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Maine In Print - Most Recent, Oct - Dec 2007

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Non-Fiction

  1. Baker, Emerson W. The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England. Case study of the Great Island, New Hampshire community in 1682 and the mysterious events that provoked witchcraft hysteria. The author lives in York. (9781403972071) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. $24.95
  2. Carroll, Lorrayne. Rhetorical Drag: Gender Impersonation, Captivity, and the Writing of History. Examination of  captivity narratives and their true authorial voice. The author is associate professor of English at USM. (9780873388825) Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2007 $28.95
  3. Colson, Don. Quiet Courage: Stories of the Unselfish Dedication of Maine Veterans. Profiles of veterans of World War II through the recent “Desert Wars”  - based on an interview program that began in 1992. ((9780979523809) Bangor, ME: Galen Cole Family Foundation, 2007. $20.00 pbk
  4. Cronin, Stephen. The Island: a young boy’s journey to manhood on Matinicus Island. In 1861, at age 11, Cronin was sent to live with an elderly couple on Matinicus and in 1938, at age 88, he recalls those years. (9780595391493) New York: iUniverse, 2007. $12.95 (pbk)
  5. Daly, M.W. Darfur’s Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide. An examination of the history of Darfur and the roots of its current humanitarian crisis. Daly lives in Waterville. (9780521699624) Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. $22.99 pbk
  6. Deer Isle Writers Group. Eggemoggin Reach review Volume II: an anthology of Prose and Poetry. Eggemoggin Reach flows between Deer Isle and the Blue Hill peninsula. The authors live on either side of this body of water. (9780975558614) Deer Isle, ME:  Eggemoggin Reach review, 2007. $17.95.
  7. Fazeli, Jabbar. Iraq Decoded. Summary and analysis of the events in Iraq.  Fazeli is a native Iranian who practices medicine in Falmouth. (9780979492204) 2007. $14.95 pbk
  8.  Gresh, Lois H. and Robert Weinberg. The Science of Stephen King. In each of nine chapters the authors examine a scientific field and its relationship to one or more of King’s novels, stories and films. (9780471782476) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. $15.95 pbk
  9. Harris, Philip F. Jesus Taught It, Too: The Early Roots of the Law of Attraction. Harris interprets over 70 quotes attributed to Jesus. (9780978096960) St. Albert, Alberta: Avatar Publications, 2007. $12.00 pbk
  10. Haskell, Stu.  The Maine Book: University of Maine Athletics 1881-2007. An almanac of names and facts about athletics – names, scores, photos. Orono, ME: University Credit Union, 2007. $34.95 pbk
  11. Hickoff, Steve. Fall and Winter Turkey Hunter’s Handbook. Specifics for scouting, locating, and calling turkeys, as well as strategies  for bowhunting, firearms, and using dogs. (9780811734066) Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007. $21.95 pbk
  12. Hickoff, Steve and Rhey Plumley. Flyfisher’s Guide to Northern New England. A resource for discovering flyfishing – the rivers, lakes, ponds, maps, species, outfitters. Hickoff lives in southern Maine. (9781932098488) Belgrade, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, Inc., 2007. $28.95 pbk
  13. Howard, Alan. The Don McLean Story: Killing Us Softly with his Songs. Biography of the singer and songwriter who lives in Camden. (9781430306825) Published by Lulu.com: Starry Night Music, Inc., 2007. $50.00 pbk
  14. Jackson, Annette. My Life in the Maine Woods: A Game Warden’s Wife in the Allagash Country. New edition of the 1954 publication recounting her experience in the North Woods of the 1930s. (9780976323198) Yarmouth, ME: Islandport Press, 2007 $15.95 pbk
  15. Kent, Richard. A Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6-12. A how-to and a why-to book for middle and high school educators. Kent is the Director of the Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine.  (9780820478890) New York: P. Lang, 2006. $29.95 pbk
  16. Lapidus, Alan. Everything by Design: My Life as an Architect. Autobiography of the architect of the Trump towers and the Crowne Plaza. He lives in Maine. (9780312361662) New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007. $25.95
  17. LiBrizzi, Marcus. Dark Woods, Chill Waters: Ghost Tales from Down East Maine.  Twenty-one “horrifying” ghost tales from Maine’s most remote section of the coast. The author teaches at the University of Maine at Machias. (9780892727520) Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2007. $10.95 pbk
  18. Marshall, Ian. Cruisers and La Guerre de Course. The story of steel-built cruisers, accompanied by paintings, sketches, diagrams, and maps. Marshall is a Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists and lives on Mt. Desert. (9780939511204) Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 2007 $60.00
  19. McFarland, Philip. Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Biography exploring Stowe’s relationship with her father, brother and husband.(9780802118455) New York: Grove Press, 2007 $26.00.
  20. Mercer, Scott. Whalehead Nation: Creating and Keeping an Environmental Ethic in Children. Mercer encourages parents to nurture the instinctive love for nature found in children. He lives on the Maine coast. (978193002316) Exeter, NH: PublishingWorks, Inc., 2007. $15.95 pbk
  21. Nyhan, Pat. Zig Zag: A Working Woman’s Life in Changing Times. A memoir reflecting society’s changing expectations of those who “straddled the women’s movement.” Nyhan lives in Portland. (9781419672156) Booksurge, 2007. $15.99 pbk
  22. Pohl, Amelia. Guiding Those Left Behind in Maine. A guide for settling an estate of another as well as for planning your own. (9781892407948) Boca Raton, FL: Eagle Publishing Co., 2007. $35.00 pbk
  23. Porter, Nancy. Chester…More than Earmuffs. Biography of Farmington’s most famous inventor. (9780615143897) Available from Nancy Porter, PO Box 666, West Farmington, ME 04992, 2007. $12.00 pbk
  24. Riordan, Liam. Many Identities, One Nation: The Revolution and Its Leagcy in the Mid-Atlantic. Study of the significance of  cultural diversity in the Revolutionary Delaware Valley. The author is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maine. (9780812240016) Philadelphia, PA: University of Philadelphia Press, 2007. $49.95.
  25. Reilly, Edward J. Sitting Bull. Biography designed for use by high school students. Reilly is Professor or English at St. Joseph’s College. (9780313338090) Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007 $35.00
  26. Shlaes, Amity. The Forgotten Man: a New History of the Great Depression. Revisionist history of an unforgettable era. (9780066211701) New York: HarperCollins, 2007. $26.95.
  27. Smith, David Livingstone. The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War. An examination of why human beings are able to destroy one another and yet abhor killing. The author is a professor who lives in Portland. (9780312341893) New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007. $24.95.
  28. St. Thomas, Bruce and Paul Johnson. Empowering Children through Art and Expression: Culturally Sensitive Ways of Healing Trauma and Grief. An examination of the the ways art and expressive therapies can help children express and resolve feelings concerning loss, grief, and other trauma. The authors live and work in Maine. (9781843107897) London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007. $29.95 pbk
  29. Tasker, William J. The Pioneer Homes of Houlton, Maine. Tasker offers brief histories and photos of Houlton homes that were included in the 1877 Atlas of Aroostook County, and are still standing. (9780979386343) Caribou, ME: Monkey Publishing, 2007 $34.00.
  30. Uhl, Michael. Vietnam Awakening. Memoir by Vietnam veteran recounts his days of combat and his days as an outspoken activist against the war. Uhl lives in Walpole. (9780786430741) Jefferson, NC : McFarland  & Co., Inc., 2007. $29.95 pbk
  31. Williamson, Craig. Muscular Retraining for Pain-Free Living. An explanation of the causes of chronic muscle pain and an exercise program designed to attain relief. The author is an occupational therapist who practices in Portland. (9781590303672) Boston & London: Trumpeter, 2007. $16.95 pbk
  32. van Voorst van Beest, Jan Pieter. Portland, Maine, a Study in Black and White. Photographs of the city over the past 25 years, “not the Portland the one-day tourist remembers.”  pvanvoo1@maine.rr.com, 2007. $20.95 pbk
  33. Wood, Amy P. and Philip J. Shelton. World Voyagers: The True Story of a Veterinarian, a Renaissance Man, and Stewart the Cat. An account of the global voyage of the “Iwalani” that began in the Robinhood boatyard. (9781934117002) Georgetown, ME: Book Orchard Press, 2007. $29.95.
  34. Zwicker, Roxie J. Haunted Pubs of New England. History and legends of taverns as revealed by owners and employees. Maine is represented by Bar Harbor, Rockland, and Freeport. (9781596292819) Charleston, SC: Haunted America, 2007. $19.99 pbk

Fiction

  1. Clement, Bettye Taylor. Second Chances. Gwen ends an affair and moves to a Maine island with her widowed mother. This is Clement’s first novel. (9781425981907) Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2007. $$14.49 (pbk).
  2. Coughlin, Thomas E. Miss O’Malley’s Maine Summer. A young Irish woman spends the summer working in a restaurant near Wells Beach. 99780966620245) Manchester, NH: Fitzgerald & LaChapelle , 2007. $15.95 (pbk).
  3. Emerson, Kathy Lynn. Face Down o’er the Border.  In 1577 Lady Appleton travels to Scotland to find her friend and solve a murder. (9781880284919) McKinleyville, CA: Perseverance Press, 2007. $14.95 (pbk).
  4. Gerritsen, Tess. The Bone Garden. Julia Hamill discovers bones of a long dead body in her Boston garden and a connection to an unsolved murder of the 1830s. Gerritsen lives in Camden. (9780345497604) New York: Ballantine Books, 2007. $25.95.
  5. Goodkind, Terry. Confessor. The 12th and final novel of the Sword of Truth fantasy series. Goodkind divides his time between Mount Desert Island and Nebraska. (9780765315236) New York: Tor, 2007. $29.95.
  6. Langan, Sarah. The Missing. A plague threatens the affluent community of Corpus Christi, Maine. (9780060872915) New York: Harper, 2007. $6.99 (pbk).
  7. Matthews, A.J. Unbroken. Kiera, haunted by memories of a dead friend, fears she may be responsible for recent murders. Matthews is a pseudonym for Maine author Rick Hautala. (9780425214800) New York: Berkley Books, 2007.$7.99 (pbk).
  8. Meier, Leslie. St. Patrick’s Day MURDER. The body of local barkeep Old Dan Malone is found in the harbor off Tinker Cove, Maine. (9780758207036) New York: Kensington Books, 2008. $22.00.
  9. Mizner, David. Hartsburg, USA. A school board election in a rust belt community is the backdrop of this novel about red-state/blue-state politics and small town families. Mizner grew up in Waterville. (9781596913264) New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. $24.95.
  10. Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child. The Wheel of Darkness. FBI agent Pendergast is on the trail of an artifact stolen from a Tibetan monastery. Preston lives in Maine. (9780446580281) New York: Warner Books, 2007. $25.99
  11. Quinlan, Patrick. The Takedown. The body of a beautiful real estate executive is found in the trunk of a car and a thriller set in NYC begins.
  12. Quinlan lives in Maine. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007. $21.95.
  13. Ross, Joel N. White Flag Down. WWII thriller based on a possible truce between Germany and Russia. Ross lives in Maine. (9780385531890) New York: Doubleday, 2007. $24.95.
  14. Russo, Richard. Bridge of Sighs. Lou and Sarah Lynch have spent their lives in upstate New York. Plans for a trip to Italy trigger this story of family, friends, and community. Russo lives in Camden. (9780375414954) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. $26.95.
  15. Sweeney, Aoibheann. Among Other Things, I’ve Taken Up Smoking. After growing up on Crab Island, Maine, Miranda is sent to Manhattan to live with friends from her father’s past. (9781594201301) New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. $23.95.
  16. Turner, Philip. A Rebel Redeemed. Historical fiction based on the life of Jonas Culver, a rebel who became a loyalist during the Revolution. Turner lives in Caribou. (9781896775241) Caribou, ME: Caribou Historical Society, 2007. $15.00 (pbk

Juvenile

  1. Banks, Kate. Fox. A baby fox waits for the day that he can venture out alone. Kate Banks is a Maine native. (97800374399672) New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. $16.00 Picture book
  2. Carlton, Susan. Lobsterland. Charlotte is 16 and dreams of escaping from “BLEAK” an island off Portland. Her plan? – boarding school. (9780805080964) New York: Henry Holt, 2007. $16.95 (YA)
  3. Falwell, Cathryn. Shape Capers. A first look at shapes in bold colors and rhyme, it is the 2007 “Read With ME” selection. (97800061236990) New York: Greenwillow, 2007 $16.99 (infant-k)
  4. Gibbons, Gail. Coral Reefs. A look at where reefs are found, how they are formed, and how they grow. Gibbons lives on Matinicus Island for part of each year. (9780823420809) New York: Holiday House, 2007 $16.95 (k-3)
  5. Jones, Carrie. Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend. High school student Belle Philbrick makes lists to help herself after she loses her first love. Jones lives in Maine. (9780738710501) Woodbury, MN: Flux, 2007. $16.95. (YA)
  6. Kennedy, Robert F. Joshua Chamberlain and the American Civil War. Biography of the Maine general. (9781423107712) New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2007. $16.99. (3-6)
  7. Madison, Alan. velma gratch and the way cool butterfly. A monarch lands and settles on Velma’s finger during a first grade field trip to the Butterfly Conservatory. Illustrator Kevin Hawkes lives in Gorham.(9780375935978) New York: Schwartz & Wade books, 2007. $16.99 (preS-2)
  8. McMillan, Bruce. How the Ladies Stopped the Wind. Women in an Icelandic village plant trees to block the wind, but then they must find a way to protect the saplings from hungry sheep. The author lives in Shapleigh. (9780618773305) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. $16.00 (prek-3)
  9. Meyer, L.A. Mississippi Jack: being an account of the further waterborne adventures of Jacky Faber, midshipman, fine lady, and the lily of the west. Fifth in the series about the escapades of an English orphan. Meyer lives in Bar Harbor. (978-0152060039) Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. $17.00. (Grade 6 up)
  10. Mitchell, Stephen. Iron Hans. A young prince befriends and then betrays the wild man of the forest in this retelling of the Grimms’ tale – a Parent’s Choice Award winner. Illustrator Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit. (9780763621605) Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2007. $16.99 (k-4)
  11. Plourde, Lynn. A Mountain of Mittens. Molly’s parents try everything to help her remember her mittens. (97891570915857) Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2007. $15.95 Picture book
  12. Pottle, Robert. I’m Allergic to School. Eighteen giggly poems about everyday life at school. Pottle lives in Eastbrook. (9781416929475) New York: Meadowbrook Press, 2007. $9.95 (k-5)
  13. Rankin. Laura. Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie. Ruthie finds a tiny camera on the playground and tells everyone it belongs to her. The author/illustrator lives in Kennebunk. (9978159990100) New York: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2007. $15.95 (k-2)
  14. Reynolds, Cynthia Furlong. Grammie’s Secret Cupboard. A special toy from the cupboard reveals a little girl’s talent. Reynolds grew up in Maine. (97815872631010) Ann Arbor, MI: Mitten Press, 2007 $17.95 ( k-3)
  15. Schwartz, David M. Where in the Wild? Animal camouflage through poems and lift-the-flap photos.  Photographer Dwight Kuhn lives in Dexter. (9781582462073) Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 2007 $15.95 (k-3)
  16. St. George Judith. Mystery Isle. Twelve-year-old Kim and her great-grandfather are alone and in danger on Shag Island. Reprint of a 1976 publication – The Chinese Puzzle of Shag Island. Author St. George’s own great-grandfather was a sea captain from Kennebunkport. (9780142408414) New York: Puffin Books. $5.99 pbk (4-6)
  17. Thomson, Sarah L. Dragon’s Egg. Mella, the young dragonkeeper, must make a dangerous journey to transport a dragon egg to the Hatching Grounds. Thomson lives in Portland. (9780061288487) New York: Greenwillow, 2007. $16.99 (4-7)