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Maine In Print: October - December 2008

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Non-Fiction

  • The Aputamkon Review, Vol. II.  A collection or “mishmash” of stories, poems, photographs and more by residents of Downeast Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. Aputamkon is the Passamaquoddy word for sea serpent. (9780615203973) Jonesboro, ME: the WordShed, LLC, 2008. $38.85 pbk
  • Baumer, Jim. Moxietown. Dedicated to Moxie fans everywhere, this is a concise history of the drink, its lore, and its association with Lisbon Falls. The author grew up in Lisbon Falls, lives in Durham, and drinks Moxie. (97809977205264) Lewiston, ME: River Vision Press, 2008. $8.95 pbk
  • Crocker, Michael. Sharing the ocean. Crocker examines the crisis of the fisheries industry and looks for a solution gleaned from the knowledge and values of fishermen, environmentalists, and policymakers. (9780884483069) Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 2008. $20.00 pbk
  • Donaldson, Gordon A., Jr. How leaders learn. Through stories of school leaders Donaldson describes the learning experiences that lead to effective performance, and ultimately, to improved schools.  (9780807748541) New York: Teachers College Press, 2008. $25.95 pbk
  • Doucett, Elisabeth. Creating your library brand. A practical step-by-step guide to the branding process for libraries.  The author, a former marketing executive, is the director of the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. (9780838909621) Chicago: American Library Association, 2008. $45.00 pbk
  • Gott, Patricia Probert. Cowgirl days. This second book in the Cowgirl series continues Gott’s memoir of her time as a wrangler and trail guide at a Wyoming horse ranch. She lives in South Paris. (9781605632186) Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2008. $19.95
  • Goulet, Donald R. Chesuncook. A former FBI agent and the Passamaquoddy Reservation Police Chief describe an investigation that ended a tobacco smuggling operation between Canada and the northern U.S. ((9781434393982) Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2008. $15.95 pbk.
  • A happy abundance: tales, memoirs and more past and present in Wayne, Maine. Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Wayne Historical Society. Wayne, ME: Wayne Historical Society, 2008. $25.00 pbk
  • Harrison, Timothy. Lighthouses of the sunrise county. Photographs and stories of  those who kept the lighthouses of Washington County. (9780977829323) East Machias, ME: FogHorn Publishing, Inc., 2008. $18.95 pbk
  • Hurd, Barbara. Walking the wrack line. Collection of essays considering the nature of objects that wash ashore. This is the final volume of the trilogy including Stirring the mud and Entering the stone. (9780820331027) Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2008 $22.95.
  • Imagine what it’s like. Edited by Ruth Nadelhaft with Victoria Bonebakker. Literary anthology derived from Literature & Medicine, an award winning reading and discussion program created by the Maine Humanities Council.   (9780824833176) Honolulu, HI: Universty of Hawai’i Press, 2008. $19.95 pbk
  • Katra, Joseph R. Clockmakers & clockmaking in Maine 1770-1900. History and  biography of Maine clockmaking craftsmen. The survey is divided by geographical  region and includes numerous photographs. The author is a well known horologist who lived in Maine for many years. (9780966886979) Columbia, PA: National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., 2008. $32.50  
  • Lambert, C.S. A passion for sea glass. Profiles of devoted sea glass artists and collectors. Author Lambert lives in Owls Head with her own collection. Photographer Amy Wilton lives in Hope. (9780892727070) Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2008. $30.00
  • Love on the rocks. Edited by John and Kathryn Muether. Late 19th century stories of romance on Mount Desert. (9781934031186) Yarmouth, ME: Islandport Press, 2008. $15.95 pbk 
  • Mackenzie, G. Calvin and Robert Weisbrot. The liberal hour: Washington and the politics of change in the 1960s. A narrative of the decade distinguished not only by war and anger, but by creative public policy and reform. The authors are professors at Colby College.  (9781594201707) New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. $29.95
  • Minott, Janice. Letters from Kabul 1966-1968. Minott’s family lived in Afghanistan for two years while her husband was the country’s Peace Corps director.  A neighbor saved many of the author’s letters home.  Minott grew up on Peaks Island and considers herself a “perpetual State of Mainer.”(9781425113490)Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2008. $27.50 pbk
  • Moore, Joshua F. What’s in a picture? A collection of vintage Maine photographs and their stories from the popular column in Down East. Moore lives in Camden. (9780892727780) Camden, ME: Down East, 2008. $14.95 pbk
  • Orne, Michele Rose. Inspired to knit. Designs and patterns for women arranged by season.  Orne lives in Camden. (9781596880418) Loveland, CO: Interweave Press, 2008. $24.95 pbk 
  • Nelson, James L. George Washington’s secret navy. Without informing the Continental Congress, Washington launched a tiny navy that kept the Revolution alive. Nelson is a Maine native who lives in Harpswell. (9780071493895)  New York: McGraw Hill, 2008. $26.95
  • North by northeast: Wabanaki, Arwesasne Mohawk, and Tuscarora Traditional Arts. Kathleen Mundell. Works and words of Native American traditional artists primarily from Maine and New York.  Features numerous color photographs.  Mundell was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance.  (97800884483052) Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House Publishers, 2008. $20.00 pbk
  • Northrup, Christiane, M.D. The secret pleasures of menopause. A guide for finding life after 50 a wonderful opportunity. (9781401922375) Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2008. $17.95  
  • Pahigian, Josh. 101 baseball places to see before you strike out. Short essays on all places baseball - from Dodgertown and The Yogi Berra Museum to Lenny Dykstra’s Car Wash. The author teaches at the University of New England and lives near Portland’s Hadlock Field. (9781599212517) Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2008. $24.95
  • Palmer, Tom, MD. Cracked marbles; life’s lessons for a Maine surgeon. Doctor/patient stories conveying the “satisfying essence of doctoring.” (9780964601888) Brooksville, ME: Tiffin Press of Maine, 2008. $16.95 pbk
  • A place called Maine: 24 authors on the Maine experience. Edited by Wesley McNair. Natives and newcomers reflect upon what it is like to live and write in Maine. (9780892727605) Camden, ME: Down East, 2008. $25.00
  • Rice, Ed. Native trailblazer: Andrew Sockalexis. Biography of Penobscot runner who finished second in two Boston Marathons and fourth in the Olympic Games of 1912. The author lives and runs in Orono. (9781419696510) Booksurge.com, 2008. $17.99 pbk
  • Shulman, Alix Kates. To love what is. Shulman describes her life after her husband suffers brain injury from a fall at their remote Maine cabin. (9780374278151) New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2008. $22.00
  • Soucy, D.L. Maine after midnight. Spooky stories collected or created by the author. (9780557002603) lulu.com, 2008. $19.95 pbk
  • Wegman, William. Dogs on rocks.  Wegman photographed four generations of Weimaraners over 10 summers on Mount Desert. (9780979764202) [Mount Desert Island, ME]: Acadia Summer Arts Program; New York: Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, c2008. $29.95
  • Wittenberg, Eric J., J. David Petruzzi, and Michael F. Nugent. One continuous fight. The first detailed military history of Robert E. Lee’s retreat after Gettysburg and George G. Meade’s effort to destroy the ravaged Virginia army. Michael Nugent lives in Wells. (9781932714432) New York: Savas Beatie, 2008. $34.95

Fiction

  • Chute, Carolyn. The house on Heart’s Content Road. After 15-year-old Mickey is banished from home, he joins the Settlement, a rural commune brimming with problems.  (9780871139870) New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008. $24.00
  • Connolly, John. The reapers.  A pair of professional killers become targets for death and call upon their former associate Charlie Parker.  (9781416569527) New York: Atria Books, 2008. $26.00
  • Coursen, H.R. To raise another world. Archerland is now underwater. The island’s few survivors wash up on an unknown shore. Will they be accepted?  Eighth in the Archerland series. Coursen lives in Brunswick. (9780978862848) Topsham, ME: Just Write Books, 2008. $12.95 pbk
  • Dunnett, Kaitly. Scone cold dead. Liss must find the real killer after Victor is poisoned by one of her special Scottish scones. Second in a series set in fictitious Moosetookalook, Maine. (9780758216458) New York: Kensington Books, 2008. $22.00
  • Erwin, Page. Bones of contention. Venice, Maine Sheriff Sam Barrows tries to link two recent murders to a cold case. Page Erwin is the pen name for a husband and wife writing team who live on the Maine coast.  (9781591332527) Boonsboro, MD: Hilliard Harris, 2008. $28.95
  • Flora, Kate. The angel of Knowlton Park. Portland detective Joe Burgess must find a young boy’s killer before other children become victims. (9781594147203) Detroit, MI: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008. $25.95
  • Gerritsen, Tess. The keepsake. Medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizolli pursue the Archaeology Killer after discovering that a museum mummy is actually a recent murder victim.  The author lives in Camden. (9780345497628) New York: Ballantine Books, 2008. $26.00
  • Gutcheon, Beth. Good-bye and amen. After the death of their parents three siblings must decide how to divide and share a Maine summer home. Continues the family story begun in Leeway Cottage. (0780060539078) New York: William Morrow, 2008. $24.95
  • King, Stephen. Just after sunset. Collection of short fiction inspired by King’s year as guest editor of Best American Short Stories. (97814165884087) New York: Scribner, 2008. $28.00
  • Morgan, Janet. Poetic justice. Arrogant old Alfonse Sweetzer is found dead in the Wyleyville Library and the village librarian is the prime suspect. Janet Morgan is a Maine native and former director of the Wiscasset Public Library. (978595507597) New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2008. $24.95
  • MacInerney, Karen. Murder most Maine. A weight loss group comes to the Gray Whale Inn on retreat. Everyone on the island is admiring the exercise trainer until he’s found dead near the lighthouse. Third in the series. (9780738713007) Woodbury, MN: Murder Ink, 2008. $13.95 pbk 
  • Otherworldly Maine. Edited by Noreen Doyle. The Maine landscape unifies this collection of fantasy and science fiction, classic and modern. (978092727469) Camden, ME: Down East, 2008. $15.95 pbk

Juvenile

  • Agell, Charlotte. Shift. Teenager Adrian lives in a society where religion is law and people are motivated by belief that the end of the world is near.  The author lives in Brunswick. (9780805078107) New York: Henry Holt, 2008. $16.95 (YA)
  • Baxter, William N. Foxy of Verona Island. A friendly fox devises a plan to move a greedy wolf off the island. The author is a Maine native who has lived on Verona Island since 1950.  A red fox visits him frequently. (9781425135478) Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2008. $10.95 pbk (k-4)
  • Brown, Margaret Wise. The little fisherman. Commemorative edition of the first picture book illustrated by Dahlov Ipcar. Brown was a summer resident and Ipcar lives in Georgetown. (9781934931148) New Gloucester, ME: Islandport Press, 2008. $16.95 (preK-2)
  • Buzzeo, Toni. “R” is for research. Young students and a feisty tabby cat work on an assignment in this alphabet book that introduces basic research concepts. Toni Buzzeo is an author and a librarian who lives in Buxton. (9781602130302) Fort Atkinson, WI: UpstartBooks, 2008. $17.95 (2-4)
  • Cowen-Fletcher, Jane. Baby Elf’s Christmas. Baby Elf is learning about Christmas songs, cookies, trees, and gifts. Cowen-Fletcher is also the illustrator. She lives in South Berwick. (9780763732502) Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2008. $5.99 Board book   (infant – preK)
  • DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson thinks like a pig. Eugenia plants pansies to beautify her yard, but Mercy cannot resist munching.  Eugenia call the Animal Control Officer and Mercy is in trouble again. Fifth in the series. Illustrator Chris Van Dusen lives in Camden.  (9780763732656) Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2008. $12.99 (1-4)
  • Hallak, Natalie. I’m a nobody. Seventeen-year-old Tempest searches for a good friend and romance in her new high school. This is Hallak’s first novel. She is 13 years old and lives in Augusta. (9781434340269) Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2008. $14.99 pbk (YA)
  • Ibbotson, Eva. The dragonfly pool. Tally helps a young prince escape to England after his country is occupied by Nazis. Illustrator Kevin Hawkes lives in Gorham. (9780525420644) New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2008. $17.99 (Grade 5up)
  • Jones, Carrie. Girl, hero. High school freshman Lily has no reliable adults in her life, so she writes letters to her hero, dead movie star John Wayne, as a way to cope. The author lives in Ellsworth. (9780738710518) Woodbury, MN: flux, 2008. $16.95 (YA)
  • Keyes, Diane. Spirit of the snowpeople. The adults in a northern village build snow sculptures to cheer the children during the long winter. When spring arrives, the figures depart. Illustrator Helen Stevens lives in Gardiner. (980892727100) Camden, ME: Down East, 2008. $15.95 (preK-3)
  • Lewis, J. Patrick and Paul B. Janeczko. Birds on a wire. The authors use renga, an ancient Japanese verse form, to create a portrait of small town life. One poet writes three lines and the other responds with two. Paul Janeczko lives in western Maine. (9781590783832) Honesdale, PA: Wordsong, 2008. $17.95 (2-4)
  • Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys. Inspired by their favorite book characters, four siblings determine that they ought to be orphans. What next? (9780618979745) Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. $16.00 (4-6)
  • McClymer, Kelly. Must love black. Philippa accepts a summer job as nanny to twins at a creepy cliffside spa in Maine. Rumors of ghosts and a handsome gardener also keep her busy! (9781416949039) New York: Simon Pulse, 2008. $8.99 pbk (YA)
  • Meldrum, Christina. Madapple. A Maine teenager has grown up in near isolation learning about healing plants and the natural world.  After her mother dies she is accused of murder. (9780375851766) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. $16.99 (YA)
  • Meyer, L.A. My bonny light horseman.  Jacky Faber, captured by the British, must spy against Napoleon and his Grand Army. Fifth in the Bloody Jack series about a young female pirate. The author lives in Corea. (9780152061876) Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2008. $17.00 (Grade 6up)
  • Schrock, Jan West. Give a goat. After hearing the story “Beatrice’s Goat” Mrs. Rowell’s fifth grade is determined to raise money and give a goat to an African family. The author’s father founded Heifer International. Jan Schrock is an advisor for the organization and a former teacher. She lives in Westbrook. The illustrator, Aileen Darragh, lives in Sanford. Her goat model, Black Beauty, lives with a family friend. (9780884483014) Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House Publishers, 2008. $16.95  (preK-4)
  • Shankman, Ed. I met a Moose in Maine one day. A young boy and a giant moose tour Maine in this rhyming picture book.  (978193321777) Beverly, MA: Commonwealth Editions, 2008. $14.95 (preK – 2)
  • Swain, Ruth Freeman. Underwear : what we wear under there. A lighthearted look at the evolution of undergarments from loincloths to disposable diapers. Includes a timeline and suggestions for further reading. Ruth Swain lives in Blue Hill. (9780823419203) New York: Holiday House, 2008. $16.95 (2-5)
  • Thomson, Sarah L. Imagine a place. Let your mind take you anywhere. “Imagine a place…where the tang of pine meets the salt of sea.” (9781416968023) New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008. $17.99 Picture book (All ages