City Puppies - Seacoast Edition

Nick Diana

Back Channel Press

Includes reproductions of letters written in 1914 by telegrapher Herbert Waldron of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to his fiance in Connecticut. Commentary and background information provide context for a glimpse of Portsmouth life during the growth of the communications industry.

Love Letters to Spike: A Telegrapher's Lament

History

Holly, Bill

World

TRAVELS WITH YETI takes you along on the journeys of an adventurous New England couple who set out to challenge the unknowns of living on a sailboat and traveling in foreign lands. For five years, Hiram and Helen Connell lived their dreams aboard a 36-foot sailboat, navigating waters from Maine to the Caribbean, to Trinidad, to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and back. Their story describes in close detail the what's, how's and why's of all they encountered - of life aboard, dangers at sea and the mechanical, meteorological and cultural challenges they experienced on a daily basis, all from the humble perspective of mere mortals. Over two hundred color photographs document these journeys to lands of lush palms and piratical bureaucrats, new and soon-to-be old friends, adventure and misadventure, lessons learned and lessons shared. Hitch a ride as a stowaway on Hiram and Helen's two amazing voyages to Paradise and back again.

Travels with Yeti

Hiram Connell

It's hard enough for us mere mortals. In the rarefied, high-wattage atmosphere of the music world, rock stars Jenna Bradford and Scott Tenny struggle to find love. Two beautiful people living their lives in a fish bowl, where every rumor of happiness or grief becomes grist for the gossip mill, where every public moment is chronicled in close-up by paparazzi armed with cameras. Two human beings grappling with realities present and past as they seek to establish common ground and trust where their love for one another can blossom and grow. Two individuals experiencing the truest love either has ever known. Two giants of the music industry, both industries in their own rights, trying to make a life for themselves that is Beyond Beautiful.

Beyond Beautiful (The Song Trilogy)

Literature & Fiction

Jan Bornstein

Contemporary

"Three months ago, I found myself hurtling down a trail on New Hampshire's Gunstock Mountain, toboggan in tow, bellowing for skiers to clear the way - a rookie ski patroller on my way to respond to God only knew what. I couldn't think about the frightening wailing I'd heard in the background when Karen radioed for help. I could only ski for all I was worth and hope I was equal to whatever I would find in the woods off the trail below me." "The same day a year earlier, I was settling comfortably into my new life as a 46-year-old, recently retired businessman turned ski bum. But the bum's life turned lonely and the offhand suggestion of a guy behind a deli counter last summer sent my life ricocheting off in a new direction." And that was just the beginning of this 5-year journey. We all know what happens when you point a pair of skis downhill - gravity takes over. You're simply along for the ride, using whatever skills you have to hopefully control the outcome. When Gerry Dougherty signed up for ski patrol school in 2001, gravity took over big time. Candidly admitting he decided to become a patroller in good part for the free skiing, he'd never given a moment's thought to the realities of practicing emergency medicine on an incline. Gerry's first clue: patroller class met in the first aid room at the base of the mountain. Gulp! What Gerry learned by the end of that rookie season: that he had a passion for emergency medicine. Come along for the ride as a guy with a love for skiing and too much time on his hands becomes a certified patroller, gets into - and back out of - nursing school, en route to becoming, in 2006, a newly-minted 52-year-old physician assistant. Part diary, part memoir, this is one run that will occasionally tug on your emotions, but will keep you laughing most of the way.

A Slippery Slope - A Middle-Aged Guy's Bumpy Run from Early Retirement to Ski Bum To Ski Patroller t

Medical Books

Gerry Dougherty

Allied Health Professions

Thanks, Jack: In Need of a Miracle revisits vivid memories of a World War II and mid-twentieth-century New England childhood, the memories of a boy who grew up in a large family that could supply few material resources beyond the basics. Born with an innate love for fishing, boats, and later cars, he got his first job at ten and set to earning whatever was needed both to fuel his passions and to save for an education, with an entrepreneurial drive that would put many an adult to shame.A rain-soaked highway; a crash; a seventeen-year-old's brain addled by the shock of seeing the car he'd only owned for hours - in flames. Light from the fire on the trees above giving form to a smiling face, which he suddenly recognizes: the image of his long-dead older brother. Why, he asks himself, is he still alive? If you seek verifiable proof of real-life miracles, you need look no further than this book. The story is, in a word, astounding.

Thanks, Jack: In Need of a Miracle

Jack Rose

Johnnie grew up in the shadows of Jack, an older brother who had died at the age of twelve. Johnnie's mother, who blamed herself for her son's untimely death, found solace when Jack returned to her in a vision to tell her that God was sending her another child to take his place. Johnnie was born two years from the day Jack died - literally - two years, to the day and to the minute. Johnnie was an adventure-seeking lad with an aptitude for getting himself into life-threatening situations, situations affecting not only his own safety but often the safety of others as well. He learned at an early age to thank his lucky stars that he had a guardian angel watching over him. Jack had made a pact with God to never again let his mother suffer the loss of a child, and had assumed the job of keeping Johnnie alive long enough to reach maturity. From relatively minor scrapes to a miraculous escape from a burning car, Jack never once let his mother - or his brother - down.ABOUT THE AUTHOR JACK ROSE hailed from Springfield, Massachusetts, married at an early age and moved to California to chase his dream of becoming a mechanical engineer. Later, following another dream, he returned to northern New England to restore an old farm. He now enjoys living with his wife in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire and is an independent business consultant.

Thanks, Jack - In Need of A Miracle

William H. Lenharth

Wallace Nutting's Portsmouth: Photographs of the 'colonial' Past, 1908-1918

Richard M. Candee

Welcome to the moe.Republic Hotel - where the lives and the legends from the Lost Kingdom of Moose Harbor, Maine, spring to life! Like Casey McNugent, who bets the farm selling elephant semen for profit - Porter Gibson Digit, who changed history the day he 'invented' the finger - and brother Kevin and Sparky, who mysteriously disappear into the cosmos! The characters, their stories, are chronicled by 'brother John' in letters to his brother Rob, the bass player for the real-life rock band moe., who reluctantly backs the hotel. From a haunted mansion, to Timmy Tucker's meteor bash, to a cursed pirate treasure, John's misadventures and comic tales - the magic of Moose Harbor - will leave you laughing and wondering how long until all paths lead to the moe.Republic. Tales from the moe.Republic is part folktale, part comic travelogue, and a hundred percent old Yankee humor.

Tales from the moe.Republic

Derhak, John

Literary

CHARLIE is different from other dogs. He just can't seem to do anything right and he keeps getting in trouble. One day, he decides to run away home. He soon learns he's made some very poor choices based on his feelings, and what he encounters makes him appreciate what he had. Feelings influence the decisions we make. Often times, children will act out because of feelings they don't know how to express. This book will help children understand their feelings and encourage them to talk about how they are feeling before they make choices they will regret. This book will help children understand how our thoughts, feelings and emotions influence our behavior

Charlie

Children's Books

Case, Layne

Animals

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