Authors:Michael J. Lisicky, Foreword by Jacques Kelly,
Publisher: The History Press
Keywords: landmarks, shops, baltimore, hutzler
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-10-30
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1596298286
ISBN-13: 9781596298286

For 132 years, Hutzler Brother’s 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 shows, the unforgettable Christmas celebrations and the chocolate chiffon pie served in the store’s Colonial Restaurant. Local author Michael J. Lisicky pays tribute to Hutzler’s as he chronicles the rise of the family-run department store, its growth into Towson and other Maryland cities and its eventual and much lamented passing. Interviews with

Author: Mike Holgate
Publisher: The History Press
Keywords: suspects, celebrity, ripper, jack
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0752447572
ISBN-13: 9780752447575

Rippermania has driven a 120-year-old investigation to identify the depraved perpetrator of the savage murder of five prostitutes in the East End of London. Royal figures Queen Victoria, Edward, Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, King Leopold II of the Belgians; prominent politicians Lord Salisbury, William Gladstone, Randolph Churchill; police officials Sir Charles Warren, Sir Robert Anderson; artists and writers Oscar Wilde, Frank Miles, Algernon Swinburne, Francis Thompson, Lewis Carroll, George Gissing, and Walter Sickert are among those who have been implicated in the hunt for the wor

Author: Jamie W. Moore
Publisher: History Press
Keywords: hundred, years, one, reflections, davie, county, growing
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 159629079X
ISBN-13: 9781596290792

For those who find themselves reminiscing of times past when life seemed less complicated, let William Jamie Moore take you back in time to an era in small-town America when crime was almost nonexistent, your backyard acted as the grocery store, charity wasn’t an obligation; when life generally moved at a much slower pace. In Growing up in Davie County, Moore offers us an unusually candid and incredibly detailed window onto small-town life in North Carolina in the early decades of the twentieth century. Through the wide eyes of a child, we’re transported back to a simpler, p

Authors:Michael A. Powell, Bruce A. Thompson,
Publisher: The History Press
Keywords: history, crossroads, maryland, mid
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-12-09
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 1596290714
ISBN-13: 9781596290716

The region of Mid-Maryland—consisting of Washington, Frederick and Carroll Counties—has been a historical crossroads, vital in the development of Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region. This collection of compelling and insightful essays offers fresh perspectives on an area incomparably rich in history, taking the reader on a tour of some of the most critical themes—such as the events and effects of the Civil War, African American history and historic preservation efforts—in the region’s past. Editors Powell and Thompson have compiled contributions from professional an

Author: Christopher Hilton
Publisher: The History Press
Keywords: games, olympic, berlin, olympics, hitler
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0750942932
ISBN-13: 9780750942935

The Berlin Olympic Games, more than 70 years on, remain the most controversial ever held. This book creates a vivid account of the disputes, the personalities, and the events which made these Games so memorable. Ironically, the choice of Germany as the host nation for the 1936 Olympics was intended to signal its return to the world community after defeat in World War I. In actuality, Hitler intended the Berlin Games to be an advertisement for Germany as he was creating it, and they became one of the largest propaganda exercises in history. Two Germans Jews competed in the Games while the most

Author: John Haldon
Publisher: The History Press
Keywords: wars, byzantine
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0752445650
ISBN-13: 9780752445656

This is a history of the wars between Byzantium and its numerous foes, among them the Goths, Arabs, Slavs, Crusaders, and Ottoman Turks. By the middle of the 6th century the Byzantine emperor ruled a mighty empire that straddled Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Within 100 years, this powerful empire had been cut in half. Two centuries later the Byzantine empire was once again a power to be reckoned with that soon recovered its position as the paramount East Mediterranean and Balkan power, an empire whose fabulous wealth attracted Viking mercenaries and central Asian nomad warriors to its armies

Authors:John Marchant, Bryan Reuben, Joan Alcock,
Publisher: The History Press
Keywords: history, slice, bread
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0752447483
ISBN-13: 9780752447483

Bread plays an important role in the folklore, culture, religion, and politics of residents of wheat-growing countries. It symbolizes fertility, prosperity, and protection against evil, and provides healing and consolation in times of hardship. It is also good to eat. The past 130 years, in particular, have seen dramatic changes in the way bread is made and in the patterns of consumption. Whether you like your bread white, sliced, and wrapped or stone-ground and wholemeal, or in the form of baguettes, bagels, or brioches, this book will tell you how they evolved and the technological, social,