A CITY SEEN

Hard cover 179 pages. Essay by John Szarkowski, Photos from The George Gund Foundation Collection

Cleveland families and neighborhoods, its public schoolchildren, its workers, the Cuyahoga River, and Lake Erie are among the compelling subjects of 148 photographs by 12 of our era's greatest photographers. The artists- M. Book, L. Conner, J. Joy Ross, D. Bey, L. Butler, L. Friedlander, G. Conniff, F. Gohlke, L. Fink, D. Lucak, N. Nixon, and B. Bosworth- were given free reign to approach their projects as they saw fit.

CLEVELAND AMUSEMENT PARK MEMORIES

Soft cover 128 pages. David & Diane Francis

A Nostalgic Look Back at Euclid Beach Park, Puritas Springs Park, Geauga Lake Park and other classic parks.

CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHY--CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

490 Pages, Soft Cover. Tom E. Hinston

This book provides the first opportunity to grasp the totality and quality of the museum's photography holdings. The book catalogues each of the some 1,850 works in the collection, illustrates about 1,100 of them, and singles outs a small group of representative masterpieces for more extensive treatment in the historical introduction.

FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

CLEVELAND: A PORTRAIT OF THE CITY

96 Pages, Hard Cover. Jonathan Wayne

Over 100 photographs- including Jacobs Field, the Rock Hall, the Great Lakes Science Center, the new Browns, the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Hershey Children’s Garden, Cleveland Orchestra performing at Severance Hall and others.

CLEVELAND ARCHITECTURE 1876-1976

268 Pages, Soft Cover. Eric Johannesen

OUR BEST SELLING BOOK! It has a great index to locate the specific building, century to century, or it can be read cover to cover. It has unique black and white photos on every page.

CLEVELAND FOOD MEMORIES

112 Pages, Soft Cover. Gail Ghetia Bellamy

The fondest memories of fellow Clevelanders who all share an ache for treats from the past. There were Frostees in Higbees basement. Popcorn balls at Euclid Beach. Burgers at Manners or Mawby’s or Kenny King’s. Entertainment-filled nights at Alpine Village. Mustard at old Municipal Stadium . . . and so much more!

ONE OF OUR BEST SELLERS!

CLEVELAND SPORTS LEGENDS: THE 20 MOST GLORIOUS & GUT-WRENCHING MOMENTS OF ALL TIME

320 Pages, Hard Cover. Bob Dyer

These are the moments Northeast Ohioans still talk about, years and even decades later. And will probably continue to debate, bemoan, and otherwise cherish for generations to come. The twenty lively stories told in this book recount the most memorable, the most sensational events in Cleveland sports history.

 CLEVELAND STADIUM: THE LAST CHAPTER

135 Pages, Soft Cover.  James A. Toman and Gregory G. Deegan
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First came baseball. Then came football. There was even an occasional soccer ball. Finally, however, there came the wrecking ball, and Cleveland Municipal Stadium disappeared from the scene. Over 100 photos.

CLEVELAND TRANSIT THROUGH THE YEARS

48 Pages, Soft Cover. Blain S. Hays and James A. Toman

A nice photographic record of Cleveland's public transportation history.

CLEVELAND: VILLAGE TO METROPOLIS

166 Pages, Soft Cover. Edmund H. Chapman

A case study of problems of urban development in 19th century America. An insightful review of the growth and development of Cleveland from 1796-1875 through a careful examination of both written and visual sources. Over 80 black & white photos and maps.

CLEVELAND'S TOWERING TREASURE; A LANDMARK TURNS 75

145 Pages, Soft Cover. James A. Toman and Daniel J. Cook

As the Terminal Tower complex celebrates its diamond anniversary, it remains the city's symbols and its most famous landmark. Its stone and steel remind all Greater Clevelanders of their city's proud past. Its 75-year history illuminates a path to a future bright with promise. Features over 150 black and white photos.

DEATH RIDE AT EUCLID BEACH AND MORE TALES OF CRIME & DISASTER FROM CLEVELAND'S PAST

145 Pages, Soft Cover. James A. Toman and Daniel J. Cook

As the Terminal Tower complex celebrates its diamond anniversary, it remains the city's symbols and its most famous landmark. Its stone and steel remind all Greater Clevelanders of their city's proud past. Its 75-year history illuminates a path to a future bright with promise. Features over 150 black and white photos.

EUCLID AVENUE

107 Pages, Soft Cover. Richard E. Karberg and James A. Toman

Recalls the glory days of Euclid Avenue shopping. It features the stores and restaurants in which they felt would be remembered by most, and seemed to to be of greater significance for the city and its social and cultural development. Many black and white photos.

 FALSE START

320 Pages, Hard Cover. Terry Pluto

When the new Cleveland Browns took the field in 1999, legions of loyal fans (heartsick, abandoned, and disgusted at the loss of their team in 1995) they were ready to forgive the past and embrace the future. A new owner, a new team, a new stadium. They just wanted their Browns back, but they didn’t get what they bargained for.

208 Pages, Soft Cover. Vicki Blum Vigil

This book combines practical how-to (and where-to) instructions with inspirational family history success stories.

265 Pages, Soft Cover, Fits in a pocket. American Institute of Architects- Cleveland Chapter

Features the various architectural archives, both historic and contemporary, relevant to the exciting and evolving story of architecture in the dynamic city of Cleveland.

301 Pages, Hard Cover. Jan Pankuch

Features the history of one of America's largest Slovak immigrant communities. It provides valuable insight into the process of immigrant community formation and into the relationships between European ethnic groups in a major American industrial city.

IDENTITY, CONFLICT & COOPERATION: CENTRAL EUROPEANS IN CLEVELAND, 1850-1930

365 Pages, Soft Cover. David C. Hammick, Diane L. Grabowskki, & John J. Grabowski

In 1989 a group of scholars from Europe and the United States came to Cleveland, Ohio, to undertake an intensive study of the history of six immigrant communities in that city. Those six groups, Croations, Czechs, Hungarians, Poles, Slovaks, and Slovenes, had a substantial presence inthe city during the early years of the twentieth century and were pivitol to its industrial economy. This book details the findings of their research and shows how these ethnic groups really impacted Cleveland's growth.

 

216 Pages, Soft Cover. Neil Zurcher

Ohio’s a bland and ordinary Midwestern state, right? Ha! You must never get off the highway. The Buckeye State has no shortage of strange, silly, goofy, quirky, eccentric, and just plain weird people, places, and thing’s if you know where to look.

190 Pages, Soft Cover. Michael FitzGerald

For Picasso, the artist's studio was the center of the world, the crossroads of all that was occurring in his life and in contemporary society. His paintings of the studio range across every aspect of his art, from portraits of himself, his friends, lovers, and children, to commentaries on political events, evocations of great artists, and allegories of creativity itself. Over 100 pictures.

304 Pages, Soft Cover. John Stark Bellamy II

Cleveland’s crime and disaster expert returns with 25 more short true tales of woe from local history.  75 spine-chilling black-and-white photographs accompany the text.

136 Pages, Hard Cover. Gregory G. Deegan and James A. Toman

A journey through Public Square and to what happened on it and around it, including the architectural developments and some of the numerous events. It takes readers on a trip to a forgotten past and through the changes that have brought about a dynamic present. Over 140 photos and illustrations.

304 Pages, Soft Cover. John Stark Bellamy II

Gruesome, horrible, tragic, and despicable”but true”tales from Cleveland’s history.

304 Pages, Soft Cover. John Stark Bellamy II

Incredible but true stories of Cleveland crimes and disasters such as Martha Wise, the Merry Widow of Medina, who poisoned a dozen relatives with arsenic because she enjoyed going to funerals; Cleveland Safety Director Elliot Ness and his nemesis, the "Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run"; and many other local heroes and villains.

248 Pages, Soft Cover. John Stark Bellamy II

The foulest crimes and worst disasters in Cleveland history. From the 1916 waterworks collapse to the Cleveland Clinic fire to the sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial.

320 Pages, Soft Cover. Terry Pluto

The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship. Includes interviews with the players, including Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Frank Ryan.