I recently finished writing a book, “Legendary Locals of Beacon Hill,” to be published in the fall by Arcadia Publishing. This is no literary tome, but since they asked me, rather than the other way around, I was happy to do it. It’s a picture book with accompanying stories about the men and women who Read More…
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Pasta Beach is located at 30 Rowes Wharf on Atlantic Ave. in the former location of Rudi’s. Owners Gianni and Susan Ropolo make their home in Torino Italy. They are committed to offering authentic Italian food and feature true Naples Style Pizza -Verace Pizza Napoletana that is baked in an original Italian oven. (Pizza originated in Read More…
North End Novel, “The Virgin Knows” by Christine Palamidessi Moore, now in paperback When it debuted in 1995, THE VIRGIN KNOWS made quite a splash. The press called it “otherworldly…startling…fun and well plotted…clever and compulsively readable.” Now (summer 2010) the novel is out in paperback and for sale in the North End at Polcari’s on Salem Read More…
Stephen Puleo, author of Dark Tide and Boston Italians, has released his fourth book called A City So Grand, the Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston 1850-1900. From the book jacket: Once upon a time, “Boston Town” was an insulated New England township. But the community was destined for greatness. Between 1850 and 1900, Boston Read More…
Vote for your favorite book in the new Boston.com reading program. If you live or work in the North End, “Dark Tide,” by Stephen Puleo, is the natural choice! “Dark Tide” is the story of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 when a tidal wave of molasses — 2.3 million gallons — flooded the North Read More…
A new book by North Ender, Sanjoy Mahajan, has just been released and is being featured today on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s website. The book is, “Street-Fighting Mathematics, The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving.” The MIT news article explains: “Given its practical focus, Street-Fighting Mathematics is not organized around traditional math Read More…