Turner imprint: 526 books

A fascinating agricultural resource, Kentucky's Historic Farms: 200 Years of Kentucky Agriculture showcases some of the most grand historic farmlands in the country, with roots as far back as two centuries. Written by Thomas Dionysius Clark, this collector’s edition includes photographs, bibliographical references, and an index.

HEARTS OF IRON is the epic true story of a little-known but significant part of the Korean War, told by the brave men of the Flame Platoon, First Tank Battalion, First Marine Division. This book shares the honest, personal accounts of combat, fear, death, and survival of these comrades of the Forgotten...

Surviving Hell is a harrowing account of Lieutenant Colonel William Miner, taken prisoner for 39 months after his unit surrendered to the Japanese on the island of Cebu, Philippines, during World War II. Despite losing every friend in his unit and suffering from torture and deprivation that would...

Papier-mâché tigers, riots on the field, Chinese bandits, tailgating before a trip to the stadium nicknamed “Death Valley”—all these things and more describe the events, places, and people associated with over 100 years of football at Louisiana State University. From its beginnings in 1893...

A printed summary of the twelve destroyers of the Allen M. Sumner class, all completed as light minelayers during 1944. The author served on Thomas E Fraser (DM-24), attached to Mine Division Seven and present at Okinawa and Iwo Jima; her war service is described in some detail. The other eleven vessels...

USS Columbus (CA-74/CG-12/SSN-762); (From the Preface) “Much of the information in these articles was obtained from government reports submitted to the Navy by the captains of the CA-74 and CG-12 as required by Navy Department regulations.”

The Early History of Tennessee: From Frontier to Statehood by John Whitfield features detailed accounts of the state’s formation, contributing citizens, land and agriculture, the state’s greater roles in the nation, and much more. A perfect resource for Tennesseans, scholars, students, and history buffs alike.

This book starts the reader on a journey through time, with a short history of folding knives, leading to the evolution of the first switchblade. Progressing through time, wonderful photos illustrate the descriptions of switchblades. Throughout the book, highlighted sections showcase specific details...

Two letters of the alphabet are all that are needed to say the name of America’s second-largest city: L.A. Historic Photos of Los Angeles captures the historical essence of this rapidly moving, fast-growing, everchanging Pacific Coast city. Perhaps only New York can rank with Los Angeles in numbers...

Join motorcycle enthusiast, writer, and journeyman machinist Bob Tyson as he highlights vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Harley Davidson Memories: The Golden Age of Motorcycling. Born into a family rich in Harley-Davidson history, Tyson tells their stories as well as others’ accounts and adventures...

From the original founding fathers of Juneau, Kilbourn and Walker to becoming the brewing capitol of the world, Historic Photos of Milwaukee is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee...

(From the Prelude) “Louisville’s baseball heritage is wondrous and immense. Its first boxscore (under the rules of Hall–of–Famer Alexander Cartwright, the true father of baseball who some 150 years ago promulgated the basic rules the game still uses today) dates to 1858. It played against...

Las Vegas is a Spanish word meaning The Meadows or The Grasslands was established as a railroad town in 1905 and was officially incorporated in 1911. It is the largest city in the United States founded in the 20th century and goes by the two different nicknames of ?The Entertainment Capital of the...

(from the original jacket) Palisades Park is a summer community of 200 cottages scattered throughout the dunes and along the shore of Lake Michigan, seven miles south of South Haven, MI. Since "the place we call Palisades Park" has encompassed a long and interesting story of its own, the...