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Here's just a sampling of authors that live on the Seacoast! Local Authors Browse All See all items Mystery on the Isles of Shoals: Closing the Case on the Smuttynose Ax Murders of 1873 J. Dennis Robinson Current price: $17.99 The shocking but true story behind the film and bestselling novel, The Weight of Water ... The Unquiet Daughter Danielle Flood Current price: $19.95 Danielle Flood, a journalist born of the wartime love triangle that inspired the one in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, searches for her father after surviving a bizarre youth of privilege, estrangement and cruelty. ... The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Memoir of Place, Solitude, and Friendship Katherine Towler Current price: $16.95 The Penny Poet of Portsmouth is a memoir of the author’s friendship with Robert Dunn, a brilliant poet who spent most of his life off the grid in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ... A Colored Man in Exeter Michael Cameron Ward Current price: $14.99 In the summer of 1957 the Ward family moved from Brooklyn, New York to Lee, New Hampshire to escape gang violence. It was an era when racial tensions were high and they were the first "colored family" in the area. ... Red Clay Girl Emilie Spaulding Current price: $14.99 Red Clay Girl is the heartbreaking, hilarious, and tenacious story of a middle child's journey from small town Georgia to New York City and beyond. When she reaches her unplanned destination, self-acceptance, you'll shout hallelujah. ... The Burnt Sunset Chris LeDoux Current price: $16.99 No description available. Brooksong: True Tales of New Hampshire Michael O'Traynor Current price: $13.99 No description available. Rye's Battle of the Century: Saving the New Hampshire Seacoast from Olympic Oil Lisa Moll Current price: $16.00 This book was inspired by town of Rye resident Lisa Moll's University of New Hampshire research paper entitled "Rye's Ode to Olympic Oil," which demonstrated the crucial role Rye played in stopping Olympic Oil's 1974 effort to build the largest oil refinery in the world on Great Bay in Durham, Ne ... Enjoy the Journey: Scenes from a Life On & Off the Road Perry McKinney Current price: $16.95 Enjoy the Journey spans, with brevity but great candor and sensitivity, the life thus far of Perry McKinney, who traded early that of a successful entrepreneur for that of a hobo in the traditional sense of the word. His story begins in the then-military town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ... Victorian Wit Charles Labrizzi Current price: $12.00 Best known for writing The Story of A Bad Boy, Thomas Bailey Aldrich was also a noted poet, playwright, and editor. His friends and contemporaries included Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Celia Thaxter. ... The Sun God's Heir: The Return Elliott Baker Current price: $16.99 The Sun God's Heir is a swashbuckling series set at the end of the 17th century in France, Spain, and northern Africa. ... Dining with Liyuen Liyuen Buesing Current price: $24.95 The culmination of a 35-year career, Dining with Liyuen presents authentic Chinese recipes that are easy to make at home. Liyuen Buesing is a chef, foodie, and entrepreneur. Raised in Taiwan, she learned the art of traditional Chinese cooking from her mother. ... Harbor Ice K. D. Mason Current price: $16.95 IT HAS BEEN A BRUTALLY COLD WINTER in the New Hampshire coastal town of Rye Harbor, leaving drifts of sea water frozen solid in the salt marsh. Finally, the weather warms enough for the ice to begin to break up and float out to sea. ... Invisible Streets: A Thriller Toby Ball Current price: $16.95 A brilliantly imagined thriller, Invisible Streets is a sprawling, noirish epic of crime and corruption by an author who has been compared to Caleb Carr, James Ellroy, and Jonathan Lethem. It’s the mid-1960s, and the City is a hulking shell of itself. ... For to See the Elephant: A Novel in Verse Tammi J. Truax Current price: $12.99 In a variety of voices, Truax tells the never-before-told story of the first two elephants to come to America and their enslaved keeper, William. ... Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy Mary Ann Esposito Current price: $39.95 No description available. Striking Terror Denis Lipman Current price: $15.99 Micah, a teen with a talent for magic, befriends a Palestinian girl preparing for a terror attack but her change of heart changes everything. ... Deadline- Captain Charlie's Bataan Diary Jr. Charles Underwood Current price: $16.99 News reporter to commander: Bataan, the Death March, three POW camps- the war story of Captain Charles Underwood. A Story untold for more than sixty years There are thousands of U.S. soldiers who have never been properly recognized for their actions during the Second World War. ... Forgotten by Time Peter J. Horton Current price: $9.99 Step into colonial New England, 1752, and meet James Pyper: Farmer, Friend, Adventurer. With the death of his mother, eleven year old James has found himself helping his father keep the family farm running, but still manages to find time for exploration with his best friend, Benjamin Huckin. ... Losing Light: A Journey Through Grief Suzanne Laurent Current price: $15.99 No description available. The Placenames of Portsmouth: Revised Third Edition (Placenames of America #1) Nancy W. Grossman Current price: $18.95 The business of naming is as old as language itself. The names a town bestows on its rivers and river banks, streets, buildings and other landmarks provide a window into the soul of that town, through the history it chooses to celebrate. ... The Adventures of Mr. Muffins Bill Pagum Current price: $9.95 No description available. Reclaiming Power: Building a Stronger Resistance in the Age of Trump Barbara Peterson Current price: $9.99 No description available. Last to Leave: A Memoir of Iran During the Revolution Barry Fitzpatrick Current price: $13.99 Mike and I make our way through the carpet section of the bazaar. In some places the buildings are three or four stories high and one or two levels below ground. All carpets. Gorgeous...any size and shape, silk, cotton, mixed...traditional, nomadic, contemporary designs. Custom made to order. ... The Weight of Water: A Novel Anita Shreve Current price: $17.99 "I wonder this: If you take a woman and push her to the edge, how will she behave?" The question is posed by Jean, a photographer, who arrives on Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, to research a century-old crime. ... The Juggling Bear Claudia Landell Current price: $10.99 The Annual Potawatomi Fair is in town once again, and 11-year-old Michael Corcoran couldn't be more excited to explore the fair away from his overprotective mother and annoying little sister. ... Among the Isles of Shoals Celia Thaxter Current price: $10.00 Step into a time capsule and explore the flora, fauna, and fishermen of the Isles of Shoals. Originally published in 1873, this book is a firsthand account of shipwrecks, storms, and simple lives 10 miles off the coast of New England. ...
Mystery on the Isles of Shoals: Closing the Case on the Smuttynose Ax Murders of 1873 J. Dennis Robinson Current price: $17.99 The shocking but true story behind the film and bestselling novel, The Weight of Water ...
The Unquiet Daughter Danielle Flood Current price: $19.95 Danielle Flood, a journalist born of the wartime love triangle that inspired the one in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, searches for her father after surviving a bizarre youth of privilege, estrangement and cruelty. ...
The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Memoir of Place, Solitude, and Friendship Katherine Towler Current price: $16.95 The Penny Poet of Portsmouth is a memoir of the author’s friendship with Robert Dunn, a brilliant poet who spent most of his life off the grid in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ...
A Colored Man in Exeter Michael Cameron Ward Current price: $14.99 In the summer of 1957 the Ward family moved from Brooklyn, New York to Lee, New Hampshire to escape gang violence. It was an era when racial tensions were high and they were the first "colored family" in the area. ...
Red Clay Girl Emilie Spaulding Current price: $14.99 Red Clay Girl is the heartbreaking, hilarious, and tenacious story of a middle child's journey from small town Georgia to New York City and beyond. When she reaches her unplanned destination, self-acceptance, you'll shout hallelujah. ...
Brooksong: True Tales of New Hampshire Michael O'Traynor Current price: $13.99 No description available.
Rye's Battle of the Century: Saving the New Hampshire Seacoast from Olympic Oil Lisa Moll Current price: $16.00 This book was inspired by town of Rye resident Lisa Moll's University of New Hampshire research paper entitled "Rye's Ode to Olympic Oil," which demonstrated the crucial role Rye played in stopping Olympic Oil's 1974 effort to build the largest oil refinery in the world on Great Bay in Durham, Ne ...
Enjoy the Journey: Scenes from a Life On & Off the Road Perry McKinney Current price: $16.95 Enjoy the Journey spans, with brevity but great candor and sensitivity, the life thus far of Perry McKinney, who traded early that of a successful entrepreneur for that of a hobo in the traditional sense of the word. His story begins in the then-military town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ...
Victorian Wit Charles Labrizzi Current price: $12.00 Best known for writing The Story of A Bad Boy, Thomas Bailey Aldrich was also a noted poet, playwright, and editor. His friends and contemporaries included Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Celia Thaxter. ...
The Sun God's Heir: The Return Elliott Baker Current price: $16.99 The Sun God's Heir is a swashbuckling series set at the end of the 17th century in France, Spain, and northern Africa. ...
Dining with Liyuen Liyuen Buesing Current price: $24.95 The culmination of a 35-year career, Dining with Liyuen presents authentic Chinese recipes that are easy to make at home. Liyuen Buesing is a chef, foodie, and entrepreneur. Raised in Taiwan, she learned the art of traditional Chinese cooking from her mother. ...
Harbor Ice K. D. Mason Current price: $16.95 IT HAS BEEN A BRUTALLY COLD WINTER in the New Hampshire coastal town of Rye Harbor, leaving drifts of sea water frozen solid in the salt marsh. Finally, the weather warms enough for the ice to begin to break up and float out to sea. ...
Invisible Streets: A Thriller Toby Ball Current price: $16.95 A brilliantly imagined thriller, Invisible Streets is a sprawling, noirish epic of crime and corruption by an author who has been compared to Caleb Carr, James Ellroy, and Jonathan Lethem. It’s the mid-1960s, and the City is a hulking shell of itself. ...
For to See the Elephant: A Novel in Verse Tammi J. Truax Current price: $12.99 In a variety of voices, Truax tells the never-before-told story of the first two elephants to come to America and their enslaved keeper, William. ...
Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy Mary Ann Esposito Current price: $39.95 No description available.
Striking Terror Denis Lipman Current price: $15.99 Micah, a teen with a talent for magic, befriends a Palestinian girl preparing for a terror attack but her change of heart changes everything. ...
Deadline- Captain Charlie's Bataan Diary Jr. Charles Underwood Current price: $16.99 News reporter to commander: Bataan, the Death March, three POW camps- the war story of Captain Charles Underwood. A Story untold for more than sixty years There are thousands of U.S. soldiers who have never been properly recognized for their actions during the Second World War. ...
Forgotten by Time Peter J. Horton Current price: $9.99 Step into colonial New England, 1752, and meet James Pyper: Farmer, Friend, Adventurer. With the death of his mother, eleven year old James has found himself helping his father keep the family farm running, but still manages to find time for exploration with his best friend, Benjamin Huckin. ...
Losing Light: A Journey Through Grief Suzanne Laurent Current price: $15.99 No description available.
The Placenames of Portsmouth: Revised Third Edition (Placenames of America #1) Nancy W. Grossman Current price: $18.95 The business of naming is as old as language itself. The names a town bestows on its rivers and river banks, streets, buildings and other landmarks provide a window into the soul of that town, through the history it chooses to celebrate. ...
Reclaiming Power: Building a Stronger Resistance in the Age of Trump Barbara Peterson Current price: $9.99 No description available.
Last to Leave: A Memoir of Iran During the Revolution Barry Fitzpatrick Current price: $13.99 Mike and I make our way through the carpet section of the bazaar. In some places the buildings are three or four stories high and one or two levels below ground. All carpets. Gorgeous...any size and shape, silk, cotton, mixed...traditional, nomadic, contemporary designs. Custom made to order. ...
The Weight of Water: A Novel Anita Shreve Current price: $17.99 "I wonder this: If you take a woman and push her to the edge, how will she behave?" The question is posed by Jean, a photographer, who arrives on Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, to research a century-old crime. ...
The Juggling Bear Claudia Landell Current price: $10.99 The Annual Potawatomi Fair is in town once again, and 11-year-old Michael Corcoran couldn't be more excited to explore the fair away from his overprotective mother and annoying little sister. ...
Among the Isles of Shoals Celia Thaxter Current price: $10.00 Step into a time capsule and explore the flora, fauna, and fishermen of the Isles of Shoals. Originally published in 1873, this book is a firsthand account of shipwrecks, storms, and simple lives 10 miles off the coast of New England. ...