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The Little Locksmith by Katharine Hathaway Publisher Comments The Little Locksmith, Katharine Butler Hathaway's luminous memoir of disability, faith, and transformation, is a critically acclaimed but largely forgotten literary classic brought back into print for the first time in thirty years. The Little Locksmith... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Sisters of Fortune (12 Edition) by Jehanne Wake Publisher Comments Now in paperback: Like a real-life Jane Austen story, Sisters of Fortune is the exuberant story of four blue-blooded American sisters who enthralled British high society in the first half of the nineteenth century—“A true story worthy of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Huguenot on the Hackensack: David Demarest and His Legacy by David C Major Publisher Comments A Huguenot on the Hackensack explores the life and legacy of David Demarest, a seventeenth-century French Protestant who, in middle age, emigrated to New Amsterdam and became one of the earliest settlers of the Hackensack Valley. There he founded a... (read more) List Price $29.50 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Intermittent Bliss: Reflections on a Long Love Affair by Willem Lange Publisher Comments A beloved essayist turns his thoughts and his pen to the timeless topic of relationships.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Good Time: Skinny D'Amato, the Notorious 500 Club, & the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City by Jonathan Van Meter Publisher Comments The Last Good Time is a richly layered epic that brings to life a fascinating place, its politics, people, and culture, through the portrait of one of Atlantic City’s most famous families—the powerful, flamboyant, and ultimately tragic D... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hoboken, New Jersey (Images of America) by Patricia Florio Colrick Publisher Comments Incorporated as a city in 1855, Hoboken's history as a ferry terminus dates back to the eighteenth century, with the first horse-powered ferries to lower Manhattan. The city's history is entwined with that of Col. John Stevens and his family. He was the... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche Publisher Comments Selected as one of the best books of 2002 by The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Sun-Times Within days after September 11, 2001, William Langewiesche had secured unique, unrestricted, round-the-clock... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Katahdin: Legends, Exploration, and Preservation of Maine's Highest Peak by John W. Neff Publisher Comments Maine historian John Neffs compelling and comprehensive narrative traces the history legend and legacy of Mount Katahdin--the spectacular peak that looms over Maines Great North Woods--from the earliest Native American stories to colonial... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Salt House by Cynthia Huntington Publisher Comments The Salt House is a beautifully observed and written memoir of a long summer's stay on the back shore of Cape Cod. Each chapter is like a prose poem, shedding increasing light on the challenge of finding home without the illusion of permanence, a quest... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort by Deborah Davis Publisher Comments There is rich—and there is Newport rich. Home to the Astors, the Vanderbilts, and other superwealthy American aristocrats, Newport, Rhode Island, has been a storied playground, cloaked in legend and mystery. For generations, Newporters succeeded in... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Creole Gentlemen: The Maryland Elite, 1691-1776 (New World in the Atlantic World) by Trevor Burnard Publisher Comments While much recent scholarship has examined the colonial Chesapeake's slave culture, little attention has been paid to the class of landowners who dominated this society. Trevor Burnard has corrected this oversight by undertaking the first systematic... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-317).... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In Good Hands: The Keeping of a Family Farm by Charles Fish Book News Annotation A reflective exploration of morality, communal values, and the daily rhythms of farm life, recreated through the author's 1944 childhood diary and a mid-life visit to the family farm he had left in pursuit of self-discovery and intellectual inquiry... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Portland (Images of America) by Frank H Sleeper Publisher Comments Portland is often associated with the mythological phoenix, the animal that rises out of the ashes of its apparent death. Life here has often been a struggle: to overcome the disastrous fires of 1775 and 1866; to rebuild after the change in Canadian... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Maine Summer Island the Story of Bustins by F Benjamin Carr Publisher Comments Bustins lies in a quiet corner of inner Casco Bay, just a mile or two offshore from the hustle and bustle of the tourist mecca of Freeport, yet most people know little, if anything, about it. Bustins features more than one hundred homes, some more than a... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tall Trees, Tough Men by Robert E Pike Publisher Comments The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hudson Faces & Places by Patricia Edward Clyne Publisher Comments Lifelong Hudson valley resident and master yarn-spinner Patricia Edwards Clyne has gathered together the region's folklore, historical footnotes, unforgettable personalities and natural wonders, and she presents them here in two practical volumes no... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Connecticut Icons: 50 Symbols of the Nutmeg State by Charles Monagan Publisher Comments As with a well-loved family member, it can be hard to nail down in a few<BR>words the character of a particular state. A series of images may come to<BR>mind instead--the natural wonders, man-made landmarks, familiar haunts and even the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Behind the Backlash: White Working-Class Politics in Baltimore, 1940-1980 by Kenneth D Durr Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-271) and index.... (read more) List Price $32.75 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Time and Tide in Acadia: Seasons on Mount Desert Island by Christopher Camuto Publisher Comments Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park have been described as the climax of the coast of Maine. Millions are drawn every year to the stunning beauty of this rocky landscape of spruce-fir forest and granite islands. Some, like nature writer... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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