Massachusetts Books

Preparing for death is not fun, but for parents of children with special needs it is especially necessary to give some real thought to planning a child's long-term future. This book is a straightforward reference that makes the process a little less daunting and is great preparation for communicating knowledgeably with a lawyer and a financial planner. It sets forth the right questions without insinuating what the best choices might be, including those about how estate planning choices siblings and the extended family. All of the options are presented so that parents, in consultation with their attorney, can make the best possible plans with as little angst as possible.

This book became my bible many years ago when I worked in housing services as a paralegal. Even though I have moved from Mass I still put the basics to the test in NH. This book is filled with valuable information and resources. Having spent most of my time in a housing court, I know that this book has been put to the test by Lawyers, Judges, and many other professionals in and out of the field of housing. If you are a tenant there is no longer an excuse for being a victim. Everything you need to know about rental housing, unfair debt collection practices, consumer protection, subsidized housing, rent control, mobil homes, and much more is contained in this book.

This remarkable book is based on a collection of 75 letters written by members of one family who were part of a Massachusetts utopian community from 1843 to 1847. The book provides a vivid glimpse of the personal lives of that family, as well as a first-hand view of life in such a community, and its historical context. James and Dolly Stetson of Brooklyn, CT, facing economic difficulty, moved with their children to Northampton, MA, in 1843 to join the Northampton Association of Education and Industry. They shared the community's progressive values, such as the abolition of slavery, religious tolerance, liberal education, and equality between races and sexes. Sojourner Truth was also a member of this community for a while. Most of the letters were written by Dolly and her children to their father, who was often on the road selling the community's product: silk. Three additional chapters provide authoritative accounts of the social, political, economic, and historical context in which this community lived, faltered, and ultimately disbanded. An excellent choice for anyone interested in this dynamic period in American history, and the lives of one very energetic fammily.

This understated, beautifully written novel ranges over three decades in the life of Meg Mowbry. Elaine Ford covers a great deal of complex emotional territory -- how people change, or fail to change, over time; how long-ago actions and events continue to shape our lives; how we understand many of our own choices only in retrospect. But what's most amazing about Ford as a writer is how economically she accomplishes all this, and how skillful she is not just about which details to highlight, but which to leave out. After I finished the book I found myself missing Meg -- and even more, I missed the sound of Elaine Ford's quiet voice, making sense of life.

This book is available and can be supplied promptly. It includes dramatic color pictures of all 85 of the lighthouses of Massachusetts. The history and fascinating stories of these earliest lights built in the country are included. Every lighthouse in the state is pictured..

Lighthouses of nearby New Hampshire as well as lightships are included. Even a light which is in a church steeple is shown from the ground as well as a view in the steeple.

A map showing the location of the lighthouses as well as directions for finding them are included. Poetry. dramatic ocean scenes, and several views of each of the lights, make this a great guide for the lighthouse enthusiast.

112 pages, paperback, copyright 1983. purchaced new in Camden, Maine, late May 1999. more were in stock. 2nd printing 1996. Mine is signed by the author ( YIPPEE!!! ) 29 entries in Biliography. I'm giving it 5 stars because it is site specific, gives a brief overview of Lightships, and all Lightsships, but is very focused on Cape Cod and the Islands. Includes local lore and ledgend from crew mwmbers, all the way up until the Nantucket Lightship was replaced in 1986, the last of all Lightships. By the way, the Nantucket that was sank by the Titanic's sister-ship was recently found.

This author brings out more great information on Colonial New England;although written for the Historian and Archeologist.If your a student of New England history there is much here for the amateur too.

The Line of Forts in Northern Massachusetts were built by people struggling to maintain their lands and way of life,this book reveals the drama of those daily ordeals. I have been reading about these histories for years and never knew how many forts there actually were,there being as many as ten +.The line stretched from the Connecticut River West just into New York,running along the now Vermont border.Garrison houses were mixed in and added to the defensive line also.The two main Forts studied here being Fort Shirley and Fort Pelham.These two forts only have a life span of around ten years(1744-1754), a short existence in the overall struggle during the French and Indian War timeframe. Through the discovery of objects and documents hidden away Coe gives us a glimpse of the soldiers life on the Frontier.

An outstanding addition to the library of research on Colonial New England. Highly worth the price.

Susan Wilson has done a wonderful job writing essentially a "travel" book in an approachable and compelling style. Her instructions and "trails" are clear and logical and take you into some of the prettiest areas in Boston and the surrounding towns. Yet while she is directing you in and among the alleyways, Wilson manages to weave a compelling history of characters and places that has you heading for your local library to check out long-forgotten authors. I've drawn up a whole "Boston" reading list to reacquaint myself with some old friends and maybe make some new ones.

Susan Wilson's guide not only takes on the 19th century period when Boston carved out a revolution in the world of ideas - and separated US culture from England, but it takes on 400 years of a multi-cultural Boston Literary History, from black 18th century poetess Phillis Wheatley to WEB DuBois and Kahlil Gibran.

It is well written and usuable. It helps you to find these places in the Boston area, and at the same time locates them in their place in Literary History.

It lets you know where the current bookstores are in Boston as well. It is really usuable, as well as readable.

The rhyming quizzes and crosswords in this book are not too hard, and lots of fun for leisure time brain exercise.