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Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban industrial corridor between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near ... More

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Sitting in a sweltering New York hotel room in the summer of 1948, E.B. White began writing his memoir about the world's most fabulous city. He ... More

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In the summer of 1916, a rogue great white shark terrorized the Jersey Shore. Now adapted for young readers, this nonfiction book recounts the events ... More

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Famed anthropologist Ortner tracks down representative classmates from her mostly Jewish Newark, NJ high school class of '58 in order to examine ... More

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Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran's "Weird N.J." launched the successful "Weird U.S." series, but the Marks always knew their home state had more bizarre ... More

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Founded in 1666 by stalwart Puritan settlers along the Passaic River, Newark has evolved over the centuries from an ecclesiastical hamlet into a ... More

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Oh sure, Texas is bigger and California is cooler, but for sheer, out-and-out weirdness, no state even comes close to New Jersey. You probably know ... More

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From Jersey tomatoes to the songs of the Boss and the Chairman of the Board, this newest Uncle John's bathroom reader captures the imagination. The ... More

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Winner of the H.L. Davis Award for Short Fiction at the 2004 Oregon Book Awards and GLCA's 2005 New Writers Award, Scott Nadelson's interrelated ... More

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400 Questions and Answers to the Big Apple's oddest mysteries: from the pages of the "New York Times" New York has long held a place as the nation's ... More

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ... More

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Here is a unique collection of documents that spans the history of New Jersey, from the arrival of Dutch traders in the 1600s to the present. The ... More

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Fair Haven, New Jersey, located on the central part of the Navesink River shore, completes the Images of America documentation of the Navesink ... More

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A history of the large mid-Atlantic colony and its role in the American Revolution.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ... More

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With its two hundred pages and a foreword by the legendary Cousin Bruce Morrow, this oversized coffee table book captures every fond memory of the ... More

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From the kaleidoscopic metropolis of New York City to the heart-stopping natural wonder of Niagara Falls and the idyllic pine woods of Catskills ... More

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One hundred pounds of trade goods was the price paid to the Lenape Indians in 1681 for the land where Bound Brook now stands. The town slowly took ... More

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From the seventeenth to the twentieth century, New Jersey's low-lying, sandy coast has been the site of thousands of shipwrecks as ships bound for ... More

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An entertaining collection of 101 quintessential places, people, events, customs, lingo, and eats that help define the personality of the Garden ... More

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Audubon's history dates from the 1600s, with several deeds showing purchases of land in 1682. Centuries later, in the early 1900s, owners of the ... More

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William J. Jackson examines the ironies, paradoxes, and contradictions that characterized New Jersey's unique historical role in the war. This is the ... More

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Take a trip across the nation with A Guide to American States, a series of 52 media enhanced books. Learn about the people, geography, sports, ... More

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