The Independent School Guide : For Washington D. C. and Surrounding Area (11th ed)

Coerper, Lois H.

Mersereau, Shirley W.

Education & Teaching

Washington Book Distributors

Out of print for many years, we welcome back these delightful alphabets that help the visitor to Charm City scope out the local parlance. With illustrations by Armand Beard, the colorful speech of "Balamer, Murlin" comes alive. To paraphrase the arthur, it's x-lint!

Basic Baltimorese

Travel

Gordon Beard

United States

Basic Baltimorese II: An Illustrated Guide for Getting Around in Balamer, Murlin

Beard, Gordon

From its first edition in 1958, Going Places With Children has established itself as the premier guide for families seeking to choose from the many enrichment opportunities available in the metropolitan Washington DC area. This fully updated and revised edition includes helpful website information and sections on Main Sights and Museums in Washington, D.C. and around the beltway in Maryland and Virginia, The Great Outdoors, Arts and Entertainment, Sports and Recreation, Indoor Recreation, Day Trips in the Region, Field Trips, and Annual Events for Children and Families. The Quick Guide to Special Interests allows you to focus on your child's favorite things-railroads, aquariums, swimming, airplanes and much more. For almost half a century, Going Places With Children has been helping generations of Washington area families create special memories. Have kids? Get GPWC!

Going Places with Children in Washington, DC

Kathie Meizner

Specialty Travel

This is a work of "Eco-Fiction" written by a man descended from a long line of Chesapeake Bay watermen. In it, the conflict between industry, economics, progress and sustainability rages on.

Baykeeper

Lawson, Glenn

This 100-page beautifully designed and crafted large format hardcover book, based on our award-winning exhibition, features brief essays and a historic overview of the Jewish families, businesses, congregations, neighborhoods, and communal organizations in the city and its suburbs. In print for the very first time are more than 100 images of historic documents, artifacts, and photographs, many never seen before, from the Society's collections. This book, which began as a landmark exhibition, adds depth and dimension to the story of Washington s Jewish community. Drawing on the rich community archives, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington first created an exhibition and this new book to honor the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in America. Inside, a wealth of images, many never before seen by the public, depict a Washington that is both the nation s capital and hometown to the sixth largest Jewish community in the United States. The format and title of the book take their cue from the many scrapbooks now housed in the Society s archives. These valuable objects record the unique history and its role in American Jewish life and the nation s history. These materials, and the rest of the Society s collections, form the nation s central archives for this special community.

Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community

Laura Cohen Apelbaum

One Day Celestial Navigation for Offshore Sailing

Science & Math

Brown, Otis S.

Astronomy & Space Science

. . . and you thought sharks were the only danger at the beach! 
"Terrifying Tales of the Beaches and Bays" features original eerie stories of spirits that roam the shore. 
Read about a river pilot's unusual New Year's Eve cruise, Confederate soldiers escaping from an island prison, seekers of pirate gold, fishermen stranded in the Chesapeake Bay, phantom lighthouse keepers, an unusual "Catch of the Day," Ocean City's "Trash Rat" and lots more . . . . 
It's been said that man's soul will not rest until his body is laid in the ground. If true, numerous spirits are still out and about. Read about them right here!

Terrifying Tales of the Beaches and Bays

Religion & Spirituality

OKONOWICZ, Ed

Occult & Paranormal

This book contains ghostly stories that take place along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. It is the sequel to the 2001 summer bestseller "Terrifying Tales of the Beaches and Bays." 
The true stories and fictional tales feature: a disappearing cemetery along Graveyard Gut ; "The Watcher," who keeps lookout from an oceanfront tower; "Molly on the Dunes," the ghost at the Indian River Life-Saving Station; strange events at a haunted post office; "Bigg Lizz," a murdered slave who guards Confederate treasure in an Eastern Shore of Maryland swamp; midnight scavengers on a haunted island that was the site of a Civil War prison; eerie activity in the basement of a million-dollar oceanfront home, and more . . . .

Terrifying Tales 2 of the Beaches and Bays

Take a tour of Baltimore's haunted historic sites in this book based on more than a dozen personal interviews with park rangers, graveyard workers, saloon keepers and museum curators. The book includes more than 60 photographs of graveyards, tombstones, forts, ships, haunted restaurants and historic locations. 
The book's highlights include the city's colorful history as explained through ghost tales and legends, featuring: unexplained activities at the Edgar Allan Poe House and Poe gravesite; 19th century grave robbing practices at the University of Maryland Medical College; spirits in the "catacombs" graveyard beneath Westminster Church; the "Gallows Ghost" and many other active spirits at Fort McHenry; graves and stories in Green Mount Cemetery (including the burial plot of John Wilkes Booth); sailor spirits on the USS Constellation in the Inner Harbor tourist area; several saloon ghosts and sightings in Fells Point; the Legend of "Black Aggie," an active tombstone statue; secret tunnels under Federal Hill; the story of the mysterious Phantom of O'Donnel Heights... and more. 
In addition a special 1-to-5 "tombstone rating," which was provided by the Baltimore Society for Paranormal Research, is included at the end of each chapter. These tombstone symbols indicate the level of hauntings at each of these public sites. 
To help teachers use this book in the classroom, a special teacher's guide is available separately. The book is entitled "Baltimore Ghosts and History Teacher's Guide" and was prepared by Cassandra Cogan, a middle school special education teacher in Cecil County, Md.

Baltimore Ghosts: History, Mystery, Legends and Lore

History

Americas

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