New England Books and Authors

"Forgotten Drinks of Colonial New England" 126 pages, Published by American Palate , © 2014 People have enjoyed imbibing longer than history has been recorded. When the settlers came to America, they brought beer, cider, and rum to be enjoyed. Bowls of punch were served at meetings and balls. Taverns had a wide variety of drinks travelers and locals could sip and enjoy while reading the latest mail and newspapers. The days of colonial America are fascinating to history buffs everywhere, but have you ever wondered about what was being served in the rooms where politics were being debated, and taxes weren't being paid? Corin Hirsch takes a peek at what was on the beverage menu in those days with her book "Forgotten Drinks of Colonial America" . "Forgotten Drinks" combines the best of both worlds with its chronicling of American history and a list of alcoholic recipes for the history buff and beverage connoisseur. Relive the days when the fastest news tr...

photo: maureenboylewriter.com 282 pages; published by ForeEdge Books , ©2017 In 1988, nine women were murdered in New Bedford. Their bodies were disposed along the highway surrounding the town. As the bodies were discovered one-by-one, local and state police worked together to identify the bodies and bring the killer, or killers, to justice. Were these murders connected? That's just one of the questions waiting to be answered in Maureen Boyle's "Shallow Graves" . Boyle, who is known for her compelling true-crime novels set in Massachusetts, tackles the murders that captivated the city of New Bedford. The year 1988 was an eventful one for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its governor, Michael Dukakis had secured the Democratic nomination in the Presidential election , and the Boston Red Sox won the division title after sitting in fifth place at the All-Star Break. There were many reasons for Bay State residents to feel excited. The excitement in the former whaling...

Photo: rosedogbookstore.com 154 pages; published by Rosedog Books , ©2024 Time travel is a subject that has fascinated people for decades. The idea of going back into history or forward into the future has long been the subject of books, television, and movies for a long time. When the idea of going to a different time is explored, it usually comes with the caveat to not interfere with events, so the course of history is not affected. The Other Me In Kerry Keene's  "The Other Me" , the idea of time travel is discussed by Darrell Duplissey, a mental health aide at North View Lodge, and one of the hospital's patients. Darrell goes to work on November 22, his 50th birthday, and life has not been anything near what he had expected or hoped. Before his shift begins, Darrell sits in his car and ponders his existence, his work, and his unfulfilled hopes and dreams. Darrell Duplissey's Unfulfilled Life It hasn't been an ideal life for Darrell. What was and what could ...

383 pages; published by Homeopathy Educator Press, ©2024 Today, people are looking for quick fixes and finding or creating the next best thing. Sometimes these fad chasers can be successful, sometimes they're not, and sometimes those successes might be short-lived. The health sector is crammed with exercise equipment and diets that promise to help people lose weight, get healthy, and stay healthy. From qualities that range from being protein-rich to being made with all-natural ingredients, the market is flooded with food and books that claim to be able to help people lose weight and feel better about themselves. While new and exciting products and fads are coming and going, Abby Beale is trying something that has been tried hundreds of times for hundreds of years. Her book, "Homeopathy Primer" , offers a comprehensive look at the history of homeopathy and how it can be used to help treat everyday afflictions and become a part of people's daily tasks of staying healt...

265 pages; Published by Thomas Dunne Books , ©2017 Everyone is chasing happiness. People are looking everywhere for something to lift their spirits. In today's world, people seem to have access to more, more possessions, more gadgets to make life easier, more toys that allow them to become oblivious to what is happening around them. But are all of these things making their life better or their moods happier? Sanjiv Chopra and Gina Vild don't seem to think so, and they want to help people do something about that. Chopra and Vild have collaborated on a book that seeks to help people on their journey to happiness. Their book, "The Two Most Important Days", combines empirical and anecdotal evidence to support methods you can use to feel happier and navigate your way through bad days and life's setbacks. Some of these methods are ages old and time-tested. Some of these methods are new and may seem a little odd at first. TTMID looks at the most common ways people try to...

333 pages; Published by Mascot Books , ©2020 A nursing home is not somewhere you want to be. Oscar Green wants to change that. Using the family fortune he has inherited, Green wants to create a place where people can go and comfortably live out their days. His vision is called "Green Haven". It is a place of luxury where residents have all they could possibly want, and their families know they are well-taken care of. Oscar is so confident in his dream that one facility soon becomes three, and the rich and infirm have places to choose from for a comfortable end of life. But there is more to it than just luxury. Luca DiMatteo's book features a sinister plotline where patients are dying at an alarming rate, even for a nursing home. The suspicious nature of the deaths raises the curiosity of Cathy Arden, Green Haven's director of nursing. Arden realizes something is amiss, and she's not the only one. Kyle, Green Haven's administrator, has noticed an all-to-conven...

290 pages; Published by William Morrow, ©2010 Mark Genevich , Massachusetts' favorite wise-cracking, narcoleptic private eye is back, and this time he has some friends. Well, he has group therapy. It wasn't his idea. It came from an ultimatum his mother gave him. Being a private eye means you can get work from the strangest of places. For Mark, his latest job comes from someone he meets in group therapy named Gus. Genevich drinks with a man named Gus and the result is a job. Easy or not, Genevich can't afford to turn down work. Life hasn't been easy for him. Business leads have been drying up, and he is facing a lawsuit. Not only that, but a Boston Police detective wants to talk to him about a nearby fire. His questions are almost accusatory. If you read "The Little Sleep" , you know how congenial and professional Genevich is with Detective Owolewa. It's not just Owolewa. There's also a bouncer Genevich rubs the wrong way and people who want to give th...

242 pages; Published by Black Lyon Publishing , ©2021 Saxonbourg, Pennsylvania Police Chief Greg Adams stopped a vehicle on the cold afternoon of December 4, 1980. It would be the last stop of his life. Adams was gunned down by Donald Webb, a low-level mobster who spent the next 36 1/2 years in hiding after the murder. After Adams is shot, a tense ambulance ride to the hospital follows, but it is too late as the police chief is declared dead. A manhunt follows as the Saxonbourg Police Department tries to close in on the killer. Webb is able to escape their efforts, and it won't be the last time he proves to be elusive.  What happened during the next three-plus decades after Chief Adams' murder was an international manhunt that comprised of the Saxonbourg Police Department, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts State Police Departments, and the F.B.I. Maureen Boyle's "The Ghost" traces the work of different people from the Northeast who passed the baton and paperwork ...

24 pages; Published by Matt Robinson and Jim Roldan ©2019 The Ivy League. Everyone is aware of the tradition and prestige that go with the eight schools located in the Northeastern United States. They are known for their competitive acceptance rates and rigorous academics that could intimidate some applicants, and even those who have already began studying at one of the campuses. Matt Robinson, an alumnus of The University of Pennsylvania (1996), pulls back the ivies to give readers an inside look at the eight schools that make up the storied league and some of the legends that surround them. With the help of illustrator Jim Roldan, Robinson has created "Lions, Tigers, and... Bulldogs? An unofficial guide to the legends and lor of the Ivy League" . The book begins by introducing the character "Ivy", a leaf that guides you through a brief history of the universities that have given us authors, inventors and Presidents of the United States . The first few pages prese...

236 pages; Published by Bauhan Publishing, LLC ©2020 The Seventies are entering the downturn, and a young woman is minding her own business at work in the college library. It's one of those days that start like any other, and the young, unassuming professional, the main character in "The Story so Far" by Jane Eklund , has no idea this day will change her life. This is the day she will meet "The Author"; an older, alluring woman who is known for writing, "the kind of book my friends and I mocked over pitchers of beer... Here, at the library, it wasn't even worthy of a catalog number." The books could be cheesy and preposterous, but they covered the bills and paid for the trips she frequently took. The attraction between the author and the main character is immediate and undeniable. Set over the course of twenty-five years, it follows the library assistant as she goes from work to The Author's home to her own home, a duplex she shares with a gay...

178 pages; Published by Harcourt, Incorporated ©2001 There are many things we use everyday that we take for granted. We don't think about how they came to be, who came up for the idea, or how people survived or accomplished their work before the invention/discovery. Amir D. Aczel's "The Riddle of the Compass" sheds light on an instrument that proved vital to trade, navigation, and other maritime duties. "Compass" begins in the Bronze Age and immediately challenges the long-held notion that ancient sailors and navigators never let the coast out of their sights for fear of becoming lost at sea. Instead, sailors ventured far from terra firma with the aid of large statues, lighthouses, and even hiring out local fishermen whose knowledge of the waters due to their daily work proved invaluable. As time went on, ships' captains were able to sail the seas on their own with help from a little gadget that helped in big ways. A simple device that today is a basic ...

416 pages; Published by Simon & Schuster ©2014 Anyone who knows guitars knows Joe Perry . The slender, string-bending virtuoso who was born and raised in Massachusetts has stories to tell from his life on the road, in the studio and all the places in between. It's a safe bet to say the number of stories equals the number of songs written in and out of Aerosmith, his best known sample of work. Perry teamed up with writer David Ritz to write "Rocks: My Life in and out of Aerosmith". Perry's effort gives him a chance to tell his side of things alone, unlike 1997's "Walk this Way" which told of the band's history with input from all of the band's original members. The book's title takes its name from Aerosmith's fourth studio release, considered by many to be one of the best offerings from their catalogue, if not the best. Perry begins his tale in New Hampshire where a story takes the reader into the water. It's an episode he barely...