<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Biography & Autobiography]]> https://www.thebookco.com Tue, 05 May 2026 10:26:11 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomatoes Free for the Asking (A Minnesota Boyhood) - 9780878396481]]> https://www.thebookco.com/tomatoes-free-for-the-asking-a-minnesota-boyhood-9780878396481/ Fri, 26 Aug 2016 01:15:31 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/tomatoes-free-for-the-asking-a-minnesota-boyhood-9780878396481/ Tomatoes Free for the Asking (A Minnesota Boyhood) - 9780878396481 by Kent Otto Stever, 9780878396481"Tomatoes free for the asking" is a quaint term remembered from the 1800s, yet heard in the 1950s of Stever's youth. It was a simple expression written on a piece of cardboard set alongside a pile of tomatoes near someone's garden or on the front porch. It was an invitation to take as you wish, wi..

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]]> Tomatoes Free for the Asking (A Minnesota Boyhood) - 9780878396481 by Kent Otto Stever, 9780878396481"Tomatoes free for the asking" is a quaint term remembered from the 1800s, yet heard in the 1950s of Stever's youth. It was a simple expression written on a piece of cardboard set alongside a pile of tomatoes near someone's garden or on the front porch. It was an invitation to take as you wish, wi..

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]]> <![CDATA[Natalie Wood]]> https://www.thebookco.com/natalie-wood/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:02:08 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/natalie-wood/ Natalie Wood by Rebecca Sullivan, 9781844576371
A lucid and engaging study of the enigmatic stardom of Natalie Wood, locating her star persona in the changing production contexts of Hollywood and in the shifting perceptions of female sexuality and agency. This persuasive text seeks to rectify her neglected career by throwing light on her c..

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]]> Natalie Wood by Rebecca Sullivan, 9781844576371
A lucid and engaging study of the enigmatic stardom of Natalie Wood, locating her star persona in the changing production contexts of Hollywood and in the shifting perceptions of female sexuality and agency. This persuasive text seeks to rectify her neglected career by throwing light on her c..

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]]> A lucid and engaging study of the enigmatic stardom of Natalie Wood, locating her star persona in the changing production contexts of Hollywood and in the shifting perceptions of female sexuality and agency. This persuasive text seeks to rectify her neglected career by throwing light on her c..]]> <![CDATA[Julie Christie]]> https://www.thebookco.com/julie-christie/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:02:04 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/julie-christie/ Julie Christie by Melanie Bell, 9781844574476
Julie Christie is one of cinema's most enigmatic stars. Her early Oscar-winning success as the free-spirited heroine in Darling (1965) was followed by roles in a number of landmark films from cinema's leading auteurs. Although she increasingly shunned the media spotlight in favour of p..

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]]> Julie Christie by Melanie Bell, 9781844574476
Julie Christie is one of cinema's most enigmatic stars. Her early Oscar-winning success as the free-spirited heroine in Darling (1965) was followed by roles in a number of landmark films from cinema's leading auteurs. Although she increasingly shunned the media spotlight in favour of p..

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]]> Julie Christie is one of cinema's most enigmatic stars. Her early Oscar-winning success as the free-spirited heroine in Darling (1965) was followed by roles in a number of landmark films from cinema's leading auteurs. Although she increasingly shunned the media spotlight in favour of p..]]> <![CDATA[Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires: (From Herman Melville to Patricia Highsmith)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/literary-luminaries-of-the-berkshires-from-herman-melville-to-patricia-highsmith/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:25:33 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/literary-luminaries-of-the-berkshires-from-herman-melville-to-patricia-highsmith/ Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires: (From Herman Melville to Patricia Highsmith) by Bernard A. Drew, Ronald Latham, 9781626198777
The Massachusetts Berkshires have long been a mecca for literary greats from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis and Joan Ackermann. The Green River in Great Barrington inspired William Cullen Bryant’s poetry. Charles Pierce Burton’s childhood hometown, Adams, became the..

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]]> Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires: (From Herman Melville to Patricia Highsmith) by Bernard A. Drew, Ronald Latham, 9781626198777The Massachusetts Berkshires have long been a mecca for literary greats from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis and Joan Ackermann. The Green River in Great Barrington inspired William Cullen Bryant’s poetry. Charles Pierce Burton’s childhood hometown, Adams, became the..

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]]> <![CDATA[Wanamaker's (Meet Me at the Eagle)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/wanamakers-meet-me-at-the-eagle-1/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 20:22:17 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/wanamakers-meet-me-at-the-eagle-1/ Wanamaker's (Meet Me at the Eagle) by Michael J. Lisicky, 9781626190689Philadelphia was once the proud home of Wanamaker's, a department store of many firsts founded by the retail giant John Wanamaker in 1861. Its name was synonymous with service, and Philadelphians still fondly remember the massive bronze eagle in the Grand Court, concerts from the world's largest p..

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]]> Wanamaker's (Meet Me at the Eagle) by Michael J. Lisicky, 9781626190689Philadelphia was once the proud home of Wanamaker's, a department store of many firsts founded by the retail giant John Wanamaker in 1861. Its name was synonymous with service, and Philadelphians still fondly remember the massive bronze eagle in the Grand Court, concerts from the world's largest p..

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]]> <![CDATA[Legendary Locals of Covington]]> https://www.thebookco.com/legendary-locals-of-covington/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 18:41:29 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/legendary-locals-of-covington/ Legendary Locals of Covington by Robert Schrage, 9781467101721Covington was a natural place for people to settle. Located on the banks of the Ohio and Licking Rivers, it developed quickly as the urban core of northern Kentucky. Sitting just opposite of Cincinnati, Ohio, it was a great location for travel by both animals and people. Originally owned by Thomas..

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]]> Legendary Locals of Covington by Robert Schrage, 9781467101721Covington was a natural place for people to settle. Located on the banks of the Ohio and Licking Rivers, it developed quickly as the urban core of northern Kentucky. Sitting just opposite of Cincinnati, Ohio, it was a great location for travel by both animals and people. Originally owned by Thomas..

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]]> <![CDATA[A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death]]> https://www.thebookco.com/a-gentleman-in-charleston-and-the-manner-of-his-death/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:39:17 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/a-gentleman-in-charleston-and-the-manner-of-his-death/ A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death by William Baldwin, 9781596290877In his latest novel, Southern writer William Baldwin calls upon the true story of famed Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson to tell a tale fraught with romance and intrigue. Dawson—a larger-than-life personality revered throughout the nineteenth-century South—was murdered while defending his..

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]]> A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death by William Baldwin, 9781596290877In his latest novel, Southern writer William Baldwin calls upon the true story of famed Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson to tell a tale fraught with romance and intrigue. Dawson—a larger-than-life personality revered throughout the nineteenth-century South—was murdered while defending his..

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]]> <![CDATA[North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry (The Flying Cashier)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/north-carolina-aviatrix-viola-gentry-the-flying-cashier/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:31:50 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/north-carolina-aviatrix-viola-gentry-the-flying-cashier/ North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry (The Flying Cashier) by Jennifer Bean Bower, 9781609496951Viola Gentry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, learned to fly in 1924 and quickly achieved greater heights. In 1925, the aviatrix took her first solo flight. The following year, she flew under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and in 1928, she established the first officially recorded women’..

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]]> North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry (The Flying Cashier) by Jennifer Bean Bower, 9781609496951Viola Gentry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, learned to fly in 1924 and quickly achieved greater heights. In 1925, the aviatrix took her first solo flight. The following year, she flew under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and in 1928, she established the first officially recorded women’..

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]]> <![CDATA[Remarkable Women of Clinton County]]> https://www.thebookco.com/remarkable-women-of-clinton-county/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:21:30 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/remarkable-women-of-clinton-county/ Remarkable Women of Clinton County by Anastasia L. Pratt, 9781626198456Clinton county owes a lot to its daring and tenacious women. Helena Augustine established the county’s first kindergarten in Plattsburgh. The ever-versatile Alice Trainer Miner founded her museum in Chazy. For decades, Hettie Grant was a familiar voice to the residents of Saranac where she worked ..

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]]> Remarkable Women of Clinton County by Anastasia L. Pratt, 9781626198456Clinton county owes a lot to its daring and tenacious women. Helena Augustine established the county’s first kindergarten in Plattsburgh. The ever-versatile Alice Trainer Miner founded her museum in Chazy. For decades, Hettie Grant was a familiar voice to the residents of Saranac where she worked ..

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]]> <![CDATA[Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn, The]]> https://www.thebookco.com/franco-americans-of-lewiston-auburn-the/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:19:08 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/franco-americans-of-lewiston-auburn-the/ Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn, The by Mary Rice-DeFosse, James Myall, 9781626194601Franco-Americans brought their proud cultural legacy to Lewiston-Auburn beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. As their population grew, religious leaders became community leaders, building an independent parish and a support system, as well as providing child care. The Sisters of Charity cared ..

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]]> Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn, The by Mary Rice-DeFosse, James Myall, 9781626194601Franco-Americans brought their proud cultural legacy to Lewiston-Auburn beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. As their population grew, religious leaders became community leaders, building an independent parish and a support system, as well as providing child care. The Sisters of Charity cared ..

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