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Mount MiseryFrom the Laws of Mount Misery: There are no laws in psychiatry. Now, from the author of the riotous, moving, bestselling classic, The House of God, comes a lacerating and brilliant novel of doctors and patients in a psychiatric hospital. Mount Misery is a...
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El Proyecto de Wendy16-year-old Wendy Davies crashes her car into a lake on a late summer night with her two younger brothers in the backseat. When she wakes in the hospital, she is told that her youngest brother, Michael, is dead. Wendy ―a once rational teenager- shocks...
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American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation"American Bloods is an unflinching history of our nation . . . This is a breakout book for John Kaag--the natural extension of his genre-defining writing." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Leadership: In Turbulent TimesA history of a family spanning centuries and...
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Stone Wall SecretsStone Wall Secrets also shows positive family dynamics between different generations and different races in an adoptive family. Gus Moore's richly detailed paintings are the perfect complement to a story full of imagery and wonder.Author: Kristie Thorson, Robert ThorsonPublisher: Tilbury House PublishersPublished: 10/01/2001Pages: 40Binding...
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DeathtrapA hugely popular stage and screen success, this ingeniously constructed play offers a rare and skilful blending of two priceless theatrical ingredients - gasp-inducing thrills and spontaneous laughter. Unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson has sent his new thriller to award-winning Broadway author Sidney for comment...
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Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks: Fifty Of The Grittiest Moments In The History Of Hardscrabble New EnglandThe story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating stories of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks will take the top fifty wildest episodes in the region's history and present them to the reader in one...
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The Senator from New England: The Rise of JFKChronicles JFK's growing confidence and ambition while a member of the US Senate.Author: Sean J. SavagePublisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New YoPublished: 08/01/2015Pages: 362Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.20dISBN: 9781438457031About the AuthorSean J. Savage is Professor of Political Science at Saint...
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Ethan FromePerhaps the best-known and most popular of Edith Wharton's novels, Ethan Frome is widely considered her masterpiece. Set against a bleak New England background, the novel tells of Frome, his ailing wife Zeena and her companion Mattie Silver, superbly delineating the characters of each...
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Truly, Madly, SheeplyThe Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes face a pumpkin snatcher and a haunted farm in the fourth and final cozy mystery of the Edgar Award-nominated middle grade series from the author of the beloved Mother-Daughter Book Club books. It's autumn in New England and Truly...
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Climb Every Mountain: 46 of the Northeast's 111 Hikes Over 4,000 FeetTaking on one of the Northeast's 4,000 footers is becoming a pilgrimage for Northeast residents and its visitors. While more people than ever are hiking them, there's still a dearth of good information about each mountain and its surrounding areas, especially in winter. Climb...
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The Great Clam Cake and Fritter Guide: Why We Love Them, How to Make Them, and Where to Find Them from Maine to VirginiaForget lobster rolls and crab cakes. The dish East Coast residents really clamor for are clam cakes and fritters. In Maine, it's a deep-fried clam patty; in Virginia, a clam-filled pancake; in Southern New England, clam doughnut holes that are a summer sacrament despite...
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Eat, Drink and Be WaryThe New England Fall Food Fest has begun, and for competitive cook Sherry Oliveri, it's a chance to take home a prize--and take down a killer . . . Sherry's hoping her Savory Shrimp Lettuce Cups will impress the judges, and she's invited her...
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Red Delicious DeathIn this latest Orchard mystery, amateur sleuth Meg Corey takes a bite out of crime... Some baby-faced chefs, fresh out of cooking school, are looking to open a restaurant in Granford. They plan on using local foods-great news for city girl banker-turned orchard owner...
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can tell an ample story: New-England Runaways, 1769-1773This work marks Joseph Lee Boyle's third volume of colonial New England runaways, as identified in contemporary newspaper ads. (The first two volumes covered the period 1704-1754 and 1755-1768, respectively.) The majority of the individuals in this compilation are runaway servants and slaves, but...
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much given to Talk and bad Company: New-England Runaways, 1704-1754This work is the first of four volumes in a series of New England runaways, as identified in contemporary newspaper ads. The majority of the persons are runaway servants and slaves, but a number are runaway apprentices, both men and women, military deserters, and...
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Stories from the Six Worlds (2nd Edition): Mi'kmaw LegendsIn Stories from the Six Worlds, it is their stories, passed down by word of mouth, that best preserve and present Mi'kmaw culture. For in their tales, the People themselves speak about their world and give us glimpses of how their universe manifests, in...
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Sugar on Snow"Sap's rising!" A picture book that pays tribute to the spirit and traditions of rural New England and a reminder of the very real values found on family farms. A father, his two sons, and one dog set off at dawn to the sugar...
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Light on SnowWhat makes a family? That's what twelve-year-old Nicky Dillon wonders after she and her widowed father discover a wailing abandoned baby in the snow-filled woods near their New Hampshire home. Through the days that follow, the Dillons and an unexpected visitor who soon turns...
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Eight Perfect MurdersNew York Times bestseller"Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next... A true tour de force." --Lisa Gardner"[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge." --USA TodayFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling...
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All These Beautiful Strangers"This is going to be big." -Entertainment Weekly"Juicy, clever, and beguiling." -Cecily von Ziegsar, author of the Gossip Girl novelsA young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this...
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