Download or read book 25 Mountain Bike Tours in Massachusetts written by Robert S. Morse and published by Countryman Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Touring Massachusetts written by Massachusetts. Division of Tourism and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 25 Mountain Bike Tours in Massachusetts written by Robert S. Morse and published by Countryman Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly updated guide to mountain biking in the eastern half of Massachusetts features 25 destinations for enthusiasts of all abilities. There are many places to ride in Massachusetts' extensive system of state parks and public and privately owned reservation lands, but finding the best of these off-road riding opportunities is another matter. Massachusetts-born Robert Morse has been exploring his state's byways and trails for years and has selected the very best non-paved rides for this book, now completely revised and updated. Cyclists may be surprised to find outstanding mountain biking right within the metropolitan Boston area, as well as rides ranging from coastal trails on Cape Cod to mountain summits in the Holyoke Range. Each tour description includes a map, detailed mile-by-mile directions, practical information, and points of interest along the way. Tours range from 2.5 to 21 miles in length, from beginner to advanced. This edition features three new tours--in the Blue Hills Reservation outside Boston, and in Leominster and Erving State Forests in central Massachusetts. A new overview chart provides detailed information on the rides at a glance. Three new rides are included in this edition.
Download or read book The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane written by Katherine Howe and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history - the Salem witch trials. Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, she can't refuse. As she is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the family house, Connie discovers an ancient key within a seventeenth-century Bible. The key contains a yellowing fragment of parchment with a name written upon it: Deliverance Dane. This discovery launches Connie on a quest-to find out who this woman was and to unearth a rare artifact of singular power: a physick book, its pages a secret repository for lost knowledge. As the pieces of Deliverance's harrowing story begin to fall into place, Connie is haunted by visions of the long-ago witch trials, and she begins to fear that she is more tied to Salem's dark past then she could have ever imagined. Written with astonishing conviction and grace, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane travels seamlessly between the witch trials of the 1690s and a modern woman's story of mystery, intrigue, and revelation.
Download or read book Look Up Massachusetts Walking Tours of 25 Towns in the Bay State written by Doug Gelbert and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Massachusetts has towns that were built in great hills, towns built on a great ocean, towns built on great rivers. Massachusetts has towns built on granite, towns built on cod, towns built on rope, towns built on textiles, towns built on rifles, towns built on whales. Heck, Massachusetts even has a town built on a tunnel. There is no better way to see Massachusetts towns than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a self-guided walking tour. A walking tour can be many things. Interested in heritage tourism? Looking for an educational day trip for the kids? Need a fun exercise plan? Want to find subjects to take great pictures? Whether you are visiting a new town or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a Massachusetts walking tour from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each of the 32 walking tours in LOOK UP, MASSACHUSETTS! describes a mix of historical, architectural, cultural and ecclesiastical landmarks. Street addresses and step-by-step directions lead the way. A quick primer on identifying architectural styles seen on Massachusetts streets is included. Tours Included: Adams Amherst Andover Boston Brockton Cambridge Charlestown Fall River Fitchburg Gloucester Great Barrington Haverhill Lowell Marblehead New Bedford Newburyport North Adams Pittsfield Plymouth Quincy Salem Springfield Stockbridge Swampscott Worcester So look twice before crossing the street and get out and look up, Massachusetts!
Download or read book Victorian Boston Today written by Mary Melvin Petronella and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated guidebook to the many distinctive attractions of Boston's Victorian heritage provides the walker and the armchair traveler alike with delightful and enlightening discoveries of the city's remarkable treasure trove of nineteenth-century landmarks and luminaries. Victorian Boston Today, edited by Mary Melvin Petronella for the New England Chapter of the Victorian Society of America, includes a beautifully drawn map for each tour, and contains such features as expanded descriptive captions for the profuse vintage illustrations, telephone numbers and web addresses for sites open to the public, directions between tour sites, information about public transportation, and a wealth of other practical enhancements and tips. From the South End's signature residential squares to the Black Heritage Trail to Jamaica Plain's pastoral landscape, these walking tours vividly recapture the spirit of Victorian Boston. The guidebook will fascinate Boston residents, tourists, and historians, and it will provide inspiration for the active preservation of the city's magnificent buildings and neighborhoods.
Download or read book Boston written by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the Massachusetts State House as the Hub of the Universe. In Boston: A Historic Walking Tour, readers are guided on a series of downtown walking tours that radiate out from this Boston landmark. Featuring different excursions that explore Bostons prominent neighborhoods and districts, visitors and natives alike will see how this city has become one of the countrys oldest cultural destinations. Bostons growth and development in the 19th and 20th centuries has contributed to it becoming the unofficial Capital of New England; its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region is far reaching. Although Boston is known for its notoriously crooked streets and narrow alleys, it is a mecca for walkers looking to take in historic sites and surround themselves with history. Walk along Tremont, Washington, Beacon, and Summer Streets to explore downtown Boston. Saunter down Beacon Street on Beacon Hill and Boylston Street in the Back Bay to take in the citys most beloved sites.
Download or read book Freedom Trail Boston Ultimate Tour History Guide Tips Secrets Tricks written by Steve Gladstone and published by Steven J Gladstone. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to touring the Freedom Trail in Boston, with explanatory material for the 'official' Freedom Trail stops, and includes suggestions for alternatives to touring the entire trail. Additional material and languages are available via smartphone apps and QR codes.
Download or read book The Great Animal Orchestra written by Bernie Krause and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "passionate amalgam of science and autobiography" that will leave you hearing -- and seeing -- nature as never before (New York Times Book Review). Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording nature's rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern world's honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans first inhabited the earth. Krause shares fascinating insight into how deeply animals rely on their aural habitat to survive and the damaging effects of extraneous noise on the delicate balance between predator and prey. But natural soundscapes aren't vital only to the animal kingdom; Krause explores how the myriad voices and rhythms of the natural world formed a basis from which our own musical expression emerged. From snapping shrimp, popping viruses, and the songs of humpback whales -- whose voices, if unimpeded, could circle the earth in hours -- to cracking glaciers, bubbling streams, and the roar of intense storms; from melody-singing birds to the organlike drone of wind blowing over reeds, the sounds Krause has experienced and describes are like no others. And from recording jaguars at night in the Amazon rain forest to encountering mountain gorillas in Africa's Virunga Mountains, Krause offers an intense and intensely personal narrative of the planet's deep and connected natural sounds and rhythm. The Great Animal Orchestra is the story of one man's pursuit of natural music in its purest form, and an impassioned case for the conservation of one of our most overlooked natural resources-the music of the wild.
Download or read book The Motor World written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One April in Boston written by Ben L. Edwards and published by Spyglass Books, LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One April in Boston is the story of a real American family and a gift that was passed down from generation to generation. It teaches American history, the power of imagination, and the value of goal setting. In this unique book you will learn the real story of Paul Revere’s midnight ride; witness the first shots of the American Revolution; attend the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Boston on July 18, 1776; visit the Paul Revere House in 1909; and much more. After researching his Boston ancestors for six years, author Ben Edwards has crafted a tale that not only tells their story by tying in real connections to Paul Revere and Abraham Lincoln, but honors his relative Private Philip Edwards by revealing the gift he gave to the neighborhood children before leaving for France to fight in World War I and passing into legend. When the story begins in April 1775, 10-year-old Ben Edwards carries a spyglass that once belonged to his grandfather, an early Boston sea captain. Ben believes he can glimpse the future through its lens. His goal is to work on a sailing ship and see the world. Can the spyglass and a member of the Sons of Liberty help Ben on his journey? Will his predictions about the future come true? By reading the book you’ll discover that Ben’s gift is something we all possess, a power that can help you on your own life’s journey—if you believe in it.
Download or read book Massachusetts Touring Roster written by Massachusetts Cultural Council and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Walking Boston written by Robert Todd Felton and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston has a revolutionary history that has established the city as New England's cultural and historic capital. Here you can experience American history and fresh pasta in the North End, visit the shiny new waterfront and 50 - acre greenway post - Big Dig, or wander the cobblestone streets to Henry David Thoreau's house in Beacon Hill - and it's all conveniently within walking distance. This portable guide features detailed maps for each trip, original photos, and public transportation information for every trip. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a Points of Interest'' section summarizes each walk's highlights. The 36 walks include trivia about architecture, local culture, and the city's rich history, plus tips on where to dine, have a drink, and shop.
Download or read book The Godwulf Manuscript written by Robert B. Parker and published by Dell. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillers—Book 1 in the series “The toughest, funniest, wisest, private eye in the field these days.”—Houston Chronicle Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hires him to recover a rare, stolen manuscript. He is hardly surpised that his only clue is a radical student with four bullets in his chest. The cops are ready to throw the book at the pretty blond coed whose prints are all over the murder weapon but Spenser knows there are no easy answers. He tackles some very heavy homework and knows that if he doesn't finish his assignment soon, he could end up marked “D”—for dead.
Download or read book Freedom Trail Boston Ultimate Tour History Guide Tips Secrets Tricks written by Steve Gladstone and published by Steven J Gladstone. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2014 Edition - Includes FREE COMPANION APP & STREAMING AUDIO NARRATION. Also visit the Boston Harbor Islands, Harvard Sq., Cambridge, Lexington & Concord, and Adams NHP. Google Auto-Translate to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, & Japanese. Free Web-Updates with Happenings, Budget Tips, Maps & more. Use it to plan, brush up on background information, or as a personal, interactive, tour guide when walking The Freedom Trail. Covers all 16 “official” Freedom Trail Stops as well as over 50 other “unofficial” landmarks. And, side trip to Cambridge/Harvard Sq., Lexington, Concord, and Adams NHP. Over 60 photos and illustrations. Tips for optimum touring strategy, best free tours, discounted admissions, where to eat, transportation, parking, and even the best lobster specials. What to visit with children and limited time.
Download or read book Historic Boston written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Walking Boston written by Robert Todd Felton and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston is a walker's town. It's as clear as the brick red path marking the Freedom Trail, the bright blue signs of the Harborwalk, and the green of the Emerald Necklace series of parks. Boston's nearly 400-year history has led to the development of hidden neighborhoods, historic sites, and iconic parks that tempt both Bostonians and visitors out onto the sidewalks, paths, and trails lacing this close-knit city. In addition, the Big Dig project, which helped revive downtown and the waterfront by moving Interstate 93 underground, has created an energy and excitement that has driven projects like the Harborwalk and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. Walking Boston offers the best of Boston's new and old rambles. This portable guide features detailed maps, original photos, and public transportation information for every trip. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a "Points of Interest" section summarizes each walk's highlights.
