Do the ways of the Amish offer insights for others? The text offers heartfelt examples from Amish living and guidelines for modern living. Learn how these plain people build friendships, experiment with "worldly ways" and achieve without individual pride.

Amish Values: Wisdom That Works

Politics & Social Sciences

Seitz, Ruth Hoover

Seitz, Blair

Social Sciences

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Ever wonder what it was like to live in Gettysburg during the Civil War battle of 1963? Charles M. McCurdy recollected what he as a ten-year-old experienced when the North and South clashed in his hometown. 
This civilian memoir and several other first-hand accounts are surrounded by 65 fresh photos of battle relics from the Howard Wert Gettysburg Collection, an esteemed private collection.

Gettysburg: Civil War Memories (Insights (Harrisburg, Pa.).)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

150 photos 8 x 11 This extraordinary book gives a strategic plan for Pennsylvania to preserve farmland and forests, and revive our cities and neighborhoods. Winner of National Trust for Historic Preservation award. Written by Pulitzer-prize winning writer Thomas Hylton. Over 150 photographs and illustrations.

Save Our Land, Save Our Towns: A Plan for Pennsylvania

Business & Money

Hylton, Thomas

Economics

20 b/w photos 6 x 9 Master storyteller and former sportscaster, Mickey Bergstein, taps more than 50 years at Penn State to give a warm and touching insider's view of one of America's most notable universities.

Penn State Sports Stories and More

Sports & Outdoors

Paterno, Joe

Bergstein, Mickey

Miscellaneous

Photographer and writer Blair Seitz tells of transforming experiences while traveling in more than twenty countries to complete assignments. His adventures unfold in revolutionary Ethiopia, war-ravaged Sudan, camps of Rwandan refugees, post-war Laos and apartheid South Africa among other locations. He walks in the Philippine mountains with the revolutionary New Peoples Army and photographs China just after its opening to the West. A pacifist, Seitz is always looking for ways to advance peace before war breaks out. He supports the power of mediation and is impacted by the restorative justice and redemption experienced by two friends--Rwandan and Burundian--who escaped genocide but experienced the death of their own families and the destruction of their villages. When the author returns to America he sees his successful photography business falter before experiencing his own grace and redemption at a Quaker center for study and contemplation where he began writing his memoir. In his travels, Seitz learns of the depth of poverty, war and the effects of global warming. He makes himself vulnerable to deep sadness and anger--as well as joy. The photojournalist also travels to remote agricultural and health projects where he finds American volunteers working alongside nationals to improve the lives of villagers, who have often endured famine and hunger. The memoir is a lively, often emotional interaction with his family as well as the many nationals that he meets on reporting assignments. Ambitious, daring excursions in a VW bus-turned-camper to Addis Abba, Ethiopia and then to the Cape of Good Hope from his home base of Nairobi are the stuff of adventure. Seitz describes breaking out of his rural, religiously conservative Mennonite childhood when he ventures to Kenya as a student and is exposed the textures of communities of different religions and varied nationalities as well as the beautiful urban landscape of Nairobi. The reader of Turn the World Around rides a roller coaster journey of emotions as Seitz moves from one action-packed encounter to another. It is a hard book to put down.

Turn the World Around: A Photojournalist Discovers Paths to Peace Traveling a War-torn Planet

Arts & Photography

Seitz, Mr Blair

Individual Artists

Discusses the lifestyle, art, education, and business of Amish people in Lancaster County, Ohio, and Ontario

Amish Ways

This book presents the attractions, scenery and history of central Pennsylvania. Discover the quaint towns, heritage sites and productive farms along the Susquehanna River. If you appreciate the area between State College and southern Lancaster, you will treasure the essays and photos of this attractive regional book.

Susquehanna Heartland (Pennsylvania's Cultural and Natural Heritage)

History

Americas

120 photos 8 x 11 Delight in the textures, shapes, and colors of plants, rocks, wildlife, and water in Pennsylvania's public lands throughout the four seasons. This 120 page visual experience is a nature lover's nirvana. 120 color photographs by award-winning photographer, Blair Seitz.

Pennsylvania's Natural Beauty (Pennsylvania's Cultural and Natural Heritage)

Photography & Video

90 photos 8 x 11 The beauty of Pennsylvania's lakes, forests, farms, and cities, comes to life in 96 pages filled with stunning aerial photographs and descriptive text about Pennsylvania's topography. 80 photographs by award-winning photographer Blair Seitz.

Pennsylvania's Tapestry : Scenes from the Air

185 color photos 8 x 11 Northeast Pennsylvania is a land of contrasts. One of the fastest-growing areas of the state, the region is dominated by flourishing forests; yet, under the tree canopy, building of condos, lakeside homes and vacation cabins surges ahead. In all four seasons the scenic wilds attract visitors to ski, bike, canoe, and camp. In Pennsylvania's Northeast, you will enjoy the state parks, forests and gamelands, learn from the area's history, and appreciate its cities that engender the arts. With 185 color photographs by award-winning photographer Blair Seitz and nine essays by one of Pennsylvania's eminent writers, Ruth Hoover Seitz, this extraordinary book portrays the excitement and beauty of the region.

Pennsylvania's Northeast: Poconos, Endless Mountains, and Urban Centers (Pa's Cultural & Natural Heritage Series)

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