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1. The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
by Kristin Kimball
On an impulse, Kimball shed her city self and moved to 500 acres near Lake Champlain to start a new farm with her husband. "The Dirty Life" is the ... More
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2. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
This true-life adventure is the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship "Essex"--an event as mythic in the 18th century as the "Titanic" ... More
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3. In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
by Mary Beth Norton
Norton, an admired historian, gives readers a unique perspective on the events at Salem, helping to understand the trials as they were understood by ... More
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4. House of Echoes
by Barbara Erskine
When Joss, an adopted child, discovers that her real mother has left the beautiful family home, Belheddon Hall, to her, she is thrilled, until she ... More
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5. Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
From intimacy to bitter quarrels under the eyes of Burlegh, Bacon, Raleigh and other members of Court, Elizabeth I and Essex's story unfolds to its ... More
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6. Hiding from the Light
by Barbara Erskine
The big new novel by the bestselling author of WHISPERS IN THE SAND Emma imagined she was happy -- with her successful career in the City and her ... More
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7. The Minotaur
by Barbara Vine
Kerstin Kvist didn't quite know what to expect when she took up a job with the Cosway family at their odd, almost grand home, Lydstep Old Hall, deep ... More
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8. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts; With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton
by David Webster Hoyt
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9. Word from Wormingford: A Parish Year
by Ronald Blythe
In Wormingford, the seasons and the liturgy continue in their dual cycle, from harvest to harvest, from year to year. First published in 1997 and ... More
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10. Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook
by Beth Chatto
The author reveals what is really involved in maintaining a flourishing nursery, recording her plans, hopes and achievements throughout the year. The ... More
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11. The Complete Essex County
by Jeff Lemire (Illustrator)
List of all editionsWhere does a young boy turn when his whole world suddenly disappears? What turns two brothers from an unstoppable team into a pair of bitterly ... More
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14. The green tapestry
by Beth Chatto
List of all editionsThis is a complete guide to Beth Chatto's garden in Essex. Chatto believes that the way plants are grouped together is the essence of gardening, and ... More
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15. Elizabeth and Essex
by Lytton Strachey
List of all editionsMany of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides ... More
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16. Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
List of all editionsPhilbrick brings to life the tale of how in 1820, the "Essex" was rammed by an enraged sperm whale and sunk in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Only ... More
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18. Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale-Ship Essex
by Owen Chase
List of all editionsThree eyewitness accounts of a lethal attack by a bull whale against a whaling ship in the Pacific in 1819, the incident that inspired Melville's ... More
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20. The U.S.S. Essex
by Frances D Robotti, James Vescovi
List of all editionsBuilt in Salem, Massachusetts in 1799, the Essex was a 32-gun frigate known throughout the world for its speed and beauty -- it was one of the U.S. ... More
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21. Christmas Past in Essex
by Elizabeth Wallace
List of all editionsWithin the covers of "Christmas Past in Essex", readers will not only discover personal glimpses into the hearts and minds of the people of Essex, ... More
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22. Essex: The Buildings of England
by James Bettley, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (Editor), David Andrews (Contributions by)
List of all editionsEssex, one the largest counties of England, stretches from the suburban fringes of East London to the fishing and sailing ports of Harwich and Maldon ... More
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23. A Terrible Thunder: The Story of the New Orleans Sniper
by Peter Hernon
List of all editionsOn New Year's Eve in New Orleans, 1972, Mark Essex began one of the most violent and deadly sniper attacks on policemen that any American city had ... More
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24. Rivenhall: The History of an Essex Airfield
by Bruce A. Stait
List of all editionsThe wartime airfi eld at Rivenhall is typical of the many airbases that were hastily built in Britain following the entry of the US into the Second ... More
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25. Essex Pauper Letters, 1731-1837
by Thomas Sokoll (Editor)
List of all editionsThe archives that emerged from the parochial administration of the English poor law before 1834 include letters that came from the poor themselves. ... More







