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As a poet, author, and keen observer of life in 1870s Boston, Harriet Robinson played an essential - if occasionally underappreciated - role in the women's suffrage movement during Boston's golden age. Going to Boston will appeal to readers interested in both the history of Boston and the history of American progress itself.

An extensive study of fictional representations of Latin America in North American literature

An elegant homage to the many deserted buildings along the Hudson River-and a plea for their preservation.

The newest offering by Catherine Pierce is a whirlwind of poetic brilliance!

In Wilde Times, Joel Lobenthal brings the world of Wilde thrillingly to life. With unfettered access to Wilde and her family, friends, and colleagues, Lobenthal takes the reader backstage to some of the greatest ballet triumphs of the modern era-and some of the greatest tragedies.

The word is spreading among outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers that bogs and fens (peatlands) are among the most fascinating and beautiful places to visit. It includes a primer on the ecology of peatlands and offers an invaluable guide to 78 peatlands with boardwalks across the region.

A deeply researched inquiry into one of the enduring mysteries of the New England coast

Exploring expressions of antisemitism in Germany today

Key writings on Sabbatianism and its legacy and afterlife in Jewish culture, memory, and religion

The definitive battle in the clash of empires that has defined Europe for 500 years

A play-by-play account of how No Boston Olympics rallied Massachusetts residents to reject an Olympic bid

Patrick Leahy now claims the longest tenure of any member of the United States Senate still serving. Baruth brings a thriller-like intensity to the exploration of Leahy's experience and influence.

The only book that offers both a natural and a cultural history of one of the nation's favorite parks

The failure of complex systems, and the future of energy

The greatest sea poems of Walt Whitman

The chaos, complicity, and deadly consequences of the Boston Marathon bombing.

An insider's tour of rock through 50 memorable concerts

For millennia the great fish-marlin, bluefin tuna, and swordfish - have reigned over the world's oceans and awed human beings. This is a call to arms for the protection of these creatures, as well as a five-year, 75,000-mile global adventure story that takes author on a quest to discover how once-thriving species are now threatened.

Proof that everything you thought you knew about sports is wrong

Cortney Lamar Charleston's debut collection looks unflinchingly at the state of race in twenty-first-century America. Today, as much as ever before, the black body is the battleground on which war is being waged in our inner cities, and Charleston bares witness with fear, anger, and glimpses of hope.

The Saratoga Campaign provides a new and greatly expanded understanding of the battles of Saratoga by drawing on the work of scholars in a broad range of academic disciplines.

Born and raised in the Bronx Morris Cohen and his wife, Lona, were as American as football and fried chicken, but for one detail: they'd spent their entire adult lives stealing American military secrets for the Soviet Union.

Including the latest information on the seasonal status and distribution of more than 400 species, with 39 maps and over 50 photographs, this easy-to-use, full-color guide features information essential to planning a birding visit.

An award-winning architect and Julia Child's staff photographer show us how to bring into our homes Julia's commitment to the life-changing magic of eating together

The history of restaurants in Boston

Includes the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriage. This book reveals the inner workings of the advocacy movement that has championed and protected advances won in legislative, court, and more.

A detailed exploration of Layard's famous lithograph of the interior of an Assyrian palace

The wild, zany, and forgotten history of the NFL's now-premier franchise

The amazing story behind the classic Christmas character

Americans have been celebrating themselves in portraits since the arrival of the first itinerant portrait painters to the colonies. Whether painting in oil, carving in stone, casting in bronze, capturing on film, or calculating in binary code, we spend considerable time creating, contemplating, and collecting our likenesses.