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The ghostly tales of New England

2020
Presents an adaptation of "A guide to haunted New England" which looks at one of America's most haunted places, New England.

Little women

2016
Presents a adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" which chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

Six walks

in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
2022
"On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. With little more than a loaf of bread, brick of cheese, and a notebook, Shattuck sets out to retrace Thoreau's path through the Cape's outer beaches, from the elbow to Provincetown's fingertip. This is the first of six journeys taken by Shattuck, each one inspired by a walk once taken by Henry David Thoreau. After the Cape, Shattuck goes up Mount Katahdin and Mount Wachusett, down the coastline of his hometown, and then through the Allagash. Along the way, Shattuck encounters unexpected characters, landscapes, and stories, seeing for himself the restorative effects that walking can have on a dampened spirit. Over years of following Thoreau, Shattuck finds himself uncovering new insights about family, love, friendship, and fatherhood, and understanding more deeply the lessons walking can offer through life's changing seasons. Intimate, entertaining, and beautifully crafted, Six Walks is a resounding tribute to the ways walking in nature can inspire us all"--.

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy

a graphic novel
A graphic novel adaptation of "Little women" by Louisa May Alcott which chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

Salem's spirits and other hauntings of New England

2021
Text and photos introduce readers to alleged hauntings and eerie happenings all over New England.

Crookjaw

1997
In this folktale from New England, a fisherman climbs into the mouth of an infamous whale named Crookjaw and discovers a surprise in her gullet.

The nine

a novel
2019
"Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. In an era of high-stakes parenting, nurturing Sam's intellect becomes Hannah's life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself, however, that Sam's acceptance at age fourteen to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools overseen by an illustrious headmaster, justifies her choices. When he arrives at Dunning, Sam is glad to be out from under his mother's close watch. And he enjoys his newfound freedom--until, late one night, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery. Both a coming-of-age novel and a portrait of an evolving mother-son relationship, The Nine is the story of a young man who chooses to expose a corrupt world operating under its own set of rules--even if it means jeopardizing his mother's hopes and dreams."--Provided by publisher.
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Diary of an early American boy, 1805

2008
A reprint of Noah Blake's nineteenth-century diary in which he recorded the day-to-day activities on his father's farm.

The tommyknockers

a novel
2016
While looking for firewood in the forest that stretches behind her backyard, Bobbi finds part of an ancient spaceship still humming with some sort of life.

Terror to the wicked

America's first trial by jury that ended a war and helped to form a nation
"A brutal killing, an all-out manhunt, and a riveting account of the first murder trial in U.S. history--set in the 1600s in colonial New England against the backdrop of the Pequot War (between the Pequot tribe and the colonists of Massachusetts Bay), an explosive trial whose outcome changed the course of history, ended a two-year war, and brought about a peace that allowed the colonies to become a full-blown nation. The year: 1638. The setting: Providence, Plymouth Colony. A young Nipmuc tribesman, returning home from trading beaver pelts, is fatally stabbed in a robbery in the woods near Plymouth Colony, by a white runaway servant and fellow rogues. The young tribesman, fighting for his life, is able, with his final breaths, to reveal the details of the attack to Providence's governor, Roger Williams. A frantic manhunt by the fledgling government of Plymouth ensues, followed by the convening of the first trial, with Plymouth's governor Thomas Prence presiding as judge. The jury: local settlers (white) whose allegiance seems more likely to be with the accused than with the murdered (a native)...Tobey Pearl, piecing together a fascinating narrative through original research and first-rate detective work, re-creates in detail the full and startling, pivotal moment in pre-revolutionary America, as she examines the evolution of our nascent civil liberties and the role of the jury as a safeguard against injustice"--Provided by the publisher.

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