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Eyewitness Guide Boston

Eyewitness Guide Boston

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

An exceptionally informative, visually entrancing guide to Boston. (BOS10, $20.00)

Common Ground, A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families

by 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. (BOS14, $19.95)

Boston Map (Boston Unfolds)

Boston Map (Boston Unfolds)

by VanDam

  • MAP

A cleverly folded map of Boston. (BOS09, $7.95)

 

AIA Guide to Boston


by Michael Southworth | Susan Southworth

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

This estimable guide sruveys more than 600 of Boston's noteworthy buildings and landmarks. (BOS07, $29.95)

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 pocket guide to the Freedom Trail. (BOS05, $8.95)

City Walks Boston


by China Williams

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • BOXED
  • 52 PAGES

Explore the city with these 50 colorful, convenient cards, each with a map and suggested walking tour. (BOS41, $14.95)

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)

Literary Trail of Greater Boston


by Susan Wilson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

A guide to literary Boston, Concord and Cambridge. (BOS04, $14.95)

Lonely Planet Boston Encounter

Lonely Planet Boston Encounter


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map. (BOS39, $14.99)

The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America


by John Mack Faragher

  • REFERENCE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 484 PAGES

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


by Hilliard T. Goldfarb

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 152 PAGES

A visitor's guide to the museum. (BOS03, $30.00)

Where Boston Cityguide


by Where Magazine

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 64 PAGES

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


by Thomas H. O'Connor

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

An eclectic, affectionate tour of people, places, and events in the history of Boston. (BOS02, $14.95)

Boston Then and Now


by Elizabeth McNulty

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

An illustrated chronicle of Boston and its development over the decades as shown through the juxtaposition of pairs of archival and modern photographs. (BOS27, $19.95)

Boston Then and Now, 59 Boston Sites Photographed in the Past and Present


by Peter Vanderwarker

  • HISTORY
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 122 PAGES

Boston captured in time, first over a century ago and again in the early 1980s. (BOS15, $10.95)

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)

Inventing the Charles River


by Karl Haglund

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

An illustrated history of Boston's Charles River, a feat of civil engineering and a vital public space. (BOS24, $58.00)

Lexington and Concord, The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution


by Arthur Bernon Tourtellot

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A popular history of the opening shots of the American Revolution. (BOS16, $18.95)

Original Meanings, Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

Original Meanings, Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution


by Jack N. Rakove

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 439 PAGES

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning history, Rakove reassesses the intentions and debates of the ratifiers of the Constitution and challenges the political stance that today's policy-makers should aim to obey the founders' intentions. (USA443, $17.95)

Revolutionaries, A New History of the Invention of America


by Jack Rakove

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

Rakove offers new insights into the personalities of America's famous and little-known revolutionaries, focusing on the period from 1772 to 1792 and portraying these national heroes as ordinary men who rose to meet the challenges at hand. (USA442, $16.95)

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)

Architecture After Richardson, Regionalism Before Modernism


by Margaret Henderson Floyd

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 546 PAGES

An oversized scholarly study of American architects Longfellow, Alden and Harlow. (BOS20, $110.00)

Lost Boston


by Jane Holtz Kay

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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


by Malcolm Rogers | Gilian Wohlauer

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

Highlights of the collection at the MFA. (USE241, $11.95)

John Adams


by David McCullough

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 751 PAGES

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


by Esther Forbes

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

An engaging, classic biography of the much mythologized hero of the American Revolution. (BOS17, $30.95)

The Rascal King, The Life and Times of James Michael Curley


by Jack Beatty

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

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)

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)

Little Women


by Louisa May Alcott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 777 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four high-spirited sisters growing up in Civil War-era Massachussetts. (USE210, $8.99)

Rise to Rebellion


by Jeff M. Shaara

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

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


by Henry James

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Henry James' satirical novel of the battle of the sexes set in 1870s Boston. (BOS13, $20.00)

The Dante Club


by Matthew Pearl

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A historical murder mystery, centered around the works of Dante. (BOS12, $15.00)

The Good City, Writers Explore 21st Century Boston

The Good City, Writers Explore 21st Century Boston


by Emily Hiestand | Ande Zellman

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

This collection of contemporary writing on Boston includes contributions by Susan Orlean and Michael Patrick MacDonald. (BOS28, $14.00)

The Rise of Silas Lapham


by William Dean Howells

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A classic novel of the Gilded Age set in Boston. (BOS21, $16.00)

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