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  • Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations on Cape Ann

    Series series Images of America
    The maritime history of Cape Ann, on the northern coast of Massachusetts, is filled with stories of heroism, adventure, and human endeavor. The lighthouses and lifesaving stations surrounding Cape Ann since the late 18th century have served to protect and safeguard the area's mariners and major industries. Fishing, shipbuilding, and granite quarrying businesses all flourished under their watchful ... Read more

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  • Twin Lights of Thacher Island, Cape Ann

    Series series Images of America
    Thacher Island was named for Anthony Thacher who, in 1635, lost his four children and other family members in a shipwreck during the most severe storm to ever hit the Massachusetts coast. Only Anthony and his wife Elizabeth survived. The lighthouses have played an important role in several wars, including the Revolutionary War and World Wars I and II, when the navy established a radio compass ... Read more

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  • QC Rockport!

    The Amazing Story of the 1884 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Arriving at Cape Ann, Rockport

    The book tells the overall story of how the telegraph got its start via a landline across the country with its expansion in the 1850s across the Atlantic Ocean from New England northwest to Nova Scotia, to Newfoundland and eventually west to Ireland and finally to Europe and beyond. We explain how the cable is made and operates and gets laid underwater by enormous cable laying ships and eventually ... Read more

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  • Saving Straitsmouth Island

    A History

    Just off the coast of Rockport, Straitsmouth Island has enjoyed a noteworthy history that belies the island's small size. From the Pawtucket Indians who summered there more than one thousand years ago to its discovery by famous explorers Samuel de Champlain and Captain John Smith in the seventeenth century, it has seen fishermen, shipwrecks and piracy. From 1835 to 1935, three lighthouses were ... Read more

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  • Cape Ann Granite

    Series series Images of America
    The granite industry began on Cape Ann with the first sale of a piece of Rockport granite, for use as a millstone, to a farmer in Newburyport in 1800. The industry would grow to include more than 60 quarries and operations around the cape, becoming the second-largest economic force in the area behind fishing. Hundreds were employed as quarrymen, stonecutters, paving cutters, and finishers. Cape ... Read more

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  • The Cozy Cosmic

    Cozy Cosmic Horror, #1

    Series Book 1 - Cozy Cosmic Horror
    Some argue existence is an exercise in futility. They claim there are no winners in life. Ultimately, we are insignificant in the face of vast cosmic intelligences that were old when the Universe began.The best minds gibber at the incomprehensibility of it all. Other minds lose themselves in strange geometries because they can't comprehend any alternative.Whatever. The rest of us have to get up in ... Read more

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  • The Power of Why: Why 21 Musicians Created a Program and Why You Should Too

    The Power of Why Musicians, #1

    Series Book 1 - The Power of Why Musicians
    Imposter Syndrome, Dyslexia, Anxiety, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a little girl from Rwanda led to color-coded music and why a lonely orphan in Indonesia inspired a breath-taking piano performance.Discover WHY a tear-filled young singer unleashed vocal power to performat the Sydney Opera House and New ... Read more

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  • The Power of Why: Why 23 Musicians Crafted a Course and Why You Should Too

    The Power of Why Musicians, #2

    Series Book 2 - The Power of Why Musicians
    Physical Abuse, Confusion, Rehabilitation, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a director from Australia went from head injury to coach and why a frustrated Hong Kong pianist inspired a music development charity.Discover WHY a discouraged musician on the verge of giving up music, successfully pitched a multi ... Read more

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  • Pest Management in Cotton

    A Global Perspective

    This book presents a global overview of the background to, and the current state of, crop protection and pest management in cotton crops. Cotton is one of the most economically important crops in the world and has been grown for centuries but maintaining high yields of good quality requires sophisticated approaches to pest management. The introduction and use of pesticides over the decades ... Read more

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  • Learn French with Bilingual Books

    Bilingual Edition (English - French)

    Sometimes you want to read in French. Sometimes you want to read in English.There’s a great option: bilingual books!Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the French books to enjoy since you can practice your French without being in over your head.Plus, there are plenty of different types of ... Read more

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    The Power of Why Musicians, #3

    Series Book 3 - The Power of Why Musicians
    Loss, Improvisation, Depression, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a lonely girl from the UK won the John Lennon Songwriting Award, and why an Israeli composer, impacted by the holocaust, became a concert pianist.Discover WHY a student from Indonesia composed an award-winning anthem, and why an American ... Read more

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  • In the Heart of the Sea

    The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)

    **From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of whaling, with deep resonance in American literature and history.In 1820, the whaleship Essex was ... Read more

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