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  The Last Days of Dogtown

  by Anita Diamant

  Set on the high ground at the heart of Cape Ann, the village of Dogtown is peopled by widows, orphans, spinsters, scoundrels, whores, free Africans, and "witches." Among the inhabitants of this hamlet are Black Ruth, who dresses as a man and works as a stonemason; Mrs. Stanley, an imperious madam whose grandson, Sammy, comes of age in her brothel; Oliver Younger, who survives a miserable childhood at the hands of... (more)
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  Good Harbor

  by Anita Diamant

  When Kathleen meets Joyce, each woman has come to a turning point in her life. Kathleen, whose sister died of breast cancer fifteen years earlier, has just been diagnosed herself and finds her world abruptly thrown into terrifying turmoil. While Joyce, increasingly distant from her awkward, adolescent daughter, is taking stock of her marriage and family, and struggling to get to grips with a burgeoning career as a... (more)
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  Nerd Do Well

  by Simon Pegg

  The unique life story of one of Britain's most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Star Trek. Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens with his now legendary sitcom Spaced, his rise to the UK's favourite son status... (more)
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  Dogtown

  Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town

  by Elyssa East

  The area known as Dogtown -- an isolated colonial ruin and surrounding 3,000-acre woodland in storied seaside Gloucester, Massachusetts -- has long exerted a powerful influence over artists, writers, eccentrics, and nature lovers. But its history is also woven through with tales of witches, supernatural sightings, pirates, former slaves, drifters, and the many dogs Revolutionary War widows kept for protection and... (more)
• Rail centres, SwindonColin G. Maggs

  

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  Rail centres, Swindon

  by Colin Gordon Maggs

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  The Perfect Storm

  A True Story of Men Against the Sea

  by Sebastian Junger

  October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"--a tempest that may happen only once in a century--a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the "Andrea Gail", a commercial... (more)
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  Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, and Other Haunted Locations

  by Pamela K. Kinney

  Nonfiction book on ghosts, paranormal, monsters, sasquatch, UFOs and more of Virgionia's Historic Triangle, and its surrounding areas (Hampton, Newsport News, West Point, Charles City and Gloucester). Releases May 28, 2010!
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  Wicked Good

  by Joanne Lewis, Amy Lewis Faircloth

  Wicked Good is a different kind of love story. Rory is not defined by his diagnoses of Aspergers Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder and lives life to the fullest. Archer, his mother, is Rory’s biggest fan. We get a peek at the challenges they face as they are on their journey. Experience the unconditional love of a mother for her child and the many different ways Rory shows his love to those around him. Amy is the... (more)
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  The Why Of Things

  by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop

  From the critically acclaimed and “bitingly intelligent” ( The New York Times Book Review ) author of December comes a buoyant and beautiful new novel about a family struggling in the aftermath of a suicide. Since her seventeen-year-old daughter’s suicide less than a year ago, Joan Jacobs has been working to keep her once tight-knit family from coming apart. Now, arriving one June evening at their summer home... (more)
• Town Class CruisersNeil McCart

  

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  Town Class Cruisers

  by Neil McCart

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  The Lost Girl

  How I Triumphed Over Life at the Mercy of Fred and Rose West

  by Caroline Roberts

  When Caroline Roberts accepted a job at 25 Cromwell Street, the infamous address of Fred and Rose West, she was only 16. Realizing that there was something very malevolent about the couple, she left their employment soon after, glad to be rid of them. The story should have ended there, but a month, later she was abducted by the Wests and suffered violent sexual abuse at their hands before being told that she would... (more)
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  The Last Fish Tale

  The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town

  by Mark Kurlansky

  The bestselling author of Cod , Salt , and The Big Oyster has enthralled readers with his incisive blend of culinary, cultural, and social history. Now, in his most colorful, personal, and important book to date, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a disappearing way of life: fishing–how it has thrived in and defined one particular town for centuries, and what its imperiled future means for the rest of the... (more)
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  Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond

  by Paul Sherman

  250 movies. One City. From The Departed to The Friends of Eddie Coyle , from Good Will Hunting to Gone Baby Gone , Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond is the first overview of all the movies made in Greater Boston. Coverage of the most significant 80 movies make up the bulk of the book, from the biggest Hollywood productions to the most inspired homegrown features and... (more)