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Maine In Print - Most Recent, April - June 2008

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Non-Fiction

  1. Ahern, Jack. Bound for Munsungun: the history of the early sporting camps of Northern Maine. History and stories of the guides and camps at the headwaters of the Aroostook River. (9780974929163) Bradford, MA: Pear Tree Publishing, 2008. $24.95
  2. Baker, Nicholson. Human smoke. Baker questions the concept of World War II as a just war through a series of anecdotes drawn from speeches, newspaper articles, memoirs, diaries, and more. (9781416567844) New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. $30.00
  3. Bronstein, Marcie Jan. I’ll wait in the car. Photographs of “one of dogs’ most loyal acts.” Bronstein lives in Belfast and spent 10 years taking pictures of devoted dogs. (9781569069936) South Portland, ME: Sellers Publishing, 2008. $15.95 pbk
  4. Cunningham, Earl. Earl Cunningham’s America. Exhibition catalog. Cunningham, sometimes known as Grandpa Moses, was born in Edgecomb. (9781588342485) Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2007. $55.00
  5. Damrosch, Barbara. The garden primer. Twentieth anniversary edition of this reference on gardening, revised to be 100% organic in its recommendations. The author lives in Harborside. (9780761122753) New York: Workman Publishing, 2008. $18.95 pbk
  6. DeVos, Jerry. The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes railroad and predecessors. Comprehensive look at the equipment of the narrow gauge lines in Franklin County. (9781604024340) Towaco, NJ: Stonybrook Press, 2007. $55.00
  7. Dyer, Barbara F. Remembering Camden: stories from an old Maine harbor. Recollections of places and events of bygone Camden. (9781596293212) Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2007. $19.99 pbk
  8. Emerson, Kathy Lynn. How to write killer historical mysteries. A guide to the creation of historical mysteries by an author of this subgenre. (9781880284926) McKinleyville, CA: Perseverance Press, 2008. $14.95 pbk
  9. Gibson, John. 50 hikes in coastal and inland Maine. Fourth edition of this popular guide, revised, with six new hikes. Gibson has been hiking these paths for over 40 years. (9780881507966) Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 2008. $16.95 pbk
  10. Gillis, Christina Marsden. Writing on stone: scenes from a Maine island Life. A memoir centered on Great Gott Island. The author’s island home once belonged to Ruth Moore. (9781584656975) Hanover, NH: University Press of New England; Rockland, ME: Island Institute, c2008. $24.95
  11. A healing touch: true stories of life, death, and hospice. Collaboration of Maine authors Gerry Boyle, Wesley McNair, Bill Roorbach, Richard Russo, Susan Sterling, and Monica Wood, who offer stories related to Hospice. (9780892727513) Camden, ME: Down East, 2008. $15.95
  12. Hole, Heather. Marsden Hartley and the West. An examination of Hartley’s landscapes, inspired by the artist’s time in New Mexico. (9780300121490) New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. $50.00
  13. Kueter, Hubert C. My tainted blood. Author recounts his youth as a half-Jewish teenager in Nazi Germany. He taught German language and literature at Colby College for more than 30 years and lives in Oakland. (9781882190881) Solon, ME: Polar Bear & Co., 2007. $16.95 pbk
  14. Lavallee, Omer. Canadian Pacific to the East: the International of Maine Division. History and photographs of the Maine section of the Short Line. (9780921871101) Ottawa, ON: Bytown Railway Society, 2007. $59.95
  15. Lockyer, Allan. Beauty and decay: a humanistic geography of the other state of Maine. Consideration of the social and physical changes in far Downeast Maine. Lockyer grew up in Steuben and summers in Gouldsboro. (0972267921) Lemoine, ME: Berry Cove Publishing, 2008. $14.95 pbk
  16. Loring, Donna M. In the shadow of the eagle. Loring reflects on her first legislative session as a representative of the Penobscot Nation. (9780884483021) Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, 2008. $20.00 pbk
  17. Maine, off the beaten path. Eighth edition of the guide that leads one beyond the main road. (9780762747894) Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2008. $13.95 pbk
  18. Nyiri, Alan. Acadia panorama. Photographs emphasize the variety of landscape in Acadia National Park. (9780892727407) Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2008. $18.95 pbk
  19. Roderick, John. Minka: my farmhouse in Japan. Architectural memoir by a foreign correspondent who fell in love with Japan and rebuilt a 250-year-old house. Roderick was a native of Waterville. (9781568987316) New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. $24.95
  20. Rossel, Greg. The boatbuilder’s apprentice: the ins and outs of building lapstrake, carvel, stitch-and-glue, strip-planked, and other wooden boats. Complete overview of methods with hundreds of techniques. Appendix with sources of plans and materials. Rossel is a well-known contributor to WoodenBoat and operates a boat carpentry business in Troy. (978007146055) Camden, ME: International Marine, 2007. $39.95
  21. Schmitt, Catherine. A coastal companion: a year in the Gulf of Maine from Cape Cod to Canada. Day by day chronicle of the natural world of the Gulf blending science and art. Schmitt is a science writer for the Maine Sea Grant College Program. (9780884483038) Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, 2008. $20.00 pbk
  22. Schultz, Sieferd C. Guilford and Sangerville. Pictorial history of two communities divided by the Piscataquis River. Schultz was born in Guilford and has lived in Sangerville. (9780738555119) Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. $19.99 pbk
  23. Seymour, Tom. Birding Maine. How, when, and where to bird from Kennebunk to Limestone. (9780762742240) Guilford, CT: Morris Book Publishing, 2008. $18.95 pbk
  24. Shettleworth, Earle G. Victorian Augusta. Stereoscopic images of Augusta and nearby communities from the camera of local photographer Henry Bailey. (9780738557748) Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. $19.99 pbk
  25. Sinclair, John. Tote roads & memories: the story of a real Maine woodsman. Memoir of logger/woodsman Sinclair, a driving force behind the North Maine Woods. Fort Kent, ME: Rose Sinclair, 2007. (Inquiries: R. Sinclair, 415 West Main St., Fort Kent, 04743) $17.95 pbk
  26. Sotos, Wendy. The Portland Sea Dogs. Photographic history of the Sea Dogs from the team’s arrival in 1994 to its Eastern League title in 2006. Sotos was an intern with the Sea Dogs in 2000. (9780738557120) Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. $19.99 pbk
  27. Soule, Amanda Blake. The creative family: how to encourage imagination and nurture family connections. Simple projects and activities to engage children’s imagination. (9781590304716) Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2008 $14.95 pbk
  28. Sutherland, Amy. What Shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. The author reflects on using animal trainer techniques on the human animals in her life. She lives in Portland. (9781499966582) New York: Random House, 2008. $18.00
  29. Swenson, Allan A. Great growing at home. Easy-to-understand source of gardening basics and advice. Swenson writes the syndicated column “Gardener’s Notebook” and lives in Kennebunk. (9781589792654) Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2008. $19.95 pbk
  30. Tedeschi, Martha. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: the colors of light. Comprehensive look at Homer as a watercolorist with a chapter devoted to Prout’s Neck. (9780300119459) Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2008. $45.00
  31. Trueworthy, Nancy. Maine coast impressions. Photographs of people, buildings, flora, and fauna along the coast. (9781560374381) Helena, MT: Farcountry Press, 2008. $9.95 pbk
  32. Vanden Brink, Brian. At home by the sea. Photographer Vanden Brink collaborates with architect Bruce Snider to present homes connected to their seascape settings. Snider lives in Belfast and Vanden Brink in Camden. (9780892727544) Camden, ME: Down East, 2008. $40.00

Poetry

  • Ellis, Kathleen. Vanishing act. (19309034506) Berkeley, CA: C C Marimbo Communications, 2007. $8.00 pbk
  • Henry, Nancy A. Who you are. (9780615175553) Kennebunk, ME: Sheltering Pines Press, 2008. $10.00 pbk
  • Karkow, Kirsty. Shorelines: haiku, haibun, and tanka. (0976640759) Eldersburg, MD: Black Cat Press, 2007. $15.95 pbk
  • Mercer, Scott. Tribes: a collection of poems. (9781933002491) Exeter, NH: PublishingWorks, Inc., 2007. $16.95 pbk (This is a collaboration between Mercer and his son Tyler, a middle-schooler.)
  • Pierson, Duane. Field of wildflowers with girl. (99781605850016) Portland, ME: Integritas Publishing, 2008. $10.95 pbk
  • Plunkett, Duff. Left brain, right brain. (97800979348211) Portland, ME: Acorn Productions, 2007. $7.77 pbk
  • Spang, Bruce. To the promised land grocery. (9780979694783) Westbrook, ME: Moon Pie Press, 2008. $10.00 pbk

 Fiction

  1. Carr, Alex. The prince of Bagram Prison. Army Intelligence reservist Kat Caldwell searches for a missing CIA informant from Madrid to Casablanca. The author lives in Portland. (9780812977097) New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008. $14.00 pbk
  2. Cooney, Ellen. Lambrusco. A mother travels across war-torn Italy in search of her son, a member of the Resistance. Cooney lives in Phippsburg. (9780375424960) New York: Pantheon Books, 2008. $25.00
  3. Coursen, H.R. Storm warnings. A former military pilot and a Vietnam veteran try to reach the Canadian border and escape the increasingly facist US. A former Bowdoin professor, Coursen lives in Brunswick. (9780972283939) Topsham, ME: Just Write Books, 2008. $14.95 pbk
  4. Dickson, Athol. Winter Haven. Vera returns to Winter Haven to identify her brother’s body. Siggy disappeared 13 years ago, but his body has not aged. (9780764201646)   Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2008. $18.99
  5. Emerson, Kathy Lynn. Lethal legend.  In 1888 Diana Spaulding returns to Bangor for her long-awaited wedding, but cannot resist a murder investigation on Keep Island. Conclusion of a mystery quartet. (9780977191352) Corona del Mar, CA: Pemberley Press, 2008. $17.95 pbk
  6. Flora, Kate. Stalking death. Thea Kozak investigates problems at an elite New Hampshire prep school. Kate Flora lives on Bailey Island. This is her seventh Kozak mystery. (9781932325065) Carmel, IN: Crum Creek Press, 2008. $25.00
  7. Lamanda, Al. Dunston Falls. An ice storm paralyzes a small Maine town and Sheriff David Peck is faced with a series of murders. Lamanda lives in Maine. (9781594145865) Waterville, ME: Five Star, 2008. $25.95
  8. Medwed, Mameve. Of men and their mothers. Maisie Grey divorces her mama’s boy husband, but must continue to deal with her mother-in-law and a lovestruck teenage son. Medwed was born in Bangor. (9780060831219) New York: William Morrow, 2008. $24.95
  9. Page, Katherine Hall. The body in the gallery. Caterer Faith Fairchild searches for the connection between art forgery and an unidentified corpse at the local museum. Seventeenth in the Fairchild series. Page has summered on Deer Isle for over 40 years. (9780060763671) New York: William Morrow, 2008. $23.95
  10. Strout, Elizabeth. Olive Kitteridge. Thirteen stories connected by a retired schoolteacher in a tiny Maine town. (9781400062089) New York: Random House, 2008. $25.00
  11. Woods, Stuart. Santa Fe dead. Lawyer Ed Eagle testifies against his criminal ex-wife. When she is acquitted, Eagle’s own “trials” begin. Woods lives on Mount Desert. (9780399154904) New York: G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 2008. $25.95
  12. Wormser, Baron. The poetry life; ten stories. Ten fictional narrators write about 10 poets. Wormser is a former Maine poet laureate. (9781933880051) Fort Lee, NJ: CavanKerry Press, 2008. $18.00 pbk

Juvenile

  1. Angiers, Hope R. Harmony: land of the four seasons. A little girl explores the seasons through little community festivals. This is artist Angiers’ first book. (9781434322982) Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, c2007. $25.00 (1-3) pbk
  2. Banks, Kate. Max’s dragon. Max’s search for rhyming words leads him onto the trail of a dragon. (9780374399212) New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 (k-2) $16.95
  3. Baseball Crazy: Ten short stories that cover all the bases. Collection includes a story by Maria Testa whose favorite team is the Yankees! (9780803731622) New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008. (Grade 4up) $16.99
  4. Elliott, David. On the farm. Rhyming tour through the family farm. Woodcut and watercolor illustrations by Maine illustrator Holly Meade. (9780763633226) Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2008. (PreS-2) $16.99
  5. Hassett, John. The nine lives of Dudley dog. Could Dudley possibly have the nine lives of a cat?  John and Ann Hassett write and illustrate in Waldoboro. (9780618811533) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. (preK-2) $16.00
  6. Moore, Leslie S. How to catch a lobster. Follow Anne and Ed Black as they lobster in Penobscot Bay. (0978800842) Brooksville, ME: L.S. Moore, 2007. (PreS-2) $12.95
  7. Padian, Maria. Brett McCarthy: work in progress. Bright Maine eighth grader Brett loses friends and school privileges after a telephone prank. Padian lives in Brunswick. (9780375846755) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. (Grade 6 – YA) $15.99
  8. Plourde, Lynn. Science fair day. Mrs. Shepherd’s fifth grade is ready for the science fair, but snoopy Ima cannot stop asking questions. This is the author’s fifth story about the class. She lives in Winthrop. (9780525478782) New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2008. (K-3) $16.99
  9. Plourde, Lynn. Margaret Chase Smith: A woman for president. Biography of the first woman from a major party to run for president. Both Smith and Plourde grew up in Skowhegan. (9781580892346) Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2008. (3-5) $16.95
  10. Perkins, Mitali. Rickshaw girl. Naima’s alpana designs are the best in the village, but as a girl, she is unable to help her family financially. Jane Addams Honor Book 2008. Illustrator Jamie Hogan lives on Peak’s Island. (9781580893084) Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2007. (2-5) $13.95
  11. Sweet, Melissa. Tupelo rides the rails. An abandoned dog begins a journey to find a good home. Melissa Sweet lives in Rockport. (9780618717149) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. (K-3) $17.00