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North Castle

By: Sharon Tomback,North Castle Historical Society

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North Castle

By: Sharon Tomback,North Castle Historical Society

The town of North Castle in Westchester County is about 35 miles north of New York City and includes Armonk, Banksville and the Eastern District, and North White Plains. Home to half of the 2,145-acre Kensico Reservoir and Dam (primarily built by Italian stone masons using locally quarried stone), North Castle protects New York City's water supply, which inundates the lost Kensico Village. During the early 1920s, Route 22 became the "Gateway to the Berkshires," bringing prosperity to farm stands, restaurants, dance halls, bars, and hotels. During the late 1920s and through the 1930s, hundreds were treated to barnstorming, weekend rides, stunt flying, and parachuting at the Armonk airport. Lavish country estates at the turn of the 20th century became country clubs, housing subdivisions, and corporate parks by the beginning of the 21st century. Today, international corporations IBM and Swiss Re headquarter in town. More than 200 photographs in this book celebrate the remarkable people, places, and events that helped shape North Castle into the exceptional community it is today.

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1439659346

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9781439659342

North Castle

By: Sharon Tomback,North Castle Historical Society

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Sweet and Clean?

Bodies and Clothes in Early Modern England

By: Susan North

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Bodies and Clothes in Early Modern England

By: Susan North

How dirty were our ancestors, really? Academic history has persuaded us that everyone in the early modern era thought bathing was unhealthy, so they didn't do it. Sweet and Clean? challenges this view, using a range of fascinating evidence to tell a different story about the washing of bodies and scrubbing of clothes in early modern England.

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019885613X

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9780198856139

San Diego's North Park

By: North Park Historical Society

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San Diego's North Park

By: North Park Historical Society

Hip and historic, North Park fascinates with its commercial energy and Craftsman charm. The community has always embodied an enterprising spirit. In the 1870s, cronies of Alonzo Horton mapped neighborhoods north of Balboa Park in a patchwork of individual subdivisions. Four decades later, John Spreckelss streetcars finally brought investors, residents, and shopkeepers, creating San Diegos slice of Bungalow Heaven. Baseball great Ted Williams played on North Parks fields, and tennis star Maureen Connolly trained on its courts. The local shops served as a regional commercial center after World War II, and the Toyland Parade attracted 300,000 spectators. Although decades of decline followed the exciting 1950s, North Park is flourishing again in a renaissance initiated by the restoration of the elegant North Park Theatre in 2005. This pictorial history tells the classic story of a boom, bust, and boom.

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1439647178

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9781439647172

English Hammered Coinage. Volume 1

Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry 111 c. A.D. 600-1272

By: JJ North

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English Hammered Coinage. Volume 1

Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry 111 c. A.D. 600-1272

By: JJ North

The third revised editions of Jeffrey Norths two volume classic are newly reissued for 2018 to make them available to Spink customers for the first time in over ten years. Volume I includes hammered coins of the early Anglo Saxon, Viking, Regional Kings, Norman and Plantagenet periods up to the reign of Henry III, including 20 plates with hundreds of coin images, covering the dates c600 to 1272. Volume II covers the coinages of Edward I to Charles II from 1272-1662, the principal amendments to the third edition being in the coinages of 1279-1351 and the provincial issues of Charles 1; much new information was incorporated into the relevant sections in 2000 on the strength of important studies including the base shillings of Edward VI, the milled coinage of Elizabeth 1, the Tower shillings of Charles 1 and the mint of York of Charles 1.

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1912667312

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9781912667314

Your Basic Castle Spider

The Wall Watchers

By: Marla North

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Your Basic Castle Spider

The Wall Watchers

By: Marla North

By the late summer of 2040, environmental disasters have already taken the lives of billions. Humans are on the endangered list, along with thousands of other species. Entomologist Dr. Nora Frost of Colorado receives an odd invitation to conduct research at an ancient, dilapidated castle that had recently been renovated for the touring industry in Bavaria, Germany. Reports exist of tourists being attacked by a large spider in the castle, with deaths reoccurring. Nora is intrigued by the idea of studying a large, aggressive arachnid while the world is falling apart. Upon arriving at the German castle, Nora finds the mystery has become a nightmare for her and the other five selected biologists and entomologists. Additionally, Dr. Lillian Dixon enters the scene to assume charge, in her curt and demanding style, but she is a paleontologist. The others cannot fathom why she would be part of the team. What should be a straightforward research project turns into a mission to gain as much information as possible to survive.

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1641386487

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North Castle

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Sweet and Clean?

San Diego's North Park

San Diego's North Park

English Hammered Coinage. Volume 1

English Hammered Coinage. Volume 1

Your Basic Castle Spider

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