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Woodsburner: A Novel
by John Pipkin
Woodsburner springs from a little-known event in the life of one of America’s most iconic figures, Henry David Thoreau. On April 30, 1844, a year before he built his cabin on Walden Pond, Thoreau accidentally started a forest fire that destroyed three hundred acres of the Concord woods—an event that altered the landscape of American thought in a single day. Against the background of Thoreau’s fire, Pipkin’s... (more)
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Louisa May Alcott
The Woman Behind Little Women
by Harriet Reisen
A vivid, energetic account of the life of Louisa May Alcott, the first complete biography of the beloved author whose work has delighted millions of readers. Louisa May Alcott portrays a writer as worthy of interest in her own right as her most famous character, Jo March, and addresses all aspects of Alcott’s life: the effect of her father’s self-indulgent utopian schemes; her family’s chronic economic... (more)
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Little Women: Book 1
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. The story follows the lives of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. Meg is the oldest, and a beauty. She is happy to fall into the role of mother to her sisters when their mother is gone, and seeks to find a good marriage of her own. Jo is tomboyish, hot tempered, and wants little to do with the role of the 18th... (more)
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March
by Geraldine Brooks
From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women , Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With "pitch-perfect writing" ( USA Today ), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in... (more)
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The Ghost at the Table
by Suzanne Berne
Strikingly different since childhood and leading very dissimilar lives now, sisters Frances and Cynthia have nevertheless managed to remain "devoted"—so long as they stay on opposite coasts. But with the reappearance of their elderly, long-estranged father they find themselves reunited for a cold, snowy Thanksgiving week—a reunion that awakens sleeping tensions and old sorrows. Frances envisions a happy family... (more)
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Fruitlands
Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect
by Gloria Whelan
We are all going to be made perfect . . . In 1843, with all their possessions loaded onto a single wagon, ten-year-old Louisa May Alcott and her family bravely set out into the wilderness to make a new home for themselves on a farm called Fruitlands. Louisa's father has a dream of living a perfect, simple life. It won't be easy, but the family has vowed to uphold his high ideals. In her diary -- one she... (more)
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Lexington and Concord: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution
by Arthur Bernon Tourtellot
In a minute-by-minute account, this popular book gives a vivid picture of what actually happened on April 19, 1775.
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The Condition
by Jennifer Haigh
The Condition tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer. The year is 1976, and the family, Frank McKotch, an eminent scientist; his pedigreed wife, Paulette; and their three beautiful children has embarked on its annual vacation at the Captain's House, the grand old family retreat on Cape Cod. One day on the beach, Frank is struck by an image he... (more)
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Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Brooks Atkinson
From one of the greatest figures of 19th-century America... This new edition offers a broad view of the author's finest work, featuring his critical essays, poems, and letters, plus a considerable amount of material from the Journals, including an entry discovered in 1964 in the Library of Congress.
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The Mother Daughter Book Club: Book 1
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
by Heather Vogel Frederick
Four girls. Four mothers. One mother-daughter book club, made up of girls who are complete rivals. Join them on their adventures! Could the members of the club ever become friends? A good book for light reading, and also a good book if you just want a little bit of fun with not too deep of a plot line.
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Walden
or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. This groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind and a love of nature.
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Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place
by John Hanson Mitchell
Starting from an ancient burial site, John Mitchell and friends began a 15-mile hike to the tomb of Henry David Thoreau. They sauntered through the landscape where our literature and history began--the woods favored by the Transcendentalists. On each mile, they explore not only the landscape before them but also certain timeless themes.
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Hall Family Chronicles: Book 1
The Diamond in the Window
by Jane Langton
A very unusual house... Eddy and Eleanor Hall have always known that their family was a bit out of the ordinary. After all, they live in one of the most remarkable houses in all of Concord. But they never guessed just how extraordinary their house really is, or what tremendous secrets about their family's past it holds. That is, until they discover the magical attic room with its beautiful stained-glass window,... (more)
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Hawthorne in Concord
by Philip James McFarland
On his wedding day in 1842, Nathaniel Hawthorne escorted his new wife, Sophia, to their first home, the Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts. There, enriched by friendships with Thoreau and Emerson, he enjoyed an idyllic time. But three years later, unable to make enough money from his writing, he returned ingloriously, with his wife and infant daughter, to live in his mother's home in Salem. In 1853 Hawthorne... (more)
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Sweeney St. George Mysteries: Book 3
Judgment of the Grave
by Sarah Stewart Taylor
TO TREAD WHERE MALICE LINGERS... While most travel to Concord, Massachusetts to relive America’s Revolutionary past, Harvard professor Sweeney St. George has come looking for a different sort of history. An expert on funerary art, she roams the local cemeteries, fascinated by the macabre carvings of a celebrated stonecutter and hero of the Revolution—a project that takes a strange turn when a man dressed in a... (more)
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Walden And Other Writings
by Henry David Thoreau
With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden , his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil... (more)
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John Adams: Architect of Freedom (1735-1826)
by Joseph Cowley
John Adams could be, and was on occasion, cantankerous, stubborn, tactless, even rude. He was also prone to vanity and self-pity, and sensitive to what he perceived as slights, or attacks on his reputation or character. He also had a lust for fame, as did many involved in the founding of this nation.But if fame was the spur, it was also the driving force be-hind Adams' enormous energy, energy guided by a strong... (more)
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My First Cousin Once Removed: Money, Madness, and the Family of Robert Lowell [Hardcover]
by Sarah Payne Stuart (Author)
On Walden PondHenry David Thoreau
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On Walden Pond
by Henry David Thoreau
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The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom (7 great books in one)
by Louisa May Alcott
This Kindle collection contains 7 of Louisa May Alcott's best-known and best-loved classics, including the complete Little Women series and 3 more novels. This volume is sure to delight any fan of Alcott's fiction. Included are: Little Women Good Wives Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out An Old-Fashioned Girl Eight Cousins Rose in Bloom This material was NOT merely... (more)

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