FEATURED TITLES FROM BACK PAGES BOOKS

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The State of The Union: Notes on an Obama Administration 

Howard Zinn

Available nationally for the first time, celebrated historian Howard Zinn's stripped and powerful observation of the mindsets that permeate American government is a singular historical document just two years after it was initially published. Based on a talk delivered in the weeks following the historic election of Barack Obama,

The State of the Union is a sobering look at whether the new president could turn the euphoria of a nation toward enacting the change his supporters had hoped for. Ever more urgent in its prescience, this powerful and radical analysis of the opportunities for change now stands out as a deeply important book from an equally important moment in American history.

 

 

THE HISTORY OF WALTHAM (YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION)

A book every 3 months! 
Sign on to get four fascinating small volumes on the singular, rich history of Waltham.  Each quarter, a new book on Watch City will arrive from Back Pages Books, your community bookstore and your community publisher all rolled into one! 

 

 

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A Model Factory in a Model City (History of Waltham #2) 
A Social Study
John Swinton

A fascinating glimpse of Waltham and the Waltham Watch Factory, first published in 1887, written by one of the most prominent socialist writers in American history.

 

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The Sound of One Body
Stories
Anara Guard

A haunting collection of vignettes that capture
the powerful reverberations of even the briefest encounters.  

 

 

 

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The Shaking Tent (History of Waltham #1)
Ralph Waldo Emerson's first sermons from the first industrial town in America
Laurence A. Green

A groundbreaking re-evaluation of Emerson's deep personal
and philosophical ties to America's first industrial city, including
the full reproduction of his first two sermons, delivered on October 15, 1826.

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