The 1850s were heady times in Concord, Massachusetts: in a town where a woman's petticoat drying on an outdoor line was enough to elicit scandal, some of the greatest minds of our nation's history were gathering in three of its wooden houses to establish a major American literary movement. The Trans[...]

Written to celebrate the bicentennial of Hawthorne's birth, this fascinating chronicle of the author's most fertile years reconstructs his love affair with the town of Concord--a Massachusetts village that hosted more than its share of literary legends, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David [...]

This is the first major effort in twenty years to reassess the relationship between Melville and Hawthorne.Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne met in 1850 and enjoyed for sixteen months an intense but brief friendship. Taking advantage of new interpretive tools such as queer theory, globalist st[...]

"Gardening with Shape, Line and Texture" bridges the gap between garden design books and plant reference encyclopedias. Leading landscaper Linden Hawthorne looks at plants from a designer's perspective (where color is often a secondary consideration) and emphasizes the important roles of plant shape[...]

Gathers all of Hawthorne's stories, including his retellings of classical myths for children

Travellers can drink in all the atmosphere, history, and beer that Munich has to offer with this updated guide to the best watering holes in the beer-drinking capital of the world. Over 70 of Munich's best beer gardens, beer halls, pubs, and late-night hot spots are listed in detail. The colourful h[...]

Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations.

An innovative assortment of dozens of unusual, irreverent, and useful projects explains how to create a variety of fun objects from everyday household items, including a woven rug made of shopping bags or an ottoman constructed of old phone books, and includes detailed, step-by-step instructions and[...]