Clever and witty, but ultimately heartfelt and serious, too. Because a great bar story is one thing, but a bar story that connects with art, literature, and the timeless concerns of the human condition is another thing entirely.
In this memoir, written within a collection of essays, Patrick Mondaca deftly threads together stories of his wartime service in Iraq, his pre-war experience, and his postwar efforts to readjust to civilian life.
A thoughtful, historically-grounded, and often humorous memoir, interweaving personal experience with an exploration of the roots of ethnic stereotypes and antisemitism.
Block, Paper, Chisels is a colorful collection of over seventy prints created by artist Kim Cunningham throughout her four decades in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire.
Today, the sounds of steam whistles and trains are no longer heard among the mountains and valleys in most of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, though to the west and south in the Connecticut Valley and in north-central Massachusetts, steel rails are still very much alive. The two-volume set of Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region brings to life the story of now largely forgotten railroads that once operated in the area, shining new light on the r...
Volume one of a two-part story about the now largely forgotten railroads that once operated in the area of Monadnock, shining new light on the roads' stories from their beginnings to the present, tracing high and low points, glory days, times of struggles, disasters, and wrecks.
