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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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Against the Tide, The Fate of the New England Fisherman
• Richard Adams Carey
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A discussion the crisis that faces the New England fishing industry from a journalist who spent a year among the fishermen of Cape Cod.
(USE44, $13.00)
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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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Architecture After Richardson, Regionalism Before Modernism
• Margaret Henderson Floyd
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An oversized scholarly study of American architects Longfellow, Alden and Harlow.
(BOS20, $100.00)
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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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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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Bird News, Vagrants and Visitors on a Peculiar Island
• E. Vernon Laux
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A bird's-eye natural history of Martha's Vineyard by a longtime resident -- and one of its most enthusiastic birders. Organized by season, this memoir by the editor of "Bird News" captures the life and lore of the Vineyard.
(BRD07, $20.00)
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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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Boston A to Z
• Thomas H. O'Connor
• HISTORY
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An eclectic, affectionate tour of people, places, and events in the history of Boston.
(BOS02, $14.95)
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The Boston Irish, A Political History
• Thomas O'Connor
• HISTORY
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A thorough account of the Irish political machine in Boston.
(BOS22, $21.99)
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Boston Map (Boston Unfolds)
• VanDam
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A cleverly folded map of Boston.
(BOS09, $6.95)
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Boston Then and Now, 59 Boston Sites Photographed in the Past and Present
• Peter Vanderwarker
• HISTORY
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Boston captured in time, first over a century ago and again in the early 1980s.
(BOS15, $10.95)
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Boston's Freedom Trail, A Souvenir Guide
• Robert Booth
• Shirley Moskow
• Jack Frost
• GUIDEBOOK
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A pocket guide to the Freedom Trail.
(BOS05, $6.95)
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Boston, A Topographical History, Third Enlarged Edition
• Lawrence W. Kennedy
• Walter Muir Whitehill
• HISTORY
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A classic history of Boston, told with a particular focus on urban planning. The authors explain how old and new commingle in the city from colonial present through modern times.
(BOS06, $17.50)
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The Bostonians
• Henry James
• LITERATURE
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Henry James' satirical novel of the battle of the sexes set in 1870s Boston.
(BOS13, $20.00)
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Cape Cod
• Henry David Thoreau
• Paul Theroux
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In his signature style, Thoreau muses on the ocean and his surroundings, as he combs the beaches of Cape Cod. Though written nearly 150 years ago, his essay is a compelling, sardonic portrait of coastal Massachusetts, its human and natural history.
(USE65, $14.00)
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Cape Cod Map
• Rand McNally Maps
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A map of Cape Cod, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Island, at a scale of 1:40,000.
(USE68, $4.95)
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Cape Cod Stories: Tales from Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard
• John Miller
• Tim Smith
• Alice Hoffman
• ANTHOLOGY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A collection of short stories set in and around Cape Cod, featuring the writing of such famous American writers as Herman Melville, Kurt Vonnegut, Sylvia Plath and John Cheever.
(USE33, $14.95)
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Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket: An Explorer's Guide
• Kimberly Grant
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to the popular tourist destinations of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, compiled by a local photographer and writer.
(USE105, $19.95)
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Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise
• Kirkpatrick Sale
• EXPLORATION
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A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god.
(USA134, $15.95)
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A Clearing in the Distance, Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
• Witold Rybczynski
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A lovely biography of the creator of Central Park (Manhattan) and Prospect Park (Brooklyn), the largest parks in their respective boroughs.
(NYC62, $15.95)
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Cod, A Biography of a Fish that Changed the World
• Mark Kurlansky
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A sparkling extended essay on the cod in the tradition of Lopez or McPhee, looking at the importance of the fish to cuisine and commerce, throwing much light on the plight of the Grand Banks and fisheries.
(OCE10, $15.00)
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Collected Short Stories, Volume 4
• W. Somerset Maugham
• LITERATURE
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Maugham can evoke turn-of-the-century colonial Asia like no other. This collection of stories features many set in Malaysia and other southeast Asian locales, including the well-known tale "The Letter."
(SEA01, $17.00)
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Common Ground, A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
• J. Anthony Lukas
• HISTORY
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning study of racial tensions in Boston told from the perspectives of three families.
(BOS14, $18.95)
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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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The Dante Club
• Matthew Pearl
• LITERATURE
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A historical murder mystery, centered around the works of Dante.
(BOS12, $13.95)
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Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
• Robert Finch
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of serene essays on the nature, wildlife, and inhabitants of Cape Cod by a keen observer and year-round resident.
(USE84, $15.00)
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Eastern Backyard Birds
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A laminated, illustrated, fold-out guide to the birds of the Northeast.
(USE229, $5.95)
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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 Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
• Paul Schneider
• HISTORY
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The natural and human history of Cape Cod and its surrounding islands, as written by a resident of Martha's Vineyard.
(USE66, $17.00)
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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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Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation
• Joseph J. Ellis
• HISTORY
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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, $14.95)
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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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Good Will Hunting
• Gus Van Sant
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The Oscar-winning story of the troubled prodigy Will Hunting (Matt Damon) and the therapist who finally reaches him (Robin Williams), set in Boston.
(USE331, $19.99)
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The House on Nauset Marsh
• Wyman Richardson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A Cape Cod classic first published in 1947, these leisurely essays form a reflective portrait of the land, sea and wildlife.
(USE83, $14.95)
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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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In the Heart of the Sea, The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
• Nathaniel Philbrick
• HISTORY
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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, $15.00)
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Insight Compact Guide Cape Cod
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief, easy-to-carry and colorful introduction to Cape Cod.
(USE67, $8.95)
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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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Inventing the Charles River
• Karl Haglund
• HISTORY
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An illustrated history of Boston's Charles River, a feat of civil engineering and a vital public space.
(BOS24, $55.00)
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, A Companion Guide and History
• Hilliard T. Goldfarb
• GUIDEBOOK
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A visitor's guide to the museum.
(BOS03, $27.00)
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John Adams
• David McCullough
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning best-selling biography of the second president. McCullough reveals him as a magnificent figure who helped shaped the nation.
(USE201, $20.00)
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Karen Brown's New England, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries
• Jack Bullard
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to lodging of character and itineraries.
(USE200, $19.95)
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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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Ladies, Women, and Wenches: Choice and Constraint in Antebellum Charleston and Boston
• Jane H. Pease
• William H. Pease
• HISTORY
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This comparative history juxtaposes the lives of women in pre-Civil War Boston and Charleston.
(USS333, $25.00)
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Literary Trail of Greater Boston
• Susan Wilson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to literary Boston, Concord and Cambridge.
(BOS04, $12.00)
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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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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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Massachusetts EasyFinder
• Rand McNally Maps
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A folded, laminated map of Massachusetts at a scale of 1:530,000.
(USE293, $7.95)
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My Pamet, Cape Cod Chronicle
• Tom Kane
• ANTHOLOGY
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From 1951 to 1988, journalist Tom Kane recorded the goings-on of small-town life in his newspaper column in Cape Cod's weekly newspapers.
(USE82, $24.95)
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Mystic River
• Clint Eastwood
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A haunting murder mystery which brings three childhood friends together as adults in a working-class Boston neighborhood.
(USE332, $27.95)
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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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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders
• Lorus J. Milne
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide to 200 species of insects and beetles featuring 700 full-color photographs.
(FG53, $19.95)
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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, $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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New England Birds
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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This laminated, fold-out guide gives illustrations of almost 150 commonly encountered birds in New England.
(USE232, $5.95)
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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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The Outermost House, A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
• Henry Beston
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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, $14.00)
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The Paper Chase
• James Bridges
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A Harvard law student's attempts to get in his professor's good graces may be botched when he woos the professor's daughter.
(USE333, $14.98)
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Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
• Esther Forbes
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An engaging, classic biography of the much mythologized hero of the American Revolution.
(BOS17, $17.95)
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The Perfect Storm, A True Story of Men Against the Sea
• Sebastian Junger
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A gripping, now-famous blow-by-blow account of a 1991 disaster at sea. Junger reconstructs the final hours of six men aboard a 72-foot swordfish boat in the North Atlantic, battling against a torrential storm.
(OCE06, $7.99)
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Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians, Eastern and Central North America
• Roger Conant
• FIELD GUIDE
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A handy guide for the hertologically inclined of the eastern US.
(FG46, $21.00)
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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 Race to Save the Lord God Bird
• Phillip Hoose
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers.
(BRD30, $21.00)
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The Rascal King, The Life and Times of James Michael Curley
• Jack Beatty
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Beatty, a contributor to the Atlantic, follows the climb of the notorious four-term Boston mayor (1874-1958) from Irish slums to political power in this full-length biography, originally published in 1992.
(BOS19, $22.50)
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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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Red Sox Century
• Richard A. Johnson
• Glenn Stout
• SPORT
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A gorgeously illustrated history of Boston's favorite baseball team.
(BBL14, $25.00)
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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 Rise of Silas Lapham
• William Dean Howells
• LITERATURE
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A classic novel of the Gilded Age set in Boston.
(BOS21, $15.00)
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Rise to Rebellion
• Jeff M. Shaara
• LITERATURE
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Shaara, a storyteller of note, here turns from the Civil War to the signature moments of the American Revolution -- as seen through the eyes of key figures.
(USE287, $15.95)
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Road Guide New England, Atlantic Northeast
• Hallwag
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A map of the Northeast at a scale of 1:1,200,000.
(USE58, $12.95)
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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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Shaker: Life, Work, and Art
• June Sprigg
• RELIGION
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(USE245, $19.98)
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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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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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A Studio of Her Own, Women Artists in Boston 1870-1940
• Erica E. Hirshler
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A history of women's lives and art in Boston, published by the MFA Boston.
(BOS08, $40.00)
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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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Treasures of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Malcolm Rogers
• Gilian Wohlauer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Highlights of the collection at the MFA.
(USE241, $11.95)
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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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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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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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