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After Frost, An Anthology of Poetry from New England
• Henry Lyman
• Robert Frost
• Wallace Stevens
• LITERATURE
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A collection of poems from 30 of New England's most notable poets, with selections by Robert Frost, the granddaddy of New England poetry. Other featured poets include Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath.
(USE52, $22.95)
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The Angel on the Roof
• Russell Banks
• LITERATURE
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A collection of 32 short stories from the award-winning novelist, Russell Banks.
(USE103, $15.95)
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Backroads of New England, Your Guide to New England's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures
• Kim Knox Beckius
• GUIDEBOOK
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A driving tour guidebook to New England, covering the most picturesque routes through Cape Cod, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island.
(USE371, $21.95)
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Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket: An Explorer's Guide
• Kimberly Grant
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to the popular tourist destinations of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, compiled by a local photographer and writer.
(USE105, $19.95)
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Compass Guide Boston
• Patricia Harris
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, handsomely produced guide featuring outstanding photography, solid maps and practical travel information.
(USE05, $21.00)
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Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
• Robert Finch
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of serene essays on the nature, wildlife, and inhabitants of Cape Cod by a keen observer and year-round resident.
(USE84, $15.95)
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Eastern Coastal Birds
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A laminated, fold-out guide illustrating almost 150 species, from Maine to Florida.
(USE230, $5.95)
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Edward Hopper's New England
• Carl Little
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A slim, illustrated survey of Hopper's paintings set in New England towns and landscapes.
(USE184, $24.95)
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The Everything Guide to New England, Lodging, Restaurants, Beaches, and Must-See Attractions
• Kim Knox Beckius
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USE372, $14.95)
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North America
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Rosemary McKenna
• FIELD GUIDE
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A best-selling guide to wildflowers in a handsome paper edition, featuring drawings, color illustrations, and short descriptions. Covers 1,293 species.
(FG38, $19.00)
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Fodor's Boston's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN FEBRUARY
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A shirt-pocket guide to Boston, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights.
(USE04, $11.95)
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The House on Nauset Marsh
• Wyman Richardson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A Cape Cod classic first published in 1947, these leisurely essays form a reflective portrait of the land, sea and wildlife.
(USE83, $14.95)
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In Season, A Natural History of the New England Year
• Nona Bell Estrin
• Charles W. Johnson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A loosely organized, illustrated overview of New England and its wildlife as depicted in watercolor paintings and short essays.
(USE299, $25.95)
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Insight Compact Guide Cape Cod
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief, easy-to-carry and colorful introduction to Cape Cod.
(USE67, $8.95)
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Insight Guide New England
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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For a good overview of the region, you can't go wrong with this guide, noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and outstanding color maps. It is a thoroughly illustrated overview of the history, culture and nature of New England.
(USE38, $23.95)
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The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present
• Charles Shain
• LITERATURE
• COMING IN OCTOBER
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An excellent anthology covering the gamut of the state's culture and history, from early European explorers to the 20th century works of Carolyn Chute, Rachel Carson and John McPhee.
(USE57, $20.95)
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Mammals of North America, Temperate and Arctic Regions
• Adrian Forsyth
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, illustrated reference to the mammals of North America.
(NAM02, $29.95)
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The Most Beautiful Villages of New England
• Tom Shachtman
• Len Rubenstein
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In this coffee-table book, New England's most picturesque towns and villages are presented through 240 full color photographs. Accompanying descriptions fill in details about each town's history and architecture.
(USE42, $24.95)
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My Pamet, Cape Cod Chronicle
• Tom Kane
• ANTHOLOGY
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From 1951 to 1988, journalist Tom Kane recorded the goings-on of small-town life in his newspaper column in Cape Cod's weekly newspapers.
(USE82, $24.95)
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The Namesake
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• LITERATURE
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An intricate and beautifully told tale, Lahiri follows the Ganguli family as they leave Calcutta and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now a feature film, directed by Mira Nair.
(IDA292, $14.00)
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Nantucket, Gardens and Homes
• Taylor Lewis
• Virginia Heard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This collection of color photographs portrays the landscapes and classic houses of the island, most dating back to the 18h and 19th centuries.
(USE264, $50.00)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• National Geographic
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
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A New England Autumn
• Ferenc Mate
• Candace Mate
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Magnificent photographs of farmsteads, pastures, forests, wharves and villages from Maine to Connecticut are paired with the poetry and literature of Dickinson, Thoreau and Waldo Emerson in this pictorial celebration of season. With a 14-page section of maps and practical travel information.
(USE337, $29.95)
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Northeast US Southeast Canada Map
• Marshall Penn-York Maps
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A colorful map of the Great Lakes.
(GLK08, $3.95)
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Northeastern Seashore Life
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A fold-out guide to seashore animals from Labrador to Massachusetts.
(USE235, $5.95)
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The Outermost House, A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
• Henry Beston
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The chronicle of a year spent living alone in a remote Cape Cod beach house in 1925. These beloved essays, first published in 1928, capture the essence of the Cape, the sea, weather and animal life.
(USE41, $14.00)
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Picturing Old New England, Image and Memory
• William H. Truettner
• Roger B. Stein
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A selection of 19th and 20th century art of New England.
(USE188, $70.00)
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Recommended Country Inns New England, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Elizabeth Squier
• Eleanor Berman
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USE373, $18.95)
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Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide
• Peter Harrison
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs.
(FG16, $29.95)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks.
(USE262, $19.95)
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The Sierra Club Guide to the Ancient Forests of the Northeast
• Bruce Kershner
• Robert T. Leverett
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy guide to the old-growth forests of New England and the mid-Atlantic states.
(USE336, $16.95)
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Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
• Carl Safina
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A grand tour of our blue planet, divided geographically, this book is an excellent resource -- fascinating to read and full of hope. It combines a personal journey, hundreds of interviews with fisherman and scientists around the world, and a tour of important watery habitats.
(OCE09, $18.00)
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Western New England Map
• National Geographic
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A regional map of New England, including Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
(USE40, $7.95)
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