Philadelphia

More Than a Game

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

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The Mouse Who Played Football

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

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Mr. All-Around

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

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My Life in Paper

Adventures in Ephemera

Beth Kephart

Forthcoming Fall 2023 — Pre-order your copy now

336 pages | 5.625 x 8.25

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My Soul's Been Psychedelicized Electric Factory

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

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Native Sons

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

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Not from Here, Not from There/No Soy de Aquí ni de Allá

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

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On Any Given Sunday

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

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One Last Read

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

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The Outsider

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

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P is for Philadelphia

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

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Palestra Pandemonium

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

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The Parker Sisters

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

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Pennsylvania Stories—Well Told

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

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The Perfect Square

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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