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By Steven M. Gillon:  The exhilarating, inspiring story of Len Lomell, an Army Ranger who, on D-Day, almost single-handedly knocked out the big German guns before they could fire on the American invasion force, and whose later exploits spanned the most dramatic battles of World War II. In this stirring, action-packed book, Steven Gillon details the incredibly heroic actions on D-Day—and throughout World War II—that ultimately won Len Lomell the Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star, and a Bronze Star. Lomell was later praised by Stephen Ambrose as the single most important person in the success of D-Day after General Eisenhower.

By Marcia Dente: This beloved shore town of Seaside Heights was battered by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, and one year later, in 2013, it suffered a major fire that destroyed the south end of the boardwalk. Notwithstanding these challenges, recovery is strong and the future of Seaside Heights grows brighter as each day passes. The boardwalk was re-built stronger than the one that Sandy splintered and rises slowly from the ashes of the horrific fire. After Governor Chris Christie visited the site of the destruction, he said, “We’ll rebuild it.” However, for those who recall the way things were, it won’t be the same, as many iconic structures that made it what it was are now gone and washed in the ocean. With characteristic resilience and strength, Seaside Heights did rebuild, and came back stronger. “Confronting a storm is like fighting God. All the powers in the universe seem to be against you and in an extraordinary way, your irrelevance is at the same time both humbling and exalting.”—Francoise LeGrande, The Quotable Sailor.

By Jersey Shore Folklife Center—Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum:  The Tradition from a Woman’s Hand exhibit was a display at the Tuckerton Seaport from May 2010 to September 2011.  What binds these women together is a love of nature, of wood, and a traditional art that both connects them to the past and allows each of them to express her own unique creativity.  Through their work they have created a community of carvers among themselves and connected to the larger community of those who carve, paint, collect, and love decoys.  This catalogue represents artists from the original exhibit and is by no means an exhaustive list of women carvers from New Jersey and surrounding areas.  

By David Turton:  The book covers the Ocean County barrier island towns of Seaside Heights, Ortley Beach, Lavallette, Normandy Beach, Mantoloking, Bay Head, and Point Pleasant Beach.  The original, never before published photographs preserve not only the aftereffects of the Superstorm in this region but also describe David Turton’s personal journey through his beloved and now destroyed Jersey Shore.  With more than 200 historic photographs, this important book records and preserves what happened to this region for future generations lest they forget the unfathomable power of the sea.  

By Michael Grisi:  A work of fiction based on actual historic facts.  This book gives a realistic description of the prison ships that existed during the American Revolution.  The Jersey, which was anchored in New York harbor and the inhumane treatment of prisoners is described.  Although historians cannot agree on a number, it is estimated that as many as 11,000 men died on board the Jersey in a three-year span.  This is more than the 7,200 men that died in battle during the seven-year conflict.  You’ll read about the privateers who helped destroy British commerce along the coast.  The murder of Joshua Huddy of Toms River, a real person, resulted in the first international incident involving the United State.  

By Patricia B. Mitchell:  Get a taste of tea history in the first section of this book.  The second section gives information about the kinds of tea.  In the final section you have many recipes that will tempt you.  The author has, also, included notes for you to learn even more about tea.  

By Margaret Thomas Buchholz:  Island Album depicts the island and its people from the late 1800s to the present.  It includes many images that disappeared into attics generations ago have never been seen before by the public.  Both an oral and pictorial history of the 18-mile sandbar at the center of the Jersey Shore, the book is an ode to a pioneering way of life that vanished long ago.  

By Christopher J. Vaz:  Seaside Heights tells the history of a timeless seashore resort community located on a barrier island nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay.  The 224-acre town was settled by residents of Philadelphia and Camden, who purchased white-sand lots to escape city life for the brisk ocean breezes and tranquility that Seaside Heights offered prior to World War II.  Seaside Heights uses the scenes captured in vintage postcards, some of them very rare, as a study of the changes that have occurred in the town since its incorporation in 1913.  

By Joseph G. Bilby, James M. Madden, & Harry Ziegler:  Explore the lesser-known stories that make up New Jersey's compelling hidden history.  Uncover the meaning of "Jersey Blues", celebrate some of the state's bravest Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers and investigate Jersey City's most infamous ghost.  From the inferno that engulfed Asbury Park, to the benevolent side of Frank Hague, to the equestrienne who plunged forty feet into a pool of water on horseback in Atlantic City, rediscover these and many other events from New Jersey's storied past.  

By John Calu & Dave Hart:  When old man Tucker’s Island sank into the sea, the mysteries surrounding it did not.  Sixteen-year-old lifeguard in training, Kelly Martin, is about to discover a treasure beyond measure.  This book is a work of fiction.

By Randall Gabrielan:   The recounting of the development of the Jersey Shore of today from agrarian and maritime communities of days gone by to the bustling area that exists in modern times. Photographs and descriptions trace the events that shaped today’s Jersey Shore.