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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUSE205) |
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Compass Guide New Hampshire
• Compass American
GUIDEBOOK •
2002 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
Compiled by local writers and photographers, this full-color guide covers the history, culture and character of the state and its attractions. With photographs, maps, literary excerpts, and reviews of restaurants and hotels.
(USE392, $21.95) |
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Reading the Forested Landscape, A Natural History of New England
• Tom Wessels
• Brian Cohen
• Ann Zwinger
NATURAL HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 200 PAGES
In this thoughtful book, Wessels examines the character of the central New England forest through the clues left behind by fires, logging, storms and economic fads (not to mention beavers, blowdowns and blights). With black-and-white etchings illustrating disturbance patterns, checklist of trees by substrate and glossary.
(USE07, $21.95) |
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New England Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE •
2001 •
PLASTIC CARD
This laminated, fold-out, pocket-size guide features illustrations of almost 150 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals found throughout the New England states.
(USE234, $5.95) |
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Northern New England Map
• Streetwise Maps
2004 •
MAP
A laminated, folding road map of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont at a scale of 1:2,700,000 with city-to-city mileage chart and insets of Burlington, Portland and Manchester regions. Two Sides. 36x24 inches.
(USE76, $6.95) |
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Also Recommended
Eyewitness Guide New England
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An on-the-ground guide to New England -- handsome, comprehensive and superb.
(USE294, $25.00)
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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, $19.99)
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
• Nathaniel Philbrick
• HISTORY
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National Book Award-winner Philbrick brings the 17th-century Plymouth colony, in all its gruesome detail, to life through its most interesting characters and events. He digs for the truths underlying the myths.
(USE388, $16.00)
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The Americans, the Colonial Experience
• Daniel Boorstin
• HISTORY
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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)
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The Most Beautiful Villages of New England
• Tom Shachtman
• 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, $40.00)
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Knossos, Unearthing a Legend
• Alexandre Farnoux
• David J. Baker
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• COMING IN
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An insightful look at the work of the English archaeologist Arthur Evans and how he pieced together myth and evidence to recreate the world of Knossos.
(GRE02, $15.95)
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Writing New England, An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present
• Andrew Delbanco
• ANTHOLOGY
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An overflowing anthology of New England writings, from fiction and memoir to natural history and politics.
(USE269, $29.95)
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Colors of Fall, A Celebration of New England's Foliage Season
• Jerry Monkman
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Capturing the spectacular fall display from the Berkshires of Massachusetts, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the wilds of northern Maine in 75 color photos.
(NYS92, $19.95)
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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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Reading the Mountains of Home
• John Elder
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Using Robert Frost's poem "Directive" as a companion on a journey through the woods of Vermont, John Elder weaves scholarly analysis with reflections on the cycles of loss and recovery in his own life and in nature.
(USE55, $24.50)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England
• Brian Cassie
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, easy-to-use overview of 1,000 of New England's trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects and other flora and fauna. It also provides an extensive overview of the area's geology, weather patterns and natural sites.
(USE06, $19.95)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• Jon Dunn
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding.
(FG09, $27.95)
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New England Butterflies & Moths, An Introduction to Familiar Species
• James Kavanagh
• FIELD GUIDE
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This handy plastic card covers 70 familiar species.
(USE445, $5.95)
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