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All Things Maine June 2020 The Maine State Library opened for curbside delivery on June 8th. Books held in our collection ONLY are available for order and pickup via our catalog, URSUS. (Please see our website www.maine.gov/msl for further information). Books held in other libraries are NOT available until further notice.
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Exit 8
by John Bragg
Construction of the nation's massive interstate highway system is underway, heading north, tearing through the bucolic Connecticut River Valley. Unstoppable. In its path, sits the small Vermont hill farm that Roland Tuttle's ancestors settled generations ago, where Roland has spent his entire life--caring for his animals, plowing with his team of horses, harvesting by hand, walking to town. Living in the past. Exit 8 tells the history of the Tuttle family and Roland's place in that history. It is a story of personal choice, nature's dark beauty, and the often unremarked costs of progress, but most of all it is the story of Roland Tuttle, a man confronted with the loss of the only world he knows and loves. (Maine Author).
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High Green: A Story of An Irish-American Railroader
by Herbert Cleaves
High Green traces John Shanahan's return to the only job he ever wanted, his blossoming love for Jenny, and his realization that he must expand his horizons beyond those of a locomotive engineer. (Maine Author).
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As the Crow Flies: Ruminations on Life and Living.
by Phil Crossman
As the Crow Flies is a second collection of stories and reflections by Vinalhaven essayist Phil Crossman. The first, Away Happens, was acclaimed by Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Richard Eder as “having drawn out the human comedy of a place that is all face to face encounters,” and by readers as “the funniest book ever written about down east Maine.” (Maine Author. Maine Subject).
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The Maine Point
by Irene Drago
When Anna Malone, a Maine screenwriter, rents an apartment at Marshall Point, she’s inspired to write about its historic lighthouse. As she prepares to publish her first novel, she meets Dan Leone, a New York editor, and they soon discover their Maine connection: Their grandmothers, The Maine Point continues the story of Daughters of Long Reach and illuminates how “fair winds and following seas” can bring a family home. (Maine Author. Maine Subject).
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Viewers Like You: A Novel
by Dana Pearson
A man and a puppet were talking on a pier.” So begins this satirical tale of an irreverent and wildly popular Portland, Maine cable TV show that catches everyone off guard...the people who created it, the people who love watching it, and the people who find it morally reprehensible. "The George & Harry Show" was a hit straight out of the box, but there’s something about one of the co-hosts that raises the hackles of a crusading group of moral watchdogs. (Maine Author. Maine Setting).
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My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Asked to help defend an older high-school English teacher with whom she had an affair at age 15, Vanessa struggles to choose between her romantic teen illusions and harrowing adult perceptions. (Maine Author).
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Prospects: Mining Maine for Riches, A Novel
by Robert W. Spencer
When Canadian miner Clarence Potter moves to Maine in 1897 to make his fortune working the Oxford County pegmatite mines, he finds himself immersed in a welcoming community of native Mainers, except for herbalist Widow Stevens who makes life difficult. The story takes place with a backdrop of the Maine mining scene at the turn of the twentieth century. (Maine Author. Maine Subject. Maine Setting).
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Brown Ash Baskets: A North American Tradition
by Brian Theriault
The Theriault Family has been making traditional brown ash baskets for over 50 years. In this book, they provide instructions on how to select the best ash trees to harvest, how to make molds and tools to create your own baskets. (Maine Authors. Maine Subject).
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What about worms!?
by Mo Willems illustrated by Ryan T. Higgins
Tiger unwittingly helps some worms overcome their fear of tigers with a well-placed, informative book, but will a wormy hug aid a fearful Tiger? (Maine Author. Maine Illustrator).
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Pressing Matters: A Milliken Mills Novel
by Bruce A. Fleming
Power, affluence, reign, the Nolans have it all. Blackmail, manipulation, and backstabbing, the Nolans do it all. Owners of the largest newspaper company on the east coast, centered in Milliken Mills, Maine, the Nolans fight the changing times and themselves. But how far will they go? At this year’s annual company bash, someone ends up dead. (Maine Author. Maine Setting).
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Death of a Blueberry Tart
by Lee Hollis
When her mother becomes a prime suspect in the murder of her old high school rival, Hayley Powell must delay her honeymoon to investigate, while her mother, Sheila, decides to do her own amateur sleuthing with the help of some old friends. (Maine Author)
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Penance: A Novel
by Edward Daniel Hunt
PENANCE is the first book in a series of crime novels featuring retired Boston homicide detective John Gilfillan. This story is about the race to find Lori Doyle. Ten years ago, Lori, as a teenager, witnessed a killing. Today, she has established a new life for herself and her daughter in Maine under an alias. Unbeknownst to her, all that’s about to change, as some are seeking her out to do her harm and some to do her good. (Maine Author. Maine Setting).
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Bombshell
by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall
Former CIA operative-turned-movie producer Teddy Fay becomes embroiled in two sticky situations involving a vengeful criminal thug and malicious gossip that is overshadowing the career of a rising Centurion star. (Maine Author).
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Life List: Field Notes of a Maine Birdwatcher
by Ken Janes
Recording and photographing the birds of the beaches, fields and rivers of the Kennebunk, ME area, Ken Janes has created a journal documenting the rich diversity of bird species found along the coast of southern Maine. (Maine Author/photographer. Maine Subject).
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Squaretail: the Definitive Guide to Brook Trout and Where to Find Them
by Bob Mallard
Brook trout are indicators of cold, clean water and healthy ecosystems, and this is the most complete guide to the fish ever written. It not only includes information on tackle and techniques but important conservation information and an in-depth section on top brook trout destinations, from Maine to Argentina. (Maine Author. Maine Subject).
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Wild Critters of Maine: Everyday Encounters
by Tom Seymour.
With the same lively, accessible storytelling as his previous books, including Wild Plants of Maine, Tom Seymour introduces and describes the characteristics of many of Maine's treasured animals. From the white-tailed deer plowing through the snow to forage on saplings to the red-winged blackbird indicating when the brown trout are coming to the surface--each of the critters is given plenty of space to show their best colors. (Maine Author. Maine Subject).
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Principles of Economics
by Kristen Case
Principles of Economics is a series of interconnected elegies for the poet's former partner and her father, who died within 6 months of each other. (Maine Author).
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Call It Magic: A Spellbound Falls Romance
by Janet Chapman
The newest member of the Spellbound Falls Fire and Rescue team, Katy MacBain, who disappeared for three weeks before arriving on the job, must hide her secrets from her hot new boss, Gunnar Wolfe, who is determined to uncover where she was. (Maine Author. Maine Setting).
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