THE EAST COAST MARTELLO TOWERS OF ESSEX AND SUFFOLK is a practical guide to all remaining towers (which were erected in the early nineteenth century to repel a threat of invasion by Napoleon) in these two counties. A brief history is followed by individual listings for each tower accompanied by a photograph, a description and details of each location and, where appropriate, how to get there.

THE EAST COAST MARTELLO TOWERS OF ESSEX AND SUFFOLK is a practical guide to all remaining towers (which were erected in the early nineteenth century to repel a threat of invasion by Napoleon) in these two counties. A brief history is followed by individual listings for each tower accompanied by a photograph, a description and details of each location and, where appropriate, how to get there.

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Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world. Told from Sutter's sardonic and often hilarious point of view, and laced with sexual passion and suspense, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal.

Hailed as "a heartwarming story" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), a celebration of what matters most in life, Barbara Delinsky's profoundly moving New York Times bestseller is as richly textured and captivating as the Northern California landscape in which it is set.

Jack McGill chose his architectural career over his family, and returned home from yet another business trip to find that his wife, Rachel, had left him. Now, six years later, a car accident has left Rachel clinging to life, and she and their two daughters desperately need him. Putting work on hold for the first time in his life, Jack decides to sit by his ex-wife's bedside. As he meets Rachel's many new friends, and tries to cope with two teenage daughters and their problems, he learns more about a woman he never really knew, her expressive art, and the secret that made her leave. Much to his astonishment, Jack begins to see Rachel, his daughters, and the story of his marriage with new eyes.

In the famed romantic tradition that only Barbara Delinsky can deliver, you'll meet emotion-packed characters who make you forget whatever it was you were doing before you picked up Coast Road. In this story, workaholic Jack McGill is brought to his knees when he learns that his ex-wife Rachel is in a coma after a car accident. When he rushes to her side to be a dutiful father to his children, he is met with abrasive verbal abuse not only from his children, but also from Rachel's best friends.

By the time the doctors tell him they don't know how long Rachel will be in the coma, Jack has reacquainted himself with his children, and fond memories have surfaced of his ex-wife and her creative artistic talent. Through Rachel's best friend, Katherine, Jack learns about a secret Rachel had hidden from him during the days they were married. The secret, revealed through artwork, is one of the many factors that thrust Jack into "introspection mode." He reevaluates his life, digging deep into his heart's desires, and decides to quit his job and stay at Rachel's side, even if she never wakes up.

Coast Road deals with some very difficult subjects, such as miscarriage, divorce, traveling husbands, breast cancer, and the ramifications of living in a coma. However, once you get past the research exposition and the bantering, you'll laugh and cry (a lot) at what this once-separated family goes through. Delinsky paints vivid pictures of Rachel, who remains in a coma for about 99 percent of the book, but you'll see that it sometimes takes a life-threatening accident to rekindle the fires of love. --Candy Paape

Jim Blackview is a middle-aged boomer who loves California. But he doesn't always like it much.

For the past several years he's churned out essays about California as he sees it from his home in a pretty beach town. It is a community where citizens celebrate their enlightenment and good fortune.

But that's not all that Blackview sees. He writes of lives that have been warped by the real estate bubble and the Great Recession. He writes of invisible people who mumble by the roadside in Paradise, and the boisterous college students who hit town every year.

But mostly Blackview writes about ordinary people, trying to get by in a sunny land where "getting by" becomes harder every year. And he remembers how things used to be, and how they changed.

If you remember a time when things seemed better, read these insightful and dryly humorous stories about people just like yourself. As they scramble for a decent life, remember where they came from, and wonder what's going to happen to them next.

Among the book's 70-odd essays:

• The Green Psycho: the hunter-prey relationship between hybrid cars and college students.


• The Kandy-Kolored Monster from the Id: Let Carl Jung and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth put you behind the wheel on the Santa Monica Freeway of Life.


• Tell it to the Marine (Layer): When a heat wave strikes a beach town with no AC, fog is your friend. Embrace the grey.


• The Shot that I Didn't Get: In the '60s he was the bodybuilding king of Venice Beach. Now he's come to rest in Santa Cruz in relative obscurity, pushing 70 and still lifting till it hurts. Is he a sad case -- or exactly where he needs to be?


• In a Lonely Place: She used to have it all. Now she's standing in a deserted parking lot selling what little is left, just to make the rent.


• Oxalis Nation: The weed with the pretty flower rules the coast every spring. And maybe that's the way it ought to be.


• Caution: Flammable: When air tankers orbit overhead and fire trucks make a stand at the edge of town, you know there's a price to pay for living in Paradise.


• Yesterday: Right Lane Only: I had to pay a visit to the past, so I took the back roads. In California, the back roads are where the past lives now.


• Happy Labor Day: A young co-worker does the happy dance upon learning that she doesn't have to work on Labor Day. Which makes a grim old Boomer remember when things were different...

For road warriors and armchair epicures alike, the seventh edition of Roadfood is the key to finding some of the tastiest treasures in the United States. The indispensable companion for savvy travelers nationwide, Roadfood is now bigger and better than ever. Totally revised and updated, the seventh edition covers over 700 of the country’s best local eateries, including more than 200 brand new listings along with up-to-date descriptions of old favorites.

An extended tour of the most affordable, most enjoyable dining options along America’s highways and back roads, Roadfood offers enticing, satisfying meal-time alternatives for chain restaurant–weary travelers. The Sterns provide vivid descriptions and clear regional maps that direct people to the best lobster shacks on the East Coast; the ultimate barbecue joints in the South; the most sizzling steakhouses in the Midwest; and dozens of top-notch diners, hotdog stands, ice cream parlors, and other terrific spots to stop for a bite countrywide.