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
Indigo Alice Hoffman Indigo 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
Living a Jewish life : Jewish traditions, customs, and values for today's families Anita Diamant Living a Jewish life : Jewish traditions, customs, and values for today's families cover image
Eden Close : a novel Anita Shreve Eden Close : a novel cover image
Dragonsinger Anne McCaffrey Dragonsinger cover image
The awful rowing toward God Anne Sexton The awful rowing toward God cover image
Science and human behavior. B F Skinner Science and human behavior. cover image
One kind of everything : poem and person in contemporary America Dan Chiasson One kind of everything : poem and person in contemporary America cover image
Look homeward : a life of Thomas Wolfe David Herbert Donald Look homeward : a life of Thomas Wolfe cover image
Writing in restaurants David Mamet Writing in restaurants cover image
Lyndon Johnson and the American dream Doris Kearns Goodwin Lyndon Johnson and the American dream cover image
Dance of death Douglas J Preston Dance of death cover image
Selected poems E E Cummings Selected poems cover image
Perforated heart : a novel Eric Bogosian Perforated heart : a novel cover image
Walking to Martha's Vineyard : poems Franz Wright Walking to Martha's Vineyard : poems cover image
Book of souls Glenn Cooper Book of souls cover image
Revolutionary characters : what made the founders different Gordon S Wood Revolutionary characters : what made the founders different cover image
Confessions of an ugly stepsister Gregory Maguire Confessions of an ugly stepsister cover image
Curious George gets a medal H A Rey Curious George gets a medal cover image
Trio for slide rule and typewriter Hal Clement Trio for slide rule and typewriter cover image
How good do we have to be? : a new understanding of guilt and forgiveness Harold S Kushner How good do we have to be? : a new understanding of guilt and forgiveness cover image
Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly cover image
The journal, 1837-1861 Henry David Thoreau The journal, 1837-1861 cover image
Black in Latin America Henry Louis Gates Black in Latin America cover image
The children's hour Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The children's hour cover image
The roving mind Isaac Asimov The roving mind cover image
Doodle soup : poems John Ciardi Doodle soup : poems cover image
That is all John Hodgman That is all cover image
My Life in France Julia Child My Life in France cover image
The scandalous sisterhood of Prickwillow Place Julie Berry The scandalous sisterhood of Prickwillow Place cover image
Snapshot Linda Barnes Snapshot cover image
Autumn street Lois Lowry Autumn street cover image
The selected letters of Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott The selected letters of Louisa May Alcott cover image
Over the river and through the wood Lydia Maria Child Over the river and through the wood cover image
"My heart is a large kingdom" : selected letters of Margaret Fuller Margaret Fuller "My heart is a large kingdom" : selected letters of 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 complete novels and selected tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne The complete novels and selected tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne cover image
On language Noam Chomsky On language cover image
The Scarpetta factor Patricia Daniels Cornwell The Scarpetta factor cover image
The old Patagonian express : by train through the Americas Paul Theroux The old Patagonian express : by train through the Americas cover image
Sky color Peter H Reynolds Sky color cover image
Emerson in his journals Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson in his journals cover image
Xkcd : volume 0 Randall Munroe Xkcd : volume 0 cover image
The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology Ray Kurzweil The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology 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
Gulf music Robert Pinsky Gulf music cover image
The wee Christmas cabin of Carn-na-ween Ruth Sawyer The wee Christmas cabin of Carn-na-ween cover image
The vanished child Sarah Smith The vanished child cover image
The adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow The adventures of Augie March cover image
Tiny problems! Scott McCloud Tiny problems! 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
The kissing game Suzanne Brockmann The kissing game cover image
The collected poems Sylvia Plath The collected poems cover image
Bulfinch's mythology Thomas Bulfinch Bulfinch's mythology cover image
The wishbones Tom Perrotta The wishbones cover image
The best old movies for families : a guide to watching together Ty Burr The best old movies for families : a guide to watching together cover image
The gift of Black folk : the Negroes in the making of America W E B Du Bois The gift of Black folk : the Negroes in the making of America cover image