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Eyewitness Guide New England

Eyewitness Guide New England

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

An on-the-ground guide to New England -- handsome, comprehensive and superb. (USE294, $25.00)

Writing New England, An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present

Writing New England, An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present

by Andrew Delbanco

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 517 PAGES

An overflowing anthology of New England writings, from fiction and memoir to natural history and politics. (USE269, $29.95)

Reading the Forested Landscape, A Natural History of New England

Reading the Forested Landscape, A Natural History of New England

by Tom Wessels | Brian Cohen | Ann Zwinger

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

In this entertaining, informative book, the history of the New England forest unfolds like a mystery novel. Wessels examines the character of the central New England forest through the clues left behind by fires, logging, storms and economic fads. (USE07, $21.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England

National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England

by Brian Cassie | Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 448 PAGES

A compact, easy-to-use overview of 1,000 of New England's trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects and other flora and fauna. It also provides an extensive overview of the area's geology, weather patterns and natural sites. (USE06, $19.95)

New England Map

New England Map

by Mad Maps

  • MAP

A road map of all of New England, at a scale of 1:600,000. (USE270, $10.95)

 
New England Map

New England Map


by Mad Maps

  • MAP

A road map of all of New England, at a scale of 1:600,000. (USE270, $10.95)

Boston's Freedom Trail: Trace the Path of American History

Boston's Freedom Trail: Trace the Path of American History


by Robert Booth | Shirley Moskow | Jack Frost

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 90 PAGES

A handy pocket guide crammed with maps and photographs of the historic sites that make up Boston's Freedom Trail. (BOS05, $8.95)

Compass Guide New Hampshire

Compass Guide New Hampshire


by Compass American

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Compiled by local writers and photographers, this full-color guide covers the history, culture and character of the state and its attractions. (USE392, $21.95)

Fodor's Boston's 25 Best

Fodor's Boston's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A shirt-pocket guide to Boston, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights. (USE04, $11.99)

Lonely Planet New England

Lonely Planet New England


by Kim Grant | Andrew Bender

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 552 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular series. (USE376, $21.99)

Coastal Maine, A Maritime History


by Roger Duncan

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

A four hundred year history of Maine, focusing on maritime traditions and seafaring, as well coastal settlement and development. (USE247, $24.95)

Death of an Empire

Death of an Empire


by Robert Booth

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 330 PAGES

Booth focuses on the ambitious White family in this gripping tale of people, power and Salem, Massachusetts, the grand seaport that was once the richest city in America. (USE533, $26.99)

Down East, A Maritime History of Maine

Down East, A Maritime History of Maine


by Lincoln Paine

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

Maine's maritime history, from the coastal travel of Native Americans to the Basque fishing industry to the pleasure boating of today, incorporating ecology, culture and art into its well researched history. (USE246, $14.95)

Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation

Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation


by Joseph J. Ellis

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A riveting tale of Washington, Madison, Hamilton and especially of Jefferson and Adams. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it's a fascinating glimpse into the early days of our country. (USE244, $15.00)

In the Heart of the Sea, The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

In the Heart of the Sea, The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex


by Nathaniel Philbrick

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 302 PAGES

The seafaring tale of fearsome whales, cannibalism and sturdy 19th-century Nantucketers; a history of the true life events that inspired Melville's "Moby Dick" -- and a fascinating history of 19th-century society in Nantucket. (OCE47, $16.00)

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War


by Nathaniel Philbrick

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

National Book Award-winner Philbrick brings the 17th-century Plymouth colony, in all its gruesome detail, to life through its most interesting characters and events. He digs for the truths underlying the myths. (USE388, $16.00)

Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647


by William Bradford

  • HISTORY
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 385 PAGES

A readable, first-hand account of the early days of Plymouth. (USE291, $14.00)

The Americans, the Colonial Experience

The Americans, the Colonial Experience


by Daniel Boorstin

  • HISTORY
  • 1964
  • PAPER
  • 434 PAGES

Winner of the Bancroft Prize, this wide-ranging portrait of colonial America looks to the origins of the American character and its institutions. (USA05, $16.95)

The Most Beautiful Villages of New England

The Most Beautiful Villages of New England


by Tom Shachtman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

In this coffee-table book, New England's most picturesque towns and villages are presented through 240 full color photographs. Accompanying descriptions fill in details about each town's history and architecture. (USE42, $40.00)

The Wordy Shipmates

The Wordy Shipmates


by Sarah Vowell

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Public radio regular Vowelll brings her usual wit and flair to these essays on Puritanism in these United States, combining biography with an exploration of their beliefs and ideals, colonial history and anecdote. (USA326, $16.00)

Edward Hopper's New England


by Carl Little

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 88 PAGES

A slim, illustrated best-of survey of Hopper's paintings set in New England towns and landscapes, featuring 45 color reproductions. (USE184, $29.95)

Maine Moderns


by Susan Danly | Libby Bischof

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 171 PAGES

A lushly illustrated exploration of the modernist artists who gathered on the coast of Maine between 1900 and 1940, in the region then known as Seguinland. Includes work by Paul Strand, Marsden Hartley, Gaston Lachaise and others. (USE542, $50.00)

One Man's Meat

One Man's Meat


by E.B. White

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 279 PAGES

By the author of "Charlotte's Web," a collection of observant and often humorous essays about daily life on a Maine saltwater farm. A wonderful portrait of coastal small-town life, originally published in 1938. (USE43, $14.95)

After Frost, An Anthology of Poetry from New England


by Henry Lyman | Robert Frost | Wallace Stevens

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A collection of poems from 30 of New England's most notable poets, with selections by Robert Frost, the granddaddy of New England poetry. Other featured poets include Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath. (USE52, $22.95)

Ahab's Wife

Ahab's Wife


by Sena Jeter Naslund

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 704 PAGES

A first-rate example of historical fiction, this absorbing, lyrical and well-researched novel was inspired by Melville, Nantucket whaling and 19th-century America. (USE279, $15.95)

Binocular Vision, New & Selected Stories

Binocular Vision, New & Selected Stories


by Edith Pearlman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 373 PAGES

Spanning four decades and three prize-winning collections, these 21 vintage stories and 13 new ones by the wry Edith Pearlman take us around the world, from Jerusalem to Central America, from tsarist Russia to London during the Blitz, from central Europe to Manhattan, and from the Maine coast to Godolphin, Massachusetts, a fictional suburb of Boston. These charged locales, and the lives of the endlessly varied New Englanders within them, are evoked with tenderness and insight. Pearlman won the 2011 Pen/Malamud Award. (USE537, $18.95)

Empire Falls

Empire Falls


by Richard Russo

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel lovingly set in a fictitious Maine mill town. Russo has composed an entertaining and poignant portrait of what lies beneath the facade of small-town New England life. (USE220, $15.00)

The Angel on the Roof


by Russell Banks

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 505 PAGES

A collection of 32 short stories from the award-winning novelist. Many of the stories are set in small town New England, where Banks was raised. (USE103, $15.95)

The Bostonians


by Henry James

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Henry James' satirical novel of the battle of the sexes is well worth the read. In it, Basil, a Mississippi lawyer, and Olive, a Boston feminist, compete for the affections of the same woman. Originally published in 1886, it was one of the first American novels to deal with lesbianism. (BOS13, $20.00)

The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present

The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present


by Charles Shain

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 524 PAGES

An excellent anthology covering the gamut of the state's culture and history, from early European explorers to the 20th century works of Carolyn Chute, Rachel Carson and John McPhee. (USE57, $20.95)

Colors of Fall, A Celebration of New England's Foliage Season

Colors of Fall, A Celebration of New England's Foliage Season


by Jerry Monkman

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER

Capturing the spectacular fall display from the Berkshires of Massachusetts, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the wilds of northern Maine in 75 color photos. (NYS92, $19.95)

Field Notes from the Northern Forest


by Curt Stager

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 329 PAGES

Combining the latest in scientific literature with his own observations, Sager's natural science essays explore the lives of the animals, plants and fungi commonly encountered in the forests of eastern North America. (USE03, $19.95)

New England Weather, New England Climate


by Gregory Zielinski | Barry Keim

  • SCIENCE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

A scholarly overview by the state climatologists of Maine and New Hampshire, with good coverage of the local seasons: ski season, mud season, beach and lake season, and foliage season. (USE311, $19.95)

Reading the Mountains of Home


by John Elder

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 253 PAGES

Using Robert Frost's poem "Directive" as a companion on a journey through the woods of Vermont, John Elder weaves scholarly analysis with reflections on the cycles of loss and recovery in his own life and in nature. (USE55, $24.50)

The Nature of Vermont, Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment

The Nature of Vermont, Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment


by Charles W. Johnson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 354 PAGES

Opening with a discussion of the geologic history of Vermont, Johnson provides a lively introduction to major habitats, plants and animals of the state. An excellent survey of natural history. (USE45, $22.95)

The Outermost House, A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

The Outermost House, A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod


by Henry Beston

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 218 PAGES

The chronicle of a year spent living alone in a remote Cape Cod beach house in 1925. These beloved essays, first published in 1928, capture the essence of the Cape, the sea, weather and animal life. (USE41, $15.99)

The Whale

The Whale


by Philip Hoare

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A deeply engaging meditation on all things whale. Philip Hoare saves his special love and attention for the sperm whale -- not only via a beautiful literary analysis of Moby Dick -- but also by indulging in a childhood fantasy and actually swimming with the whales in the Azores. (BST144, $15.99)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)

Nature Guide to the Northern Forest, Exploring the Ecology of the Forests of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine

Nature Guide to the Northern Forest, Exploring the Ecology of the Forests of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine


by Peter Marchand

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Part field guide, part natural history, this illustrated handbook will help locals and travelers to northern New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine identify and understand the forest life and ecological issues. (USE518, $19.95)

New England Beachcomber: A Waterproof Reference to Beach Habitats, Plants & Animals

New England Beachcomber: A Waterproof Reference to Beach Habitats, Plants & Animals


by James Kavanagh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 2 PAGES

A guide to the types of beaches, tidal zones, plants and animals in New England. (USE509, $7.95)

New England Butterflies & Moths, An Introduction to Familiar Species


by James Kavanagh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2008
  • PAPER

This handy plastic card covers 70 familiar species. (USE445, $5.95)

New England Nature Guide


by Erin McCloskey | Gregory Kennedy

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2012
  • PAPER

With large color illustrations of 400 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, trees, shrubs and other plants. (USE545, $22.95)

New England Wildlife


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

This laminated, fold-out, pocket-size guide features illustrations of almost 150 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. (USE234, $5.95)

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