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We feature a handpicked selection of travel guides, maps, literature, books on art, nature and culture, all designed to help you get more out of your travels to Boston. Order an essential package, and we'll ship any additional items for free.

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Eyewitness Guide Boston  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2003 •  PAPER  • 200 PAGES
An exceptionally informative, visually entrancing guide to Boston with a chapter on places to visit farther afield. The compact guide includes excellent neighborhood maps, museum plans and innovative 3-D architectural renderings of key buildings. With select listings on places to eat, shop and sleep. (BOS10, $20.00)
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Boston, A Topographical History, Third Enlarged Edition  •  Lawrence W. Kennedy  •  Walter Muir Whitehill
HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 380 PAGES
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. In a new edition, updated to cover developments during the last 30 years. (BOS06, $17.50)
  Boston, A Topographical History, Third Enlarged Edition
Common Ground, A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families  •  J. Anthony Lukas
HISTORY •  1986 •  PAPER  • 688 PAGES
The Pulitzer Prize-winning study of racial tensions in Boston told from the perspectives of three families. This well-written history pays particular attention to the school integration and busing crisis of 1974. (BOS14, $18.95)
 
Boston Map (Boston Unfolds)  •   VanDam
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This convenient map of Boston has a clever "origami" fold to help the traveler refer to any location in the city without having to deal with an unwieldy and large piece of paper. (BOS09, $6.95)
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AIA Guide to Boston  •  Michael Southworth  •  Susan Southworth   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This estimable guide sruveys more than 600 of Boston's noteworthy buildings and landmarks. (BOS07, $29.95)
 
 
Boston's Freedom Trail, A Souvenir Guide  •  Robert Booth  •  Shirley Moskow  •  Jack Frost   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A pocket guide to the Freedom Trail. (BOS05, $6.95)
 
 
Compass Guide Boston  •  Patricia Harris   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, handsomely produced guide featuring outstanding photography, solid maps and practical travel information. (USE05, $21.00)
 
 
Fodor's Boston's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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, $11.95)
 
 
Literary Trail of Greater Boston  •  Susan Wilson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A guide to literary Boston, Concord and Cambridge. (BOS04, $12.00)
 
 
The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America  •  John Mack Faragher   • REFERENCE  •  An A-Z reference on the revolution with 1500 entries from the early 1600s through nationhood. (USE162, $24.50)
 
 
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, A Companion Guide and History  •  Hilliard T. Goldfarb   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A visitor's guide to the museum. (BOS03, $27.00)
 
 
Where Boston Cityguide  •   Where Magazine   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A sturdy pocket guide to top city sights, helpfully keyed to overview maps and featuring a detailed downtown PopOut map. (BOS31, $9.95)
 
 
Boston A to Z  •  Thomas H. O'Connor   • HISTORY  •  An eclectic, affectionate tour of people, places, and events in the history of Boston. (BOS02, $14.95)
 
 
Boston Then and Now  •  Elizabeth McNulty   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An illustrated chronicle of Boston and its development over the decades as shown through the juxtaposition of pairs of archival and modern photographs. (BOS27, $18.95)
 
 
Boston Then and Now, 59 Boston Sites Photographed in the Past and Present  •  Peter Vanderwarker   • HISTORY  •  Boston captured in time, first over a century ago and again in the early 1980s. (BOS15, $10.95)
 
 
Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation  •  Joseph J. Ellis   • HISTORY  •  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)
 
 
Inventing the Charles River  •  Karl Haglund   • HISTORY  •  An illustrated history of Boston's Charles River, a feat of civil engineering and a vital public space. (BOS24, $55.00)
 
 
Lexington and Concord, The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution  •  Arthur Bernon Tourtellot   • HISTORY  •  A popular history of the opening shots of the American Revolution. (BOS16, $16.95)
 
 
The Americans, the Colonial Experience  •  Daniel Boorstin   • HISTORY  •  Winner of the Bancroft Prize, this wide-ranging portrait of colonial America looks to the origins of the American character and its institutions. (USA05, $15.95)
 
 
A Studio of Her Own, Women Artists in Boston 1870-1940  •  Erica E. Hirshler   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A history of women's lives and art in Boston, published by the MFA Boston. (BOS08, $40.00)
 
 
Architecture After Richardson, Regionalism Before Modernism  •  Margaret Henderson Floyd   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An oversized scholarly study of American architects Longfellow, Alden and Harlow. (BOS20, $100.00)
 
 
Lost Boston  •  Jane Holtz Kay   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This valuable tribute to the Boston of old features 350 gorgeous monochrome photographs and lively accompanying text. (BOS11, $25.00)
 
 
Treasures of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  •  Malcolm Rogers  •  Gilian Wohlauer   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Highlights of the collection at the MFA. (USE241, $11.95)
 
 
John Adams  •  David McCullough   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
 
 
Paul Revere and the World He Lived In  •  Esther Forbes   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An engaging, classic biography of the much mythologized hero of the American Revolution. (BOS17, $17.95)
 
 
The Rascal King, The Life and Times of James Michael Curley  •  Jack Beatty   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
 
 
The Good City, Writers Explore 21st Century Boston  •  Emily Hiestand  •  Ande Zellman   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This collection of contemporary writing on Boston includes contributions by Susan Orlean and Michael Patrick MacDonald. (BOS28, $14.00)
 
 
After Frost, An Anthology of Poetry from New England  •  Henry Lyman  •  Robert Frost  •  Wallace Stevens   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 
 
Little Women  •  Louisa May Alcott   • LITERATURE  •  Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four high-spirited sisters growing up in Civil War-era Massachussetts. (USE210, $6.99)
 
 
Rise to Rebellion  •  Jeff M. Shaara   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 
 
The Bostonians  •  Henry James   • LITERATURE  •  Henry James' satirical novel of the battle of the sexes set in 1870s Boston. (BOS13, $20.00)
 
 
The Dante Club  •  Matthew Pearl   • LITERATURE  •  A historical murder mystery, centered around the works of Dante. (BOS12, $13.95)
 
 
The Rise of Silas Lapham  •  William Dean Howells   • LITERATURE  •  A classic novel of the Gilded Age set in Boston. (BOS21, $15.00)
 
 


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