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1	The Lightkeeper more books like this by Susan Wiggs add to wishlist Lighthouse keeper Jesse Morgan''s reclusive l ife is changed forever when he finds Mary Dare washed up on the shore one morning- unconscious and pregnant. She''s keepi ng a secret - one that puts them both in terrible danger. ' see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
2	Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie more books like this by Peter Roop add to wishlist In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Lighthouse in My Life more books like this by Philmore B Wass add to wishlist In these colorful recollections the author describes life on Libby Island, an isolated light station off the Maine coast where his father was head lightkeeper. This is an entertaining and nostalgic look at a now vanished tradition. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
4	Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers more books like this by Mary Clifford add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Light on the Island: Tales of a Lighthouse Keeper's Family in the San Juan Islands more books like this by Helene Glidden, Michael D McCloskey (Foreword by) add to wishlist Readers can once again enjoy Helene Glidden's classic The Light on the Island, as this 50th Anniversary Edition retells the touching story of a young girl growing up on Patos Island in the San Archipelago of Washington State. Her parents raised thirteen children while her father served as the Patos Island lighthouse keeper from 1905 - 1913. Helene ... see all copies from $3.78! new only from $13.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Keeper of Lime Rock: The Remarkable True Story of Ida Lewis, America's First Official Female Lighthouse Keeper and the First Woman to Win a Congressional Medal more books like this by Lenore Skomal add to wishlist This biography of Ida Lewis (1849-1911) chronicles how her rescue efforts off the Narragansett Harbor, where she was lighthouse keeper, saved 18 people and earned her the distinction of being the first female recipient of the American Cross of Honor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Lighthousekeeping more books like this by Jeanette Winterson add to wishlist 'A child born of chance might imagine that Chance was its father, in the way that gods fathered children, and then abandoned them, without a backward glance, but with one small gift. I wondered if a gift had been left for me. I had no idea where to look, or what I was looking for, but I know now that all important journeys start that way. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Lightkeeper's Daughter more books like this by Iain Lawrence add to wishlist It's been three years since Squid McCrae has seen her parents and the remote island where she grew up. Now 17, she returns with her daughter. Lizzie Island is the place of Squid's idyllic memories of her late brother, Alastair. Now, the past collides with the present as Squid's homecoming unleashes bittersweet recollections and revelations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Legendary Lighthouses: Volume II more books like this by John Grant, Ray Jones add to wishlist This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates America's treasured coastal beacons and explores the people, places and coasts they radiate from. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.34! \| first editions
10	We Keep a Light more books like this by Evelyn M. Richardson add to wishlist see all copies from $5.93! first editions
11	Latitudes of Melt more books like this by Joan Clark add to wishlist In 1912, a fisherman finds a baby in a basket floating on an ice floe off the coast of Newfoundland, and the child is adopted by the St. Croix family. As time goes by, the baby--who is named Aurora--grows up and seeks her true identity. But it isn't until her children and grandchildren become curious that the truth is established--a story that has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Legendary Lighthouses more books like this by John Grant, Ray Jones add to wishlist This fall, PBS will celebrate America's rich lighthouse heritage with a much anticipated six-part travel documentary series. This companion volume parallels the TV series by exploring six distinct coastal regions and visiting the extraordinary lighthouses that serve them. 125 color photos & 6 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.97! \| first editions
13 view cover	Northern Lights: Tales of Alaska's Lighthouses and Their Keepers more books like this by Shannon Lowry, Jeff Schultz add to wishlist True stories of Alaska's perilous coast. see all copies from $5.14! first editions
14 view cover	The Last Lighthouse Keeper more books like this by Alan Titchmarsh add to wishlist Trinity House is turning all its lighthouses into automated beacons. The time has come for Will to fulfil his dream of sailing round the coastline of Britain. But he has reckoned without encountering the intriguing Amy Finn. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.13! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Abbie Against the Storm (CL) more books like this by Marcia Vaughan add to wishlist A fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a fourteen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.84! \| first editions
16 view cover	Lighthouse more books like this by Tony Parker add to wishlist What was it that led a man to make lighthouse-keeping his life's occupation - to select a monotonous lonely job, which takes him away from his family for months at a time, leaving him in a cramped, narrow tower with two other men not of his own choosing? Lighthouse-keepers and their families opened their souls to Tony Parker, who has been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.50! \| first editions
17 view cover	Pharos: 6a Ghost Story more books like this by Alice Thompson add to wishlist Twenty-seven miles off the coast of Scotland lies Jacob's Rock, a lighthouse island. There, the tower sways in the wind, more a thing of nature than of man. In fact, apart from the lighthouse keeper and his apprentice, the island seems to be ruled by forces both natural and supernatural-and the ghost of a slave girl has been known to haunt the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
18 view cover	Guardians of the Lights: Stories of U.S. Lighthouse Keepers more books like this by Elinor De Wire add to wishlist -- Stories of the heroism and fortitude of the men and women of the U.S. Lighthouse Service, who kept vital shipping lanes safe from 1716 until early in the 20th century -- Vivid tales about the daily work; coping with fog, storms, and other catastrophes; legends and ghosts; women's and families' roles; lighthouse children and pets; the natural ... see all copies from $4.56! new only from $11.28! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Heart of the Storm more books like this by Mary Burton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.05! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Lighthouse Families more books like this by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts, Bruce Roberts add to wishlist Family tales from famous lighthouses. Vintage family photographs, local folklore and lighthouse-family recipes see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Lighthouse Children more books like this by Syd Hoff add to wishlist Lighthousekeepers Sam and Rose are depressed when a storm destroys their home, forcing them to move to the mainland. How will they manage to communicate with their "family" of seagulls? Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	Keepers of the Light more books like this by Donald Graham add to wishlist A BC classic hailed by the "Vancouver Sun" as "A moving, very human story." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Decoy more books like this by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, Christian Slade (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
24 view cover	Bansemer's Book of Florida Lighthouses more books like this by Roger Bansemer add to wishlist Written and fully illustrated by internationally known artist Roger Bansemer, this book, depicting Florida's thirty lighthouses in over 200 paintings and drawings, is sure to be an instant collector's treasure. see all copies from $12.67! new only from $22.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Grace Darling: Victorian Heroine more books like this by Hugh Cunningham add to wishlist This book tells the extraordinary story of how and why Grace Darling became a major celebrity and what has happened to her fame in the years since her tragic early death in 1842.In the early morning of 7 September 1838, Grace Darling, the daughter of the keeper of the Longstone Light on the Farne Islands, rowed with her father to rescue survivors ... see all copies from $14.87! new only from $39.88! \| SVS

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