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After Frost, An Anthology of Poetry from New England
• Henry Lyman
• Robert Frost
• Wallace Stevens
• LITERATURE
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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)
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All Fishermen are Liars, True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar
• Linda Greenlaw
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This collection of tales of New England fishermen, lobstermen, and other waterlogged folk is presented as a series of barroom yarns, each one funnier, wilder or more thrilling than the next.
(USE353, $14.00)
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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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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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Compass Guide Boston
• Patricia Harris
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, handsomely produced guide featuring outstanding photography, solid maps and practical travel information.
(USE05, $21.00)
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Compass Guide Massachusetts
• Patricia Harris
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wonderfully written handbook to Massachusetts.
(USE344, $21.95)
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Eastern Coastal Birds
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A laminated, fold-out guide illustrating almost 150 species, from Maine to Florida.
(USE230, $5.95)
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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 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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Eyewitness Guide Boston
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An exceptionally informative, visually entrancing guide to Boston.
(BOS10, $20.00)
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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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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
• Simon Barnes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95)
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In Season, A Natural History of the New England Year
• Nona Bell Estrin
• Charles W. Johnson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A loosely organized, illustrated overview of New England and its wildlife as depicted in watercolor paintings and short essays.
(USE299, $25.95)
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Insight Guide New England
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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For a good overview of the region, you can't go wrong with this guide, noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and outstanding color maps. It is a thoroughly illustrated overview of the history, culture and nature of New England.
(USE38, $23.95)
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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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The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present
• Charles Shain
• LITERATURE
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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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 Maytrees
• Annie Dillard
• LITERATURE
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Dillard evokes the character and texture of Provincetown, its history, artists, seaside setting, nature and Bohemian spirit, with offhand grace in this loving tale.
(USE405, $13.95)
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Moby Dick
• Herman Melville
• Rockwell Kent
• LITERATURE
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The American classic, surprisingly informative on the subject of cetaceans. This sturdy Modern Library edition includes the woodcuts by Rockwell Kent.
(OCE91, $23.00)
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Moby Dick
• Herman Melville
• LITERATURE
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The American classic about the legendary white whale, set in New England.
(OCE111, $13.00)
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The Most Beautiful Villages of New England
• Tom Shachtman
• Len Rubenstein
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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, $24.95)
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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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Nantucket, Gardens and Homes
• Taylor Lewis
• Virginia Heard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This collection of color photographs portrays the landscapes and classic houses of the island, most dating back to the 18h and 19th centuries.
(USE264, $50.00)
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Nantucket, Then and Now
• John McCalley
• Edouard A. Stackpole
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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By pairing early photos of Nantucket with ones taken in recent years, this book shows the evolution of the island community, as well as the architecture that has endured.
(USE267, $14.95)
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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, $40.00)
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A New England Autumn
• Ferenc Mate
• Candace Mate
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Magnificent photographs of farmsteads, pastures, forests, wharves and villages from Maine to Connecticut are paired with the poetry and literature of Dickinson, Thoreau and Waldo Emerson in this pictorial celebration of season. With a 14-page section of maps and practical travel information.
(USE337, $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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Northeastern Seashore Life
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A fold-out guide to seashore animals from Labrador to Massachusetts.
(USE235, $5.95)
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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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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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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks.
(USE262, $19.95)
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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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Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
• Carl Safina
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A grand tour of our blue planet, divided geographically, this book is an excellent resource -- fascinating to read and full of hope. It combines a personal journey, hundreds of interviews with fisherman and scientists around the world, and a tour of important watery habitats.
(OCE09, $18.00)
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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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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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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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Vineyard Shadows, A Martha's Vineyard Mystery
• Philip R. Craig
• MYSTERY
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A breezy detective yarn that finds the ex-cop protagonist protecting his family from menacing thugs.
(USE265, $7.99)
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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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