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Volume I of the Granite State Poetry series: Beautiful editions of some of the best of New Hampshire’s poets. “This book deserves a wide readership.” — Maxine Kumin . Learn more»
Volume II in the series. “Carefully crafted with astonishing phrases and beautiful language and rhythms, Earth Listening . . . seems to me like one long prayer. I love this book.” — Patricia Fargnoli Learn more»
Volume III in the series. “Julia Older found one Greek vase that talked and is still talking, in defiance of weather, war, and malevolence.” —Andrei Codrescu.
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Volume IV in the series. “No one can claim, as might the fabulous R & B musicians he catalogs in ‘Radio Time,’ to be a more masterful ‘historian of desire.’ ” — Sydney Lea
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Volume V in the series. “Kates brings the same poised, witty, erotic, compassionate skills masterfully into play in the poems that are his own and in his distinguished translations.”
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Volume VI in the series. ". . . Such great attention teaches us “the natural world comes to join you / if you go out to meet it,” and so we come to understand that “truth is found in silence.”— Meg Kearney
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Volume VII in the series. “. . . dominated by a stark sense engendered by experience in war, work abroad, his wife, and nature.”
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Volume VIII in the series. “. . . Quirky, often grimly funny, Driskell’s clarity draws the reader to her insistence on the uncertain ‘other.’ ”
— Cleopatra Mathis
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Volume IX in the series. “. . . Unafraid of ecstasy, this poet has stolen Hermes’ tortoise-lyre and on it he plays tunes at once ancient and violently new. Every line ignites.
—Rosanna Warren
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Volume I in the series. This short story debut by journalist and travel writer, Dan Szczeny, is an ode to common people who are forced to make a stand. Learn more »
Poetry as a physical experience. Teach and learn poetry through hearing and speaking. Learn more »
Poetry: How to not “get” it! An essential resource for anyone who wants to feel more comfortable with reading poetry.
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Explore Harpers Ferry, Antietam and Gettysburg in poetry that challenges our assumptions about the Civil War.
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This collection explores, in the author’s words, “the multiple kinds of light in the world, and the multiple kinds of darkness, and the relationship of poetry to both.” Learn more »
Bird-watching through the exquisite eye of a poet. A poetry book for the coffee table. Learn more »
“Slender is a word sometimes used to compliment a woman’s figure; but we never use the word to compliment a woman’s poems. Yet it is the right word for Juli Nunlist’s elegant and moving poems: for they are slender the way a Renaissance dagger is, or the high, perfect notes of a countertenor’s voice.” —Don Sheehan. Learn more »
“Call him a neoclassicist seasoned by the spirits of Zen and Taoism--his poems are revelations, beautiful and true.”
—Sam Hamill.
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A unique work of art and a meditation guide. 1: Time, 2: Space, 3: Motion, 4: Being, 5: Mystery, 6: Sex, 7: Magic, 8: Grace, 9: Enigma, 10: Communication, 11: Good Fortune, 12: Wisdom. Learn more »
This attractive 40-page chapbook is a poetic journal of an unforgettable trip through Tanzania.
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“Gralen’s perception of the world is at times full of outrage, at times tender, but always delivered straight to our collective consciousness.” —Pam Bernard
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Fourteen poems about the full moon in an unusual chapbook designed for your pocket. “. . . poems that stir and move the tides within us.” —John Hodgen Learn more »
The author’s journey from China to America - illustrated with 5 full-color interior plates from cut-paper illustrations by Donna Bruhl.
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A unique book of poems and prose about learning to live with death through the power of language and community. Edited by Sidney Hall Jr. and Joan Weddle.
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“Here are poems that please and surprise . . . In these vividly detailed meditations, Jean Tupper shows us our world transformed and gleaming in rainlight.”
—Theodore Deppe. Learn more »
Hugh Hennedy leads readers on a serpentine tour of his early days, and the people that fashioned him into a life of poetry, just as his blacksmith grandfather forged horseshoes. Learn more»
A bilingual edition of Sakellariou's poems translated into Greek by well-known Greek poet Maria Laina. Learn more »
What if Ben Franklin came back? What if everything depended on it?
"A grand and gorgeous novel."
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A whirlwind love story that is as magic as it is real, and more important than ever for our times. “Do read it. It will be a powerful experience and at the same time a great treat!” Learn more »
Travel writer Dan Szczesny and his Nepalese wife marry in Kathmandu and their honeymoon is a trek to Everest Base Camp. Learn more »
The adventures of an award-winning small-town newspaper journalist and photographer. Learn more »
An insurance underwriter quits his job to circumnavigate the globe in a tall ship. Learn more »
A coloring book appropriate to many ages. Learn about New Hampshire symbols and history and favorite New Hampshire places. Learn more »
Weather, wonder and high cuisine. A new and revised version of Eric Pinder’s popular book about living and working in the Mt. Washington Observatory. Learn more »
“A moving and evocative exploration of the intertwining of place and history.” —William Edelglass, Professor, Marlboro College Learn more »
Techniques to calm, center, focus, uplift and energize students, teachers and parents.
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A guide to applying the lessons of the Ghagavad Gita to everyday life. With commentary and original translation.
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Millman’s 11th book is one of the funniest books ever published. If you want a really good laugh, check this out!
“Lawrence Millman has made a beautiful spaceship . . . good enough to take your average pedestrian to the far reaches of the imagination.” —Andrei Codrescu
“A door on Childhood” —Boston Sunday Globe
“. . . a rare treat” —Fred Chappell
“Hall’s philosophical, multi-layered insights transcend geography. They have universal appeal.” —Jack Barnes Learn more or read a sample story »
“I am deeply impressed to find someone with even more spare time than I have.”
—Dave Barry
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Stuart Weeks’ forbears were members of presidential Cabinets and creators of important legislation. Stuart grew up in the novel atmosphere of this political family in the fabulous setting of New Hampshire’s North Country, under the shadow of Mount Washington. Learn more »
International lawyer and financial expert, Thibaut de Saint Phalle, recounts a rich life--a life of adventure and activism---in a book full of important observations revealed through entertaining stories and vignettes.
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Captain Allan Slaff has capped off a distinguished career in the Navy by being a great storyteller. Relive his adventures in a book awash with salty humor and unabashed opinion.
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Anyone interested in life at sea in the 1800s, or in the maritime history of Maine will want to read this fascinating collection of letters, complete with numerous illustrations, even some fish recipes! Learn more »
Judge William Treat was well known in New Hampshire before he went on to become a friend of presidents, an ambassador to the United Nations, and a confidant of world leaders. Follow his unique journey in this book of collected speeches, articles, photographs and memoirs. Learn more »
Judge William Treat is the quintessential self-made man, who became a friend of presidents, an ambassador to the UN, and a confidante of world leaders. His life story reads like a novel. Learn more »
The lives of eight great Americans explored in story and song. Learn more »
“Perrault has a great passon for history and a wonderful insight into the American experience” — Bill Staines
Other great poetry, bilingual, environmental, Chinese myths, and art of living books from Oyster River Press
This extraordinary collection of some of New England’s best contemporary poets comes in four boxed sets or as individual chapbooks. The books were designed and typeset at Hobblebush Design as part of a cooperative venture with Oyster River Press. The best price on this collection is here. Learn more »
These and other Plaidswede books were designed and produced by Hobblebush Design and are available at NHBooksellers.com.
This fabulous new detective-thriller by Lawrence Kinsman transcends the genre. As Edmund White says: “[Kinsman develops] characters of genuine complexity and depth. In fact, Kinsman’s rich characterizations and keen observation of significant physical detail nearly bring the detective novel into the realm of literary fiction.”
And Robert Begiebing says, “Birds of Prey is a brilliantly and tightly plotted contemporary American crime novel, a superb page turner. Detective Sylvie Kaplan is, by the way, more than likely to blow Kay Scarpetta clean out of the water.”
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