Oregon native David Pinyerd will be in Bandon this weekend to sign and discuss his latest book, “Lighthouses and Life-Saving on the Oregon Coast.”

Patrick County has 483 square miles, virtually all of which are covered by a new book celebrating the area's history through a collection of vintage photographs.

Arcadia Publishing prints many books about cities, towns, counties, etc. all over the country. Here in our area we are very fortunate to have several authors of Arcadia books that are about interesting places in our region.

“Mission Beach,” the latest picture book on a San Diego neighborhood from Arcadia Publishing, takes in J.M. Asher Jr.'s women-and-children-only swimming pool from 1914, John D. Spreckels' 1926 Mission Beach Amusement Center (today's Belmont Park), surfers, lifeguards, Over-the-Line tournaments and a spectacular storm in 1939 that crashed over the sea wall and flooded the community.

For much of the 20th century, New Glarus has been promoting itself as Wisconsin's Little Switzerland. But things were very different when it was founded in the mid-19th century by Swiss immigrants who wanted nothing more than to blend inconspicuously into American society.

Susan McMillan offers a visual history of Myrtle Beach in "Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand" (Arcadia Publishing, $19.99).

A new book, dedicated "to those who have endured the rigors of serving at Mountain Home," traces the history of the Air Force base from 1942 to 2007, mainly in well-captioned photographs.

Mansfield by Timothy Brian McKee (Arcadia, 128 pp., $19.99 paper) is actually much more than a collection of old photographs, though it certainly is that. McKee gives a bit of the history behind each scene in lively and witty prose.

Santa's Village, a recent entry into the Images of America series, was written by Crescent City, resident Phillip L. Wenz. It is a nostalgic look back at the former Santa-theme amusement park that was located in Dundee. Wenz, the resident Santa there from 1985 until the park closed after the 2005 season, has amassed an impressive collection of photos and memorabilia from the now defunct park.

Longtime residents of Dayton packed city hall Wednesday to see pictures of their parents, grandparents or younger selves in a published book.

MARENGO – A nine-month project undertaken by the Marengo Society for Historic Preservation has yielded a pictorial account of city’s early days.

Balboa Park, full of elaborately decorated buildings and lush gardens, is not all that visitors see.

Thought the preservation of history often falls on the shoulders of curators and archivists, sometimes pieces of the past are saved though serendipitous events.

The latest gifts to Monterey County's rich supply of local history have been released by Arcadia Publishing.

Kimberly Jacobson never really liked studying history in high school. But while researching her family's background, she learned history could be pretty interesting.

A life-long resident of Grayslake, Charlotte Renehan is a bit of a know-it-all when it comes to the village. But only in the best sense of the term.

Tacoma resident Darlyne A. Reiter celebrates the history of the southern section of the city in her new book “South Tacoma.”

WEST DUNDEE – Santa’s Village of East Dundee might be gone, but Phil Wenz isn’t letting the memory of it fade away.

Huntington, WV (HNN) --Local author Bob Withers will discuss and sign copies of his new book, "The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia," Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Downtown Depot, 401 Ninth Street Plaza. The book is one of the newest additions to Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Rail series.

Los Gatos Library Director Peggy Conaway has written a third book about our town's history. Los Gatos Generations chronicles the many fascinating characters who gave life to our town over its first 100 years. The 128-page book is filled with black-and-white photographs and will retail for $19.99 when it is released 10/15.

MINOOKA -- Teacher David Belden and his students have already published one book and are working on the second.

Plants, animals and insects aren't the only things native to Delaware. The case can be made that farming, too, is native to the First State. Agriculture was, after all, the earliest industry in Delaware, and it remains an important industry today.

Folks who stopped by the Pinal County Historical Society Museum on Sept. 29 to purchase a copy of "Florence" couldn't wait to start looking at the photos, and let the memories come flooding back.

"Gold was the lure, but land was the anchor," proclaims author Meg Rogers, on the immigration of the Portuguese into California. Working as a contributing editor of "Images in America: Alviso," Rogers became intrigued by the number of Portuguese references

Racine's shoreline is not often thought of as gales of November territory but a great lake is a great lake in all its moods and madness, so a lighthouse is always in order. For more than 125 years the Wind Point Lighthouse has not only graced the Racine shoreline but also managed to become one of its best known features, all of which justifies the newly published "Wind Point Lighthouse" illustrated history, part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series.

As Milwaukee County's parks turn 100, they are at a crossroads. The so-called "green necklace" that loops the county is universally acknowledged as a regional gem, but with funds for the parks dwindling, it's not hard to see signs of decay.

As an editor and English teacher, Joan Wheal Blank said she has always admired and enjoyed the work done by authors.

Taking a look into a region’s past can be as important as looking toward the future.

The resources of the university archives and a new way to look at our local history combined to give Jean Kiesel the idea for a fun and informative history of Lafayette.

The title on the cover looks like Then and Now: Wilmington, but Susan Taylor Block says she didn't mean to trespass on the title of Andy Koeppel's 1999 book, Wilmington: Then and Now.

She is an entertainment attorney with an internationally known clientele as well as CEO of Portia Entertainment Group LLC, a legal and business firm for music, film and literary clients.

A new book containing more than 200 images tracing the history of Foss Maritime Company from its roots in 1889 is now on sale at a number of stores in the Seattle-Tacoma area and on the Internet.