest Store

    Series series Landmarks
    For almost one hundred years, generations of New Jersey customers flocked to Bamberger's. From its grand Newark flagship to numerous suburban locations, the store was hailed for its myriad quality merchandise and its dedicated staff. Its promotional events were the highlight of every season, from the Thanksgiving Parade to elaborate Christmas festivals featuring celebrities such as Bob Hope, Carol ... Leer más

    $207 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Abraham and Straus

    It's Worth a Trip from Anywhere

    Series series Landmarks
    Along with the Dodgers and Prospect Park, the Abraham & Straus department store was a legendary piece of Brooklyn's history and identity.From Abraham Abraham's modest store of 1865, A&S developed into one of America's largest department stores, eventually becoming a charter member of the powerful Federated Department Stores Corporation in 1929. Known for unparalleled customer and employee loyalty, ... Leer más

    $204 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Gimbels Has It!

    Series series Landmarks
    In 1842, Adam Gimbel opened a small storefront in Vincennes, Indiana and unknowingly set forth the groundwork for an American retail icon. His "fair trade" practices encouraged him to leave Vincennes and open up "the largest store ever" in 1887 in the city of Milwaukee. After getting his Milwaukee on firm ground, Adam Gimbel left for Philadelphia, his wife's hometown, with his seven sons and ... Leer más

    $208 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Baltimore's Bygone Department Stores

    Many Happy Returns

    Series series Landmarks
    Michael J. Lisicky is the author of several bestselling books, including Hutzler's: Where Baltimore Shops. In demand as a department store historian, he has given lectures at institutions such as the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Milwaukee County Historical ... Leer más

    $204 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hutzler's

    Where Baltimore Shops

    Series series Landmarks
    Michael J. Lisicky, the author of several critically acclaimed department store history books, brings out charming stories about this beloved Baltimore institution. For 132 years, Hutzler Brothers Company was a beloved part of the Baltimore retail and cultural scene. Charm City natives still recall with nostalgia the distinctive Art Deco design of the Downtown store, the glitter of the fashion ... Leer más

    $204 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island

    de Mac Griswold ...
    Mac Griswold's The Manor is the biography of a uniquely American place that has endured through wars great and small, through fortunes won and lost, through histories bright and sinister—and of the family that has lived there since its founding as a Colonial New England slave plantation three and a half centuries ago.In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island ... Leer más

    $193 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ramp Hollow

    The Ordeal of Appalachia

    de Steven Stoll ...
    How the United States underdeveloped AppalachiaAppalachia—among the most storied and yet least understood regions in America—has long been associated with poverty and backwardness. But how did this image arise and what exactly does it mean? In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll launches an original investigation into the history of Appalachia and its place in U.S. history, with a special emphasis on how ... Leer más

    $192 MXN

  • The Everything Store

    Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

    de Brad Stone ...
    The authoritative account of the rise of Amazon and its intensely driven founder, Jeff Bezos, praised by the Seattle Times as "the definitive account of how a tech icon came to life."Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection ... Leer más

    $191 MXN

  • Manhattan Mafia Guide

    Hits, Homes & Headquarters

    The New York City historian and author of The Bowery takes readers on a tour of New York's infamous underworld in this revealing guide.During the early twentieth century, Sicilian and Southern Italian immigrants poured into New York City looking for a better life. But while they escaped the kind of poverty and persecution they experienced in the old country, they soon discovered that certain ... Leer más

    $176 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Titan

    The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

    de Ron Chernow ...
    National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistFrom the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a ... Leer más

    $166 MXN

  • Wicked Capitol Hill

    An Unruly History of Behaving Badly

    "Chronicles some of Capitol Hill's most legendary scandals, ranging from duels to murder to sex" ( Roll Call).Local historian and Walking Shtick tour guide Robert S. Pohl brings us Wicked Capitol Hill. Pohl includes such historic crimes as the affair between the congressman and the Capitol Hill cobbler's daughter that ended in murder at the hands of the press. Tales range from the backrooms of ... Leer más

    $174 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The C&O Canal Companion

    A Journey through Potomac History

    de Mike High ...
    An indispensable guide to a regional treasure—now thoroughly updated and expanded.A comprehensive guide to one of America's unique national parks, The C&O Canal Companion takes readers on a mile-by-mile, lock-by-lock tour of the 184-mile Potomac River waterway and towpath that stretches from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland, and the Allegheny Mountains. Making extensive use of records at ... Leer más

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