This is a great books for you Salem lovers who love to know how Salem was. Do you ever wonder where the old taverns were in town, the old Customs Houses, or what was in that building before your favorite bakery moved in? This book will give you a detailed picture of what Salem was during the Victorian period. Also Webber and Nevins compile the greatest biographers of Salem’s past and the surrounding towns of Marblehead, Peabody, Danvers, Middleton, and Topsfield and gives us the most interesting pieces of their histories starting when these towns were combined together and called Naumkeag.  A town stretching from Ipswich to Watertown and from eastern sea to western sea. Every local and tourist alike needs this book to become truly part of this region called Old Naumkeag.

Old Naumkeag: Historical Sketch of the City of Salem, and the Surrounding Towns

History

Nevins, Winfield S.

Webber, Carl H

Americas

Salem House Press

Salem Through a Looking Glass

Literature & Fiction

Bottari, Jerry O'Connor

Poetry

Click "See Inside" to preview The Guidebook to restoring peace and quality of life in our time of need. Themes include Education, building local economies, securing Social Security, tactics to assist the poor and struggling, winning the green revolution on college campuses and building health for young and old. All of the diverse themes are fully integrated and reinforced by each other, forming a complete blueprint to how to restore quality of life to a suffering people.

Ideas for America: Let the Sun In

Politics & Social Sciences

Fraser, Matthew J

Social Sciences

Have you ever wondered…dreamed…or dared to embark on unchartered horizons? The artistic masters of 15th and 16th century Italy certainly did! Of all the old masters, Leonardo da’ Vinci is likely one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of all time here he is presented from a perspective unlike any others: from an active and practicing present-day artist living and creating in America.Universal Man is an inspired and concise exposition of the life and times of renowned genius Leonardo da’ Vinci and the “rebirth” known today as the Italian Renaissance. Written by acclaimed contemporary artist, Richard Aliberti, a living descendent of Leon Batista Alberti, da’ Vinci’s earliest mentor. This book is sure to delight people of all ages and walks of life. Universal Man takes you through an interesting and illustrated journey through what some scholars have called the most creative and productive period in all of history. From a glimpse at the formative years of Leonardo’s upbringing, to his early tutelage in his Master Veroccio’s studio, to his extensive travels to Florence, Milan, Rome and elsewhere bringing him in contact with the greatest creative minds of the day. This book will make a mark on your life, like da’ Vinci has, on your soul which makes this book worth keeping to pass on to your descendants to be moved by as well. May you be touched by the hand and mind of da’ Vinci like I have.

Universal Man: Da' Vinci's Soul Reborn

Arts & Photography

Aliberti, Richard A.

History & Criticism

In 1801 Elias Hasket Derby Jr. leaves his two year retirement. His father, the country’s first millionaire, has left him a money pit that many would consider one of the nations first American Castles. The expense to keep up this mansion and his leisurely life style has forced Elias back into action. He will take command of the local militia to fill in the ponds in the Common as part of an elaborate plot. The plot would entail the beautification of this neighborhood and entice a series of merchants and ship captains to build a series of two grand brick mansions set apart at fixed distances around the new park. All attached to a series of smuggling tunnels that would lead from the wharf, to their stores, and the banks.An elaborate scheme filled with Masons,pirates, a Secretary of the Navy, Senators, Representatives, a Supreme Court Justice, Presidents, and a touch of murder! Dig into the tunnels of Salem and find the underbelly of our nation!

Salem Secret Underground: The History of the Tunnels in the City

Dowgin, Christopher Jon Luke

A Walk Above Salem: A Fairy Tale Set in the Skies (Salem Trilogy)

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

As if the age-old conflict between Heart and Brain wasn't difficult enough. Has this modern day changed Love's very chemistry? Equality of the sexes, Social Engineering- you know that Metro-sexual stuff, and the development of our "criteria box"... have really made affairs of the Heart more difficult for Brain to control.Anatomy of a Love Affair is a tale of Love where everything happens in an opposite way............and m i keaton tells the tale in a totally new and different way!!In this story, Sarah, a helpless romantic, has grown cynical and is now on a mission to find the "Perfect Man"....you know, the one with all of her "criteria box" requirements.Mike's Heart has convinced Brain that "Love" is the most important aspect of his "criteria box".His "Hugh Hefner" wannabe persona is quickly forgotten as he finds the love of his life and Sarah's cynicism is temporarily overwhelmed by Mike's doting and sincere view of love.Perchance we could hear the banter between, no not Mike and Sarah, rather that of their Heart and Brain....to hear their feelings and thoughts at that very momentThis might give us pause and make less calamity of such affairs. Perhaps offer thoughts to ponder if not answers...Love is chemistry .... Let us listen in.....

Anatomy of a Love Affair

keaton, m i

Steele, Ana

Performing Arts

Every family has its secrets: facts concealed or distorted to avoid conflict, embarrassment, or immediate consequences. Yet the truth will always surface. Eventually.This collection of linked essays tells one family's story, revealing its "other side" and the fallout resulting from three generations of secrets - with a little history of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and some of its colorful characters as backdrop.

The Other Side: Closing the Door

Humor & Entertainment

Girouard, Donna

Humor

Salem was the second richest city in the country during the age of sail and in response to Jefferson’s silent revolution these New England Federalists dug three miles of tunnels to avoid paying his new custom duties and had developed immense fortunes with which came great political power within our nation. Among these were many who supported the Second Bank of the United States which Jackson crushed. These men had profited as they sold our nation’s financial control to the bankers of England. In response three men from town will plan the murder of a president to re-establish a new Federal bank. Along with this history are further tales of the tunnels, opium, the history of the man who engineered the economic cycles of our country, northern secession, and other stories of famous people, inventions, and events from Salem that helped shape our nation. This is the sequel to the hit book Salem Secret Underground: The History of the Tunnels in the City

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