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"Discover the Berkshires from A to Z. Lively verses, informative text, and beautiful photography introduce children to this area full of natural beauty and cultural richness."--Page 4 of cover.

There's something smoldering in the drop-dead pretty town of Sanctuary, Maine, and veteran crime reporter Jack McMorrow is back to sniff it out. In this long-awaited tenth installment of the wildly popular McMorrow mystery series, best-selling author Gerry Boyle crafts a smoking-hot story that will keep you riveted until the very last page.

The Garrison Keillor of New Hampshire takes his readers on a delightful romp through the imaginary town of Frost Heaves, through the character he has created, Fred Marple, on the variety show of the same name.

This searing graphic novel goes inside the head of Ann Putnam, the only girl to apologize for sending 26 people to their death in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

The timeless world of Maine's best-loved sporting artist, Tom Hennessey, comes effortlessly to life in his latest collection, Leave Some For Seed. With words and pen-and-ink illustration, Hennessey renders the charm, beauty, and attraction of the outdoorsman's life with utmost grace, while recounting tales from his own hunting and fishing adventures. A book that will enthrall sportsmen (and dog owners) of all ages, and those for generations to come.

Glenna Johnson Smith returns in this follow-up to her runaway hit, Old Maine Woman, to explore the range of human experience through personal anecdotes, from being a girl growing up in rural Aroostook County to the bewilderment of getting older, to the gratitude for a life lived on her own terms.

Young Joe Livingston has a very active imagination! And when his favorite Aunt goes missing, he and his family journey through the wilds of Maine to rescue her from the clutches of Cracker - The Beast of Briney Bay!

A collection of humorous commentaries expressing the concerns of Smalltown, New England's Joe Wright, an ordinary, middle-aged man struggling to understand and cope with life in the twenty-first century.

There's a lake with a loon and two chicks. Sounds peaceful, right? Guess again. The Lake Where Loon Lives starts quietly, but the story builds, one line at a time, to a wacky and wonderful splashy crescendo, as the loons are joined by a playful fly, a slippery fish, and a curious boy on the dock. Brenda Reeves Sturgis treats us to fanciful and evocative word play while Brooke Carlton's exuberant watercolors tell the story behind the story. Mama Loon rolls her eyes and tolerates the antics that take place on the lake until, at the end, she snuggles with her chicks who are ready for sleep, just as the readers of this wonderful picture book will be.

Introduces the sights, sounds, culture, and history of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, including its fishing industry, wildlife, and famous cranberries.

A group of fly fishermen in Maine begin a contest to determine what catches more fish: dry flies or wet flies.

Emerging from his darker days, McMorrow finds that the quiet life in the Maine woods that he planned isn't quite so quiet when he has to tangle with rural hippies, brutal drug dealers, and a county fair, all culminating in searing violence that strikes very close to home.

An anthology celebrating 200 years of Maine Christmas stories

The stakes have never been higher for Cooper Wilder. When an accident puts Cooper's dad in the hospital, Cooper must shoulder some new responsibilities. But he's distracted. First, he and his friends find a fox caught in an illegal trap on the campground's land. Then kits start to go missing from the fox den. Who would want to catch foxes? And why? Cooper, Packrat, and Roy must protect the den, find the kits, and rule out Summer, the new girl who lives across the lake, as a suspect. Juggling new campground duties, feeling guilty over his father's accident, and desperate to help the fox kits, Cooper must make some tough decisions about who--and what--should come first.

My Life in the Maine Woods recounts Annette Jackson's North Woods experiences during the 1930s when she, her husband, and their children lived in a small cabin on the shore of Umsaskis Lake. Jackson, an avid sportswoman and nature lover, writes of hunting, fishing, campfire cooking, and the sounds of the wilderness through the seasons. She visits trappers and woodsmen, and tells what it's like to sleep on a bed of pine boughs under the stars that shine on the legendary Allagash. This new edition expands on Jackson's original, including not only new photographs, author biography, and foreword, but also new material from Jackson and revisions she made following its original publication.

John Ford Sr. returns to the outdoors of Maine with This Cider Still Tastes Funny! Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine, his follow-up to the highly popular and critically acclaimed Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good. Ford is a retired Maine game warden, sheriff, and gifted storyteller who carved out a reputation as a man of the law, but one who wasn't a by-the-book enforcer. He often came up with a good quip as he slipped the handcuffs on a violator, and he wasn't above accepting a lesson learned as sufficient penalty for breaking the law. He was also more than willing to laugh at himself. As Kate Braestrup, author of the New York Times bestseller Here if you Need Me, said, John Ford's stories from his long career as a Maine game warden are offered with humility and good humor, and demonstrate an abiding affection for the land, creatures, and quirky characters of Maine. Ford is an appealing character, a great storyteller, and he's FUNNY.

"In A Countryman's Journal, originally published in 1981, author Roy Barrette describes life on his small Maine farm. Equipped with a few barnyard animals, a library full of his favorite literature, and an abundance of home-grown produce, Amen Farm in Brooklin gave Barrette the fuel to create thoughtful and evocative essays out of his everyday life for publication in the local newspaper, the Ellsworth American. Through his appreciation of the old New England country-from canning his own vegetables and steaming fresh clams to taking walks with his spaniel and aiding in the birth of new calves-Barrette creates a world apart from the regementation of urban living. After departing from city life himself in 1958, Barrette spent time digging clams, making jam, and taking in the Maine countryside and A Countryman's Journal serves as his love letter to these simple pleasures"--

Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine. celebrates more than 300 of the natural wonders, characters, inventors, historical firsts, legends, and landmarks, that give the state its zest.

Cooper, Packrat and friends are hoping for winter fun at their favorite campground. But a mysterious lynx kit, a reckless snowmobiler, and a potentially dangerous poacher send them off on a snowy adventure to solve a new mystery and save the day.

Always in Season gives you inviting, approachable, delicious recipes you can prepare the same day you come home from the farmer's market with a bag full of local produce, or find your CSA box full of unfamiliar vegetables. Elise Richer takes you through each month of the year, highlighting a few select ingredients that are in season each month, and giving you fresh ideas on how to use them without having to run to specialty grocery stores for rare ingredients or set aside half a day for prepping and cooking. Entrees, side dishes, soups, and baked goods are all featured, showcasing traditional and contemporary ways of using what is available locally, along with recipes from far flung locations which put those same local ingredients to use in creative new ways. A Resources section will help you locate a farmer's market near you, learn how to choose a CSA that's right for you, and guide your decisions for safe and healthy cooking.