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Get the Summary of David Miller's AWOL on the Appalachian Trail in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "AWOL on the Appalachian Trail" is David Miller's personal account of his journey hiking the entire Appalachian Trail (AT). Discontent with his programming job, Miller leaves his family and career to embark on this adventure. He starts in late April to avoid winter and quickly faces physical challenges like blisters...
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One day, Angie Voorster-diligent student, all-star swimmer and ivy-league bound high school senior-dives to the bottom of a pool and stays there. In that moment, everything the Voorster family believes they know about each other changes. Katharine Noel's extraordinary debut illuminates the fault lines in one family's relationships, as well as the complex emotional ties that bind them together. With grace and precision rarely seen in a first novel,...
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Now you can bring the tastes and traditions of small town Vermont to your very own kitchen with The Official Wintervale Cookbook! Featuring recipes from author Melodie March's beloved Wintervale Promises series, along with a collection of family classics she cooks every day, you're bound to find a new favorite inside. From a stack of Liza's fluffy French toast drizzled with Vermont maple syrup to a batch of Belle's famous pink peppermint sugar cookies,...
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Although Barbara Lynch was born and raised in South Boston, not Tuscany, many critics believe her food rivals the best of Italy. It has been praised by Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and Gourmet, and many more.
Lynch's cuisine is all the more remarkable because it is self-taught. In a story straight out of Good Will Hunting, she grew up in the turbulent projects of "Southie," where petty crime was the only viable way to make a living. But in a home ec...
5) The Pilgrim Chronicles: An Eyewitness History of the Pilgrims and the Founding of Plymouth Colony
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All Americans are familiar with the story of the Pilgrims-persecuted for their religion in the Old World, they crossed the ocean to settle in a wild and dangerous land. But for most of us, the story ends after their brutal first winter at Plymouth with a supposedly peaceful encounter with the Native Americans and a happy Thanksgiving.
Now, through the vivid memoirs, letters, and personal accounts in The Pilgrim Chronicles, you will discover the full,...
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"Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants Ellen to speak up in support of his claim to the patent...
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Burlington has long been known as the shining jewel in Vermont's crown, but a current of darkness flows beneath this charming port on Lake Champlain.
There is a sordid side to the city that top-ten lists routinely call "one of the country's most livable cities," with stories of dirty cops, notorious ladies of the night, knife wielding psychopaths, lovers off the deep end and famous serial killers.
Author and tour guide Thea Lewis showcases the...
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How do great chefs make their food taste better? Is it the ingredients they use? Their cooking techniques and equipment? That's part of the answer. But the real secret is that truly great chefs follow their instincts -- the kitchens in their heads. Now, in her first cookbook, Jody Adams, the award-winning chef/co-owner of Boston's Rialto, teaches you how to follow your own instincts and make the transition from passionate eater to passionate cook.
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9) The Salem Witch Hunt: A Captivating Guide to the Hunt and Trials of People Accused of Witchcraft in
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Salem Witch Hunt, then keep reading...Decades after witch-hunting had begun to die down in Europe, North America was about to witness its bloodiest witch hunt in history. The Massachusetts of 1692 was a very different one to the state we know today. Populated by colonists, many of them a generation or less from life in an England bathed in religious turmoil, Massachusetts was not the safe haven...
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The disturbing true crime story about what drove an abused New Hampshire wife to kill her violent husband, and the chaos that followed.
Before domestic violence hot lines and safe houses were widespread, June Briand shot four bullets into her husband's head in 1987 and was sentenced to fifteen years to life. This is the shocking true story of survival-and the intense bond June shared with her pathologically violent husband, a monster who physically...
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This stunning volume illustrates the history of the island from whaling hub to summer paradise with more than 200 vintage images.
During the nineteenth century, seafaring industries dominated the economy of Martha's Vineyard, with busy harbors hosting thousands of ships as they put in for refitting, supplies, and crew members. As the whaling boom diminished, religious revivalism and then tourism brought more and more summer visitors. By the twentieth...
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New Englanders know that cranberries are not for holidays alone. For centuries, this tart fruit-a staple in the Yankee diet since before it was domesticated-has reigned over the cranberry heartland of Barnstable and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts. Dozens of recipes that utilize the "humble fruit" have risen up over the years, the most popular being cranberry sauce, which one imaginative New Englander paired with lobster. The popularity of the berry...
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A historian goes beyond the famous faces to tell the stories of ordinary citizens who served as militiamen and mariners during the American Revolution.
Americans know Paul Revere and General George Washington-but lesser known are those unsung heroes or citizen soldiers who first enlisted with local militias before being assigned to units of the Continental Line and sent away to fight in states and regions far removed from their homes and families.
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Vermont's hills hold the echoes of a spirited past. Haunting stories and wandering ghosts are found in numerous burial places from the Riverside Cemetery in Burlington to the Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.
The Bowman mausoleum in Cuttingsville contains some heartbreaking symbolism. Throughout the state, disturbing tales of mountain madness, murder and "vampires" can be found carved in stone. Discover the graves of humble farmers with independent...
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