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This book features sweeping, beautiful photos of the sea, of the woods, gardens, sculpture, rocks, festivals, people enjoying the Zen of the garden of the senses, children building fairy houses, and so much more. The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens includes writing from more than a dozen contributors, including Maureen Heffernan, the Executive Director of the Gardens, William Cullina, a widely published gardening writer and photographer, horticulturalists, landscape architects, and others involved in envisioning, designing, and building the different facets of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

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This book tells the story of Maine barns, as well as the Mainers who have worked in, worked on and even resided in Maine's barns.  From modest English to grand Victorian, Don Perkins examines the structures, origins and evolution of Maine’s barns, demonstrating the vital and precious role they play in people’s lives.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls presents an upbeat personal account of his youth, his parents and the 1950s upstate New York town they struggled to escape, recounting the encroaching poverty and illness that challenged everyday life and the dreams his mother instilled that inspired his career. 

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Draws on first-person diaries and letters to trace the pivotal contributions of the American diplomat throughout the Franco-Prussian war, documenting his efforts to provide supplies to Americans and other nationals before offering strategic aid to victims of the radical successive government regime.

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The Edgar Award-winning author of the Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series presents a dramatic and vivid account of his 1976 solo transatlantic journey, in an edition that features a new afterword that looks back on how the voyage transformed his life. A hardcover reissue.

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A star quarterback and his sister spend decades trying to figure out who murdered their parents, uncovering the involvement and possible motives of a ballerina and her rock star husband who lived in a mansion across the street.

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A book of recipes from Portland's own Standard Baking Co.  Yum!

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From the cover:  Billionaire Ferdinand Sevigny is brave, bold, and brash.  But his latest stunt -- to sail blindfolded, single-handed, across the Atlantic -- goes horribly awry, depositing him onto the summer tourist town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine.  His sudden arrival triggers a series of sinister events that even he cannot forestall:  a naked woman washes up on a beach; a confused teen-aged boy stumbles upon a crime; a naive policeman struggles with a deadly conflict of interest.  Now, Sevigny, and all those whose lives he touches, must make decisions that will define them forever.

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Well-known and sought-after architectural photographer Vanden Brink includes photographs of lost, abandoned and lonely looking manmade structures from across the country.

 

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In this visually immersive book, William Wegman explores his own work under a new light. Focusing on the early influences that have formed a foundation for his art, Wegman juxtaposes his work with a variety of found materials.

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Recent divorceé Sarah Draycott moves to picturesque Seal Glass village where she helps a widow cope with her ill son, and assists a 9-year-old orphan uncover the secrets surrounding the mysterious Cully Mansion; and soon loves finds her when she least expects in.

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A latest work blending Eastern Orthodox mysticism and Western Christianity by the best-selling author of The Mountain of Silence combines dialogue, travelogue and history to connect ancient spiritual practices with modern spirituality, addressing questions in such areas as life after death, near-death experiences and consciousness beyond the grave.

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The best-selling author of God Stories by a director of Pilots N Paws shares inspiring tales about dogs who advanced spiritual enlightenment in the humans whose lives they touched, from a Chihuahua who detected breast cancer in her owner to a Rottweiler who prevented her owner from committing suicide.