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Ghosts, Legends, and Lore of Hampton Roads. Cecilia Petretto. Chill to accounts describing odd happen- ings and ghost sightings by residents, employees, and paranormal teams as they experience haunted houses, ghost tours, and just plain creepiness. Find a paranormal group to join in the area and see ghostly research, photos, and a special introduction to the world of ghosts. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 60 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3426-9 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Haunted Alexandria & Northern Virginia. J. J. Smith. Tour of some of the most well-known haunts in the region, including Gadsby’s Tavern, where a strange couple left a mystery behind; the Carlyle House, where a jealous female ghost resides; and Woodlawn Plantation, where the ghosts of slaves still work. From ghostly strangers and nightmares, to body parts found in unknowing residents’ homes, you’ll find them in Haunted Alexandria. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •24b/wphotos•128pp. •978-0-7643-3258-6•PB•$14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Diplomatic Gardens of Washington. Pho- tography by Ann Stevens. Text by Giles Kelly. An exclusive look behind the embassy walls of Washington, DC, and the gardens found there. Included are the residences at the embassies of Australia, Great Britain, Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea, Norway, and Sweden. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 168 color images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-3978-3 • HC • $34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Gary Anthes. A photographic journey along the 184- mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, from the streets of Georgetown to the railway depot at the canal’s western terminus. More than 100 beautiful photos offer stunning views of the resolute houses, locks, and aqueducts left behind by the men and women who kept the canal boats flow- ing one hundred years ago. • 11 3/4" x 15" (298 x 381mm) • 110 color images, 2maps • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-4310-0 • HC • $45.00 / £42.99 / 68.00 CAD Potomac Pathway: A Nature Guide to the C & O Canal. Napier Shelton. From Georgetown to Harpers Ferry, through Hancock, to Cumberland, an intimate, mile-by-mile look at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Na- tional Historical Park. This guide describes in detail the plants and animals, forests, geology, and environmental issues of this towpath trail. With three maps and 82 pictures, learn about nature along its entire 184 miles. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •82 images and threemaps •160pp. • 978-0-7643-3798-7 • PB • $19.99 / £19.99 / 29.99 CAD 100 Artists of Washington, D.C. F. Lennox Campello. Award-winning artist and prominent critic and commentator, F. Lennox Campello, has compiled more than 600 works by 100 contemporary established and emerging artists in the Washington, DC, capital region. A primer for both the savvy art collector and the beginning collector. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 735+images•224pp.•978-0-7643-3778-9•HC•$50.00 / £47.99 / 75 CAD Washington, D.C.: Ghosts, Legends, and Lore. E. Ashley Rooney and Betsy Johnston. Washington, DC, is a city that commemorates the history of the United States; it is also quite haunted. Visit angry ghosts, Christopher and Rachel, at the Olde Stone House, their dreams foiled by death. Consider the legend of a demon cat at the Capitol Building and White House that may foretell disaster. Many more stories! • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) •23 b/wphotos •256 pp. •978-0-7643-2961-6•PB• $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Assateague. 2nd Edition. William H. Wroten. The northernmost island of a chain from Delaware to Cape Charles, Virginia. Includes its discovery, early inhabitants, settlement, recreational facilities, and natural history, including its famous ponies of unknown origin which have roamed there since the late seventeenth century. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 37 b/w illustrations & 2maps • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3821-2 • PB • $4.99 / £4.99 / 7.99 CAD Policing the Paranormal: The Haunting of Virginia’s State Capitol Complex. Paul Hope. The Commonwealth of Virginia has witnessed some of the most dramatic events of US history and is known to be rich with haunted locations and paranormal activity. Unlock the secrets of Virginia’s haunted Capitol Square. Learn from police officers and other credible witnesses the exciting and sometimes terrifying paranormal ac- tivity that frequently haunts the rooms and corridors of several of downtown Richmond’s most historic locations. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 26 b/wphotos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-4320-9 • PB • $16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD Inspired by the Nation's Capital: A Fiber Art Souvenir of Washington, DC. Donna Marcinkow- ski DeSoto, foreword by John Kelly. A unique travelogue celebrating our nation through art quilts! • 6" x 8" (152 x 203 mm) • 104 color images • 216 pp. • 978-0-7643- 6324-5 • HC • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Washington, DC: Scenes Washington, DC: Arts & Crafts Washington, DC: Stories, Lore & History West Virginia: Mountain Air. Lucian Niemeyer. More than 160 beautiful color photos take readers across West Virginia, from rolling countryside and scenic farms to small towns and big cities. View the architectural treasures and simple country mills, mountain expanses, and riverfront vistas. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 168 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-3607-2 • HC • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Morgantown Glass: From Depression Glass Through the 1960s. Jeffrey B. Snyder. A fascinating compendium of the hand made, mold-blown glassware produced in Morgantown, West Virginia, displayed in more than 860 color photographs. The striking colors, etchings, cuttings, and cased filament stems make Morgantown glass distinctive and appealing. Descrip- tions of specific techniques are given by employees. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 860+ photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-0504-7 • HC • $29.95 / £28.99 / 45.00 CAD West Virginia Glass Between the World Wars. Dean Six. Over twenty West Virginia glass companies, including Alley™, Beaumont™, Fenton™, Fostoria™, Monongah™, Morgantown™, Seneca Glass™, and West Virginia Glass Specialty™ are featured. More than 500 color photographs display items produced from the 1920s through the 1940s. Advertisements, individual essays about each company, and current values. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 504 photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-1546-6 • HC • $29.95 / £28.99 / 45 CAD West Virginia’s Dark Tourism. Tony Urban. Explore West Virginia’s dark side, including haunt- ed houses and cemeteries, alien sightings, back- woods monsters, and more. An oddball travelogue featuring more than 100 color photos from more than 60 of West Virginia’s strangest sites, the book explores serial killer homes, cursed prisons and hospitals, snake handling churches, and a plethora of strangeness from all across the state. • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 101 color photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643- 5007-8 • HC • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Strange West Virginia Monsters. Michael Newton. Examines reports of unidentified and misplaced creatures throughout the Mountain State, including Bigfoot and Mothman, giant birds and snakes, huge human re- mains—“Dogman” and “Sheepsquatch”—and known animals alien to North America. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 82 b/w and color photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-4946-1 • PB • $16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD Coastal Garden Plants: Florida to Virginia. Roy Heizer. Photography by Nancy Heizer. Learn the history, folklore, and ethno-botany of 131 of America’s coastal plants from Florida to Virginia. The plants are arranged in alphabetical order by botanical name with a common name cross reference guide for easy use. More than 230 full-color photographs make plant identification easy and accurate. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 243 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-4181-6 • PB • $24.99 / £23.99 / $36.99 CAD Contemporary Southern Homes. E. Ashley Rooney, with Foreword by Carl Abbott. The South is known for its preserved mansions, but many more beautiful twenty-first-century houses preserve that same sense of ambiance. From Virginia to Arkansas, Southern design professionals’ work features expansive, open floor plans, walls of glass, and the use of indigenous materials. The architects’ diverse backgrounds and design philosophies are shaping the South. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) • 424 color photos•144pp. •978-0-7643-4682-8•HC•$60.00 / £57.99 / 90 CAD A People and Their Quilts. John Rice Irwin. Interviews with hundreds of old-time quilters, some over one hundred years old, present a fresh oral history of the subject. Emphasis is placed on quilts and quilters in the Southern Appalachian region, but quilts from through- out America are included. • 9’’ x 12’’ (228 x 304 mm) • 239 photos & color plates • 214 pp. • 978-0-916838-87-4 • HC • $45.00 / £42.99 / 68.00 CAD West Virginia: Scenes West Virginia: Arts & Crafts West Virginia: Stories, Lore & History The South: Scenes Ghosts! Washington Revisited: The Ghostlore of the Nation’s Capital. John Alexander. A collection of tales and images of famous personalities who revisit the Virginia, Maryland, and district buildings and homes. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 180+ b/w illus.•128pp.•978-0-7643-0653-2•PB•$14.95 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Jammin' through the South: Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas. Daniel Seddiqui. Traveler extraordinaire Daniel Seddiqui's guid- ed, immersive journey through the American South reveals the region's pivotal influence on music through hands-on, experience-based activities that build lasting connections and travel memories. • 5" x 7" (127 x 177mm) • 63 color images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-6748-9 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD When the Spirit Speaks: Self-Taught Art of the South. Margaret Day Allen. This book introduces the reader to 32 self-taught artists in the southeastern United States, some who are known by collectors and scholars and some who are emerging. Their stories of perseverance, struggle, and triumph illustrate the strength of the creative impulse. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 200 photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-4731-3 • HC • $34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD The South: Arts & Crafts VIRGINIA • WASHINGTON, DC • WEST VIRGINIA • THE SOUTH | 53