Cultural Region/New England
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This Is Our City: Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World
$17.00 Read moreThis Is Our City is a celebration of two decades of sports success in Boston from the cohost of the #1 sports radio show in New England, Felger & Mazz.
In Boston, sports loyalty–and passion–runs de- Author: Massarotti, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1419753592
- Language: English
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Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign
$20.99 Add to cartFought amid rocks and trees, in thick blinding smoke, and under exceedingly stressful conditions, the battle for the southern slope of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 stands among the most famous and… [more below]
- Author: Desjardin, Thomas A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 29 2009
- ISBN10: 0195382315
- Language: English
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It Happened in Vermont: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Green Mountain State History
$16.95 Add to cartFrom a cross-border Confederate attack to the underdressed men from Maple Corner, It Happened in Vermont looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Green Mountain State
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Bushnell, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1493041363
- Language: English
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Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England
$25.95 Add to cartShortly after the first Europeans arrived in seventeenth-century New England, they began to import Africans and capture the area’s indigenous peoples as slaves. By the eve of the American Revolution, … [more below]
- Author: Hardesty, Jared Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: August 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1625344570
- Language: English
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Smith & Wesson
$40.99 Add to cartHorace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson shared a dream of manufacturing a firearm that could fire repeatedly, using a new and self-contained cartridge. In 1852, the dream became a reality with the foundi… [more below]
- Author: Jinks, Roy G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 04 2006
- ISBN10: 1531627609
- Language: English
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Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World’s Most Profitable Casino
$18.00 Add to cartThe Mashantucket Pequots have had a long and proud history, enduring for centuries even after colonists and historians believed them to have been exterminated by the British in 1637. By the early 1970… [more below]
- Author: Eisler, Kim Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 267
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0803267452
- Language: English
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The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
$22.95 Add to cartA sweeping history of the drama, intrigue, and rivalry behind the creation of the postwar economic order
When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for ‘a new B- Series: Council on Foreign Relations Books (Princeton University Press)
- Author: Steil, Benn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 23 2014
- ISBN10: 0691162379
- Language: English
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Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
$19.00 Read moreA book about a tiny island with a huge history, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane’s Eye.
“For everyone who loves Nantucket Island this is the indispens… [more below]- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0143120123
- Language: English
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The Franchise: Boston Red Sox: A Curated History of the Red Sox
$28.00 Add to cartIn The Franchise: Boston Red Sox, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of the team.
This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history of the fran- Series: The Franchise
- Author: McAdam, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1637270003
- Language: English
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Yale Needs Women: How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant
$16.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2020 CONNECTICUT BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION AND NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS FOR BOOK CLUBS IN 2021 BY BOOKBROWSE
“Perkins’ richly detailed narrative is a reminder that gender equity has ne
- Author: Gardiner Perkins, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1728234611
- Language: English
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New England Waterfalls: A Guide to More Than 500 Cascades and Waterfalls
$26.95 Read moreLovers of all nature, Greg Parsons and Kate Watson are particularly fascinated with waterfalls. This new edition contains dozens of new waterfalls and provides extensive trail and road updates to exis
- Author: Parsons, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1682681181
- Language: English
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Will’s Red Coat: The Story of One Old Dog Who Chose to Live Again
$19.99 Add to cartBoston Globe Bestseller
A true story of acceptance, perseverance, and the possibility of love and redemption as evocative, charming, and powerful as the New York Times bestseller Following Atticus.
Draw
- Author: Ryan, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0062444999
- Language: English
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The Shady Lady’s Guide to Northeast Shade Gardening
$29.95 Add to cartThe Shady Lady’s Guide to Northeast Shade Gardening is a crash course in the essentials of shade gardening, helping gardeners take advantage of the potential in shadow. Within this expanded second edi
- Author: Ziffer, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501760033
- Language: English
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The Wreck of the Portland: A Doomed Ship, a Violent Storm, and New England’s Worst Maritime Disaster
$19.95 Add to cartThe SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as “New England’s Titanic.” The Portland was one of New England… [more below]
- Author: Conway, J. North
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493059467
- Language: English
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Hiking Waterfalls Maine: A Guide to the State’s Best Waterfall Hikes
$24.95 Read moreHiking Waterfalls in Maine includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for approximately 100 of the most scenic waterfall hikes in the area. Hike descriptions also include history, loc
- Series: State Hiking Guides
- Author: Westrich, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493041916
- Language: English
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The Lives They Saved: The Untold Story of Medics, Mariners, and the Incredible Boatlift That Evacuated Nearly 300,000 People on 9/11
$31.58 Add to cartThe Lives They Saved is the story in artifacts and oral histories of the 300,000 New Yorkers who were evacuated from Manhattan on 9/11…by boat. It is a story that has not yet been written about or t… [more below]
- Author: Keeney, L. Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: August 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1493073001
- Language: English
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In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
$16.00 Add to cartA modern sports writing classic by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle tells the story of the 1992-1993 championship season of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes
- Author: Blais, Madeleine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 11 2017
- ISBN10: 0802121454
- Language: English
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Embracing Light: A Year in Acadia National Park & Mount Desert Island
$29.99 Read moreAcadia National Park and Mount Desert Island are visited by over two million tourists every vacation season, but few know what the island and park are like during the rest of the year, the quiet seaso… [more below]
- Author: Erskine, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0764357506
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Vermont
$23.99 Add to cartA look back on the riveting history of Vermont, featuring stories from the American Revolution and the summoning of spirits.
Vermont’s history is marked by fierce independence, generosity of spirit and
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Bushnell, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1625859007
- Language: English
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A Guide to Newport’s Cliff Walk: Tales of Seaside Mansions & the Gilded Age Elite
$33.99 Add to cartFrom the grand majesty of the Breakers to the beautiful proportions of Rosecliff, these houses are enduring reminders of the architectural flowering of the Gilded Age.
Where the salty air mingles with … [more below]- Author: Morris, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1540218546
- Language: English
