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ll Things Maine February 2021 As February draws to a close and we head into March, we at the Maine State Library continue to move into new surroundings and re-locate collections to new homes. The move is going well but, as you may imagine, is a huge undertaking. Due to COVID-19 and the need for safe protocols for both patrons and staff members, we have not yet set a date for re-opening. Please continue to monitor our homepage -- www.maine.gov/msl -- for updates and more information. We appreciate your continued patience and understanding. Thank you!
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The Oracle Pool
by Agnes Bushell
Tells the story of Ruth Gaffary, a PhD student in classics, who witnesses a tragic accident at an ancient oracle site in Aegean Turkey. Ruth soon comes to believe the site is still an active place of prophecy and healing, and informs her guardian, Reverend Grace, that she intends to stay and investigate. When Ruth is later reported missing, Grace travels to Turkey in search of her, but instead finds herself on a journey into her own past. (Maine Author).
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Landslide
by Susan Conley
A gorgeous, jewel of a novel about a mother caring for her two sons while everything else--her marriage, the fishing industry her New England community relies on - threatens to crumble around her. (Maine Author). (Maine Setting).
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Minus Me
by Mameve Medwed
After receiving a scary medical diagnosis, a sandwich shop owner, Annie, decides to leave her comically incompetent husband step-by-step instructions for a life without her, but is stymied when her diva of a mother arrives bring chaos and disruption. (Maine Author). (Maine Setting).
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Ernie's Ark: The Abbott Falls Stories
by Monica Wood
In ten interlinking stories, the town of Abbot Falls reacts as Ernie Whitten, pipefitter, builds an ark in his backyard. The community itself is struggling to survive as a strike at the local paper mill wears on. (Maine Author). (Maine Setting).
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History and Current Events
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Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Mighty Paper Industry
by Michael G. Hillard
From the early twentieth century until the 1960s, Maine was the nation's leading producer of paper, with companies like Great Northern Paper, Oxford Paper and S. D. Warren owning more than half of the state's land, running company towns, and dominating politics throughout the state. But by the 1980s, the workforce was less than a quarter of what it once was. In this book, Michael G. Hillard details what happened to destroy the industry. (Maine Author/Subject).
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True North: Finding the Essence of Aroostook
by Kathryn Olmstead
Northern Maine retains qualities of life that many people long for in today's world. The pace can be slower, nature is close, the beauty is breathtaking, and the people are authentic. Kathryn Olmstead, a transplant from Michigan more than forty decades ago, considers it a place mysterious to those who have not been there and unforgettable to those who have. Her collection of essays gleaned from her years writing for Echoes magazine and the Bangor Daily News share her introductions to rural life and wildlife in an attempt to reveal the universal in the particular—the night sky and ice-out, the people and their cultural roots, and the intimacy with nature in every season. The title True North describes the quality of life portrayed in Olmstead's essays—an orienting point, internal and geographic, that keeps a person on track in a world sometimes at odds with nature and with basic human goodness. Combined they affirm that traditional values are still alive in places like Aroostook County, Maine. (Maine Author/Subject).
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The Power of Yet
by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
A little pig, frustrated by the limitations of his young age and small size, is encouraged to keep trying, growing, and learning until he meets his goals. (Grade K-1). (Maine Author/Illustrator).
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Find a Moose with Me!: A Countdown Adventure
by Suzanne Buzby Hersey Illustrated by Ashley Halsey
A beautifully illustrated counting book for young children. It's Oscar's first moose hunt, and his parents know the perfect place to find a moose. Join Oscar on this exciting adventure! Be sure to keep an eye out for turtles, loons, and squiggly worms! Let's count some critters along the way - but will we spot a moose today? (Pre-K). (Maine Author). (Maine Illustrator).
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Death Comes Knocking: A Thea Kozak Mystery
by Kate Flora
Happy to finally be settling into her new home, a heavily pregnant Thea Kozak is rushing to get the baby’s room finished when she’s surprised by a visit from her new neighbor, Jessica, who is equally pregnant. Thrilled to meet another new mother in the neighborhood, Thea and Jessica bond over their mutual condition. A week later, Thea arrives at Jessica's house for a planned shopping trip to discover Jessica is gone, leaving only a trash bag of women's clothing at the end of the driveway. Returning home, there's a disturbing voice mail from Jessica: "Please, Thea. Don’t worry about me. If anyone comes looking for me, you don’t know me. You’ve never seen me. Don’t tell them anything." (Maine Author).
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Never Far Away
by Michael Koryta
Placed in witness protection in remote northern Maine, Leah risks exposing herself to the dangerous forces of her past when her homesick children run away. (Maine Author). (Maine Setting).
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Fire in the Blood: A Novel
by Perry O'Brien
A traumatized Army soldier in Afghanistan goes AWOL and finds the limits of his military training tested when he tries to uncover the truth behind his wife's fatal hit-and-run accident. (Maine Author).
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The Scorpion's Tail
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
A sequel to "Old Bones" finds FBI agent Corrie Swanson and Santa Fe archaeologist Nora Kelly investigating the mummified corpse of a long-dead victim who died in agony while holding a mysterious sixteenth-century gold cross. (Maine Author).
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Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings
by Alan P. Lightman
Before the discovery of quarks, we hadn't imagined anything smaller than protons and neutrons. Are quarks the end of the line, the smallest imaginable objects in nature? Can the universe be divided into infinitely smaller units in the same way the universe is ever-expanding? Alan Lightman explores these questions in his characteristic accessible and lyrical prose, considering the igniting element behind consciousness, the origin of life, the anatomy of a smile, our fickle memories. (Maine Author).
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Little Big Year: Chasing Acadia's Birds
by Richard Wayne MacDonald
Join field biologist Richard MacDonald on a year-long journey to document the birds of Acadia National Park and Downeast Maine. Although the book is about birds, it is not just for birders. Anyone with an interest in nature should read this book. (Maine Author/Subject/Setting).
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Enter Shadow, Enter Light: Late-Life Poems
by Shirley Glubka
From the author: "When I was a young woman I wrote a poem in which I went to the ocean on the day I turned 80, sat on a substantial rock, and let myself die. This was a gentle and welcome death. I'm 78 now, feeling the nearness of 80. I no longer expect to have total control over my death (of course not) but I do expect this life of mine to collect itself and move on at some point, so I'm gathering. Enter Shadow, Enter Light, with its 84 poems, is the result of sorting: reading, revising, choosing, discarding from a list written almost entirely in my 70s--poems I wrote while also writing my second novel and several chapbooks. I think of this as my final poetry collection, though one never knows. " (Maine Poet).
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The Secret Ingredient
by K.D. Fisher
For single mom Adah Campbell, the executive chef job at a posh restaurant in quaint South Bay, Maine is a dream come true--and the perfect opportunity to start over. Free-spirited Beth Summers has stepped in to run her family's small-town café, but she's out of ideas for moving forward. As sparks fly, both chefs have to decide if they are willing to make sacrifices, or if it really too many cooks in the kitchen. (LGBTQ). (Maine Author). (Maine Setting).
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