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North Country Captives
Revealing firsthand narratives of Indian captivity from eighteenth-century New Hampshire and Vermont.Narratives of Europeans who experienced Indian captivity represent one of the …
Two Stories of Prague
Two Stories of Prague signifies the maturation of a poet and of a people. Although most readers know Rilke as a mature, cosmopolitan poet, here we can discern a young writer …
Witness to the Young Republic
One of the great diaries by a Washington insider personally acquainted with 12 presidents brings to life four tumultuous decades in the nation's capital.
Boon Island
This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts …
Ceramics in America 2003
The third issue of the now-celebrated interdisciplinary annual journal from the Chipstone Foundation http://www.chipstone.org/ that examines the role of historical ceramics in the …
John Josselyn, Colonial Traveler
A new edition of an unusual description of 17th-century New England flora and fauna, folklore, and the Indian and Puritan cultures of that time.
Archyology
"This sweet, sweet volume brings Marquis (and his cockroach and cat) back to us. It's such an unexpected treat ...Readers (and children and grandchildren of readers) of Don Marquis …
Walking to the Sun
On a winter day in 2013, Tom Haines stood in front of his basement furnace and wondered about the source of the natural gas that fueled his insulated life. During the next four …
The Rhetoric of Modernist Fiction
Though it has been one of the most influential critical works of the last fifty years, Wayne Booth's The Rhetoric of Fiction has disappointed many readers in its treatment of …
Breeding Better Vermonters
Eugenics -- the study of human racial progress through selective breeding -- frequently invokes images of social engineering, virulent racism, immigrant persecution, and Nazi …
Disrupt This!
In this smart and incisive work, Karen J. Head describes her experience teaching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and the attendant pressure on professors, especially those in …
No Sanctuary
Until recently, school was a special sort of nightmare for LGBT youth, who were often targets of verbal or physical harassment with nowhere to turn for support. No Sanctuary tells …