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The American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities
• Colin G. Calloway
• HISTORY
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This is the first, detailed study of the impact of the Revolution on Native Americans.
(USE169, $26.99)
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Angel in the Whirlwind, The American Triumph of the American Revolution
• Benson Bobrick
• HISTORY
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A lively, narrative history of the American Revolution.
(USE168, $18.00)
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Appalachian Trail Guide to New Hampshire-Vermont
• appalachian trail conference
• GUIDEBOOK
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Covering 311 miles from Grafton Notch, Maine, to North Adams, Massachusetts, including the White Mountains. With eight four-colour topographic hiking maps on four sheets at a scale of 1:62,500.
(USE390, $19.95)
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Backroads of New England, Your Guide to New England's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures
• Kim Knox Beckius
• GUIDEBOOK
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A driving tour guidebook to New England, covering the most picturesque routes through Cape Cod, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island.
(USE371, $21.95)
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Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered
• James Kirby Martin
• HISTORY
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A revisionist biography of the famous traitor.
(USE171, $22.00)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95)
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Cooking With Shelburne Farms, Food and Stories from Vermont
• Melissa Pasanen
• FOOD
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Bright photos, an appealing layout, and rich local recipes make for a delicious tribute to Vermont.
(USE450, $34.95)
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Edward Hopper's New England
• Carl Little
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A slim, illustrated survey of Hopper's paintings set in New England towns and landscapes.
(USE184, $24.95)
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The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America
• John Mack Faragher
• REFERENCE
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An A-Z reference on the revolution with 1500 entries from the early 1600s through nationhood.
(USE162, $24.50)
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The Everything Guide to New England, Lodging, Restaurants, Beaches, and Must-See Attractions
• Kim Knox Beckius
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USE372, $14.95)
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A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs
• George Petrides
• FIELD GUIDE
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The classic Peterson guide to trees, shrubs and vines in Eastern, Central and Southeastern United States.
(NAM08, $19.00)
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North America
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Rosemary McKenna
• FIELD GUIDE
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A best-selling guide to wildflowers in a handsome paper edition, featuring drawings, color illustrations, and short descriptions. Covers 1,293 species.
(FG38, $19.00)
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Fodor's Escape to Northern New England, One-of-a-kind Experiences in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
• Patricia Harris
• David Lyon
• Peter Guttman
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handsomely produced, insightful collection of 18 essays on traveling New England, featuring 140 full-color photographs by Peter Guttman.
(USE257, $20.00)
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Fodor's Maine, Vermont, & New Hampshire
• Inc. (EDT) Fodor's Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, filled with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(USE441, $19.95)
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France and England in North America, Vol. 1
• Francis Parkman
• HISTORY
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Francis Parkman's monumental history.
(USE173, $45.00)
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France and England in North America, Vol. 2
• Francis Parkman
• HISTORY
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Francis Parkman's monumental history.
(USE174, $45.00)
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Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine
• Paul Karr
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually.
(USE433, $17.99)
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Full Duty, Vermonters in the Civil War
• Howard Coffin
• Edwin C. Bearss
• HISTORY
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A history of Vermont's participation in the Civil War.
(USE148, $24.95)
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The Generals of Saratoga: John Burgoyne & Horatio Gates
• Max M. Mintz
• HISTORY
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An account of the Saratoga campaign of 1777, centered around the lives of its opposing generals John Burgoyne and Horatio Gates.
(USE161, $22.50)
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Hands on the Land, A History of the Vermont Landscape
• Jan Albers
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this award-winning book, Albers examines how the cherished landscape of Vermont has been shaped by human decisions.
(USE454, $39.95)
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History of Lake Champlain from Its First Exploration By the French in 1609 to the Close of the Year 1814
• Peter S. Palmer
• HISTORY
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(USE158, $17.25)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year.
(BRD27, $14.00)
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Lake Champlain Map
• Northern Cartographic
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A folded, recreational map of Lake Champlain, shown at a scale of 1:182,000.
(USE160, $4.95)
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The Loyalists: Revolution, Exile, Settlement
• Christopher Moore
• HISTORY
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A good, general account of the Loyalist experience in the American Revolution.
(USE172, $17.95)
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The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present
• Charles Shain
• LITERATURE
• COMING IN OCTOBER
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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)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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Mammals of North America, Temperate and Arctic Regions
• Adrian Forsyth
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, illustrated reference to the mammals of North America.
(NAM02, $29.95)
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The Maple Sugar Book, Together With Remarks on Pioneering As a Way of Living in the Twentieth Century
• Helen Nearing
• FOOD
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Pioneering naturalists Helen and Scott Nearing wrote this book half a century ago during their homesteading experience, but it is filled with information still relevent today, including a history of sugaring from Native American times, and practical tips on how to sap trees, process sap, and market syrup.
(USE453, $25.00)
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The Namesake
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• LITERATURE
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An intricate and beautifully told tale, Lahiri follows the Ganguli family as they leave Calcutta and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now a feature film, directed by Mira Nair.
(IDA292, $14.00)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• National Geographic
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
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Native Universe, Voices of Indian America
• Clifford E. Trafzer
• ANTHOLOGY
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This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
(USA95, $22.00)
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New England Weather, New England Climate
• Gregory Zielinski
• Barry Keim
• SCIENCE
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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)
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Nine Months to Gettysburg: Stannard's Vermonters and the Repulse of Pickett's Charge
• Howard Coffin
• Edwin C. Bearss
• HISTORY
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An account of the battle at Gettysburg based on letters from young soldiers of Stannard's Vermonters.
(USE147, $29.95)
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Northeast US Southeast Canada Map
• Marshall Penn-York Maps
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A colorful map of the Great Lakes.
(GLK08, $3.95)
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Off the Leash, Subversive Journeys Around Vermont
• Helen Husher
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An insider's tour of the Green Mountain States's little-known attractions, playfully documented in a collection of essays by a native Vermonter.
(USE53, $21.00)
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On Kingdom Mountain
• Howard Frank Mosher
• LITERATURE
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An artist living alone in the mountains of Vermont faces the invasion of industry--not to mention a gold hunting pilot--in historical novel set in 1930.
(USE419, $24.00)
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Picturing Old New England, Image and Memory
• William H. Truettner
• Roger B. Stein
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A selection of 19th and 20th century art of New England.
(USE188, $70.00)
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The Poetry of Robert Frost
• Robert Frost
• LITERATURE
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Three volumes of Frost poetry, as well as interviews and essays, collected in one book, representing the majority of the poet's published works.
(USE370, $20.00)
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Recommended Country Inns New England, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Elizabeth Squier
• Eleanor Berman
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USE373, $18.95)
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Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories
• Ronald J. Drez
• David Eisenhower
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information.
(USA96, $17.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America.
(USA123, $15.00)
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Sails and Steam in the Mountains, A Maritime and Military History of Lake George and Lake Champlain
• Russell Bellico
• HISTORY
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(USE167, $25.00)
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Seasonal Appetite, A Chef's Celebration of Vermont's Seasons
• Marcie Kaufman
• FOOD
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The four chapters of the book, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, are defined by menus offering classic selections of recipes for appetizers, breads, soups, salads, entrées and desserts.
(USE455, $28.95)
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Shaker: Life, Work, and Art
• June Sprigg
• RELIGION
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(USE245, $19.98)
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The Sierra Club Guide to the Ancient Forests of the Northeast
• Bruce Kershner
• Robert T. Leverett
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy guide to the old-growth forests of New England and the mid-Atlantic states.
(USE336, $16.95)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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Stranger in the Kingdom
• Howard Frank Mosher
• LITERATURE
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Mosher spins a tale of racism, murder and small-town life in this novel set in Kingdom County, Vermont, where through the eyes of the 13-year-old narrator we witness a troubled side of life in New England.
(USE236, $13.95)
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Sweet Days & Beyond, The Morse Family- Eight Generations of Maple Sugaring
• Burr Morse
• FOOD
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Burr takes readers through the maple sugaring process step by step, in these engaging, personal tales.
(USE452, $14.95)
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To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession
• Dan Koeppel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species.
(BRD28, $14.00)
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Trees of North America
• Christian Frank Brockman
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact guide covering 730 species.
(NAM07, $14.95)
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The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder
• Peter Cashwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes.
(BRD26, $14.95)
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The Vermont Cheese Book
• Ellen Ecker Ogden
• FOOD
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A tour of more than three dozen cheesemakers in a behind-the-scenes exploration of the landscape, people, and cheeses that put Vermont on the global epicurean map.
(USE451, $19.95)
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A Walk in the Woods
• Bill Bryson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The entertaining account of Bryon's hike up the Appalachian trail, combining biting satire with a certain warmth. A fond memoir and a very entertaining read.
(USE01, $14.95)
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The Walker's Literary Companion
• Robert Gilbert
• Anne Wallace
• Jeffrey Robinson
• ANTHOLOGY
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A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara.
(WLK08, $24.00)
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The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration and the Survival of an Indian People
• Colin G. Calloway
• HISTORY
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(USE170, $24.95)
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Western New England Map
• National Geographic
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A regional map of New England, including Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
(USE40, $7.95)
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