Cultural Region/New England
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50 Things to Do in Maine Before You Die
$24.95 Read moreThe ultimate to-do list for Mainers and visitors alike
What better way to celebrate 50 years of book publishing than to celebrate the greatest things Maine has to offer. Following the popular trend in … [more below]
- Author: Griffin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1608936295
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Rhode Island: Not-To-Be-Forgotten Tales of the Ocean State
$23.99 Add to cartHidden History of Rhode Island delivers the best Ocean State stories you’ve never heard before.
Surprising tales and unexpected anecdotes color Rhode Island’s legacy, from the accounts of its three b
- Series: American Chronicles (History Press)
- Author: Laxton, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 27 2009
- ISBN10: 159629728X
- Language: English
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Salem’s Witch House: A Touchstone to Antiquity
$31.99 Add to cartThough located on Massachusetts’s scenic North Shore, Salem is often remembered for its less than picturesque history. The “Witch City,” as it is internationally known, is home to numerous landmarks d… [more below]
- Author: Goff, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 154021902X
- Language: English
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A History of the Greenwich Waterfront: Tod’s Point, Great Captain Island and the Greenwich Shoreline
$31.99 Add to cartThe historic community of Greenwich is nestled along Connecticut’s famed Gold Coast. The shores and waves of Long Island Sound draw people to its unique seaside, which also maintains a peaceful “resid… [more below]
- Author: Jewell, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: June 21 2011
- ISBN10: 154020569X
- Language: English
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So, You Think You Know Rhode Island?: People, Places, Folklore, Trivia and Treasures
$14.95 Add to cartSo, You Think You Know Rhode Island? lays out a significant base of knowledge for each region of the state, including famous men and women who have made significant important to each community. A sect
- Series: So, You Think You Know ?
- Author: Oliveira, Bobby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1928758096
- Language: English
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Rogue Town
$19.99 Add to cart“Your boss, Hogan, is running the whole drug and gambling racket in Fairfield County.”
Vito Colucci had only been a cop in Stamford, CT for about a year and a half when he landed an assignment in the N
- Author: Colucci, Vito
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987847701
- Language: English
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Claremont
$24.99 Add to cartChartered by Gov. Benning Wentworth in 1764, Claremont received its name from the English estate of Claremont, home of the Earl of Clare. The town was known in early years for its fertile farmland alo… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: McElreavy, Wayne L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 22 2012
- ISBN10: 0738592978
- Language: English
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Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America’s Richest City
$39.99 Add to cartMost readers know Salem only for the city’s notorious witch trials. But years later it became a very different city, one that produced America’s first millionaire (still one of history’s 75 wealthiest
- Author: Booth, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 16 2011
- ISBN10: 0312540388
- Language: English
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Nightwork, Updated Edition: A History of Hacks and Pranks at Mit
$29.95 Add to cartA lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon.
An MIT “hack” is an ingenious, benign, and anonymous prank or practical joke, often req
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Peterson, Institute Historian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0262515849
- Language: English
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Expedition Whydah
$19.99 Add to cartA Captivating Account of the Golden Age of Piracy, the Search for Sunken Treasure, and the Business of Underwater Exploration
Bored by his successful life and obsessed with a boyhood dream of lost pira
- Author: Clifford, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 11 2002
- ISBN10: 0060929715
- Language: English
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Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall
$17.99 Add to cartIn 1692 Puritan Samuel Sewall sent twenty people to their deaths on trumped-up witchcraft charges. The nefarious witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts represent a low point of American history, made fa
- Author: Laplante, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 04, 2008
- ISBN10: 0060859601
- Language: English
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Hike the Parks: Acadia National Park: Best Day Hikes, Walks, and Sights
$16.95 Add to cartAcadia National Park showcases rocky headlands, an abundance of biodiverse habitats, and clean air and water. It is home to a rich cultural heritage, along with miles of hiking trails, historic carria… [more below]
- Author: Romano, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1680512862
- Language: English
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Rockhounding New England: A Guide to 100 of the Region’s Best Rockhounding Sites
$24.95 Add to cartNew England is one of the best regions in the country for rockhounds to hunt for minerals, gems, and fossils. The complex geology of the region hosts a stunning variety of material from gold-bearing p… [more below]
- Series: Rockhounding
- Author: Cristofono, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493042041
- Language: English
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Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast
$18.95 Add to cartThey were bold, arrogant, brutal. They strode the rolling deck of a ship more easily than the tame streets of a town. They were wealthy–some beyond the wildest dreams of the governors and kings who f
- Author: Roberts, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: January 21 1993
- ISBN10: 194946718X
- Language: English
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Burlington
$26.60 Add to cartThe first history of the Green Mountain State’s largest city, home of the state university, and commercial and retail center for a majority of Vermonters, and enjoyed by the Quebecois who live just ac
- Series: Images from the Past
- Author: Feeney, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1884592643
- Language: English
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Judge Sewall’s Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of a Conscience
$14.99 Add to cartThe most evocative and richly contextualised account of the Salem Witch trials in print.
The Salem witch trials of 1692 have assumed mythical status. Immortalised by Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’, the
- Author: Francis, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 19 2016
- ISBN10: 1841156779
- Language: English
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A History of Howard Johnson’s: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon
$21.99 Add to cartLearn more about the “Father of the Franchise Industry” in this illuminating history about the Howard Johnson restaurant franchise and the man behind it all.
Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed emp
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 13 2013
- ISBN10: 1609494288
- Language: English
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How Maine Changed the World
$30.95 Add to cartCelebrating Mainers’ Amazing Ingenuity
As Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect upon
the contributions Maine has made that have had significant cu… [more below]- Author: Griffin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 20 2017
- ISBN10: 1608936317
- Language: English
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Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned
$17.95 Add to cartIn October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire’s Row in Bar Ha… [more below]
- Author: Butler, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 17 2014
- ISBN10: 1608932966
- Language: English
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Beacon Hill, Back Bay and the Building of Boston’s Golden Age
$21.99 Add to cartVenture back to the Boston of the 1800s, when Back Bay was just a wide expanse of water to the west of the Shawmut Peninsula and merchants peddled their wares to sailors along the docks. Witness the b… [more below]
- Author: Clarke, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 13 2010
- ISBN10: 1596291613
- Language: English
