This monumental book about the Philadelphia Flyers not only documents all the best moments and personalities in the history of the team, but also unmasks the regrettably awful and the unflinchingly ugly. In entertaining--and unsparing--fashion, this book sparkles with Flyers highlights and lowlights[...]

By day he is a hard-nosed, astute litigator whose expertise has earned him a stellar reputation in the Philadelphia legal community. By night he is a hedonistic social animal, who moves from bar to party to bed in an orgy of drugs and drinks. He is the Philadelphia Lawyer, and this is his outrageous[...]

Philadelphia cream cheese is one of the most versatile cooking ingredients around - perfect for a quick snack or, when you've got more time, for rustling up an impressive dinner party dish. Here are 170 magnificent recipes using Philadelphia cream cheese, with everything from nibbles and sandwiches,[...]

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociolog[...]

This fully updated and beautifully redesigned handbook is the essential guide to the encyclopedic collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Divided into four sections--Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Contemporary--the handbook features more than 500 masterpieces from the museum's world-renowned[...]

One day in 1943, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, something happened . . . Suddenly the U.S.S. Eldridge, a fully manned destroyer escort, vanished into a green fog, within seconds appeared in Norfolk, Virginia, and then reappeared in Philadelphia!For over thirty-six years officials have denied this, h[...]

New Philadelphia, Illinois was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new - and integrated - community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his fam[...]

Shibe Park was demolished in 1976, and today its site is surrounded by the devastation of North Philadelphia. Kuklick, however, vividly evokes the feelings people had about the home of the Philadelphia Athletics and later the Phillies.[...]

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Since the team's origins in 1933, the Philadelphia Eagles have provided football fans with years of star players, dramatic games, and memorable moments. Philadelphia Eagles: The Complete Illustrated History offers a look back at every Eagles season-the good and the bad-with recaps of on-field perfor[...]