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Cape May’s Gingerbread Gems. Tina Skinner & Bruce Waters. Sixty-five color images of summer cottages and guest houses: a treasured souvenir of New Jersey’s southern cape and an indispensable reference for Victorian Era archi- tecture and exterior ornamentation. Examples of Carpenter Gothic, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Edwardian, American Bracketed Villa, and Stick Styles are presented, with work by architects Frank Furness, Samuel Sloan, and Stephen Decatur Button. • 5 7/8" x 5 7/8" (149 x 149 mm) • 65 color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-2126-9 • HC • $9.95 / £9.99 / 14.99 CAD Doorways of Cape May. Tina Skinner & Melissa Cardona. Charming color photos welcome you to explore some of the town’s most picturesque and historic doorways. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 65 color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0- 7643-2161-0 • HC • $9.95 / £9.99 / 14.99 CAD Princeton History & Architecture. 2nd Edition. Marilyn Menago. Experience the layers of history and diverse architecture of Princeton, New Jersey, in this narrated photographic tour of more than 200 locations. This book explores the landmark sites where history was made and greatness launched. A readable his- torical survey, it is a keepsake for all who have fallen in love with Princeton. • 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 280mm) • 278 color images •128 pp. •978-0-7643-6284-2•HC• $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Gingerbread Gems of Ocean Grove, NJ. Tina Skinner, Foreword by Wayne T. Bell. Explores Ocean Grove, New Jersey, listed by the National Register of Historic Places as the richest concentration of Victorian architecture in the nation. More than 200 pictures of seaside cottages and hotels festooned with scrollwork in high Victorian fashion. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 226 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-2394-2 • PB • $24.95 / £23.99 / 36.95 CAD Ghost Towns of New Jersey: A Tour of Our Forgotten Places. Timothy Regan. Explore more than 18 beloved ghost towns in New Jersey through more than 200 black-and-white and color photographs, historic vignettes, and touring information. Towns are explored via historic photographs, maps, and well-researched text. • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 206 photos • 112pp.•978-0-7643-5350-5•HC•$24.99/£23.99 / 36.99 CAD New Jersey: Stories, Lore & History NEW JERSEY • NEW YORK Discovering Princeton. Wiebke Martens and Jennifer Jang. This photographic guide features five fully illustrated walking tours with the re- nowned university at its core. Explore the heart of Princeton University as well as its more mod- ern sections; downtown Princeton, including some of its oldest neighborhoods; and the cam- puses of Princeton Theological Seminary and the Institute for Advanced Study. • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (232 x 206 mm) • 135 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-6675-8 • hardcover • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Village Beaches: Pinhole Photography of East Hampton, New York. Phillip Andrew Lehans, Foreword by Michael Halsband. An art photographer's contemporary interpretation of coastal landscapes captured through the lens of a pinhole camera. Taken during the pandemic, these panoramic images of five East Hampton beaches distill the dreamy, escapist quality we all long for at the beach. • 15" x 10" (381 x 254 mm) • 165 color and b/w images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643- 6583-6 • HC • $60.00 /£54.99 / 86.00 CAD Folklore of the New Jersey Shore: History, the Supernatural, and Beyond. Richard J. Kimmel and Karen E. Timper. Extending along the eastern coast of the state, the Jersey Shore is filled with folklore and strange happenings. Discover how historical events here may have given birth to legend. Slip into your swimsuits, don your backpacks, climb into your automobile, or mount your bicycle and visit the Folklore of the New Jersey Shore! • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 87 color images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-4127-4 • PB • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Lifeguards of the Jersey Shore. Michael Fowler, Bernard A. Olsen, Edward Olsen. The compelling story of how and why modern ocean lifeguarding emerged on the New Jersey shore is told through 298 rare, unpublished, primary source photographs and fasci- nating text. A state-wide perspective of beach patrols, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, emerges. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 167 color and 131 b/w photos • 128 pp. •978-0-7643-3491-7•PB•$24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99CAD The Roaring ’20s at the Jersey Shore. Karen L. Schnitzspahn. Enjoy the high living and style that characterized life for the wealthy. Learn the history of tourism during the 1920s on the New Jersey shore through 276 postcards, vintage photos, and fascinating accounts of real life experiences of the day. Includes Sandy Hook, Cape May, Atlantic City, Bay Head, and the Bayshore area. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 276 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-3218-0 • HC • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Stars of the Jersey Shore: A Theatrical History. Karen Schnitzspahn. This unique book spotlights dozens of the stars from the 1860s to the 1920s, including Maggie Mitchell, Lillie Langtry, Nate Salsbury, Lillian Nordica, and Robert B. Mantell, to name just a few. Count Basie and Arthur Pryor were among the musicians, celeb- rities, and vaudevillains in these seashore communities. Overviews of the Jersey shore theaters, Broadway tryouts, and technologies that changed entertainment are discussed at length • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 149 color photos • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-2719-3 • PB • $19.95 / £19 / 29.95 CAD Hudson Valley History and Mystery. Michael Adamovic. The Hudson Valley is rooted in the mysterious. Detailed inside are an amazing range of sites from enigmatic stone structures and ancient petroglyphs, to battlefields, haunted mountaintops, and popular water- falls. Tales of ghosts and strange creatures, a hint of the supernatural, and attention-grabbing folklore and real-life experiences abound, including a fair share of lost treasure. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 53 color photos • 192 pp. • 978- 0-7643-6024-4 • HC • $19.99 / £19.99 / 29.99 CAD Tis the Season New York. Betsy Pinover Schiff. No other American city dazzles during the winter holidays like New York, with its magical store windows, larger-than-life street decorations, and brilliant, tree-lit plazas. Photographed mostly at night, scenes range from Rockefeller Center to elegantly decorated homes, offering a new, in- timate, and heartwarming sense of the city. • 10" x 8" (254 x 203 mm) • 173 color images • 168 pp. • 978-0-7643-5604-9 • HC • $34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD Archipelago New York. Thomas Halaczinsky. Award-winning documentary filmmaker/photog- rapher Thomas Halaczinsky invites the reader to join him on a 30-foot sailboat to discover the magical island world surrounding New York City, following Adriaen Block, the first European who, in 1614, sailed and mapped this area. • 10" x 8" (254 x 203 mm) • 78 color images • 144 pp. • 978- 0-7643-5507-3 • HC • $29.99 / £28.99 / 45.00 CAD Hudson Valley Reflections: Illustrated Travel and Field Guide. Michael Adamovic. Embark on a photographic odyssey of the Hudson River Valley. The 150 images showcased artfully portray the region’s best natural and architec- tural wonders. Part travel guide, field guide, and history book, it will prove difficult to avoid falling under the spell of this “bewitched” land after uncovering its remarkable story and beauty. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 150 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-5346-8 • HC • $29.99 / £28.99 / 45.00 CAD Ghosts of Central New Jersey: Bizarre, Strange, and Deadly. Richard J. Kimmel. Tour Central New Jersey’s myths, legends, and happenings! Includes the haunted Circle Player’s Theater, Al Capone, and the “MOB” era. Cringe at bloody murders and killer Harry Asay’s spirit at the Burlington County Prison Museum. Visit the infamous Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital, where shadow people and screams of the dead are commonplace. Central New Jersey is a cauldron of paranormal activity! • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 80 b/w photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-3442-9 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Haunted Bordentown, New Jersey. Arlene S. Bice. History has left its imprint on Bordentown and its past has returned to us in the form of ghosts. Is the ghost of Clara Barton supervising the cleaning of her school house? Who is the crying woman in the secret room at the Quaker Meeting House on Farnsworth Avenue? And will the ghost of a man beaten to death in the Old Stone Shanty ever find peace? Discover the paranormal truths of Bordentown. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 7 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2859-6 • PB • $14.95 / £14.99 / $22.95 CAD New Jersey UFOs. Gerard J. Medvec. Discover “Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind" (human-initiated, conscious, and voluntary alien contact), hybrid relationships, near mid-air collisions with alien ships, and more from heartfelt eyewitness accounts. Read contemporary stories of UFO experiences, including implants, alien crafts, and roman- tic proposals from part-humans. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •17b/wphotos•160pp. •978-0-7643-4622-4•PB•$16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD Cape May Haunts: Elaine’s Haunted Mansion and Other Eerie Beach Tales. D. P. Roseberry with Psychic Laurie Hull. Nestled at the southern tip of New Jersey, beautiful Cape May is the perfect historical backdrop for some very ghostly haunts! Meet talkative ghosts at Elaine’s Haunted Mansion and learn the heartwarming story of a child ghost who lingers with today’s patrons. Visit a speakeasy ghost from another era at the Queen Victoria Bed and Breakfast. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 41 b/w photos•176pp. •978-0-7643-2821-3•PB•$14.95 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD New Jersey Haunts. Elias Zwillenberg. Explore legends, myths, ghost stories, and haunted locations that have kept New Jerseyans awake at night for generations. Walk the halls of Ringwood Manor, home to ancient energies for improving health and a ghost with unfinished business. Spend time at Lake Hopatcong, where a ghostly Indian chief still protects his people and may answer your call, if you beckon. From the famous Jersey Devil to the nearly- lost-to-time Paulinskill Viaduct troll, get ready for a feast for your soul. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 40 b/w photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-3532-7 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD New York: Scenes Hudson Valley History &Mystery, Volume 2. Michael Adamovic. Picking up where the first volume left off, this fascinating and spooky follow-up delves even deeper into the rich history and folklore of the Hudson River valley and Catskills. Throughout the book's 15 chapters, read- ers will learn little-known facts about heroic battles, famous individuals, mysterious creatures, paranormal happenings, and more. • 6" x 9" (152 x 229 mm) • 48 color and 4 B&W images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-6678-9 • hardcover • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD | 43