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Murder on Federal Street: Tyrone Everett, the Black Mafia, Fixed Fights, and the Last Golden Age of Philadelphia Boxing

$22.99 USD
Spooky Pennsylvania: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

$17.95 USD
Killers of the Flower Moon
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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

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Lady Killers

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Witches of Pennsylvania
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The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

$24.95 USD
Men to Avoid in Art and Life

$16.95 USD
A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches: Steaks, Hoagies, Iconic Eateries & More

$24.99 USD
Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

$16.95 USD
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
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Museum Bums: A Cheeky Look at Butts in Art

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That Very Witch
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On Tyranny
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Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor
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Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
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The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
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The Wager

$21.00 USD
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

$19.00 USD
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

$19.00 USD
When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice

$16.99 USD
The Fire Next Time
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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Grave Dealings: Body Snatching in Philadelphia, 1762-1883

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Empire of Pain
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Calling the Spirits
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The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
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Underground Philadelphia: From Caves and Canals to Tunnels and Transit
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Bad Gays
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Dark History of Penn's Woods II
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Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West
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A Short History of Queer Women
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The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
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Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror
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Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
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Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: Deep Roots, Continuing Legacy
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Mythos: The Illustrated Edition (Stephen Fry's Greek Myths)
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
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books we're excited for

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Hilo Book 12: Attack of the Hungry Monsters: (A Graphic Novel)

My Book of Days: A Memoir in Moments

Before I Disappear

A Destiny So Cruel (Fate So Cold #2)

On the Calculation of Volume (Book V)

Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time (Dog Man #15)

Take My Word for It: A Memoir

My Pressures: The Bizarrely True Story of Andy Serkis

Milkteeth

Dungeon Crawler Carl: Deluxe Edition (Special)

A Court of Forgotten Melody (Court of Thorns and Roses #7)

Murmuration

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Cat Tarot: 78 Cards & Guidebook

The Oracle of Forgotten Witches

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The Tarot Trials

Tattoo Tarot: Ink & Intuition

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