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Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787
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Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787

Includes a complete copy of the Constitution.
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal
 
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The Murderers
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The MurderersThe Murderers

W.E.B. Griffin - The Murderers

A narcotics cop is shot dead. A bar owner's wife and partner are gunned down in a robbery. A young women dies of a heroin overdose. All seem unconnected. But these deaths are set to trigger a convergence of corruption, cops, and the mob that could tear the Philadelphia police department apart.

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Bound
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BoundBound

In Gunning's latest colonial page-turner, seven-year-old Alice Cole travels with her family from 1756 London to the New World, dreaming of a big house in Philadelphia and a new life. Her mother and brothers die on board and are buried at sea; the ship docks in Boston rather than Philadelphia; there, her father indentures her for 11 years without a backward glance. Alice does housework for the family of Simeon Morton of Dedham, in whose house she is treated almost like a second daughter, becoming constant companion to 10-year-old Abigail, or Nabby.
 
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The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance
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The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American FinanceThe First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance

When Americans think of investment and finance, they think of Wall Street—though this was not always the case. During the dawn of the Republic, Philadelphia was the center of American finance. The first stock exchange in the nation was founded there in 1790, and around it the bustling thoroughfare known as Chestnut Street was home to the nation's most powerful financial institutions.





 
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Philadelphia Style - January/February 2010
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Philadelphia Style - January/February 2010Philadelphia Style - January/February 2010

Philadelphia's premier magazine for lifestyle and fashion, delivers the absolute best that the city and region have to offer. It commands the attention of savvy, upwardly mobile professionals, as well as the sophisticated reader. Philadelphia Style is the only choice for you...your home...your life!
 
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