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
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
384 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
His Best Writing on the Sixers, the Dream Team, and Beyond
Edited by Andy Jasner
Three decades of reporting by renowned Philadelphia Hall of Fame sportswriter Phil Jasner
264 pages
| 6 x 9
| 13 halftones
Neighborhoods, Division, and Conflict in a Post-Industrial City
Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh, Ira Goldstein, Nancy Kleniewski, and William Yancey
The city's history told on its own terms
224 pages
| 6 x 9
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