Life Lessons from Philadelphia's Sports Community
Edited by Eliot Shorr-Parks
Voices from Philadelphia's athletic community on what it's like being a Philadelphian and a fan, and on what makes a community work
266 pages
| 6 x 9
Written by Brian Westbrook Sr. and Lesley Van Arsdall; Illustrated by Mr. Tom
Who would ever think that a mouse could play football?
32 pages
| 10 x 8
| 23 color illustrations, 1 halftone
The Life of Tom Gola
David Grzybowski
The first, definitive biography of La Salle basketball icon Tom Gola
208 pages
| 6 x 9
| 30 halftones
Adventures in Ephemera
Beth Kephart
Forthcoming Fall 2023 — Pre-order your copy now
336 pages
| 5.625 x 8.25
Four Decades in Posters and Photographs
Larry Magid and Robert Huber
Philadelphia's popular music scene and the concert promoters who shaped it for more than forty years
200 pages
| 10 x 12
| 250 color illustrations
Philadelphia Baseball Players Who Made the Major Leagues
Rich Westcott
Profiles of local athletes who made the big leagues
184 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 table, 66 halftones
The Autobiography of Nelson A. Díaz
Nelson A. Díaz
A lively autobiography by a community activist, judge, and public advocate who blazed a trail for Latinos in Philadelphia
280 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 19 halftones
A Life of Bert Bell
Bob Lyons
The first biography ever written about the man who some considered the greatest commissioner in the history of professional sports
352 pages
| 6 x 9
| 20 halftones
The Collected Works of the World's Slowest Sportswriter
Ray Didinger
Coming in Paperback...
Essays from Philadelphia’s most beloved sportswriter—with a new afterword by the author
394 pages
| 6 x 9
| 10 halftones
Albert M. Greenfield and the Fall of the Protestant Establishment
Dan Rottenberg
The remarkable life of Albert M. Greenfield, a Jewish immigrant whose business empire helped shape Philadelphia and the United States in the twentieth century
384 pages
| 6 x 9
| 12 halftones
Susan Korman
A primer on the City of Brotherly Love, illustrated by the children of Philadelphia, for the children of Philadelphia
64 pages
| 10 x 8
| 54 color illustrations
A History of the Big 5
Robert S. Lyons
A history of the most famous rivalries in college basketball, fought out in the shrine to the game
240 pages
| 8.375 x 10.875
| 119 halftones
A Border Kidnapping
Lucy Maddox
The remarkable story of an 1850s kidnapping of two free black girls in rural Pennsylvania after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
256 pages
| 6.125 x 9
| 5 halftones, 1 map
William Ecenbarger
An engrossing compendium of stories on the people, places, and events that make Pennsylvania unique. Well told.
248 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
A History of Rittenhouse Square
Nancy M. Heinzen
A history of America’s best-used public space
224 pages
| 8 x 8
| 48 halftones, 3 maps
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