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"For the Love of Murphy's: The Behind-the-Counter Story of a GreatAmerican Retailer" by Jason Togyer (Penn State University Press, $34.95) November. In Western Pennsylvania, when you said, "the five and 10," youmeant G. C. Murphy's. Togyer, a University of Pittsburgh editor,retells the ups and downs of the McKeesport-headquartered chainstore that once dominated our region.

"The Fallingwater Cookbook: Elsie Henderson's Recipes and Memories" by Suzanne Martinson, Jane Citron and Robert Sendall. (Universityof Pittsburgh Press, $29.95).
September. A team of food writers -- Martinson is retired food editor of thePost-Gazette, the late Citron wrote many freelance food articlesand Sendall owns All in Good Taste Productions -- worked on therecipes supplied by the Kaufmanns' cook. The result is an accountof life at the most famous house in America.
"Nickelodeon City: Pittsburgh at the Movies: 1905-1929" by Michael Aronson. (University of Pittsburgh Press, $35.95)September.
The Smoky City loved the flickers, writers Arsonson, a Universityof Oregon professor who charts the movie industry here from theJohn P. Harris theater on Smithfield Street to the dawn of thetalkies.