LEGENDARY LOCALS OF
HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS
by Christopher P. & Nancy S. Obert
(Arcadia Publishing 2011,
$21.99, ISBN: 978-1-4671-0000-7)
The first book of its kind!

Since Haverhill was first settled in 1640, its citizens have shown courage and determination to make it a better place to live. Many unique individuals have called Haverhill home, including Hannah Dustin, who was captured by and then avenged a group of Abenaki Indians; business pioneer Thomas Sanders, financial backer of Alexander Graham Bell; department store entrepreneur Rowland Macy; James Nichols, whose home Winnekenni Castle became one of Haverhill’s most famous landmarks; baseball star Carlos Pena; Gerald Ashworth, Olympic gold medalist; literary greats John Greenleaf Whittier and Andre Dubus; Archie Comics artist Bob Montana; screenwriter Harold Livingston; and rising star Christopher Golden. Movie mogul Louis B. Mayer and television personalities Tom Bergeron and Frank Fontaine, along with gardening legend James Crocket, all began their careers here. And Haverhill’s veterans who have gone into harm’s way to defend our country are not to be forgotten. This book is a tribute to them and all of Haverhill’s citizens boldly moving forward.
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HARBOR ICE
A Jack Beale Mystery
by K.D. Mason
(Smith Kerr Associates 2010,
$16.95, ISBN: 978-0-9786899-9-5)
A great mystery book!

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 drift out to sea. That’s when a woman’s body is found under a slab of ice left by the outgoing tide. Max, the feisty redheaded bartender at Ben’s Place, recognizes that the body in the ice is her aunt’s partner. This triggers a series of events that will eventually threaten Max’s life as well. It is up to her best friend, Jack Beale, to unravel the mystery.
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CHANGING TIDES
A Jack Beale Mystery
by K.D. Mason
(Smith Kerr Associates 2011,
$16.95, ISBN: 978-0-9786899-8-8)
What is Jack up to this time!

Fate, Chance, Destiny… Call it what you will, but sometimes life changing events begin in the most innocent and unexpected ways. For Jack Beale that moment came on a perfect summer morning as he stood overlooking Rye Harbor when something caught his eye. In that small space between the bow of his boat and the float to which it was tied, a lifeless body had become wedged as the tide tried to sweep it out to sea. That discovery and the arrival of Daniel would begin a series of events that would eventually take Max from him. Who was the victim? Why was Daniel there and what was his interest in Max? Was there a connection? And, so began a journey that would take Jack from Rye Harbor to Newport, RI and, eventually Belize, as he searched for Max and the truth.
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SEAHAWK
Confessions of an Old Hockey Goalie
by Bruce Valley
(Peter E. Randall Publisher LLC 2009,
$17.00, ISBN: 978-1-931807-72-2)
A great hockey book!

Bruce Valley featured on NH Chronicle

Seahawk is a personal memoir of a youngster’s late 1950s participation on a championship New England town hockey team composed of WWII veterans, and traces that boy’s life and connection to hockey across almost sixty years. It is a ground-breaking study of aging while playing contact sports and reflects upon the famed WWII generation, pond hockey, black ice, and hockey towns and teams of New England. Few books are written about hockey; fewer expound fully on its special qualities as a sport. Seahawk is such a book.
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RYE HARBOR
Poems of the New Hampshire Seacoast
by Bruce Valley
(Forest Haven Publications 2010,
$20.00, ISBN: 978-0-615-37301-0)
Only a few left!

Bruce Valley writes mostly about Rye, New Hampshire, his home town. Rye Harbor reprises a long-unavailable poetry book written four decades ago about growing up on the seacoast. Bruce plays jazz trumpet, and writes of maters which touch heart and soul. (This book is not part of the buy one poetry book get one free sale.)
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FINGER OF GOD
My Driven Odyssey Toward Deliverance
by Pasquale A. Emiro
(Dorrance Publishing 2009,
$14.00, ISBN: 978-0-8059-7880-3)

Have you ever felt you were not in control of your life but things worked out regardless? Pasquale shares his life story, complete with struggles, accomplishments, and joys, to show how God shaped him into a loving, compassionate, and devoted husband, father, and man.
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Hand-crafted books, all are similar in appearance to Sandalwood, as shown above.
(These books are not part of the buy one poetry book get one free sale.)

SANDALWOOD
by Ed Marshall
(Jasmine Press 2005, $19.95, handcrafted book)

LILACS
By Ed Marshall
(Jasmine Press, 2005, $19.95, handcrafted book)

RIPPLES
By Ed Marshall
(Jasmine Press, 2007, $19.95, handcrafted book)

“The verse in these poetry books is short and sweet, creating an image with every line. The pleasure of the collection is enhanced by the feel of the handcrafted books themselves. The books (approximately 9" by 6" closed) are equally satisfying to both touch and sight.”
Christopher P. Obert, author of “Reflections – a Collection of Poems and Writings”