Globe Pequot Press: 691 books
North Carolina Myths and Legends
The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
North Carolina**Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in North Carolina’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in North Carolina history.
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Washington Disasters
True Stories of Tragedy and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
True accounts of major disasters in Washington history are retold in this engagingly written collection. From The Seattle fire of 1889, the 1910 train avalanche on Stevens Pass, and the 1915 Ravensdale Coal Mine explosion, the 1955 airliner crash in residential Riverton, to the 1980 Mount St. Helens...
It Happened in Yosemite National Park
Remarkable Events That Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Twenty to thirty episodes from the history of Yosemite National Park, including memorable events, but also featuring lesser-known tales.
by Susan Sawyer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Each volume in this series features fifteen to twenty short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of a given city, state, or region of the U.S. The villainous, the misguided, and the misunderstood...
Spooky Oregon
Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Spooky happenings throughout Oregon
Pull up a chair or gather ‘round the campfire and get ready for forty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past! Oregon folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller...
Kentucky Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Kentucky Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Bluegrass State has to offer.
Discover a medieval castle in the middle of horse-farm country, a soda fountain where the burgers and shakes are almost as famous as the clientele,...
Knack Canoeing for Everyone
A Step-by-Step Guide to Selecting the Gear, Learning the Strokes, and Planning Your Trip
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
With a gear-buying guide and hundreds of color photos, this is the clearest, most accessible instructional guide available—for paddling on ponds, lakes, rivers, or oceans.
It Happened in Yellowstone
Remarkable Events That Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of Yellowstone Park. Read about the making of "Wonderland" over 600,000 years ago. Try to piece together the Great Stagecoach Robbery of 1908. Discover why fishing at Fishing Bridge has been banned since 1973.
Cheap Bastard's™ Guide to Washington, D.C.
Secrets of Living the Good Life--For Free!
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Living big—for less—in America's capital
Living big in America's capital takes just the sort of big bucks that fewer and fewer folks have at their disposal these days, right? Think again. Washington, D.C., is full of free and ridiculously cheap stuff—one just needs to know where to look....
by Jan Annino
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2010
Scenic Driving Florida features nearly thirty separate drives, route maps, and in-depth descriptions of attractions through the Sunshine State.
Ohio Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The definitive collection of Ohio's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Ohio residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
Maryland Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
This laugh-out-loud guide will introduce readers to the offbeat people, places, and events of the Old Line State.
Day Trips® from Portland, Oregon
Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Portland, OR. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the Portland metro area.
Barbecue Lover's Texas
Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Barbecue Lovers' Texas celebrates the best this state has to offer. Perfect for both the local BBQ enthusiast and the traveling visitor alike, this book features: the history of the BBQ culinary style where to find––and most importantly consume––the best of the best local offerings; regional...