Local Authors

Our communities have been and still are home to some of the most well-known authors in American literature.  Why not take home one of their books today?
Title Author Cover
Here on Earth Alice Hoffman Here on Earth cover image
The letters of A. Bronson Alcott. Amos Bronson Alcott The letters of A. Bronson Alcott. cover image
Selected poems Amy Lowell Selected poems cover image
The last days of Dogtown : a novel Anita Diamant The last days of Dogtown : a novel cover image
Fortune's rocks : a novel Anita Shreve Fortune's rocks : a novel cover image
Acorna's world Anne McCaffrey Acorna's world cover image
The complete poems Anne Sexton The complete poems cover image
Beyond freedom and dignity B F Skinner Beyond freedom and dignity cover image
Bicentennial : poems Dan Chiasson Bicentennial : poems cover image
Lincoln David Herbert Donald Lincoln cover image
True and false : heresy and common sense for the actor David Mamet True and false : heresy and common sense for the actor cover image
Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln cover image
Gideon's sword Douglas J Preston Gideon's sword cover image
Tulips & chimneys : the original 1922 manuscript with the 34 additional poems from & [i.e. ampersand] E E Cummings Tulips & chimneys : the original 1922 manuscript with the 34 additional poems from & [i.e. ampersand] cover image
Perforated heart : a novel Eric Bogosian Perforated heart : a novel cover image
F : poems Franz Wright F : poems cover image
Book of souls Glenn Cooper Book of souls cover image
The radicalism of the American Revolution Gordon S Wood The radicalism of the American Revolution cover image
Wicked : the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West : a novel Gregory Maguire Wicked : the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West : a novel cover image
Find the constellations H A Rey Find the constellations cover image
Trio for slide rule and typewriter Hal Clement Trio for slide rule and typewriter cover image
When all you've ever wanted isn't enough Harold S Kushner When all you've ever wanted isn't enough cover image
Uncle Tom's cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's cabin cover image
Thoreau in the mountains Henry David Thoreau Thoreau in the mountains cover image
Thirteen ways of looking at a Black man Henry Louis Gates Thirteen ways of looking at a Black man cover image
Hiawatha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hiawatha cover image
Foundation and earth Isaac Asimov Foundation and earth cover image
The little that is all. John Ciardi The little that is all. cover image
More information than you require ... John Hodgman More information than you require ... cover image
Mastering the art of French cooking Julia Child Mastering the art of French cooking cover image
The scandalous sisterhood of Prickwillow Place Julie Berry The scandalous sisterhood of Prickwillow Place cover image
Cities of the dead Linda Barnes Cities of the dead cover image
See you around, Sam! Lois Lowry See you around, Sam! cover image
Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott cover image
Over the river and through the wood : the New England boy's song about Thanksgiving Day Lydia Maria Child Over the river and through the wood : the New England boy's song about Thanksgiving Day cover image
The essential Margaret Fuller Margaret Fuller The essential Margaret Fuller cover image
Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns) : Mindy Kaling Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns) : cover image
N.C. Wyeth: the collected paintings, illustrations, and murals. N C Wyeth N.C. Wyeth: the collected paintings, illustrations, and murals. cover image
The house of the seven gables Nathaniel Hawthorne The house of the seven gables cover image
Fateful triangle : the United States, Israel, and the Palestinians Noam Chomsky Fateful triangle : the United States, Israel, and the Palestinians cover image
The front Patricia Daniels Cornwell The front cover image
Sir Vidia's shadow : a friendship across five continents Paul Theroux Sir Vidia's shadow : a friendship across five continents cover image
Rose's garden Peter H Reynolds Rose's garden cover image
The journals and miscellaneous notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson The journals and miscellaneous notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson cover image
Xkcd : volume 0 Randall Munroe Xkcd : volume 0 cover image
How to create a mind : the secret of human thought revealed Ray Kurzweil How to create a mind : the secret of human thought revealed cover image
A savage place : a Spenser novel Robert B Parker A savage place : a Spenser novel cover image
The collected poems of Robert Creeley. Robert Creeley The collected poems of Robert Creeley. cover image
The sounds of poetry : a brief guide Robert Pinsky The sounds of poetry : a brief guide cover image
Roller skates Ruth Sawyer Roller skates cover image
Chasing Shakespeares : a novel Sarah Smith Chasing Shakespeares : a novel cover image
Saul Bellow : letters Saul Bellow Saul Bellow : letters cover image
Reinventing comics : [how imagination and technology are revolutionizing an art form] Scott McCloud Reinventing comics : [how imagination and technology are revolutionizing an art form] cover image
The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea Sebastian Junger The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea cover image
Flashpoint Suzanne Brockmann Flashpoint cover image
The colossus & other poems Sylvia Plath The colossus & other poems cover image
Bulfinch's mythology Thomas Bulfinch Bulfinch's mythology cover image
The leftovers Tom Perrotta The leftovers cover image
Gods like us : on movie stardom and modern fame Ty Burr Gods like us : on movie stardom and modern fame cover image
The education of Black people : ten critiques, 1906-1960 W E B Du Bois The education of Black people : ten critiques, 1906-1960 cover image