A new book, Images of America — Menomonie, by local author Ann Christy Dybvik, has recently been released. A booksigning will be held Saturday, Feb. 17, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bookends bookstore, 214 East Main St., Menomonie.

The Ohio River travels past quaint river towns, thriving cities and beautiful countryside on its 302-mile journey along Indian’s southern border.

Just in time for baseball season – “Baseball in Baton Rouge” by Michael and Janice Bielawa will be available in area bookstores January 29th.

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. - Betty Lou Hall and her daughter-in-law, Monica Jae Hall, recently wrote a book about their people, the Shasta Nation. They did it under a tight deadline and they didn't make a lot of money. But the result was worth more than they could have imagined.

"Images of America: Prineville," celebrates the history of Central Oregon's first major community. Compiled and written by Bowman Museum Assistant Director Steve Lent, the book goes on sale Monday.

REDLANDS - Take a collector of ephemera, such as postcards, and someone else who loves history, both of whom love the town in which they live. Add in the opportunity and ability to expand information on life in the early 20th century in "Our Town," and you have "Redlands," a postcard history.

Caroline Gallacci and Ron Karabaich examine the history of Tacoma’s waterfront and the Tideflats in their new book.

I first became a fan of the NBA in the early 1970s. Even though I grew up in Iowa, I adopted the Los Angeles Lakers as my team.

Learn the history of Beale Street in a new photographic history book that includes more than 200 images accompanied by detailed captions.

You’ve seen them in bookstores: row on row of handsome paperback volumes, each with a sepia photograph or contemporary and old images of the same place on the cover, along with the familiar or not-so familiar name of a neighborhood in Washington.

REDLANDS - Fred Edwards and Randy Briggs, longtime Redlands residents, will sign their new book, "Redlands - A Postcard History Series," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan, 16, at the A.K. Smiley Public Library.

Members of the Sylvania Area Historical Society and Sylvania residents Gaye E. Gindy and Trini L. Wenninger have authored a photographic tribute to preserve the Sylvania area's history in their book, “Sylvania.”

Enjoy over 200 images highlighting the colorful history of McClellanville and the St. James, Santee Parish. Local authors Susan Hoffer McMillan and Selden Baker “Bud” Hill have authored a new book dedicated to “the many individuals, living and deceased, who collected and recorded [this] history…to be treasured forever.”

Just the right book has been published for those who love skiing and history. Arcadia Publishing, which has gained fame and earned kudos for its regional history collections, has put out a 128-page pictorial review of the development of skiing in the Bay State, from the early days of the 20th century through the post-war boom, with the introduction of sophisticated ski lifts and snowmaking

In an old sun-bleached photograph from 1947, a rugged group of football players gaze admiringly at their coach who stares off frame, maybe sizing up a defense or looking for inspiration further afield. The photograph is one of over a hundred culled for the newly published history of SUNY Brockport, State University of New York at Brockport by Mary Jo Gigliotti, W. Bruce Leslie and Kenneth P. O'Brien.

I began following hockey in the mid-1980s when I was assigned to Fort Eustis, Va., not far from Norfolk. While I was there, a new team joined the East Coast Hockey League, the Hampton Roads Admirals. I was hooked instantly.

Give the Celtics credit for one thing: Their marketing people understand that all their game-presentation cacophony seems to be paying off at the box office.

One of Seattlest's favorite Christmas presents this year: Clark Humphrey's Vanishing Seattle, a new entry in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series by retro-Seattle authority Clark Humphrey. We're a Seattle transplant, ourselves, but we've been interested in Seattle history since we decided we wanted to stay here (about a week after we arrived, as we recall), and we quickly noticed that Humphrey was a consistent, articulate voice advocating for that history.

What Carol Jensen hopes is that residents of East Contra Costa County will realize the historic Byron Hot Springs was more than a place where local children learned to swim.

Kathryn Parker's family knew it was only a matter of time before she wrote a book. They didn't have too long to wait; on December 11, 2006 Parker's book became a reality.

Two new historical books have been published recently. Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Rail Series has released “Florida East Coast Railway” by the world’s foremost authority, Seth Bramson of North Miami.