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This October, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.through-time.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"October 2026 Books from America Through Time\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerica Through Time\u003c\/strong\u003e®\u003c\/a\u003e takes you on a fascinating journey from the sacred burial sites of Hawaii to the abandoned roadside relics of New Jersey and the legendary cellblocks of Alcatraz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you’re a history buff, an urban explorer, or a lover of American lore, these upcoming releases offer an insider look into the places time almost forgot.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"alcatraz","title":"Alcatraz: America’s Escape-Proof Island Prison","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the notoriously inescapable prison opened in 1934, Alcatraz has loomed large in America’s vision of itself—and in the world’s imagination of America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject of dozens of books, films, and headlines, the infamous island still fascinates, attracting over a million visitors a year. During a period of four years, Virginia Hines made more than a dozen voyages to this place the San Francisco Chronicle once called, “the grimmest symbol in North America of the hard hand of justice.” She photographed the desolate ruins of the one-time maximum-security, minimum-privilege institution in black and white, using lenses from the prison era. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlcatraz: America’s Escape-Proof Island Prison\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e depicts not a place frozen in time, but a fusion of past and present, history and myth, memory and dreams. The book also collects quotes from more than fifty historic newspaper articles, written in the vivid prose of the day. 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Many have stood for generations, quietly witnessing the growth and change of the neighborhoods around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this follow-up to \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.through-time.com\/products\/forgotten-new-jersey\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eForgotten New Jersey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, author, historian, and photographer Rich Romano continues exploring the state’s distinctive and often overlooked sites. Through original full-color photography and well-researched historical context, this volume brings renewed attention to rusted industrial sites and grand old estates, weathered churches and cemeteries, roadside attractions, and the monuments and markers that remain scattered across our state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome entries remain active parts of their communities. Others have faded from prominence. 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While exploring the various cemeteries, burial yards, and other interment sites, visitors can see the influences of Japanese, Portuguese, European, and Pacific Islander roots. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKauai continues to be overwhelmed by wealthy tourists, and as a result, these burial spaces are increasingly facing extinction and finding themselves in the shadow of buildings and infrastructure. Within these sites, the traditions of the many represented cultures are on display. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitness the beauty, destruction, and erosion that these graves of paradise find themselves in. Burials on the island can be traced back to at least the late eighteenth century and are now at risk of being lost forever. 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