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Maine In Print: January - March 2009

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Non Fiction

  • Albion, Michele Wehrwein. The Florida life of Thomas Edison. Detailed account of the decades the Edisons wintered in Fort Myers. Albion grew up in Augusta and graduated from UMO. (9780813032597) Gainesville, FL : University of Florida Press, 2008. $34.95
  • Chapkis, Wendy and Richard J. Webb. Dying to get high: marijuana as medicine. Examination of the ongoing debate over the legalization of marijuana through historical analysis and interviews. Dr. Chapkis is a professor at the University of Southern Maine. (9780814716670) New York: New York University Press, 2008. $22.00 pbk
  • Hodgkin, Douglas I. Frontier to industrial city. A detailed history of Lewiston from its first 70 years as a rural farming community through its rapid rise as an industrial center. The author is a native of Lewiston and Professor Emeritus at Bates College. (9781934949108) Topsham, ME: Just Write Books, 2008. $29.95 pbk
  • Huyler, Stephen. Daughters of India: art and identity. Through their own words, Huyler profiles 20 Indian women. Separated by diverse communities, they are connected by creative expression. Dr. Huyler is an art historian, anthropologist, photographer, and artist who lives in Camden. (9780789210029) New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2008. $65.00
  • Irvine, Alex. The Vertigo encyclopedia. Comprehensive full-color guide to the series and graphic novels published by Vertigo over the past 15 years. Irvine is an assistant professor at the University of Maine. (9780756641221) New York: DK Publishing, 2008. $30.00
  • Kaplan, Fred. Lincoln: the biography of a writer. An exploration of the 16th president through his love of literature and writing. Kaplan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College. He lives in Boothbay.  (9780060773342) New York: HarperCollins, 2008. $27.95 
  • Kerrr, Jean and Spencer Smith. Windjammer cooking. Recipes from the galleys of 12 Maine windjammers, with color photos of the vessels and the feasts. (0978689925) Kittery Point, ME: Seapoint Books, 2008. $27.00 pbk
  • Mazzeo, Tilar J. The Widow Clicquot. Biography of the French woman who built the champagne empire and became one of the world’s first great businesswomen. The author is an assistant professor at Colby College. (9780061288562) New York: Collins, 2008. $25.95.
  • Olson, John. John Olson: my story/as told to his daughter Virginia Olson.  Memories of a lobsterman from the Cushing family made famous by Andrew Wyeth. (9781934949023) Topsham, ME: Just Write Books, 2008. $20.00 pbk
  • Soucier, J.C. Perfect: a love story.  Memoir of the author’s love affair with a Maine priest in the 1970s. Soucier lives in Fairfield. (97814.2728892) Denver, CO: Outskirts Press, 2008. $16.95 pbk
  • Woodson, R. Dodge. Be a successful green builder. Handbook for contractors considering adopting sustainable building practices. Includes a glossary and numerous builders’ tables.  The author lives in Fort Fairfield. (9780071592611) New York: McGraw Hill, 2009. $34.95 pbk

Fiction

  • Davis, Mildred and Katherine Roome. The butterfly effect. Surrounded by enemies at an island party, Bill Freilich is still blamed for a death that occurred 20 years ago. Sequel to Murder in Maine: The avenging of Nevah Wright. (9780979406829) HARK LLC, 2008. $14.99 pbk
  • Hill, Joe. Locke & key : welcome to Lovecraft. Graphic novel about Keyhouse, an old Maine mansion, and the grieving family who opens its terrible doors. (9781600102370) San Diego, CA: IDW Publishing Inc., 2008. $24.99
  • LaFlamme, Mark. Dirt: an American campaign. Calvin Cotton cannot face the death of his wife. He removes her body from the cemetery and disappears. The scandal could be disastrous for his father, Maine’s governor and candidate for president. LaFlamme is a writer for the Lewiston Sun Journal. (9781601455727) Splinter Press, 2008. $15.95 pbk
  • Sargent, Colin. Museum of human beings. Novel based on the life of Sacajawea’s baby, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Sargent is the editor of Portland Magazine. (9781590131671) Ithaca, NY: McBooks Press, 2008. $26.95
  • Varnum, Mark S. The hawk’s cross. A wounded German U-boat lurking off the coast alters the lazy summer days of a small Maine town. (9780615241913) Waterville, ME: Cold Brook Publishing, 2008. $19.99
  • Woods, Stuart. Mounting fears. The president is facing an election as well as sex scandals, nuclear threats, and a fugitive assassin. Number 7 in the Will Lee series. Woods lives on Mount Desert Island.  (9780399155475) New York: G.P. Putnam’s & Sons, 2009. $25.95

Poetry

  • Brooks, Bob. A story anyone could stick to. ( 9781599243054) Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2008. $12.00 pbk

Juvenile

  • Booraem, Ellen.  The unnameables. Teenaged Medford is an orphan living in an island community where people are named by what they do and only useful things are valued. (A cook is a Cook and a potter is a Potter.)  The author lives in Brooklin. (9780152063689) Orlando, FL : Harcourt, Inc., 2008. $16.00 (Grade 4up)
  • Brown, Calef. Soup for breakfast. Joyful nonsense poetry and bright acrylic illustrations. The author lives in Brunswick. (9780618916412) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. $16.00 (2-5)
  • Krull, Kathleen. The road to Oz.; twists, turns, bumps, and triumphs in the life of L. Frank Baum. Biography of the storyteller who created Oz. Illustrator Kevin Hawkes lives in Gorham.  (9780375832161) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. $17.99 (2-5)
  • MacDonald, Amy. Too much flapdoodle! Twelve-year-old Parker is left with his great aunt and uncle on a farm in the middle of nowhere with no laptop, iPod, or TV in sight. Amy MacDonald lives in Falmouth. (9780374376710) New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008. $16.95 (2-5)
  • Page, Gail. Bobo and the new neighbor. A lovable dog wants to help make a tea party for Mrs. Wrinklerump. Bobo and his owner were introduced in How to be a good dog. Page lives in Brooksville. (9781599900094) New York: Bloomsbury, 2008. $16.99 (pK-2)
  • Peterson, Sheryl. Maine. Introduction to the history, resources and people of the state. Part of This Land Called America series.  (9781583416440) Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2009. $32.50 (3-5)
  • Thomson, Sarah L. Pirates, ho!  Even fierce, sword-wielding pirates can be frightened by ghost stories!  Thomson lives in Portland. (9780761454359) Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children, 2008. $14.99 (preK - 2)