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The Best Drives in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
by Kay and Bill Scheller
$21.95
Twenty-two driving tours showcase Northern New England's best, from Maine lobsters and lighthouses, to New Hampshire's mountains, to Vermont's covered bridges. Complete with maps, photos, lodging and restaurant guides, and more.
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Black Fly Stew: Wild Maine Recipes
by Kate Krukowski Gooding
19.95
Here's your chance to shine in the kitchen with new and easy wild game recipes. I cannot count the number of times I have heard people say "I've never had a good game meat dinner." Now you can! You will enjoy the tasty combination of spices from your own cupboard or dare to be different and try new products from around the U.S. From Northern Solstice Publishing.
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The Cows are Out!
Two Decades on a Maine Dairy Farm
By Trudy Chambers Price
$16.95
Trudy Chambers Price wonderfully captures the simple pleasures,
the never-ending work and the financial uncertainty that go hand-in-hand
with the life of a dairy farmer.
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down the road a piece:
A Storyteller's Guide to Maine
by John McDonald
$15.95
We thought about calling this "Get Lost with John McDonald."
John wanted to call it just "Get Lost!" Regardless of
the title, John is back, this time offering tips to tourists and
trying to help them better "understand" the state of Maine-from
its history to its weather to its unique vocabulary. Also great
for natives looking to brush up on their home state or just looking
to laugh. Hilarious.
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Favorite Island Recipes
Frenchboro Congregational Church
$15.95
Recipes, history and photographs by friends, visitors and residents of Frenchboro. Includes 325 favorite recipes -- some from earlier Frenchboro cookbooks as well as many new recipes. Recipes feature blueberries, lobster, clams and many other island favorites!
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A Fisherman's Guide to Maine
by Kevin Tracewski
$19.95
A Fisherman's Guide to Maine tells you where, when, and how to catch game fish in Maine. From migrating striped bass along the south coast to native brook trout in the North Woods, this book provides visiting and resident anglers with the information they need. Both veterans and novices will benefit from the author's knowledge of aquatic biology and his years of fishing experience throughout Maine.
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Hauling by Hand:
The Life and Times of a Maine Island
By Dean Lawrence Lunt
$22.95 [currently out of stock]
The remarkable story of Frenchboro, Long Island, one of Maine's last remaining year-round island communities, by an eighth generation native. One of the most authentic looks at life on a Maine island and the people who lived it. Called a "gem" by Maine Boats & Harbors and "the real thing" by The Courier-Gazette.
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Headin' for the Rhubarb
A New Hampshire Dictionary (well, kinda)
By Rebecca Rule
$16.95
The storyteller and author of "Live Free and Eat Pie" is at it again, with a dictionary (well, kinda) of the state of New Hampshire's unique vernacular and pronunciations. Godfrey mighty, it's funny!
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Here for Generations:
The Story of a Maine Bank and its City
By Dean Lawrence Lunt
$24.95
Here for Generations: The Story of a Maine Bank and its City
uses the 150-year history of Bangor Savings Bank and the adventures
of its founders to tell the dramatic tale of Bangor as it transformed
from frontier town to Lumber Capital of the World to vital commerce
center.
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A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine
By Hugh L. Dwelley
$20.00
Island-native Hugh Dwelley recounts the history of Little Cranberry
Island (and the village of Islesford) from its founding in the 1700s
through the modern day. Little Cranberry sits in the shadow of Acadia
National Park and is one of only 14 year-round island communities
that remain in Maine, down from about 300 at the turn of the last
century.
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In Maine
By John N. Cole
$21.95 [currently out of stock]
Collection of essays by the late John N. Cole. Cole writes with
passion about his life, the outdoors and the glorious rhythms of
nature. Originally released in the 1970s and unavailable for two
decades, this revised Islandport Press edition features new essays
and photographs.
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John McDonald's Maine Trivia
A Storyteller's Useful Guide to Useless Information
By John McDonald
$16.95
COMING MARCH 2012: Professional storyteller John McDonald, author of the now-classic A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar, offers up his unique take on Maine trivia. John delivers an educational and hilarious mix of basic and fun facts about the Pine Tree State, including, of course, more than a few wicked funny stories.
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Lighthouses of Maine
by Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones
$9.95
A winning combination of practical travel information, stunning color photographs, and rich maritime history makes Lighthouses of Maine your essential guide to maritime beacons in the Pine Tree State.
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Live Free and Eat Pie!
A Storyteller's Guide to New Hampshire
by Rebecca Rule
$15.95
Anyone who hopes to
visit or has visited New
Hampshire, and, heck, even
anyone who LIVES there,
will delight in this hilarious
guide to the Granite State.
Popular New Hampshire
storyteller Rebecca Rule
provides her interpretation
of the state’s history,
culture, climate, attractions,
vernacular, and more!
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A Maine Summer Island:
The Story of Bustins
by F. Benjamin Carr
$16.95
Bustins lies just a mile or two offshore from the hustle and
bustle of the tourist mecca of Freeport, yet most people know little, if anything, about it. With more than 100 homes and its own ferry service, Bustins has no electricity, no businesses
and almost no vehicles. Ben, a longtime Bustins summer resident, takes readers from the island’s beginnings as a farming community to its transformation into a summer
colony while adapting to a changing world.
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A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar:
Tales from Maine
By John McDonald
$14.95
Classic stories, stretched truths and wry observations of life in the Pine Tree State by columnist and professional storyteller John McDonald.
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My Life in the Maine Woods
by Annette Jackson
$15.95
Originally published in 1954, My Life in the Maine Woods has been revised and updated by the author's daughter. 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.
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Nine Mile Bridge
By Helen Hamlin
$15.95
In this critically acclaimed Maine classic, first published in 1945,
Helen Hamlin writes of her adventures teaching school at a remote
Maine lumber camp and then of living deep in the Maine wilderness
with her game warden husband. Her experiences — from snowbound months
in a two-room cabin to sub-zero treks for food to the sheer joy
of spring–are a must-read for anyone who loves the untamed nature
and wondrous beauty of Maine's north woods and the unique spirit
of those who lived there.
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Not Too Awful Bad A Storyteller's Guide to Vermont
by Leon Thompson
$15.95
Vermont writer and journalist Leon Thompson delivers up a "guide" to the Green Mountain State as only a real insider can. The reporter and award-winning humor columnist for the St. Albans Messenger tackles his home state's history, culture, seasons, attractions, vernacular, and much, much more.
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Old Maine Woman
Stories from The Coast to The County
by Glenna Johnson Smith
$16.95
Glenna Johnson Smith writes with eloquence and humor about the complexities, absurdities, and pleasures of the every day, from her nostalgic looks at her childhood on the Maine coast in the 1920s and 1930s, to her observations of life under the big sky and among the rolling potato fields of her beloved Aroostook County, where she has lived for nearly seven decades.
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Our Daily Tread
Thoughts for an inspired life
by Lisa M. Belisle
$24.95
Our Daily Tread features daily inspirational and thought-provoking quotes (presented within the framework of a perpetual calendar). The book also features personal essays, photographs, and children's artwork submitted by the volunteers and supporters of Safe Passage, a Maine-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poorest, at-risk children of families who work in the Guatemala City garbage dump. Sales of the book will benefit Safe Passage.
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The Place He Made
by Edie Clark
$18.95
Edie Clark's The Place He Made has been reissued by popular demand and updated with an all-new chapter, written nearly twenty years after Paul's death, giving perspective to this enduring story.
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The Road to Down Street The Story of North Bath
by Nancy Lovetere
$22.95
North Bath, Maine, is set on a beautiful peninsula rich not only in its pristine beauty but also in its history. Native Nancy Dearborn Lovetere brings this historic Maine community to life in a meticulously-researched book.
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Saturday Beans & Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary's Farm
by Edie Clark
$14.95
Saturday
Beans & Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary’s
Farm, is tha latest effort from longtime Yankee magazine columnist Edie Clark
and Powersbridge Press. Edie’s book offers life-saving iced tea,
Indian pudding “as it should be,” cod cheeks, dandelion wine, and
baked beans from those who know best. But this is really a book
of Edie’s stories far more than a book of recipes, and it’s well
worth a taste (sorry again!).
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Shoutin' into the Fog: Growing up on Maine's Ragged Edge
by Thomas Hanna
$15.95
Shoutin' Into the Fog: Growing up on Maine's Ragged Edgeis a gritty Depression era memoir of life in Midcoast Maine. This touching memoir brings to life a time and place in Maine that is not often written about, yet stands as testament to the resiliency and spirit of all Mainers.
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Simple Gourmet Lamb with Side Dishes & Wine Pairings
by Kate Krukowski Gooding
$9.95
The author of Black Fly Stew: Wild Maine Recipes is back with delightful book focused on lamb dishes. This cookbook allows you to create an entire meal that you, your family, friends, and guests can all enjoy. These dishes are not complicated, you don't need to be in the kitchen for two days to prepare a meal, and they allow you to use many of the ingredients that are already in your pantry.
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States of Grace
By Edie Clark
$19.95
States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees is Yankee columnist Clark at her award-winning best, telling stories of both famous and ordinary New Englanders.
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The Story of Mount Desert Island
By Samuel Eliot Morrison
$15.95
The Story of Mount Desert Island tells the fascinating history of one of Maine's most famous and popular islands by master historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samuel Eliot Morison. It remains perhaps the most authentic book on the island's early history.
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Suddenly the Cider Didn't Taste So Good
Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine
By John Ford, Sr.
$16.95
COMING APRIL 2012: Retired Maine Game Warden and former sheriff John Ford offers a collection of true tales, both humorous and serious, from the trenches of law enforcement.
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Tales from Misery Ridge
By Paul J. Fournier
$16.95
available as an eBook
Tales from Misery Ridge, One man's adventures in the great outdoors is a collection of stories about Fournier's experiences and adventures in Maine's great North Woods and beyond.
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Thirteen is a lucky number:
The Campbell Family
By Trudy Chambers Price
$18.95
If you love Aroostook County, this is the book for you. If you love small-town America, here it is in Fort Fairfield, Maine. The Campbell family is an extraordinary example of excellent work ethic, cooperation, love, sharing and support both within their family and within their community.
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Those Damned Yankees:
The Not-So-Great History of Baseball's Evil Empire
By Clarke Canfield
$15.95
No team in professional sports is more hated than the New York Yankees. From the arrogance of their fans to the team’s massive wealth and privilege to the very pinstripes that adorn the home whites, it is a team that people simply love to hate. Finally, here is a sports history that counters the myth and relates the trials and tribulations of baseball’s Evil Empire. Every rich and juicy detail is here: the disastrous seasons, the blowout losses, the infantile behavior of players, the horrible trades and all the crushing World Series and playoff defeats. It is a book to warm the hearts of Yankee haters and true baseball fans everywhere.
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Two Farms:
Essays on a Maine Country Life
By Janet Galle
$15.95
The fabric of rural Maine, a place like no other, comes to life
in this collection of essays written throughout the seasons and
through the changing years.
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The View from Mary's Farm
by Edie Clark
$14.95 [temporarily out of stock]
A collection of Edie’s essays from Yankee magazine, written
about life on the farm she owns in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. Published by Powersbridge Press.
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☆ Where Cool Waters Flow
Four Seasons with a Master Maine Guide
by Randy Spencer
$15.95
available as an eBook
Fish the waters and walk the woods of Grand Lake Stream, Maine, with Randy Spencer as he provides an insider's look at this natural wonder and renowned sportsman's paradise.
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