Images from the Past

Images from the Past We publish award-winning non-fiction books that tell the stories of people, places, and events and reward with both reliable facts and a good read.

Images from the Past's high quality, thoroughly researched, well written, and amply illustrated non-fiction books tell the stories of people, places, and events in historical context. Our award-winning books shed new light on familiar historical events and personalities - and bring neglected ones out from the shadows. We seek every opportunity to present the rich complexity of life of other times

from the perspective of our own. Our books are collaborative endeavors by the author, editor, designer, and publisher as a story-telling team. Each is actively involved in the preparation and refinement of the book's written and visual manuscripts, and its final interior and cover packaging. Images from the Past also provides interpretive publishing services. In partnership with museums and historical organizations, we both extend their visitors' experience and bring their site's interpretive message to armchair travelers. We help them develop their own income-generating products that interpret history to the public with images and information.

These all look like great fun! Almost all the names are familiar. I'll think of them and of NYC in more ways now. Than...
04/17/2026

These all look like great fun! Almost all the names are familiar. I'll think of them and of NYC in more ways now. Thank you NY Public Library!

These women solved problems, pushed culture, changed perceptions, and showed us the city through their lens. 

Rebels in Our Own Time"To honor the origins of of our republic doesn’t mean going back to the eighteenth century. It mea...
04/11/2026

Rebels in Our Own Time

"To honor the origins of of our republic doesn’t mean going back to the eighteenth century. It means being rebels in our own time. It means demanding freedom, aiming for something radically better in the future." (in Prof. Tim Snyder's 8:34 minute No Kings Day speech on March 28th in Cincinnati)

The key tenets of 50501 are to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50501 Cincy has successfully put on many nonviolent protests, including t...

This sounded like an April Fool's Day story, but it seems to be real - and a delightful repurposing!
04/10/2026

This sounded like an April Fool's Day story, but it seems to be real - and a delightful repurposing!

ValueBooks' Hon Datta Picnic Blanket is made from 70% recycled book paper — and designed to get people reading outdoors.

03/25/2026

Pepper Steak and Celery Stir-Fry With Lemon

This is quite a picture!

"I love this recipe [Pepper Steak and Celery Stir-Fry With Lemon] from Andy Baraghani, who uses lemon to lift the dish to another plane." (NY Times)

Liberal Education vs Literal Education! ("Artificial intelligence makes purely technical skills less valuable and human ...
03/08/2026

Liberal Education vs Literal Education! ("Artificial intelligence makes purely technical skills less valuable and human judgment more essential.")

"At its best, liberal education is an integrated whole that pursues truth wherever it is found, emphasizing both a range of disciplines and the connections between them. It helps form human judgment by exposing students to complexity and nuance while encouraging curiosity. Literal education fragments that experience into individual units of utility — falsely assuming that what seems useful today will be useful tomorrow." by Greg Weiner, professor of political science, and president of Assumption University in Worcester MA

Career-focused programs mistakenly assume that what seems useful today will be useful tomorrow.

What a treat!
01/16/2026

What a treat!

Having not revisited The Hobbit in some time, I’ve felt the familiar pull—shared by many readers—to return to Tolkien’s fairy-tale novel itself.

12/10/2025

"So you see, once a person drops the scales of prejudiced certainty and doubts appear, there is no telling how far a heart can open." --Louise Erdrich, Four Souls

(cited by Cree-Métis author, illustrator, and artist Julie Flett in today's "Shelf Awareness")

The Artist Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is ever more celebrated and appreciated! On November 14, 2025 the White House Hi...
11/20/2025

The Artist Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is ever more celebrated and appreciated!

On November 14, 2025 the White House Historical Association acquired a series of four Norman Rockwell sketches "So You Want to See The President!" (1943) for $7.25 Million at auction.

Earlier this year the Shelburne Museum received as a donation three Rockwell paintings that celebrate Vermont’s granite industry: " Kneeling Girl" (1955), "The Craftsman" (1962) and a preliminary sketch for "The Craftsman" that were commissioned by the Rock of Ages Corporation in Barre.

A new exhibition "Norman Rockwell: At Home in Vermont," will open at the Shelburne Museum on June 20, 2026.

Our book by that name, richly illustrated with historical photographs, presents his life and his craft in Arlington after moving there from New Rochelle, NY and before living in Stockbridge Massachusetts until his death in 1978.

During the years that Norman Rockwell and his family made their home in Arlington, Vermont, the artist painted some of his greatest works, including "The Four Freedoms" and "Saying Grace." Compared to his former home in the suburbs of New York City, rural Arlington was "like living in another world,...

Words, Books, History/Etymology! 🙂
11/11/2025

Words, Books, History/Etymology! 🙂

The words these authors have come up with to create their worlds have transcended fiction.

A satellite view of Hurricane Erin in the Atlantic Ocean, on August 18, 2025 (The Atlantic)
08/22/2025

A satellite view of Hurricane Erin in the Atlantic Ocean, on August 18, 2025 (The Atlantic)

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