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Eleanor Berman Eyewitness Guide New England 2014, PAPER, 400 PAGES, $25.00 This superb guide to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of the region’s attractions. It also devotes a section to Boston. (Item USE294) ALSO RECOMMENDED Eyewitness Guides DK Eyewitness Top Ten Montreal & Quebec City 2014, PAPER, 128 PAGES, $14.00 A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Montreal and Quebec City. (Item CND205) Inc. (EDT) Fodor’s Travel Publications (Editor) Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada 2014, PAPER, 464 PAGES, $19.99 An an excellent overview of northeast Canada and its attractions for visitors. With New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador. (Item CND306) Robert Bothwell A Traveller’s History of Canada 2010, PAPER, 220 PAGES, $14.99 A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (Item CND82) ESSENTIAL Item EXUSE273. Buy these 5 items as a set for $85 including shipping, 15% off the retail price. With free shipping on anything else you order. Simon Winchester Atlantic 2011, PAPER, 475 PAGES, $15.99 The subtitle tells it all -- Winchester squeezes “Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories” into the covers of this latest entertaining and digressive tale. (Item OCE156) E.B. White One Man’s Meat 1997, PAPER, 279 PAGES, $16.95 By the author of “Charlotte’s Web,” a collection of observant and often humorous essays about daily life on a Maine saltwater farm. A wonderful portrait of coastal small- town life, originally published in 1938. (Item USE43) Noble S. Proctor, Patrick J. Lynch (Illustrator) A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife 2005, PAPER, 221 PAGES, $19.95 A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes. (Item NAM24) Fodor’s Fodor’s New York City’s 25 Best 2015, PAPER, 176 PAGES, $13.99 A shirt-pocket guide to New York City, featuring a detailed, fold-out map centered on Midtown. With suggested itineraries, walks and top 25 sights. (Item USE36) READING GUIDE HISTORIC HARBORS OF NEW ENGLAND & CANADA H ere is a brief selection of favorite, new and hard-to-find books, prepared for your journey. For your convenience, you may call (800) 342-2164 to order these books directly from Longitude, a specialty mail- order book service. To order online, and to get the latest, most comprehensive selection of books for your voyage, go directly to reading.longitudebooks.com/D926626.

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Page 1: READING GUIDE HISTORIC HARBORS OF NEW ENGLAND & … · This superb guide to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine features color photography,

Eleanor BermanEyewitness Guide New England2014, PAPER, 400 PAGES, $25.00This superb guide to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of the region’s attractions. It also devotes a section to Boston. (Item USE294)

ALSO RECOMMENDED

Eyewitness GuidesDK Eyewitness Top Ten Montreal & Quebec City2014, PAPER, 128 PAGES, $14.00A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Montreal and Quebec City. (Item CND205)

Inc. (EDT) Fodor’s Travel Publications (Editor)Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada2014, PAPER, 464 PAGES, $19.99An an excellent overview of northeast Canada and its attractions for visitors. With New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador. (Item CND306)

Robert BothwellA Traveller’s History of Canada2010, PAPER, 220 PAGES, $14.99A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (Item CND82)

ESSENTIAL

Item EXUSE273. Buy these 5 items as a set for $85 including shipping, 15% off the retail price. With free shipping on anything else you order.

Simon WinchesterAtlantic2011, PAPER, 475 PAGES, $15.99The subtitle tells it all -- Winchester squeezes “Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories” into the covers of this latest entertaining and digressive tale. (Item OCE156)

E.B. WhiteOne Man’s Meat1997, PAPER, 279 PAGES, $16.95By the author of “Charlotte’s Web,” a collection of observant and often humorous essays about daily life on a Maine saltwater farm. A wonderful portrait of coastal small-town life, originally published in 1938. (Item USE43)

Noble S. Proctor, Patrick J. Lynch (Illustrator)A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife2005, PAPER, 221 PAGES, $19.95A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes. (Item NAM24)

Fodor’sFodor’s New York City’s 25 Best2015, PAPER, 176 PAGES, $13.99A shirt-pocket guide to New York City, featuring a detailed, fold-out map centered on Midtown. With suggested itineraries, walks and top 25 sights. (Item USE36)

READING GUIDE

HISTORIC HARBORS OF NEW ENGLAND & CANADA

Here is a brief selection of favorite, new and hard-to-find books, prepared for your journey. For your convenience, you may call (800) 342-2164 to order these books directly from Longitude, a specialty mail-order book service. To order online, and to get the latest, most comprehensive selection of books for

your voyage, go directly to reading.longitudebooks.com/D926626.

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Sena Jeter NaslundAhab’s Wife2005, PAPER, 704 PAGES, $15.95First-rate historical fiction inspired by Melville, Nantucket whaling and 19th-century America. (Item USE279)

Alistair MacLeodIsland, The Complete Stories2011, PAPER, 448 PAGES, $15.95Raised in Cape Breton, Alistair MacLeod writes of family, the pull of old Gaelic traditions, love and the landscape and folkways of Nova Scotia in this collection of 16 stories. Winner of the Pen/Malamud Award. (Item CND73)

Brian Cassie, Peter AldenNational Audubon Society Field Guide to New England1998, FLEXI-BOUND, 448 PAGES, $22.00A compact, easy-to-use overview of 1,000 New England’s trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects and other flora and fauna. It also provides an extensive overview of the area’s geology, weather patterns and natural sites. (Item USE06)

James KavanaughNew England Wildlife2001, PLASTIC CARD, PAGES, $6.95This laminated, fold-out, pocket-size guide features illustrations of almost 150 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. (Item USE234)

TO ORDER

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Lincoln PaineDown East, A Maritime History of Maine2000, PAPER, 180 PAGES, $14.95Maine’s maritime history, from the coastal travel of Native Americans to the Basque fishing industry to the pleasure boating of today, incorporating ecology, culture and art into its well-researched history. (Item USE246)

Joseph J. EllisFounding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation2002, PAPER, 304 PAGES, $15.95A riveting tale of Washington, Madison, Hamilton and especially of Jefferson and Adams. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it’s a fascinating glimpse into the early days of our country. (Item USE244)

Roger Angell (Introduction), E.B. WhiteHere is New York1999, HARD COVER, 56 PAGES, $16.95Written in a hotel room over two hot days in the summer of 1948, White’s timeless love letter captures the spirit of New York. (Item NYC28)

Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the Heart of the Sea, The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex2001, PAPER, 302 PAGES, $17.00A seafaring tale of fearsome whales, cannibalism and sturdy 19th-century Nantucketers. The story depicts true events which inspired Melville to write Moby Dick. A fascinating history of 19th-century society in Nantucket. (Item OCE47)

Tom ShachtmanThe Most Beautiful Villages of New England2007, PAPER, 208 PAGES, $40.00New England’s most picturesque towns and villages are presented through 240 full-color photographs. Accompanying descriptions fill in details about each town’s history and architecture. (Item USE42)

May SartonThe House by the Sea, A Journal1995, PAPER, 288 PAGES, $21.00One of many journals by May Sarton, who moved from New Hampshire to live alone in a house on the seacoast of Maine. She writes beautifully on the topics of aging, solitude, nature, gardening, food, relationships and, of course, life in coastal Maine. (Item USE61)