Originally entitled Playing It Smart, this work--praised by Working Mother magazine and commended by Norman Vincent Peale--is now available in a new, moderately priced paperback edition. Navarra helps youngsters (especially latchkey kids) deal with large and small problems, from what to do if a fire starts to answering the phone to dealing with injuries. Full color.

On My Own: Helping Kids Help Themselves

Children's Books

Navarra, Tova

Geography & Cultures

Demco Media

Seton Hall College opened its doors in 1856 in Madison, New Jersey, with an entire student body of five young men. Since then, it has grown to become a major Catholic university, focusing on academic excellence and ethical development. Here, in a collection including many never-beforepublished photographs, the rich history of the school is celebrated with images of the people, the events, and the campus that have defined Seton Hall over nearly 150 years. Named for St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton and founded by her nephew, the Rt. Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley, the history of Seton Hall has been a mirror of American history from its earliest days. Enrollment went down after the Civil War, and in the 1940s and early '50s, nine out of ten students were World War II veterans. During the 1960s, the school eased into coeducation and the 1970s brought important cultural growth to the campus.

Seton Hall University (Campus History)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Here is Staten Island at its liveliest. Through an outstanding selection of images coupled with an insightful narrative, this New York City borough emerges, with friends and families at play, at work, and in between. Staten Island once hosted noteworthy visitors from the Wild West, such as Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley. It served as an arena for politics and prominent political figures, including Kennedy, Rockefeller, Nixon, and Eisenhower. It was also an arena for sports of many sorts―baseball, football, tennis, bowling, racing, and hunting. Within this remarkable collection, these everyday scenes and many others come to life before our eyes, inviting us to experience moments that have been captured in time.

Staten Island, Vol. 2: A Closer Look (Images of America: New York)

Lundrigan, Margaret

Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, is still remembered fondly for the 5¢ Staten Island Ferry ride to Manhattan. The rolling hills of Staten Island greet ships as they enter the Narrows of New York Harbor and sail beneath the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. The island’s ever-evolving history dates back to days as a hunting ground of the Lenape Indian tribe. Today, it is a thriving suburban community. In this volume, the reader will explore the roots of this historic island, tour its streets, and meet some memorable Staten Islanders―Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of one of the largest fortunes in America; Governor Daniel Tompkins, who served as vice president of the United States under President Monroe; and Alice Austen, one of the pre-eminent women photographers of the nineteenth century. Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi and inventor Antonio Meucci created a legacy on the island, as did the oystermen from Snow Hill, Maryland, who founded Sandy Ground. The reader also glimpses historic charitable organizations such as Sailors’ Snug Harbor and Mount Loretto and visits the living village known as Historic Richmondtown.

Staten Island (NY) (Images of America)

When developer Abraham Levitt and his two sons conceived the idea for Levittown in 1946, they were probably unaware of the future impact of their radical concept―to build cellarless, affordable tract housing on Long Island farmland. Levittown became the prototype suburban community that has been mirrored in towns throughout America and around the world. This delightful photographic history chronicles the growth and development of Levittown as returning World War II GIs flocked to it in droves, attracted by the promise of the American Dream of becoming homeowners. Despite criticism of its “stunning conformity,” Levittown and its residents thrived as they raised families, started businesses, and created a close-knit community that exists to this day. This enchanting collection of photographs reveals the joys and struggles of Levittown’s founders and residents as they carved their niche in American history.

Levittown: The First 50 Years (Images of America)

Ferrer, Margaret Lundrigan

Levittown, the prototype for suburban housing development in America, emerged from the hands of legendary builders Abraham, William, and Alfred Levitt in 1947, in response to the housing dilemmas faced by veterans returning home after World War II. Skeptics predicted that the community would deteriorate, but Levittown soon became the model for housing developments throughout the nation. Its strategically planned neighborhoods were reproduced overseas as well, including cities in Germany, France, Spain, and Israel. Through more than 200 vintage photographs combined with a thoroughly researched text, Levittown Volume II illuminates the evolution of this close-knit community and invites readers to meet the families that contributed to its growth. This second volume of Levittown images takes us a step beyond the pre-Levitt history presented in Levittown: The First 50 Years and further explores the town’s progress to date.

Levittown: Volume II (Images of America)

Tova Navarra’s new visual history of Howell and Farmingdale presents a wealth of vintage images and carefully researched information on the area’s past. The book’s focus on the social and cultural aspects of Howell’s history is particularly appropriate, given the remarkable ethnic diversity of the region. Howell is a vibrant and unique New Jersey community whose character and heritage are lovingly conveyed by this resident author. At once rural and suburban, contemplative and yet very active, Howell is today an intriguing mixture of old and new. Age-old churches and Buddhist temples stand near a dualized highway and large department stores, and an experimental theater company flourishes in the midst of horse, chicken, and sheep farms. The development of Howell’s numerous cultural, social, commercial, and religious institutions is documented here in an interesting and informative manner.

Howell and Farmingdale: A Social and Cultural History (Images of America: New Jersey)

The twentieth century can truly be said to havebeen America’s century. As the nation reachedthe position of world leader, her towns and citieschanged at an unprecedented pace.With the approach to the millennium, the topicof change is on everyone’s mind―how ourcommunities and lifestyles have changed over thepast century, and how we can endeavor to preservethe past while facing the future in which the worldseems to change ever faster.The American Century series documents andcelebrates our most recent history―featuring imagesof faces and places which were taken within livingmemory and yet that already seem to belong to along-past era.

Staten Island in the Twentieth Century (American Century Series)

Levittown: The First 50 Years

Book by Lundrigan, Margaret, Navarra, Tova, Ferrer, Margaret Lundrigan

Ferrer, Dr. Margaret Lundrigan

Levittown Volume II (Images of America)

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On My Own: Helping Kids Help Themselves

Seton Hall University (Campus History)

Staten Island, Vol. 2: A Closer Look (Images of America: New York)

Staten Island (NY) (Images of America)

Levittown: The First 50 Years (Images of America)

Levittown: Volume II (Images of America)

Howell and Farmingdale: A Social and Cultural History (Images of America: New Jersey)

Staten Island in the Twentieth Century (American Century Series)

Levittown: The First 50 Years (Images of America)

Levittown Volume II (Images of America)