Nestled deep in the Connecticut River Valley are Amherst and Hadley, two towns responsible for the inspiration of many classic poets, writers, and thinkers of America. Visit a place where Ralph Waldo Emerson ate dinners with Emily Dickinson's family, and see the site on which Noah Webster founded Amherst College. Look through a visual record of small towns, where the seasonal changes of the hills, fields, and woods inspired local writer Ray Stannard Baker and photographer Clifton Johnson. ...

Images of America: Amherst and Hadley, Massachusetts is an educational and entertaining volume that will delight residents, visitors, and lovers of history everywhere. Once part of Hadley, the town of Amherst is known the world over as the home of celebrated poet Emily Dickinson. This photographic portrait of Emily's surroundings reveals the beautiful landscape that inspired her art, and also includes less typical but nonetheless significant images of hard-working farmhands, Irish laborers...

When Pres. John F. Kennedy established the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1961, it was acclaimed as the "finest victory ever recorded for the cause of conservation in New England." When erosion and overdevelopment threatened the Cape, the idea of a national seashore took hold, forever protecting this treasured place. The park preserves 44,000 acres of forest, marsh, bog, and ponds, and a 40-mile stretch from Provincetown to Chatham, which Henry David Thoreau called the "Great Beach." Unlike...

Wellfleet is among the most picturesque villages on Cape Cod. Its rich history weaves a tale of sailors and boatbuilders, travelers and artists, and even ghosts and pirates. Here, in the pages of Wellfleet, trace the story of this fascinating village, from the old Congregational church steeple, which still tolls the hours according to ships� bells, to Billingsgate, the lost island whose lighthouse and village were swallowed by the sea. Wellfleet�s history is undeniably tied to the sea. Of ...

Orleans, at the crook of Cape Cod's elbow, is a place of extraordinary beauty and unforgettable people. From the first known Cape Cod shipwreck, the Sparrowhawk in 1626, to the last Cape Cod wreck of a sailing ship, the Montclair in 1927, the town is bursting with tales to be told. There are the quiet stories of windmills, quahog fishermen, and cranberry harvesters set against the hanging of pirates, the threat of sea serpents, and attacks on Orleans by foreign countries. People flock to R...

Hiwi is a senior in high school whose only friend is his loyal German shepherd. Instead of waking up to catch a flight to spend spring break with his older brother in California, he wakes to a world seemingly devoid of people, except two other passengers.After a timely intervention during a nighttime assassination attempt proves that there are still others left in the world, Hiwi must join forces with a brilliant drug addict, a former treasure hunter, a lawyer, his client, a pair o...

L’opera approfondisce alcuni aspetti che non si ritrovano frequentemente nei manuali di sport: storie semisconosciute, eventi pedagogici e aspetti psicologici si intrecciano facendo emergere principi etici, valoriali e educativi che richiamano l’aretè e la paideia come elementi connotanti le Olimpiadi antiche e moderne. L’inizio dei giochi olimpici estivi – 6 aprile 1896, su iniziativa di de Coubertin – si collegava intimamente alla riscoperta di questi valori e all’ideal...

L’antologia con i racconti selezionati nella prima edizione del Concorso & MyBook Anthology:Breve storia di Jimmy Late, Andrea CarloniNon cadere in silenzio, Sara StarniniTeatro a sorpresa, Lino AddisLa città elementare, Roberto BonaldoPipetta, la fiaba, Paolo BiancoLa coltre densa dell’indifferenza, Marta BorroniEro…. sono… sarò?