Local Authors

Our communities have been and still are home to some of the most well-known authors in American literature.  Why not take home one of their books today?
Title Author Cover
Turtle moon Alice Hoffman Turtle moon cover image
The letters of A. Bronson Alcott. Amos Bronson Alcott The letters of A. Bronson Alcott. cover image
Selected poems Amy Lowell Selected poems cover image
How to raise a Jewish child : a practical handbook for family life Anita Diamant How to raise a Jewish child : a practical handbook for family life cover image
Stella Bain Anita Shreve Stella Bain cover image
Freedom's ransom Anne McCaffrey Freedom's ransom cover image
45 Mercy Street Anne Sexton 45 Mercy Street cover image
Science and human behavior. B F Skinner Science and human behavior. cover image
Where's the moon, there's the moon : poems Dan Chiasson Where's the moon, there's the moon : poems cover image
Lincoln David Herbert Donald Lincoln cover image
November : a play David Mamet November : a play cover image
The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of journalism Doris Kearns Goodwin The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of journalism cover image
Impact Douglas J Preston Impact cover image
Complete poems, 1904-1962 E E Cummings Complete poems, 1904-1962 cover image
Perforated heart : a novel Eric Bogosian Perforated heart : a novel cover image
F : poems Franz Wright F : poems cover image
Book of souls Glenn Cooper Book of souls cover image
Revolutionary characters : what made the founders different Gordon S Wood Revolutionary characters : what made the founders different cover image
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel Gregory Maguire Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel cover image
Curious George gets a medal H A Rey Curious George gets a medal cover image
Trio for slide rule and typewriter Hal Clement Trio for slide rule and typewriter cover image
When bad things happen to good people Harold S Kushner When bad things happen to good people cover image
The annotated Uncle Tom's cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe The annotated Uncle Tom's cabin cover image
The Maine woods : a fully annotated edition Henry David Thoreau The Maine woods : a fully annotated edition cover image
The future of the race Henry Louis Gates The future of the race cover image
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow cover image
Asimov's New guide to science Isaac Asimov Asimov's New guide to science cover image
Poems of love and marriage John Ciardi Poems of love and marriage cover image
That is all John Hodgman That is all cover image
Mastering the art of French cooking Julia Child Mastering the art of French cooking cover image
Splurch Academy for disruptive boys. 2, Curse of the bizarro beetle Julie Berry Splurch Academy for disruptive boys. 2, Curse of the bizarro beetle cover image
Deep pockets Linda Barnes Deep pockets cover image
Gooney the fabulous Lois Lowry Gooney the fabulous cover image
Little women Louisa May Alcott Little women cover image
Lydia Maria Child, selected letters, 1817-1880 Lydia Maria Child Lydia Maria Child, selected letters, 1817-1880 cover image
The essential Margaret Fuller Margaret Fuller The essential Margaret Fuller cover image
Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns) : Mindy Kaling Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns) : cover image
One nation : patriots and pirates portrayed by N.C. Wyeth and James Wyeth N C Wyeth One nation : patriots and pirates portrayed by N.C. Wyeth and James Wyeth cover image
Young Goodman Brown and other tales Nathaniel Hawthorne Young Goodman Brown and other tales cover image
On anarchism Noam Chomsky On anarchism cover image
Cruel & unusual : a novel Patricia Daniels Cornwell Cruel & unusual : a novel cover image
A dead hand : a crime in Calcutta Paul Theroux A dead hand : a crime in Calcutta cover image
Sky color Peter H Reynolds Sky color cover image
Selected journals, 1841-1877 Ralph Waldo Emerson Selected journals, 1841-1877 cover image
Xkcd : volume 0 Randall Munroe Xkcd : volume 0 cover image
The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology Ray Kurzweil The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology cover image
Walking shadow Robert B Parker Walking shadow cover image
The collected poems of Robert Creeley. Robert Creeley The collected poems of Robert Creeley. cover image
Selected poems Robert Pinsky Selected poems cover image
The wee Christmas cabin of Carn-na-ween Ruth Sawyer The wee Christmas cabin of Carn-na-ween cover image
The vanished child Sarah Smith The vanished child cover image
The bellarosa connection Saul Bellow The bellarosa connection cover image
Making comics : storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels Scott McCloud Making comics : storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels cover image
War Sebastian Junger War cover image
All through the night : a troubleshooter Christmas Suzanne Brockmann All through the night : a troubleshooter Christmas cover image
Ariel : the restored edition : a facsimile of Plath's manuscript, reinstating heroriginal selection adn arrangement Sylvia Plath Ariel : the restored edition : a facsimile of Plath's manuscript, reinstating heroriginal selection adn arrangement cover image
Bulfinch's Mythology. Thomas Bulfinch Bulfinch's Mythology. cover image
Little children Tom Perrotta Little children cover image
The best old movies for families : a guide to watching together Ty Burr The best old movies for families : a guide to watching together cover image
The sociological souls of Black folk : essays W E B Du Bois The sociological souls of Black folk : essays cover image