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A dramatic historical novel of escape during occupation and wartime and of starting life over in a new country. Escape ’56 is a novel based on the life of young Elizabeth Molnár (the author’s mother) and her family as they lived through the harrowing days of the Hungarian Revolution. The book recounts the story of the inspiring student-led uprising and the shocking Soviet invasion that followed, leading to Elizabeth’s perilous nighttime escape from Hungary through the border woods in November, 1956. Weaving historical fact with the accounts of his relatives’ dramatic experiences, Panchyk’s cinematic, fictional narrative feels both personal and universal. When the Hungarian Revolution failed, more than 200,0000 Hungarians (two percent of the population) fled the country, fearing for their lives and an even more oppressive regime than they’d already endured. Elizabeth’s adventure continues, first as a refugee in Austria, and then in the United States where she and her family start a new life with little money, few possessions, and almost no understanding of English. Escape ’56 is a gripping novel, filled with historical detail and incorporating recollections from the author’s mother, aunt, and grandmother.

Midtown and Uptown Manhattan Aerials Through Time captures more than 100 years of New York City's evolution in detailed aerial views, many of which have never been published before. Ranging from a few hundred feet to over 20,000 feet in altitude, these images depict the continuing growth and evolution of the city above 14th Street. The book chronicles the rise of the some of the city's tallest and most iconic skyscrapers and captures the changing nature of the East River and Hudson River waterfronts. Join author Richard Panchyk on a breathtaking flight through time for incredible views of the city.

Agricultural fairs have played an important economic and cultural role in our nation's growth, and nowhere is this more evident than in New York, where the Mineola Fair began during the nineteenth century. The Mineola Fair Through Time traces the colorful history of the fair from its humble beginnings through the bustling days of the early twentieth century to the present, where it proudly continues as the annual Long Island Fair held in Old Bethpage. This book's rare vintage images and little-known facts help document the ever-popular fair as it has adapted to changing times.

Steeped in a rich maritime history dating back to the whaling era, today's Greenport is a lively, colorful village that celebrates its seafaring heritage while also embracing its newer status as a fun and trendy North Fork getaway destination. Walking along its streets, you get the sense of a place that has preserved its past without sacrificing the need for growth and change. In doing so, Greenport has become a very special and unique locale that is both quaint and modern, sweetly tranquil and yet pulsating with vibrant energy at the same time. This book celebrates Greenport's heritage in historic and contemporary images that highlight the uniqueness of this Long Island locale.

This book follows the legendary Roosevelt Field from its earliest days during the infancy of aviation through its pinnacle in the 1920s and 30s, to its decline in the 1940s and its rebirth as a massive shopping center. From pioneering pilots to World War I army aviators in training, to the record-setting Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis, this book offers a fascinating chronological visual history of America's Premier Airport, located on Long Island's Hempstead Plains. Illustrated with many rare, never-before-seen photographs, this book chronicles one of New York's most historic places.

Garden City: Pictures From a Pandemic documents life in one of Long Island's most popular destinations between February and July of 2020, capturing its dramatic transformation from a shut-down ghost town back to a thriving (but forever changed) locale in more than 200 chronological color photographs. The book's haunting images offer a fascinating journey through the four phases of reopening in New York during a harrowing time in our history.

If there's one county in the United States that deserves its own cemetery book, it's New York's Queens County. With millions of burials in a stunning array of cemeteries of all faiths and sizes dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, Queens' burial grounds reflect the diversity and indeed the very story of New York City itself. Dead Queens is a visual journey through more than thirty of the borough's cemeteries in 220 fascinating photographs.

An important and empowering history of and guide to the battle for our right to safe products and conditions--for younger readers.Corporations enter our daily lives from the moment we wake up until we turn off the lights at night. Large Internet companies, health insurance companies, fuel and transportation companies--all play a role in our lives every moment of every single day. And yet what power do we have over their actions or intentions? None, except through redress in a court of law for any harm they may have done. This area of the law is known as torts, from the French word for wrongs.Power to the People! offers a deep understanding of how civil actions work, through many examples and straightforward language for the middle-grade student reader. From Ralph Nader's 1966 law-changing address to Congress on automobile safety (it's thanks to Nader that we wear seat belts) to the decades-long battle to raise awareness of the risks of smoking (cigarette and cigar smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals, and has caused the deaths of more than 2.5 million nonsmokers in the last half-century), readers will learn how we must fight to protect ourselves from corporations that are more concerned with profit than our safety. Corporate America will listen, Panchyk argues, but only if we make ourselves heard. Power to the People! explores all the ways we the people can be powerful, too.

Once the largest prairie east of the Mississippi, the Hempstead Plains is a historic area in the heart of Nassau County. Home to the Cradle of Aviation and the site where Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis lifted off on its famous transatlantic flight, the area was also the site of important military camps and air bases, storied polo fields and golf courses, and legendary automobile and horse racing. In this unique book, you can revel in amazing aerial views of the Hempstead Plains that reveal many of the remnants of the area's glorious past, including the remaining swath of grasslands and the last bit of runway on what was once Mitchel Field. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy your tour through one of Long Island's most fascinating and treasured locations.

Lower Manhattan Aerials Through Time captures more than 100 years of evolution of the downtown skyline in incredibly detailed aerial views, many of which have never been published before. Ranging from a few hundred feet to over 20,000 feet in altitude, these images depict the continuing growth and evolution of the business center of New York City. Lower Manhattan Aerials Through Time chronicles the rise of some of the world's tallest and most iconic skyscrapers, and it captures the bustling wharves and piers that used to line the waterfront. Join author Richard Panchyk on a breathtaking flight through time for incredible views of the city.