Maine In Print: Most Recent, Sept - Dec 2012

See also Poetry | Fiction | Children and Young Adult

?Nonfiction

  1. Alexander, Max. Bright lights, no city.? The author joins his brother in a venture to market rechargeable AA batteries to off-grid villages in Ghana. Alexander is a journalist who lives in South Thomaston.? (9781401324179) New York: Hyperion, c2012. $24.99
  2. Bourque, Bruce. The swordfish hunters; the history and ecology of an ancient American sea people. An examination of the Red Paint culture and the archaeological research it inspired. The author is Curator of Archaeology at the Maine State Museum. (9781593730383) Piermont, NH: Bunker Hill Publishing, c2012. $29.95
  3. Cullina, William. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: a people?s garden. Lavishly illustrated history of the gardens which comprise almost 250 acres in Boothbay. (9780892729418) Camden, ME: Down East, c2012. $34.95
  4. Cummins, Deborah. Here and away: discovering home on an island in Maine. Personal essays? exploring the nature of place and home. The author is a native Midwesterner who summers on Deer Isle. (9781936447039) Rockland, ME: Maine Authors Publishing, c2012. $17.95 pbk
  5. Gleasner, Stephen. The wicked good book: a guide to Maine living. Tips on panning for gold, searching for fiddleheads, building a rustic shelter, making a Moxie rocket and more.? Illustrations by Maine artist Patrick Corrigan. Gleasner is a woodworker/artist who lives in Appleton. (9781608931811) Camden, ME: Down East, c2012. $24.95
  6. Hill, Michael. Elihu Washburne. A native of Livermore Falls, Washburne became Minister of France in 1869. His diary and letters provide an intimate look at the disaster and suffering that occurred during the Siege and Commune of Paris. (9781451665284) New York: Simon & Schuster, c2012. $25.00
  7. McNair, Wesley. The words I chose: a memoir of family and poetry. The current Poet Laureate of Maine shares his story of growing up and discovering his art. He is a prize-winning author who lives in Temple. (97808887485572) Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, c2012. $19.95 pbk
  8. Murray, Eva. Island schoolhouse: one room for all. Stories collected from six Maine islands where children are still educated in one-room schools. The tiny classrooms of these remote communities are some of the most technologically advanced in the state. The author lives on Matinicus. (9780884483403) Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, c2012. $20.00 pbk
  9. Perkins, Don. The barns of Maine: our history, our stories. A look at 30 barns throughout the state with photographs by the author. Perkins is a former carpenter who lives in Raymond. (9781609495268) Charleston, SC: The History Press, c2012 $21.99 pbk??
  10. Pray, Alison and Tara Smith. Standard Baking Co. Pastries. Tips and techniques for baking the favorite cakes, cookies, and tarts of the Portland bakery. (9781608931842) Camden, ME: Down East, c2012. $29.95
  11. Reich, Wilhelm. Where?s the truth: letters and journals. 1948-1957. Final volume of Reich?s autobiographical writings, beginning with FDA investigations of his orgone energy research and ending with his death at Lewisberg Federal Penitentiary.? Reich?s home, laboratory, and research center, Orgonon, is now a museum in Rangeley. (9780374288839) New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2012. $40.00
  12. Souder, William. On a farther shore: the life and legacy of Rachel Carson. Biography of Carson as well as an environmental history marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring. (9780307462206) New York: Crown, c2012. $30.00
  13. Wegman, William. Hello nature: how to draw, paint, cook, and find your way. In this field guide and memoir, Wegman considers his formation as an artist and his fascination with nature. He lives in New York and Rangeley. (9783791352275) Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, c2012. $34.95
  14. Woods, Stuart. Blue water, green skipper. First published in 1977, this is the story of Woods? solo voyage in the Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race. (9780399161117) New York: G.P. Putnam, c2012. $26.95

Poetry

  1. Steingesser, Martin. The thinking heart; the life and loves of Etty Hillesum. (9780982810033) Cumberland, ME: Deerbrook, c2012. $12.00 pbk

Fiction

  1. Cannell, Dorothy. Sea Glass summer. After a painful divorce Sarah Draycot moves to the little town of Sea Glass, Maine, in an effort to mend her broken heart. Cannell lives in Northport. (9781847514417) Sutton, Surrey, England: Severn House, c2012. $28.95
  2. Gerritsen, Tess. Last to die. Detective Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles are called to a boarding school in rural Maine. All of the students are survivors of violence and are still probable targets of an obsessed killer. (9780345515636) New York: Ballantine Books, c2012. $27.00
  3. Hand, Elizabeth. Errantry: strange stories. Collection of imaginative, disquieting stories drawn from everyday life. Hand lives in Camden. (9781618730305)? Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, c2012. $16.00 pbk
  4. Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller. Dragon Ship. Theo Waitley must pilot a self-aware spaceship in an effort to rescue hundreds of other pilots and crewmen stranded near a hostile planet. Sequel to Ghost Ship, part of the Liaden Universe Series. The authors live in Winslow. (9781451637984) New York: Simon & Schuster, c2012. $22.00
  5. March, Mia. The Meryl Streep movie club.? Meryl Streep movie nights encourage three women to think differently about their families, loves, and futures.? Set in Boothbay Harbor. (9781451655391) New York: Gallery Books, c2012. $15.00 pbk ?
  6. Pahigian, Josh. Strangers on the beach. After a failed sailing stunt billionaire Ferdinand Sevigny arrives in Old Orchard Beach, followed by a series of mysterious events that threaten the close-knit community. The author is an adjunct professor at the University of New England. He lives in Bucksport. ?(9781934031834) Yarmouth, ME: Islandport Press, c2012. $22.95.
  7. Reid, Van. Moss farm. The gentleman of the Moosepath League of Portland are involved with romantic tangles, imaginary companions, and hapless thieves. Sixth in the series by Edgecomb author Reid. ?(9781467503822) Augusta, ME: The Moose Path Press, c2012. $14.00 pbk
  8. Roorbach, Bill. Life among giants. ?David Hochmeyer is a football star at Princeton, an NFL quarterback? and the chef-owner of a high-end restaurant, but his life is driven by the desire to find out who murdered his parents and why. The author lives in western Maine. (9781616200763) Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c2012. $24.95

Children?s and Young Adult

  1. Bryan, Ashley. Who built the stable? Nativity poem that imagines a young shepherd boy built the stable where Jesus was born. Illustrations of tempera and acrylic. Ashley Bryan lives on Islesford. ((9781442409347) New York: Simon and Schuster, c2012. $16.99 picture book (PreS-3)
  2. Egan, Kate. Kate and Nate are running late! Rhyming story about getting ready for the school day. Egan? lives in Brunswick. (9781250000804) New York: Feiwel and Friends, c2012. $16.99 (PreS-2)
  3. Emberley, Rebecca and Ed Emberley. Mice on ice. Little skating mice are joined by a large cat in this easy reader.? Illustrations feature cut paper. Rebecca Emberley lives in Kittery. (9780823425761) New York: Holiday House, c2012. $14.95 (PreS-2)
  4. Halfmann, Janet. Eggs 123: who will the babies be? Counting book featuring animals that lay eggs. Art work created with paper and fabric collage on fold out pages.? Children?s book debut of Portland artist Betsy Thompson. (9781609051914) Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple Books, c2012. $17.99 picture book (PreS-2)
  5. Nash. Scott. The high-skies adventures of Blue Jay the pirate. The discovery of a giant egg leads to mystery, intrigue and more treasure for the Grosbeak?s crew of bird pirates. Nash lives on Peak Island. (9780763632649) Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, c2012. $17.99 (4-7)
  6. Obed, Ellen Bryan. Twelve kinds of ice. Twenty brief chapters about winter ice and the pleasure it brings to the Bryan family. The author is a Maine native who lives in Dover-Foxcroft. (9780618891290) Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, c2012. $16.99 (1-3)
  7. Rappaport, Doreen. Helen?s Big World. Helen Keller?s own words are featured in this picture book biography. Includes chronology and suggestions for further reading. Illustrator Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit. (9780786808908) New York: Hyperion Books, c2012. $17.99 picture book (K-3)
  8. Thomson, Sarah L. Cinderella. A retelling of the tale based on the Perrault version. Thomson lives in Portland. (9780761461708) New York: Marshall Cavendish, c2012. $17.99 picture book (PreS and up)