Crosley: A Very Fine Car is an in-depth illustrated history of America’s first compact car, from its beginnings as a rough, back-of-the-napkin sketch in 1937, to its life beyond production and into the 21st Century. The Crosley introduced such revolutionary innovations as disc brakes, the first SU...

This book is covers the story of the Crosley production cars and the successful Crosley powered racing specials from their inception in 1939 up to the early Sixties. Told through a portfolio of contemporary reports featuring road tests, technical and specification data, model introductions and drive...

The Farm-O-Road is a Jeep like vehicle produced by Crosley Motors, during the 1950s. Marketed to U.S. farmers as the vehicle that could do "big jobs on small farms and small jobs on large farms" The Do Everything Vehicle....

This book covers the Crosley Hotshot 1949-1952 and the Super Sport 1950-1952. Includes the Crosmobile, the Skorpion and other custom models, plus Hotshot racing. From concept to production. Lot's of detail, large B&W photos, interesting information. A handy reference guide....

April 11, 1912, marked a new era in the history of the Cincinnati Reds. On that day the team inaugurated the season by playing its first game at Redland Field, which was renamed Crosley Field in 1934 in honor of the team’s owner, Powel Crosley. The new steel and concrete ballpark was located at th...

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The hilarious New York Times bestselling literary essay collection from Sloane Crosley, the author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake and The Clasp . Sloane Crosley, the brilliantly funny "fountain of observations" ( Boston Globe ), now takes readers from a bear-infested wedding in Alaska to a ru...

The hilarious New York Times bestseller from the author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake . Sloane Crosley, the brilliantly funny "fountain of observations" ( Boston Globe ), now takes readers from a bear-infested wedding in Alaska to a run-in with clowns in Portugal in a new collection of essays...

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new while traveling? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is just for you.Greater Than A Tourist by Ericka Crosley offers the inside scope on Bethesda, Mary...

This book covers the author's flying career from the finish of World War II until his final appointment as CO of the Naval Test Squadron at Boscombe Down. Having had an outstanding wartime record 'Mike' Crosley became heavily involved with the introduction of Britain's first carrier-borne jet aircra...

Dorothy Parker’s complete weekly New Yorker column about books and people and the rigors of reviewing. When, in 1927, Dorothy Parker became a book critic for the New Yorker , she was already a legendary wit, a much-quoted member of the Algonquin Round Table, and an arbiter of literary taste. In...

A definitive, exquisite collection of stories exploring class, relationships, and the beauty and banality of ordinary life by an underappreciated master of the form, with an introduction by bestselling novelist and essayist Sloane Crosley. "I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ev...

“I honestly loved this book.” —Jim Norton, New York Times bestselling author of I Hate Your Guts “Eleanor taught Noelle that, first and foremost, Courage Takes Practice. Her yearlong quest to face her terrors, great and small, is moving, enriching, and hilarious—we readers are lucky to ...

Cincinnati Reds historian Greg Rhodes follows the Reds—and Redlegs—through two rollercoaster decades in this entertaining history. The book recaps highlights from each season, but more importantly tells the stories of the players, managers, and club executives who shaped these decades. Hundreds ...

In this ultimate resource guide for true fans of baseball’s first professional team, author Joel Luckhaupt has collected every essential piece of Cincinnati Reds trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranked them from one to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans...

On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders is an absorbing chronicle of the inventive, individualistic, and often cantankerous individuals who set the Internet free. Michael A. Banks describes how the online population created a new culture and turned a new frontie...

Evade the Tourist Herds and Enter Into An Insider’s Cincinnati. Renowned and unknown history, hidden delights and fascinating stories pervade the history of southwestern Ohio and Cincinnati. This kaleidoscope of discovery, architecture, personalities, egos, scandals, conflict, are surrounded by s...

B efore there was Glee or American Idol, there was Stagedoor Manor, a theater camp in the Catskills where big-time Hollywood casting directors came to find the next generation of stars. It’s where Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, Mandy Moore, Lea Michele, and many others got th...

The Big Red Machine dominated major league baseball in the 1970s, but the Cincinnati franchise began its climb to that pinnacle in 1961, when an unlikely collection of cast-offs and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League pennant. Led by revered manager Fred Hutchinson, th...

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field, making the Best American series the most resp...