The novel is set in the Boston area in the early 1950s. After she suffers a heart attack, Mrs. Appleyard, an elderly New England widow, is persuaded to rent out part of her historic house to young married couples as a way of not being all alone. This brings her into contact with a whole new slice of society, that of young Harvard researchers and their working wives. Some of them are delightful, and others shock her by their ill manners, poor childrearing...

From 1942 to 1945, Lt. Col. Betty Bandel served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp (WAAC, later WAC, the Women's Army Corps), eventually heading the WAC Division of the Army Air Force. During these years she wrote hundreds of letters to family and friends tracing her growth from an enthusiastic recruit, agog in the presence of public figures such as Eleanor "Rover" Roosevelt, to a seasoned officer and leader. Bandel was one of the Corps' most influential...

"At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17 are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from learning differences that have made their personal, academic and social progress extremely challenging. As the students come to terms with the address's simple message...

The quintessential New England barn–photogenic, full of character, and framed by flaming autumn foliage–is an endangered species. Of some 30,000 barns in Vermont alone, nearly a thousand a year are lost to fire, collapse, or bulldozers. Thomas Durant Visser’s field guide to the barns, silos, sugar houses, granaries, tobacco barns, and potato houses of New England is an attempt to document not just their structure but their traditions and innovations...

The break-out Democratic candidate for president, who gave Hillary Clinton a run for her money, offers an inside account of his extraordinary campaign and a blueprint for future political action.

In this short, accessible book, author Jonathan Tasini draws heavily from Sanders' ample public record of speeches, statements, and interviews, and couples his working-class spirit with specific legislation he has championed on a number of core proposals that comprise a broader people's agenda for America. --Publisher's description.

The 2019 Equity Report looks at data across multiple levels. It provides equity indicator metrics that help evaluate disparities in the community (and that can be measured over time) and information about City initiatives related to these iniquities. The report focuses on a range of equity indicators across five domains: Economy, Education, Health, Housing, and Justice. Each domain is broken down into 2-3 topics or subcategories that represent areas...