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Andrew is a moderately successful TV actor living in Los Angeles. He hasn't been home to the Garden State in nine years. Even the 3,000 miles has not separated him from the domineering father Andrew left. Stunned to find himself home for his mother's funeral, "Large" finds old acquaintances around every corner, even as he does his best to avoid the inevitable confrontation with his father. By a twist of fate Large meets Sam, a girl who is everything...
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The Garden State Parkway has transformed the lives of New Jersey residents since opening in 1954. Spanning 173 miles from Cape May to the New York State line, it has fostered tourism to the Jersey Shore and given commuters an easier way to get to work. Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll had envisioned the impact a new highway could have on the state, and a large team of planners, engineers, and contractors made it happen. In 1952, the legislature created the...
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With bustling cities like Newark and Jersey City, New Jersey is best known as an economic center. Yet the Garden State boasts something for everyone. The state's pristine beaches draw visitors from all over, while the Pine Barrens yield famous Jersey sweet corn. New Jersey's emphasis on local governance inspires residents to come together to make their home great. In fact, New Jersey is a leader in education and innovation. Treat your readers to the...
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North Dakota: The Peace Garden State, is a part of the Discover America Series. North Dakota celebrates the people and culture with beautiful images and engaging facts as well as describing the history, industry, environment, and sports that make this state unique.
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New Jersey native John Holl searched from Sussex County to Cape May to find the best recipes New Jersey has to offer, and the result is this rich and unique cookbook celebrating the foods, flavors, cultures, and traditions of the Garden State. These 150 recipes include dishes featuring New Jersey's own produce - tomatoes, corn, cranberries, blueberries, apples - along with deep-fried boardwalk treats, late-night diner bites, and recipes contributed...
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During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers' Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country's shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors-many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures-were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck,...
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Attorney and true crime writer examines the unsolved 1969 murders of two female college students whose bodies were left off the Garden State Parkway.
In the early hours of May 30, 1969, the brutally stabbed bodies of two nineteen-year-old friends, Elizbeth Perry and Susan Davis, were dumped near Ocean City, New Jersey. This is the story of their case.
Among the numerous suspects author and attorney Christian Barth identifies are infamous serial killers...
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• Stories of the best known of the Garden State's cryptid population
• From the bustling cities and Down the Shore to the creepy Pine Barrens
• Research from the world's leading cryptozoologist
• Extensive section on the state's most infamous creature, the Jersey Devil
• Also includes Big Red Eye of the Great Swamp in Somerset County, Hoboken Monkey-Man, Lake Hopatcong Monster, Cape May Sea Serpent, the Wooo-wooo, and the Lizardman of...
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"The Mafia in the United States might be a shadow of its former self, but in the New York/New Jersey metro area, there are still wiseguys and wannabes working scams, extorting businesses, running gambling, selling drugs, and branching out into white collar crimes. And they are continuing a tradition that's over 100 years old. Some of the most powerful mobsters on a national level were from New Jersey, and they spread their tentacles down to Florida,...
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America's Top Dog volume 8
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With some of the most decorated doggies ever to set paw on the K9 Combine, it could be a record-breaking night.
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• Regional histories of the major railroads
• Railroad attractions
Dividing the state into regions, the author recounts the stories of the people and events that shaped the state's railroad history, explores the major phases of the industry's development, and identifies the state's rail-culture relics, steam and diesel locomotives, routes, bridges, stations, and landmarks, as well as tourist railroad lines and Rails to Trails paths.
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