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The Forbidden Garden"Captivating ...] Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love." --Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth PetalPerfect for fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Jio, comes a lush imaginative novel that takes...
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John Grow of Ipswich, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants: A Middle-Class Family in Social and Economic Context from the 17th Century to the PreRecipient: National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence: Genealogy and Family History Book Category (Honorable Mention, 2021)This engaging and highly readable family history follows ten generations of a mainstream middle-class family through three and a half centuries of American social and economic history from the...
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Hold You NowA secret baby and a second chance. From troubled teen to successful contractor, Jake Nichols is used to starting over. From childhood to his recent divorce, he's a pro at making the best of things. Phoebe Ward thought she'd never see her first love...
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Touch You NowShe's gorgeous and determined to be left alone. He's intrigued and intent on inserting himself into her solitary life. When Kane Harmon rescues Halley Ward from the side of the road, he discovers the most beautiful, wealthy, and loneliest person woman he's ever met....
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Ethan Frome, Large-Print EditionOne of Edith Wharton's greatest works, this classic novel is a portrait of the simple inhabitants of a 19th-century New England village. Crafted with stark simplicity, Ethan Frome portrays the power of convention to smother the growth of the individual. Newly designed and typeset...
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Mary and William Dyer: Quaker Light and Puritan Ambition in Early New EnglandMary Dyer is widely esteemed as one of the "Boston martyrs"- four Quakers hanged by the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1659 and 1661. When she returned to Boston in 1660, after having been banished twice from Massachusetts, she committed an act of deliberate civil...
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Hudson River LighthousesLighthouses were built on the Hudson River in New York between 1826 to 1921 to help guide freight and passenger traffic. One of the most famous was the iconic Statue of Liberty. This fascinating history with photos will bring the time of traffic along...
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The Twisted ThreadWhen beautiful but aloof Claire Harkness is found dead in her dorm room one spring morning, prestigious Armitage Academy is shaken to its core. Everyone connected to school, and to Claire, finds their lives upended, from the local police detective who has a personal...
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New England WhiteNATIONAL BESTSELLER Lemaster Carlyle, the president of the country's most prestigious university, and his wife, Julie, the divinity school's deputy dean, are America's most prominent and powerful African American couple. Driving home through a swirling blizzard late one night, the couple skids off the...
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Shadows Over InnsmouthEnjoy some "good, slimy fun" with this horror anthology that pays tribute to H.P. Lovecraft's eeriest creation--featuring 16 "genuinely frightening" stories from Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell, and more (San Francisco Chronicle). Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's classic, today's masters of horror take up their...
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Book 13: The Woodshed MysteryThe Alden Children are staying at the New England farmhouse where their grandfather grew up. There are many legends about the old farm, especially about a woodshed near the house. Can the Boxcar Children discover the secret of the woodshed--one that goes back to...
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The Mortician's DaughterA suspended New York City policewoman returns home to a small New England mill town to investigate the murder of her best friend's sonAuthor: Elizabeth BloomPublisher: Mysterious PressPublished: 08/21/2006Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.62h x 5.86w x 1.08dISBN: 9780892967865Review Citation(s): Library Journal Prepub Alert...
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The Healer's Calling: Women and Medicine in Early New EnglandThis book, the first to describe women medical practitioners other than midwives in the colonial period, emphasizes that medical care was part of every woman's work. The Healer's Calling uses memorable anecdotes, engaging characters, and medical oddities to tell the fascinating story of the...
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African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New EnglandEvidence of the early history of African Americans in New England is found in the many old cemeteries and burial grounds in the region, often in hidden or largely forgotten locations. This unique work covers the burial sites of African Americans--both enslaved and free--in...
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Unsolved New England: 20 Cases That Rocked the RegionNew England has an alarming underbelly of mystery, murder, and chilling unsolved cases that will shock you. Delve into 20 unsettling incidents of homicide, robberies, missing persons, and strangeness from the 1800s to current times by analyzing both historical backgrounds and modern investigative techniques--all...
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RehobothA brother and sister search for each other after being separated by an Indian prince and his war. . . Gifted novelist Angela Elwell Hunt continues her exciting American historical Keepers of the Ring series. In book 4, Rehoboth, Daniel Bailie takes his children,...
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Evolution of JaneIn this "witty novel about family, friendship, and survival of the fittest,"* Cathleen Schine, one of our most astute social observers, examines the origin of species alongside the origins of who we come to be. In some mysterious family feud or unintended slight, Jane...
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Thomas Kinkade's Cape Light: Christmas BlessingsRevel in the spirit of Christmas, and let your heart be an open book with a heartwarming novel set in Thomas Kinkade's charming town of Cape Light... Shortly before the start of the holidays, successful renovation business owner Sam Morgan has an accident on...
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The Good ThiefRichly imagined, gothically spooky, and replete with the ingenious storytelling ability of a born novelist, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting new talents. NAMED ONE OF...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award WinnerSixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family...
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