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Maryland has been called ââ¬ÅAmerica in miniature,â⬠because the state embodies a wide range of our nation's landscape features. From sandy beaches on the Atlantic Ocean, across flat fields of the Coastal Plain on the Eastern Shore, to the rolling hills and tumbling rivers of the state's central counties, and concluding with the mountainous terrain of Western Maryland, the Free State's diverse scenery is a result of eons of geological activity. Written for the interested layman or student with no specialized training, this book explains the basics of geological processes, and then shows how they worked to create Maryland's beautiful and fascinating landforms. A wealth of diagrams and maps clarify further a text peppered with enlightening analogies. Whether the discussion concerns the different types of weathering, for instance, or the basic kinds of faults or events of plate tectonics, the text and figures combine to help the reader understand how long-ago events produced what we see today. The author not only focuses on the actual landforms and their underlying geology, but also describes the patterns of settlement, farming, mining, manufacturing, and transportation that are all results of the state's unique underlying structures.

Maryland's famed tidewater region is a wellspring of gourmet delights. One of our most popular titles, A Cook's Tour of the Eastern Shore has earned a reputation as the cookbook of regional fare. Included are recipes for fish, crabs, clams, and oysters; breads, pones, beaten biscuits, vegetables, sauces, salads, candies, cookies, cakes, and icingsâsome 460 recipes in all.

This second volume of New England's Graveside Tales, presents a dark cavern of mystery. Walk the unhallowed ground of a vampire and learn much about some of the first authentic hauntings in America. Look to the night skies for UFOs and explore cases of alien abductions that happened in New England. Then visit interesting places: castles, towers, graves, and museums, and be introduced to some of historys most persecuted accused of unlikely and heinous crimes. Theres much more waiting for you ahead, so grab a torch and read on...and if you should be startled or even scream, not a living soul will know...

How, exactly, do you find a ghost in a city the size of Phoenix? It's like finding a needle in a haystack, right? Not if you visit some of the haunted hot spots mentioned here! What's the story behind the lady in white roaming the halls of the Hotel San Carlos? Is there a mysterious occupant casting a ghostly glare upon visitors of the Territorial Prison or at the Arizona Museum of Natural History? Where, in Arizona's capitol, can you knock back a few pints with the ghostly guests of a popular English pub? Learn the answers as you strike out on your own (as a paranormal investigator) in the Valley of the Sun.