Virginia Curiosities

Virginia Curiosities
Author: Sharon Cavileer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0762795204

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This definitive collection of the Old Dominion's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things is filled with quirky photographs throughout and maps for each region. Virginia Curiosities includes humorous state facts and amusing stories and serves as a combination almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette.

Spectrum of Secrets

Spectrum of Secrets
Author: Judy Whitehill Witt
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2022-05-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1509242430

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Samara McNeer struggles with the thankless duty of easing her mom, Clair Hobson, over life's potholes, both small and big. Those include a home that went up in smoke and a scam that wiped out her mother's savings. Now a murder investigation threatens to trap them both. When Clair is questioned, the detective assumes her quirky behaviors are sure signs of guilt. In 2008, no one thinks to look for autism in a 56-year-old woman getting by passably. Unfortunately, Samara's rescue attempts sink Clair deeper into suspicion. And the cops aren't alone watching mother and daughter… There's a killer eyeing them from the shadows. Clair's a keen observer, but shuts down when stressed. Sam has a dogged drive to find the truth, yet sometimes overlooks telling details. Can they combine their strengths to unmask the murderer before it's too late?

Ashland

Ashland
Author: Dale Paige Talley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738517704

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In 1837, the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad laid its iron-capped wooden rails from Richmond to Aquia Creek. There, passengers could meet a stagecoach that would transport them to the railroad-owned steamship line and cruise up the Potomac to Washington. In between their outset and destination was a boggy, overgrown area known as the Slashes, which seemed the perfect rest stop for weary travelers during the 1850s. The region was renamed Ashland, after native son Henry Clay's home in Kentucky. By 1867, the Civil War had brought economic collapse and a resultant depression, and as a town that had relied on revenue from gambling, horseracing, and other leisure activities, Ashland faced serious challenges to its very existence. Randolph-Macon College, originally in Mecklenburg County, made a deal with Ashland that would save both the town and the nation's oldest Methodist college by reestablishing its campus along their railroad tracks.

Insiders' Guide® to Richmond, VA

Insiders' Guide® to Richmond, VA
Author: Maureen Egan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762766778

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Insiders' Guide to Richmond is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Virginia's capital city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Richmondand its surrounding environs.

Beer Lover's Virginia

Beer Lover's Virginia
Author: Tanya Birch
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1493022504

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Beer Lover’s Virginia features over 100 breweries, brewpubs and beer bars geared towards beer enthusiasts looking to seek out the best brews throughout the state -from bitter, citrusy IPAs to rich, complex stouts. In this exciting and ever-evolving US craft beer marketplace, the state of Virginia is making their own strong impact on our nation’s thriving beer scene. This comprehensive guide book will share all you need to know about its current environment, covering the entire beer experience for the proud, local beer lover and the traveling visitor alike, including information on: - breweries and beer profiles with tasting notes - brewpubs - notable craft beer bars - beer festivals, self-guided tours and beer bus tours - city trip itineraries with bar crawl maps -bonus appendix of food and clone beer recipes you can make at home

Don't Go There!

Don't Go There!
Author: Peter Greenberg
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008-11-11
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 160529800X

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We've all suffered through bad vacations: tourist traps, endless lines, rundown hotels, and the worst airports on earth. Before you book your next trip, get all of the facts--that "idyllic" beachfront hotel could really be one of the world's hellholes. In this follow-up to his New York Times bestseller, The Complete Travel Detective Bible, Peter Greenberg shares his experiences and hard-won knowledge of where not to go and why, so you can make sure your big vacation isn't to a dismal destination. From dangerous roads, crime-ridden cities, and countries overrun with disease to depressing destinations, polluted beaches, and places that (literally) stink, the ultimate travel expert leaves no stone unturned, no garbage heap unexplored, to list the locations you should forget even exist. Backed up by information he has been compiling for years, Don't Go There! unapologetically exposes misrepresented resorts, corrupt countries, and cringe-worthy cruise ships so that travelers can confidently pack their bags and avoid vacation tragedy.

Richmond Beer

Richmond Beer
Author: Lee Graves
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1625849974

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The story of beer and brewing in Richmond is a reflection of the well-documented and revered place the River City holds in the nation's history. English colonists imbibed together on the banks of the James River. During the Civil War, a brewery was adjacent to a hospital. Beyond historical brews such as the Krueger Brewing Company and Richbrau beer, Richmond is no stranger to the vibrant craft beer culture thriving across the nation. Area brewers, including Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Legend Brewing Company, Midnight Brewery and Strangeways Brewing, make Richmond a beer lover's paradise. Grab a pint and join author and beer columnist Lee Graves as he recounts the frothy history of Richmond beer.

In Search of Monsters

In Search of Monsters
Author: Josh Covington
Publisher: Josh Covington
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0557200199

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Hitmen. Zombies. Private Eyes. Magicians. Strangers that disappear in the night. You'll find them all here in In Search of Monsters, the debut of collection of short fiction from Josh Covington. Just a few stories featured in this collection: Darkness Unrelenting -- Eddie Nystrom has suffered from headaches all his life--deep, piercing headaches that make him do things he normally wouldn't do...Happiness Is a Warm Gun -- A washed up detective searches for a killer across a small town while running from his own demons and sleeping with only a rusty Smith and Wesson for comfort. The Crater Road Madman -- To the town of Ashdown, Delmer Rainey's madness is legendary. But when his wife goes missing, will the truth finally be revealed? 13A -- At 8:41 on a Tuesday morning, Gerald sets out to steal his neighbor's newspaper. He ends up becoming caught in the strangest day of his life

Randolph-Macon College

Randolph-Macon College
Author: Virginia E. Young
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 143964165X

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Randolph-Macon College was founded as a Methodist-related college in 1830 near Boydton in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. After the Civil War, the college moved along the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad tracks to the wooden buildings of a bankrupt resort hotel north of Richmond in Ashland, Virginia. The college was soon known for such innovations as required physical education. Pres. W. W. Smith expanded Randolph-Macon into a system of five institutions, including the womens college in Lynchburg, Virginia. Pres. Robert Emory Blackwell instilled the college philosophy of hand cultivation of students, which is still followed today. After World War II, Pres. J. Earl Moreland began building the modern campus. In 1966, African American students were admitted, and though town girls took classes as early as 1893, the college became fully coeducational in 1971. Today the college has grown to over 1,200 students and although still grounded in the liberal arts, majors range from accounting to womens studies.