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3) Ox-cart man
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Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons.
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Twelve-year-old Nicky Dillon, still dealing with the loss of her mother and baby sister two years earlier, and her grieving father's sudden decision to move to an isolated New England farmhouse, takes further steps into the adult world when she and her dad find an abandoned newborn clinging to life in the woods near their home, and later come to know the young mother and learn her story.
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Joe Gunther puts a murder investigation on hold to help his girlfriend Lyn solve her father's mysterious death in Maine. Discovering that Lyn's father and brother weren't the good guys that Lyn always believed them to be and that they might have been involved with vicious smugglers who murdered them, Gunther sets out to protect Lyn from the same fate.
7) Ethan Frome
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On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondrialcal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, and only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered and man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists
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A world authority on covered bridges, Richard Sanders Allen provides a richly detailed account of these engineering pioneers, the tools they used, and their finished masterpieces. Allen describes foot bridges, latticework and double-decked structures, double-barreled bridges, drawbridges, and more, in locations from Maine to New Jersey. Enhanced with 150 illustrations, diagrams and maps, the text provides complete information on bridge location, length...
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"The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England's most damaging weather event ever. To call it "New England's Katrina" might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people and destroying roads, bridges, dams, and buildings that stood in its path. Not yet spent, the hurricane then raced inland, maintaining high winds into Vermont...
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New England is truly a Cabinet of Curiosities, and this indispensable guide directs you to its most bizarre, off the wall, and unsettling exhibits. Some evoke hilarity, some horror. Discover singing sand, glowing tombstones, ghostly squirrels, and a musical instrument said to cause madness. Marvel at the most mysterious manuscript in the world. Visit a miniature replica of the Holy Land or climb carved stone steps leading . . . nowhere. Curious New...
12) Amy and Isabelle
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother, and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets.
“A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life.”—Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning author
Before there was Olive...
“A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life.”—Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning author
Before there was Olive...
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New England historical volume IV
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1971-72
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The Colonies declare war against the Narragansetts, then with the largest task force ever assembled to this date, attack the Narragansett fort at South Kingston, R.I. and slaughter most of the women and children in the action known as the Great Swamp Massacre. The war grinds on, and with the death of Philip, the disorganized bands of resistors are defeated, destroying the southern New England Indians as threats to the future well-being of the New...
16) Pastures of plenty: the future of food, agriculture and environmental conservation in New England
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[2008]
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[University of] New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publication # 2340. Includes bibliographical references. Food and agriculture : a central organizing principle for our land and people -- "A perfect place for grazing" -- Poetry in motion : an agriculture with integrity -- Soil : "the tablecloth under the banquet of civilization" -- Pastures of the Milky Way : dairy in New England -- Breeding in, breeding out : the business of breeds --...
18) Cell: a novel
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Civilization doesn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone. What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological...
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"Kit Noonan's life is stalled: unemployed, twins to support, a mortgage to pay--and a frustrated wife, who is certain that, more than anything else, Kit needs to solve the mystery of his father's identity. He begins with a visit to his former stepfather, Jasper, a take-no-prisoners Vermont outdoorsman. But it is another person who has kept the secret: Lucinda Burns, wife of a revered senior statesman and mother of Malachy (the journalist who died...
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1984
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The stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by 19th century New Englanders stand today as a living expression of a rural culture, offering insights into the people who made them and their way of life. This text is a visual delight as well as an engaging tribute to our 19th century forebears.
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