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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson, known in England as "the funniest travel writer alive," returns to the States and walks the Appalachian Trail, starting in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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The Tender Bar: A Memoir
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J R Moehringer
This warmhearted but clear-eyed memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer spotlights the somewhat unorthodox location that served as his refuge in childhood and early adulthood. After Moehringer's mother left his abusive, alcoholic DJ father, the two lived with his grandparents in Manhasset, Long Island. As his grandfather was ...
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Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
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Wally Lamb, Nancy Whiteley, Tabitha Rowley
Lamb once again reveals his talent for finding the humanity in the lost and lonely--a group of incarcerated women at the York Correctional Institution where he taught writing. His powerful Introduction describes the incredible process by which these women found their true voices, and how they challenged him as a teacher and as a writer. Photos ...
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Last Kiss
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Luanne Rice
"New York Times"-bestselling author Rice returns to Hubbard's Point, Connecticut, to tell the haunting story of a close-knit community grappling with a heartbreaking mystery, and of a woman rebuilding her world and reclaiming a love she believed lost a lifetime ago.
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Revolutionary Road
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Richard Yates
A suburban family--Frank, April, and the two kids--breaks down when April decides they should change their lives by moving to Paris and Frank gets involved in a messy affair at the office. Richard Yates's brilliant 1961 novel, in which there are no winners, is a satirical dissection of suburbia in the 1950s and a probing examination of the sadness ...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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Elizabeth George Speare
Brought to new life by Barry Moser's stunning watercolor art, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" is truly an American classic. Elizabeth George Speare's Newbery Award-winning novel portrays the life of a girl uprooted from her birthplace to live in colonial Connecticut in 1687. Full color.
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We Took to the Woods
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Louise Dickinson Rich
In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is an adventure story, written with humor, but it ...
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Black Water
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D J MacHale
In this fifth installment of D.J. MacHale's bestselling series, 15-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he finally understands his purpose as a Traveler--to protect territories and worlds from the evil Saint Dane. But now the rules are beginning to change, and Bobby must make a difficult choice.
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Two Little Girls in Blue
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Mary Higgins Clark
Traumatized by the kidnappings of her twin three-year-old girls, only one of whom was recovered, a mother begins a desperate search when her returned daughter claims that the other twin, believed dead, is still alive and in mortal danger. 1,000,000 first printing. Lit Guild, Doubleday, Mystery Guild, & BOMC Main.
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I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison
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Wally Lamb (Editor)
"It was suicide that brought me to Connecticut's York Correctional Facility. Two of the inmates had ended their lives; others had tried. The teachers at the prison school were desperate to equip their students with ways of coping with the despair that had infected the institution...Writing began to give them wings with which to hover above the ...
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A Single Thread
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Marie Bostwick
It's a long way from Fort Worth, Texas, to New Bern, Connecticut, yet it only takes a day in the charming Yankee town to make Evelyn Dixon realise she's found her new home. The abrupt end of her marriage was Evelyn's wake-up call to get busy chasing her dream of opening a quilt shop. Finding a store front is easy enough; starting a new life isn't. ...
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Generation Dead
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Daniel Waters
Goth girl Phoebe has never run with the popular crowd at school. However, no one can believe it when she falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids--the literally dead, living-impaired kids who are doing their best to fit into a society that doesn't want them.
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26 Fairmount Avenue
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Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)
The popular author/illustrator shares tales from his childhood such as the time he and his family were caught in a hurricane and his experiences in kindergarten. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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Goodnight Nobody
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Jennifer Weiner
The incredibly fraught choice that many women must make between being a career woman and being a good mother gets full play in this humorous mom-lit mystery by the author of LITTLE EARTHQUAKES. The neglect of her husband, the move from New York City to suburbia, and the relinquishing of her journalism job to raise her three small children has left ...
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Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia
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M Salzman
A memoir from writer Mark Salzman about growing up in suburban Connecticut, focusing particularly on his love of Zen and the martial arts, his experiences with a crazed sensei, his infatuation with the cello, and his years at Yale.
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Martha Stewart's Gardening: Month by Month
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Martha Stewart, Elizabeth Zeschin (Photographer)
Having helped her readers to enjoy to the fullest their kitchens, homes and friends, Martha Stewart now goes outdoors to teach them about creating and managing a garden that is both beautiful and bountiful. 700 full-color photographs. (Gardening / Indoor Plants)
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The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial
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Ms. Susan E Eaton
Compelling and critically acclaimed by educators, policymakers, and the media, "The Children in Room E4" tells the story of one student, one classroom, and one resolute teacher who must overcome tremendous challenges.
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Summer of Roses
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Luanne Rice
This sensitively written work of women's fiction is a direct follow-up to SUMMER'S CHILD. Nine years ago, heavily pregnant Mara Jameson escaped her abusive husband, Edward, by faking her death and changing her name to Lily Malone. Despite the health problems of her daughter ,Rose, Mara/Lily has found a measure of happiness in Nova Scotia with ...
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What Matters Most
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Luanne Rice
In her "New York Times" bestsellers--"Sandcastles, The Edge of Winter," and "Summer of Roses"--Rice illuminates the secret wonders of the heart. Now she brings back two of her most beloved characters to unravel the mysteries of a shared past, and two undying love affairs.
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We'll Meet Again
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Mary Higgins Clark
Molly Carpenter Lasch, the beautiful wife of a renowned physician in Greenwich, Connecticut, is tried and found guilty for the murder of her husband. Desperate to plead her case before the media and the concerned public, Molly contacts an old school friend, Fran Simmons, who is now a successful television journalist. Despite the fact that all ...
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God and Man at Yale
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William F Buckley, Jr.
In 1951, a twenty-five-year old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude that prevailed at his alma mater. This book rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Buckley Jr., into the public spotlight.
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Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage
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Jeff Benedict
Suzette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased a falling down Victorian house perched on the waterfront in New London, CT. The house wasn't particularly fancy but with lots of hard work Suzette turned it into a home that was important to her, a home that represented her new found independence. What she didn't know that the ...
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Beast
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Walter Dean Myers
A bright boy named Spoon takes full advantage of the opportunity when a scholarship to a Connecticut prep school gives him the chance to leave his Harlem neighborhood. Hoping to get into an Ivy League school, Spoon concentrates on his studies and doesn't return home until his Christmas break. What he finds when he returns surprises and saddens him ...
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A Walk in the Woods
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Bill Bryson
From the author of "Notes from a Small Island" and "The Lost Continent" comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail covers 14 states and over 2000 miles, and stretches along the east coast of America from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the ...
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Safe Harbor
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Luanne Rice
In this novel about the bonds of sisterhood, artist Dana Underwood returns to her childhood home in Connecticut to become a mother to her orphaned nieces, Allie and Quinn, all the while planning to take them back to France, where she lives. Those plans are postponed when Dana realizes how set Quinn, her 12-year old niece, is on uncovering the ...
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