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The Post Office Girls

Book One in a heartwarming and uplifting new wartime saga series

by Poppy Cooper ...

With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot
... Read more
Postcards

True Stories That Never Happened

Edited by Jason Rodriguez ...

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a
... Read more
West Orange

by Joseph Fagan ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Although West Orange is best known for Thomas Edison, there is much more to this New Jersey town than its famous inventor. Through vintage postcards, West Orange explores the town's history from the days of cable cars that once climbed the mountain to the long-gone amusement park at Crystal Lake. Postcards illustrate how Llewellyn Park and Eagle Rock share a common beginning and West Orange once ... Read more

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Although West Orange is best known for Thomas Edison, there is much more to this New Jersey town than its famous inventor. Through vintage postcards, West Orange explores the town's history from the days of cable cars that once climbed the mountain to the long-gone amusement park at Crystal Lake. Postcards illustrate how Llewellyn Park and Eagle Rock share a common beginning and West Orange once
... Read more
Manchester

by Robert B. Perreault ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Here, for the first time exclusively through the medium of vintage postcards, the people, streets, businesses, institutions, and recreational areas of bygone Manchester return to life. Manchester presents images of the world's largest producer of textiles, which attracted a patchwork of cultures from many lands. It tells where the first telephone conversation by a U.S. president occurred. It ... Read more

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Here, for the first time exclusively through the medium of vintage postcards, the people, streets, businesses, institutions, and recreational areas of bygone Manchester return to life. Manchester presents images of the world's largest producer of textiles, which attracted a patchwork of cultures from many lands. It tells where the first telephone conversation by a U.S. president occurred. It
... Read more
Boise

by Frank E. Aden Jr. ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Boise was founded on the Oregon Trail in 1863, shortly after the opening of Fort Boise, which was built to protect the gold that had recently been discovered in the Boise Basin around Idaho City. By the late 1800s, Boise had a very large downtown infrastructure, and it saw the addition of many multistoried buildings after 1900. In the late 1960s though the 1970s, Boise experienced a major urban ... Read more

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Boise was founded on the Oregon Trail in 1863, shortly after the opening of Fort Boise, which was built to protect the gold that had recently been discovered in the Boise Basin around Idaho City. By the late 1800s, Boise had a very large downtown infrastructure, and it saw the addition of many multistoried buildings after 1900. In the late 1960s though the 1970s, Boise experienced a major urban
... Read more
Texas Oil and Gas

by Jeff A. Spencer ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Texas Oil and Gas documents in postcards the rapid growth of the Texas petroleum industry from its beginnings near Corsicana in the 1890s through the next several decades of oil booms throughout the state. The young 20th century opened with the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop in 1901. Thousands rushed from the oilfields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia to find work and riches. Continued ... Read more

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Texas Oil and Gas documents in postcards the rapid growth of the Texas petroleum industry from its beginnings near Corsicana in the 1890s through the next several decades of oil booms throughout the state. The young 20th century opened with the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop in 1901. Thousands rushed from the oilfields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia to find work and riches. Continued
... Read more
West Chester

by Bruce Edward Mowday ...

Series series Postcard History Series
West Chester has grown from the sleepy village originally known as Turk's Head in the 1700s to a bustling community hosting West Chester University, a thriving educational institution. The selection of West Chester as the seat of Chester County's government in 1785 led citizens to march on the town 'armed with a field-piece, a barrel of whiskey, and other warlike munitions.' Architect Thomas U. ... Read more

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West Chester has grown from the sleepy village originally known as Turk's Head in the 1700s to a bustling community hosting West Chester University, a thriving educational institution. The selection of West Chester as the seat of Chester County's government in 1785 led citizens to march on the town 'armed with a field-piece, a barrel of whiskey, and other warlike munitions.' Architect Thomas U.
... Read more
Sebastian and Crawford Counties

by Steven Hanley, Ray Hanley ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Sebastian and Crawford Counties are among Arkansas's most historic areas with their location on what was once the edge of the frontier. In this book, the authors capture the transition of both the large and the small communities from the 1800s into the middle of the 20th century through historic postcards. With carefully researched interpretation of the images, the book offers a fascinating walk ... Read more

$17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sebastian and Crawford Counties are among Arkansas's most historic areas with their location on what was once the edge of the frontier. In this book, the authors capture the transition of both the large and the small communities from the 1800s into the middle of the 20th century through historic postcards. With carefully researched interpretation of the images, the book offers a fascinating walk
... Read more
Tyler

by Robert Reed ...

Series series Postcard History Series
In the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards was just beginning. Millions of cards were mailed across America, and many survive today in archives and private collections. Through these snapshots of history, Tyler's evolution can be traced. While fruit and cotton production was king into the early 20th century, a floral beauty soon brought Tyler new royalty-the Rose Queen. The discovery of oil ... Read more

$17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards was just beginning. Millions of cards were mailed across America, and many survive today in archives and private collections. Through these snapshots of history, Tyler's evolution can be traced. While fruit and cotton production was king into the early 20th century, a floral beauty soon brought Tyler new royalty-the Rose Queen. The discovery of oil
... Read more
Fairfield and Southport in Vintage Postcards

by Beth L. Love ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Fairfield, including its village of Southport, is steeped in tradition and is rich in history. Many people who call this coastal Connecticut communityhome already know that Fairfield was founded in 1639 by Roger Ludlow and was visited in 1789 by Pres. George Washington, who actually spent the night at the Sun Tavern. However, do they also know the history of Pulpit Rock or for that matter, could ... Read more

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Fairfield, including its village of Southport, is steeped in tradition and is rich in history. Many people who call this coastal Connecticut communityhome already know that Fairfield was founded in 1639 by Roger Ludlow and was visited in 1789 by Pres. George Washington, who actually spent the night at the Sun Tavern. However, do they also know the history of Pulpit Rock or for that matter, could
... Read more
Snyder County

by Jim Campbell ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Snyder County was carved out of the southern portion of Union County in 1855. Named after Selinsgrove resident and Pennsylvania's only three-term governor Simon Snyder (1808'1817), the county is unique in many ways. It is part of the extensive early-nineteenth-century Pennsylvania Canal System's Susquehanna Division and home to one of the nation's first coeducational colleges, Susquehanna ... Read more

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Snyder County was carved out of the southern portion of Union County in 1855. Named after Selinsgrove resident and Pennsylvania's only three-term governor Simon Snyder (1808'1817), the county is unique in many ways. It is part of the extensive early-nineteenth-century Pennsylvania Canal System's Susquehanna Division and home to one of the nation's first coeducational colleges, Susquehanna
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Franz Grillparzer

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 14 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Franz GrillparzerWhile hardly a household name in the English-speaking world, Bjørnson was-and remains-an immensely important literary figure in the Nordic world, a rival in popularity to his Norwegian compatriot Hendrik Ibsen. Grillparzer, likewise, though little known outside Europe, was widely ... Read more

$5.66 CAD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Franz GrillparzerWhile hardly a household name in the English-speaking world, Bjørnson was-and remains-an immensely important literary figure in the Nordic world, a rival in popularity to his Norwegian compatriot Hendrik Ibsen. Grillparzer, likewise, though little known outside Europe, was widely
... Read more
Vintage Postcards from the African World

In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play

by Jessica B. Harris ...

Series series Atlantic Migrations and the African Diaspora
For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first time in this exquisite volume. Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play brings together more than 150 images, providing a visual document of more ... Read more

$24.65 CAD

For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first time in this exquisite volume. Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play brings together more than 150 images, providing a visual document of more
... Read more
Greetings from San Antonio

Historic Postcards of the Alamo City

by Lewis F. Fisher ...

At the dawn of the twentieth century, just as color postcards were becoming a worldwide sensation, San Antonio bypassed Dallas as the largest city in Texas. Idyllic postcard images of San Antonio began landing in mailboxes across the country, displaying recently gained wealth and prosperity. Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred ... Read more

$21.59 CAD

At the dawn of the twentieth century, just as color postcards were becoming a worldwide sensation, San Antonio bypassed Dallas as the largest city in Texas. Idyllic postcard images of San Antonio began landing in mailboxes across the country, displaying recently gained wealth and prosperity. Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 21 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsWalt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:American postcard publishers were generally very good in honouring their nation's most celebrated authors by providing buyers with a plethora of picture postcards featuring busts of the writers or images of their homes or other views somehow related to their lives ... Read more

$15.11 CAD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsWalt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:American postcard publishers were generally very good in honouring their nation's most celebrated authors by providing buyers with a plethora of picture postcards featuring busts of the writers or images of their homes or other views somehow related to their lives
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Aretino

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 23 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsLudovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro AretinoThis quartet of classic Italian literary masters features the majority of antique and vintage postcards related to each author. The largest selection belongs to Boccaccio, long the most popular of these writers, both with Italians and foreigners, his ... Read more

$20.15 CAD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsLudovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro AretinoThis quartet of classic Italian literary masters features the majority of antique and vintage postcards related to each author. The largest selection belongs to Boccaccio, long the most popular of these writers, both with Italians and foreigners, his
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Cullen Bryant

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 16 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Cullen BryantIn any census of the pioneers of American literature, these three will always have a position of honour. Cooper's Leatherstocking novels (e.g., Last of the Mohicans) were the first USA fictions to find a wide readership in Europe. Poe's reputation took longer to ... Read more

$15.11 CAD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Cullen BryantIn any census of the pioneers of American literature, these three will always have a position of honour. Cooper's Leatherstocking novels (e.g., Last of the Mohicans) were the first USA fictions to find a wide readership in Europe. Poe's reputation took longer to
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha Christie

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 22 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha ChristieJ.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha Christie: Literary Chronicles in Antique Postcards- Though best known today for his creation Peter Pan, in his day J.M. Barrie was renowned as much for other stage works and his fiction-with the result he was a popular subject of postcards in his ... Read more

$20.15 CAD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha ChristieJ.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha Christie: Literary Chronicles in Antique Postcards- Though best known today for his creation Peter Pan, in his day J.M. Barrie was renowned as much for other stage works and his fiction-with the result he was a popular subject of postcards in his
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Jane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 25 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsJane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte:Women writers in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were sometimes widely read but almost never seen or heard. They did not give public readings of their work or appear in bookshops signing autographed copies of their wares. These low profiles were reflected in the ... Read more

$20.15 CAD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsJane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte:Women writers in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were sometimes widely read but almost never seen or heard. They did not give public readings of their work or appear in bookshops signing autographed copies of their wares. These low profiles were reflected in the
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Colette and Anatole France

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 8 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Colette and Anatole FranceCustom Vintage Themed Thanksgiving Greeting Cards- A cornucopia of postcards depicting the notorious French author as she was in old age, accompanied by several images of her when she was lithe, naughty, and unambiguous about her delight in both men and women. ... Read more

$15.11 CAD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Colette and Anatole FranceCustom Vintage Themed Thanksgiving Greeting Cards- A cornucopia of postcards depicting the notorious French author as she was in old age, accompanied by several images of her when she was lithe, naughty, and unambiguous about her delight in both men and women.
... Read more
San Pedro

by Joe McKinzie ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Arcadia Publishing's second collection of postcard images concerning the Los Angeles Harbor community of San Pedro follows the 2005 Postcard History Series volume San Pedro Bay. Where that work concentrated on the harbor and water aspects of the colloquially known 'Peedro,' this new volume looks at the town and its development, buildings, businesses, streetscapes, and residences. The port village ... Read more

$17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Arcadia Publishing's second collection of postcard images concerning the Los Angeles Harbor community of San Pedro follows the 2005 Postcard History Series volume San Pedro Bay. Where that work concentrated on the harbor and water aspects of the colloquially known 'Peedro,' this new volume looks at the town and its development, buildings, businesses, streetscapes, and residences. The port village
... Read more
Alexandria

by Barbara Grover ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Alexandria is situated near the center of Douglas County, surrounded by a chain of beautiful lakes. These lakes brought pioneer settlers to the area as early as 1858, when Minnesota achieved statehood and the town was established. The lakes remain a key factor that continue to draw residents and visitors. The images in Postcard History Series: Alexandria tell the community's story, recalling fond ... Read more

$17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Alexandria is situated near the center of Douglas County, surrounded by a chain of beautiful lakes. These lakes brought pioneer settlers to the area as early as 1858, when Minnesota achieved statehood and the town was established. The lakes remain a key factor that continue to draw residents and visitors. The images in Postcard History Series: Alexandria tell the community's story, recalling fond
... Read more
Ventura

by Glenda J. Jackson ...

Series series Postcard History Series
The city of Ventura traces its heritage back to the founding of Mission San Buenaventura in March 1782. The intervening eras have seen cattle drives down Main Street, revival tents in the marshy area now known as Pierpont, and the days when the Ventura trolley was the quickest way around town. The attractive images in this postcard tour through bygone times also include the stately Schiappapietra ... Read more

$17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The city of Ventura traces its heritage back to the founding of Mission San Buenaventura in March 1782. The intervening eras have seen cattle drives down Main Street, revival tents in the marshy area now known as Pierpont, and the days when the Ventura trolley was the quickest way around town. The attractive images in this postcard tour through bygone times also include the stately Schiappapietra
... Read more
Billings

by James M. Reich ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Billings is sometimes called 'The Magic City' for its rapid growth that seems to change the skyline overnight. Located in the heart of the Yellowstone Valley, it is Montana's largest city and the state's premier business destination. From 1900 to the 1960s'Billings's 'Golden Years''locals and tourists alike enjoyed a variety of hotels, fine restaurants, and retail and wholesale shopping, while ... Read more

$17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Billings is sometimes called 'The Magic City' for its rapid growth that seems to change the skyline overnight. Located in the heart of the Yellowstone Valley, it is Montana's largest city and the state's premier business destination. From 1900 to the 1960s'Billings's 'Golden Years''locals and tourists alike enjoyed a variety of hotels, fine restaurants, and retail and wholesale shopping, while
... Read more

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