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100 Boston Artists. Chawky Frenn. This survey of 100 artists, including 463 color photos, features works ranging from large installations to hand-carved figures and from holographic images to carefully choreographed moving sculptures. The text includes an introductory essay from art critic Debbie Hagan and brief statements from each of the artists about their works. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 463 color photos • 224 pp. • 978-0- 7643-4403-9 • HC • $45.00 / £42.99 / 68.00 CAD Lightship Baskets of Nantucket. Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition. Martha Lawrence. The history and makers of highly prized, distinctive old Nantucket lightship baskets chronicled with many color photos that detail construction and show beautiful examples. Includes what to consider when evaluating antique and contemporary baskets, plus step-by-step, illustrated instructions for making your own Nantucket basket. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • over 115 photos • 120 pp. • 978-0-7643-0891-8 • PB • $24.95 / £23.99 / 36.95 CAD Haunted Massachusetts. Thomas D’Agostino. Massachusetts, the birthplace of America, is home to some of the most fascinating haunts in the world. 41 towns and cities hold legends and mysteries that stretch beyond the imagination. Ghosts watch ancient inns in Concord and Charlemont. The unearthly shrieks of a banshee in Marblehead chill those who must endure its curse. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 48 b/wphotos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2662-2 • PB • $12.95 / £12.99 / 19.99 CAD Joseph Lincoln’s Essential Cape Cod Reader. Joseph C. Lincoln. Edited by Nathaniel Wolfgang-Price. Author Joseph C. Lincoln helped define the Cape in more than 40 novels, and many more poems and short stories that were translated into many languages. This collection of 22 poems, seven short stories, and a novel touch the heart of Lincoln’s work. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-2453-6 • PB • $14.95 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Three Centuries in a Cape Cod Village: The Story of Chatham. Chatham Historical Society. This illustrated book of essays and articles paints a vivid portrait of life in Chatham, Massachusetts, beginning with the first settler, William Nickerson. Relive the saga of the ship Rover, the story of the patriotic Young family during the American Revolution, and the mariners of the 19th century. Published by the Chatham Histor- ical Society. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 107 illustra- tions • 184 pp. • 978-0-7643-4118-2 • HC • $34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD Sea Level Rising. William Sargent. The story of this seemingly microcosmic event—the sea breaking through a spit of land at Chatham, Massachusetts, and destroy- ing several homes. But it is not unique. As many as 200 other American coastal communities will face similar problems as their barrier beaches break down over the next twenty years. A clarion call for these other coastal communities to prepare for the chronic effects of global warming. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 35 b/w photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-3261-6 • PB • $19.99 / £19.99 / 29.99 CAD Boston’s Haunted History: Exploring the Ghosts and Graves of Beantown. Christopher Forest. Boston has plenty of legends and ghost stories. From war-torn lovers, to vengeful pirates, to wandering travelers and even a few famous authors, you’ll learn why Boston’s history has never truly vanished. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •12b/wphotos•128pp. •978-0-7643-2874-9•PB•$12.95 / £12.99 / 19.95 CAD Spooky Creepy Boston. Nicholas Goodwin. Boston after dark is the town that scared and repulsed Edgar Allan Poe, inspired H. P. Lovecraft, and brought the hunt- ing of witches and the murder of hapless innocents to American shores. Welcome to Boston’s eerie environs and watch out for stranglers. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •36b/w photos•160pp. •978-0-7643-3612-6•PB•$14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ghosts, Legends, Lore. E. Ashley Rooney. Learn about the many ghosts and legends of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thrill to a game of hide and seek with a ghost in red velvet. Marvel at the ambition of East Apthorp, who haunted students for years, Harry Widener, who still haunts his library, and the birth of forensic science. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 23 b/w photos•160pp. •978-0-7643-3255-5•PB•$14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD A Collector’s Guide to Salem Witchcraft & Souve- nirs. Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell, with photography by Christopher J. Russell. 300 years of Salem, Massachusetts’ past, concentrating on the infamous witch trials held there in the 17th century. Tourist purchases have helped to create a photo album of printed images and a treasure trove of souvenirs showing famous witches and the his- toric sites. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 300 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-0425-5 • PB • $19.95 / £19.00 / 29.95 CAD North Shore Lore: Stories of the Massachusetts Coast. Ted Clarke. The history, geography, and people of the North Shore come to life in this easy-reading book of more than 35 stories for the region northeast of Boston and south of New Hampshire, including many lesser-known but charming inlets, placid pools, and stirring basins. Also find Salem’s witchcraft trials, the East India Trade, the retreat of the British when they came to search for arms, the contributions of Thomas Watson, and more. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 46 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643- 4506-7 • PB • $16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD North Shore Spirits of Massachusetts. Christopher Forest. Discover a witch who once helped colonists and strange sightings of a sea monster that have been report- ed off the coast of Gloucester and Nahant. Meet the ghosts that haunt some of the most famous places in Salem, including the House of Seven Gables. • 6"x9" (152 x 228 mm) • 18 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3291-3 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Lost History of the North Shore: Little Known Tales From Massachusetts. Christopher Forest. The North Shore of Massachusetts has historic sites, pristine beaches, hallowed halls, Salem witches, famous pirates, and creative inventors. Explore the little-known history that makes the North Shore great. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 30 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3568-6 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Lexington, Bedford, and Concord: Ghosts, Legends, and Lore. E. Ashley Rooney. Blending legend and histo- ry, step back in time to when the first “shot heard round the world” began the American Revolution. Follow ghost- ly footsteps at Munroe Tavern and Colonial Inn, where people feel an unknown presence in the mist. Meet the witch of Shawsheen who saved a sickly town from death. These stories will chill you. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 32 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3115-2 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD 100 Boston Painters. Chawky Frenn. Celebrating the wide-ranging talents, approaches, and personal- ities of the vibrant world of Boston arts. A labor of love by George Mason University art professor Chawky Frenn, this exciting new book features the work of 100 Boston painters selected by an extensive review of Boston arts both past and present. Includes works of realism, expressionism, and abstraction fromwell-known and upcoming artists. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 480+ images • 232 pp. • 978-0-7643-3976-9 • HC • $45.00 / £42.99 / 68.00 CAD Massachusetts: Stories, Lore & History Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: On Abstraction. Deborah Forman. Forty-five Cape Cod artists working in abstraction tell their stories. Based on her interviews, Deborah Forman writes about the artists’ inspirations and approaches. Together with the more than 400 images of art, the essays give insight into the creative talents of the artists and provide an understanding of abstract art in relationship to art history. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 401 images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-4865-5 •HC • $59.99 / £57.99 / 89.99 CAD Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands. Jeanne Marie Carley. In more than 560 color photos, this book recounts the histories of the entrepreneurial people of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket as told through the folk art they produced from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Among these items are paintings, maritime art, trade figures, carousel art, wood carvings, weathervanes, religious art, textiles, and gravestones • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 567 color photos • 304 pp. • 978-0-7643-4526-5 •HC• $75.00 / £71.99 / 113.00CAD Perspectives on the Provincetown Art Colony. Deborah Forman. Provincetown is a community of artists who played vital roles in American art movements. Deb- orah Forman traces the history of these artists from 1899, when Charles Hawthorne opened his Cape Cod School of Art, through struggles among the traditionalists, im- pressionists, and modernists. Exploring the camaraderie and influences within the artist colony, she continues the story into the present. Vol. 1 1899–Mid-Century. Vol. 2 Mid-Century–2010 • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 325+ color and b/w images • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-3682-9 • Box • $125.00 / £119.99 / 188.00 CAD Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: Images of Land and Sea. Deborah Forman. Fifty Cape Cod artists, including Anne Packard, Salvatore Del Deo, Bao Lede, Tabitha Vevers, and Carmen Cicero, represent a spectrum of styles and media, including paintings, sculpture, and photographs. They are influenced by the glories of nature and find mood or mystery in the landscape, always within a frame of reference of life on Cape Cod. • 11 3/4" x 9" (298 x 228 mm) • 349 color photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-4451-0 • HC • $59.99 / £57.99 / 89.99 CAD MASSACHUSETTS Nantucket Portrait: Fun & Games with the Super Rich . . . The Birth of Hard-Edge Realism. James H. Cromartie as told to J.W. Nostrand. The story of artist Jim Cromartie in the first person, tracing the trials and joys of the struggle to find his style and acceptance in the world. It is heavily illustrated with 73 color re- productions of the artist’s work. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 95 images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-3112-1 • HC • $49.99 / £47.99 / 75.00 CAD The Watch at Peaked Hill: Outer Cape Cod Dune Shack Life, 1953–2003. Josephine Breen Del Deo. Fifty years of living in dune shacks at the tip of Cape Cod, describing the idyllic life, but also the struggle to maintain that life. The history is brought to life, populated with the interesting, often eccentric characters who lived on the dunes. • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 97 color & b/w images • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-4978-2 • HC • $34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD 34 |