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  • Illegal Tender

    Gold, Greed, and the Mystery of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle

    by David Tripp ...
    It's the most valuable ounce of gold in the world, the celebrated, the fabled, the infamous 1933 double eagle, illegal to own and coveted all the more, sought with passion by men of wealth and with steely persistence by the United States government for more than a half century—it shouldn't even exist but it does, and its astonishing, true adventures read like "a composite of The Lord of the Rings ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins

    Series series An Official Whitman Guidebook
    Few books have excited the coin-collecting community like the Cherrypickers’ Guide. Since the first edition burst onto the scene in 1990, thousands of hobbyists have been searching for the rare die varieties described inside. This handy book tells you how to “cherrypick”—that is, how to examine coins that look normal at first glance, but have unusual characteristics: doubled and tripled dies, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins 2014, 52nd Edition

    Forover fifty years, The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins has been the bestselling sourcebook for collectors. Filled with the most current values and the latest market reports, this updated edition has all the information you need to become a knowledgeable coin collector.Features Include:•Over 18,000 prices•Values for every U.S. coin ever minted•An updated market review that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Card

    Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card

    Since its limited release just after the turn of the twentieth century, this American Tobacco cigarette card has beguiled and bedeviled collectors. First identified as valuable in the 1930s, when the whole notion of card collecting was still young, the T206 Wagner has remained the big score for collectors who have scoured card shows, flea markets, estate sales, and auctions for the portrait of ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • The War Against Cliche

    Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

    by Martin Amis ...
    Series series Vintage International
    **NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton, and more."[Written] with intelligence and ardor and panache.... Speaks not just to a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Now I Sit Me Down

    From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History

    Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere?In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable monobloc chairs of today. He tells the stories of the inventor of the bentwood chair, Michael Thonet, and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Geek Girls Unite

    Why Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and Other Misfits Will Inherit the Earth

    by Leslie Simon ...
    What do Amy Poehler, Bjork, Felicia Day, Martha Stewart, Miranda July, and Zooey Deschanel have in common? They’re just a few of the amazing women proving that “geek” is no longer a four-letter word.In recent years, male geeks have taken the world by storm. But what about their female counterparts? After all, fangirls are just like fanboys—they put on their Imperial Stormtrooper Lycra pants one ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • On Browsing

    by Jason Guriel ...
    Series Book 5 - Field Notes
    Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book AwardA defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon—and gaining new appreciation—amidst the bins and shelves of bricks-and-mortar shops.Written during the pandemic, when the world was marooned at home and consigned to scrolling screens, On Browsing’s essays chronicle what we’ve lost through online shopping, streaming, and the relentless digitization ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Strange But True Tales of Car Collecting

    Drowned Bugattis, Buried Belvederes, Felonious Ferraris and Other Wild Stories of Automotive Misadventure

    These bizarre true stories of collectors and their cars is "a whole lot of fun" (The Virginian Pilot).Have you heard of the fellow who squirrelled away dozens of Chevelles, Camaros, and other classic muscle cars in semi-trailers? How about the president of Shakespeare fishing rods, who sold thirty Bugattis for a mere $85,000? What about the English nobleman who cut up and buried his Ferrari hoard ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shapely Bodies

    The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France

    Series series Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art and Culture
    Shapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France constructs the first cultural history of porcelain making in France. It takes its title from two types of “bodies” treated in this study: the craft of porcelain making shaped clods of earth into a clay body to produce high-end commodities and the French elite shaped human bodies into social subjects with the help of makeup, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Age of Homespun

    Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

    They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America–ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock–relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history.In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch, homespun easily acquires the glow of nostalgia. The ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • United States Post Offices Volume 8 The Southeast

    The eighth volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date. The listing for each office contains a county location, dates of operation and a Scarcity Index (S/I) value that offers postmark collectors with a guide to the relative value of postmarks from that post office. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • United States Post Offices Volume 7 The Lower Mississippi Valley

    The seventh volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date. The listing for each office contains a county location, dates of operation and a Scarcity Index (S/I) value that offers postmark collectors with a guide to the relative value of postmarks from that post office. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life. La mia storia nella Storia

    Sfogliando le pagine di quel prezioso libro che è la vita, Papa Francesco ci conduce lungo un sentiero fatto di emozioni, di gioie e di dolori: una finestra sul passato che ci permetterà di conoscere meglio il nostro presente.*"Non va dimenticata la lezione più importante: possiamo rileggere la storia della nostra vita per fare memoria e poter trasmettere qualcosa a chi ci ascolta. Per imparare a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The ABC's of Reloading, 10th Edition

    The Definitive Guide for Novice to Expert

    Now in its 10th edition, The ABCs of Reloading has taught countless firearms owners safe, reliable methods of creating their own ammunition. This long overdue new edition brings detailed reloading instruction to shooters who want to improve accuracy, save money and ensure themselves a constant supply of ammo regardless of supply and demand on retail shelves.Reloading expert and frequent Gun Digest ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Evolution of Useful Things

    How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.

    How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch?In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that most of us count on but rarely contemplate, including such icons of the everyday as pins, Post-its, and fast ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents

    Lincoln cents account for nearly a third of the coins the United States has ever minted. In recent times the mintage of Lincoln cents has reached more than five billion per year—nearly equaling the mintage of all the other circulating coins combined. The Lincoln cent is an ever-evolving submarket within the growing field of numismatics. With its wide value swings for higher grade earlier pieces ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A History of Champagne : With Notes on the Other Sparkling Wines of France (Illustrated)

    The present is the first instance in which the history of any wine has been traced with the same degree of minuteness as the history of the still and sparkling wines of the Champagne has been traced in the following pages. And not only have the author’s investigations extended over a very wide range, as will be seen by the references contained in the footnotes to this volume, but during the past ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • California Tiki

    A History of Polynesian Idols, Pineapple Cocktails and Coconut Palm Trees

    After World War II, suburbs proliferated around California cities as returning soldiers traded in their uniforms for business suits. After-hours leisure activities took on an island-themed sensuality that bloomed from a new fascination with Polynesia and Hawaii. Movies and television shows filmed in Malibu and Burbank urged viewers to escape everyday life with the likes of Gidget and Hawaiian Eye. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Conspiracy

    A Giordano Bruno Thriller

    by SJ Parris ...
    Series series Giordano Bruno Mysteries
    A gripping murder mystery set in 16th-century France, as Giordano Bruno fights against multiple factions manipulating the succession of King Henry III.December 1585: King Henry III of France is the last of his line. He has appointed a Protestant as his successor, which has caused a three-way war in his country. As a result, the king is in mortal fear of a coup being orchestrated by the ultra ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Coin Collecting for Beginners

    A Detailed Reference Guide to Start Your Coin Collection with Tips, Hacks and Tricks to Help You Find, Value, Preserve and Profit from Your Hobby

    Do you find coin collecting interesting but you don’t have an idea about where to begin? Do you want a comprehensive and all-encompassing coin collecting reference guide for kids, teenagers, and adults to take your first steps into this spellbinding and enlightening hobby?If your answer to the questions above is yes, then this is the book for you!Coin collecting is one of the earliest forms of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mint Condition

    How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession

    by Dave Jamieson ...
    “An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington PostWhen award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the “investments” of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and cards ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Edgemaster's Handbook

    A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing, Using, and Maintaining Fixed-Blade and Folding Knives

    by Len McDougall ...
    Do you feel a soul-deep connection with knives and tools that are engineered to cut through other materials? Does having a sturdy knife on your person imbue you with a profound, but somehow unidentifiable, sense of security? The Edgemaster’s Handbook is just that: a book completely dedicated to the care and usage of knives. Whether handling a dagger, stiletto, or bolo, you’ll learn the knife’s ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 100 Greatest US Modern Coins

    The latest volume in Whitman’s popular 100 Greatest collection is a sure crowd-pleaser. 100 Greatest Modern U.S. Coins explores the most fascinating, rarest, most popular, and most valuable Mint products of recent generations. Engaging text by two of today’s most respected numismatists is combined with beautiful high-resolution photographs in an attractive, hardcover coffee-table book. Dealers, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD