The Seashell Press

Now in paperback:

From 500 years of English and American poetry, here are the classics, old and new. From Geoffrey Chaucer to e.e. cummings, from William Shakespeare to Anne Sexton, they are arranged by subject in a meaningful and provocative way.

"It’s seriously the best edited anthology I’ve ever seen, and it’s sort of a “poetry’s greatest hits” to carry with you wherever you go.” –Good Reads

The best-selling poetry anthology on Amazon: "Spectacular!”

345 pages, 378 poems, paperback: $14.94; Kindle $6.50.

New from the editor of Seashell:

For students and poetry lovers old and new, Immortal Poets offers a deep selection from the works of the greatest English and American poets, along with brief biographies of each one and a portrait of the times they lived in. There are fascinating people behind the great poems, and in this new anthology, Christopher Burns has brought them to life.

"The Kindle and poetry were made for each other and this fine anthology demonstrates how happy the marriage can be. . . if you are looking for an ebook anthology of classic poems in English that you can browse with pleasure at any time then look no further than this. It is simply outstanding." --Amazon reviewer

1000 pages, 547 poems, Kindle, $6.50 more . . .

Adam and Eve, the Love Story . . .

Even now, in the small towns north of Boston, people can tell you about the week Feeney and a crazy friend kidnapped two women from a halfway house for the mentally ill and ran off into the first blizzard of winter, pursued by the police, art lovers, and the media, baying about free-love hippie lunatics and the real meaning of the Garden of Eden. She was suicidal and brilliant, painting the first murals of her short and meteoric career. He was the mayor’s grandson, a serious young man on his way to law school. And they were in love.

"The most imaginative book I have read in a year. In Sorrow All Our Days is a powerful read, and very highly recommended." –Amazon Reviewer

257 pages, Paperback, $15.95, Kindle, $3.50 more...

Sherlock Holmes as he’s never been seen before:

Four novels and fifty-six stories with an introduction and notes by Dr. Mary Eichbauer of Stanford University’s Discovering Sherlock Holmes Project. This ebook includes over 900 illustrations, 200 in full color. Here are the gloomy, deeply moving original illustrations by Sidney Paget, the darker, more modern drawings of Frederic Dorr Steele, and the occasional art by other contemporary illustrators.

"Brilliant! Finally, a worthy version of the world's greatest detective stories for the Kindle. It's everything I wanted that first collection to be, and more, and at a bargain price." --Amazon Reviewer

8000 Kindle pages, 900 illustrations, Kindle, $2.99 more . . .

Imagining the Early Years of Martha's Vineyard

In the summer of 1671, at the age of seventy-eight, Governor Thomas Mayhew, founder and sole proprietor of Martha’s Vineyard, sailed under escort to Fort James at the tip of Manhattan to explain why he had ignored all taxes, military direction and royal inquiries for twenty-five years. During the week-long interrogation that followed, Mayhew defended the utopian ways of his settlement, the difficult alliance with his evangelical son, his risky collaboration with the Indians and the constant danger of war.

"An engaging historical novel . . . Mr. Burns has breathed life into people we have known only by name and recorded facts." --The Vineyard Gazette

246 pages, Paperback, 14.95, Kindle, $3.50 more . . .

Witness to war, from the Army's own files:

Now published for the first time: hundreds of the best color and black and white photos of the Vietnam War from the Army’s own combat correspondents, with touch screen navigation for Kindle Fire and iPad. Including oral histories, letters home and a rich selection from first-hand accounts by Philip Caputo, Johnnie Clark, Fred Downs, Al Sever, Ralph Zumbro, and others.

"Amazing! Great pictures and wonderful story telling." Amazon Reviewer

"A must see/read for any Vietnam War or history buff. Great stuff.” Amazon Reviewer

"The most accomplished photojournalists from the vietnam era. Great
historical treatment." Amazon Reviewer