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Nationally acclaimed nature photographer Middleton spent four years working on a Vermont dairy farm, side by side with the three generations who operate it. He has captured not only the visual beauty of this vanishing world but the voices of the farm family, the Bromleys.

The author of best-selling board books on Boston and Cape Cod moves up the New England coast to the great state of Maine. A pair of moose, father and child, explore from the rocky coast to the heights of Katahdin, the highest mountain in the region. Explore lighthouses and tidal pools. Fish for lobsters and dig for clams. Drive the coast in an old pickup, sail from island to island, and camp out under the stars. Little children and their paren...

Twenty years after her mother's death, Loli Greene is hired by a nearly bankrupt theater to travel across the United States and teach tired, toxic teenagers to tap into their creative unconscious so that they might better understand both their ancestor's world and their own. During her travails, Loli uncovers secrets about her past that change her troublesome present into what may become a perfect future. While teaching in a town in the Midwes...

After losing their northwest Indian farm to the bank, the Subadars must embark upon a 1, 000-mile journey through the panoramic, breathtaking states of Punjab, Gujurat, and Rajastan. Upon reaching their destination of Bombay, the dreams and expectations of the family are shattered as they are hit by the reality of urban slum life. At once heartwarming and heartbreaking, the story of the Subadars' 12-day travel in a secondhand truck is one of c...

Set against the backdrop of the Brixton race riots in London in the 1980s, this novel tells a story of overcoming obstacles from a teen's perspective. Brenton Brown, a 16-year-old mixed-race youth, has lived in a children's home all his life and is haunted by the absence of his mother. Complications arise, however, when he finally meets his mother and then falls dangerously in love with his half-sister. Killer Terry Flynn also scars Brenton's ...

Washington, D.C. is "hometown" for every American. Martha Day Zschock is not only a brilliant artist, whose Journey Around books have captured readers of all ages in Boston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and more. She is also an educator, who designed her bestselling series to teach children about our great American places. This is far more than an alphabet book. Each page is headed by an alliterative sentence that evokes an ...

Make way for a Journey Around San Francisco! A friendly pelican guides explorers of all ages on a beautiful tour of the city, pointing out intriguing sights and fascinating history along the way. Ride a cable car. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Explore Alcatraz, the Presidio, and Muir Woods. Learn about San Francisco's diverse population and rich cultural life. A journey awaits on every page. Like other titles in the series that visit Boston, N...

From cranberries to the catch-of-the-day, this collection of delicious recipes and clever cooking tips is much more than a cookbook. Each page is brimming with coastal secrets only a native would know.

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Until 2004 and the publication of "A Short History of Boston, " there was no good short history of the city of Boston, not in print anyway. With economy and style, Dr. Robert Allison brings Boston history alive, from the Puritan theocracy of the seventeenth century to the Big Dig of the twenty-first. His book includes a wealth of illustrations, a lengthy chronology of the key events in four centuries of Boston history, and twenty short profile...

Author and illustrator Martha Zschock was a third-grade teacher on Cape Cod. When taking her students on field trips on the Cape, she discovered what sites and stories excited them most. Drawing on that experience, she created what one Cape Cod bookseller calls "the best Cape book we've ever had, " and the first in a series of alphabet books that visit great American places. Journey Around Cape Cod and the Islands From A to Z is an alphabet bo...

This vivid, enchanting alphabet book for all ages is packed with fascinating information about historic sites in Boston, Cambridge, and environs. Colorful, detailed watercolor paintings from author and illustrator Martha Day Zschock enliven the pages, which include: Brahmins on Beacon Hill, Fans at Fenway, and Tea Taxes! Says the Fitchburg Sentinel, "Her art and poetic, easy-to-follow text will warmly draw readers of all ages into the arms of ...

Winner of the 2005 Holocaust Literature Award Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. When Bruno Lind, a neuroscientist and memory expert, returns to Vienna, the city of his birth, more awaits him than he had expected. Propelled by dreams, a chance name overhead in a hotel lobby, and the urgings of his daughter, Lind becomes the detective of his own unexplored life, retracing the experiences of World War II, refugee camps, and migrati...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2003. This provocative and adventurous novel explores the havoc wrought when a young Kosovan-an illegal immigrant-finds himself in London. Mehmet leads a double life of befriending and lodging with an elderly woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis, while at the same time having an affair with a woman doctor and throwing himself into the London gay scene. Disaster looms when Mehmet begins a new relationshi...

Salem Cortnerstones is an all-in-one history, photo album, and guidebook to one of America's great centers of history and culture. This indispensable guide to historic Salem includes chapters on: maritime trade, the witchcraft trials, exceptional architecture, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Five leading historians explain it all, including the story of Salem since Hawthorne's death, with over seventy illustrations and six maps.

A colorful child's-eye view of New York City, for all ages.

Life story of leading American feminist who changed the way we think about sexuality and the family.Shere Hite's ground-breaking Hite Reports on sexuality, the family and human behavior have sold 25 million copies world wide. Shere Hite is internationally recognized for her work on psycho-sexual behavior and gender relations. She is Professor of Clinical Sexology at Maimonides University, Florida. She holds academic positions at Japan's Nihon ...

A book devoted to the stories of heroines of the sea, by the master of New England maritime lore.