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A curated collection of essays by outdoors columnist John Holyoke features people who are passionate about the outdoors and memorable encounters with creatures--from salmon to deer to moose to squirrels--that fascinate and confound.

Gerry Boyle is at the top of his form in the riveting Petty Dead, his seventh novel to feature Maine crime reporter Jack McMorrow. When Jack's significant other, social service worker Roxanne Masterson, investigates allegations of physical abuse concerning the young daughter of Boston bluebloods David and Maddie Connelly, Jack senses a story. And it's a story he gets, but not the one he'd figured on. Jack and Roxanne are invited to a weekend retreat at the Connellys' Blue Harbor estate, during which a beautiful young staff member steals the show, but soon winds up dead. Jack and Roxanne delve into all the unpleasant possibilities, but heavy muscle shows up to discourage Jack's search, and a phone message soon forces him to put his cards on the table and the Connellys to unveil a dark secret from the past that could destroy far more than the family image. In the end, Jack must decide just where to draw the line between his friendship with the Connellys and his responsibility as a journalist to write the truth.

The Sea Flower (1964) centers on two down-and-out orphans, a persnickety cat, an eccentric fisherman, and the hurricane that brings them together. Marney Lessard and Liz Bigelow separately fled from trouble only to find themselves adrift on the same luxury houseboat. When they run aground on a nearly deserted Maine island, Arvid Small comes to their rescue. Stout and friendly, the island's one seasonal resident attempts to change their fortunes with the help of some friends who are as genuine as the coastal Maine folk Ruth Moore knew herself.

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.

"Just Up The Road: A Year Discovering People, Places, and What Comes Next in the Pine Tree State follows Chelsea Diehl's year-long journey through the state of Maine as she travels far and near to complete one hundred adventures and hopefully gain insight into what she wants to do next with her life. Through candid, humorous, and personal accounts of new and revisited journeys, readers will follow along on her trail of stays, discoveries, hikes, and meals--all while getting to meet some of the people that make them possible and possibly learning a little about the things that truly matter." -- back cover.

Glorious Penobscot Bay, on the coast of Maine, with its quaint mainland towns, bustling tourist centers, and island fishing villages, stands as the backdrop of daydreams. The bay's sheer beauty has attracted generation after generation of artists to its shores. For Art of Penobscot Bay, brothers David and Carl Little, well-known stewards of Maine art, have selected art and artists, from history and today, that celebrate the myriad of inlets, islands, coves, and peninsulas--the "nooks and corners" of the region. Above all, they sought out art infused with a remarkable representation of place by more than 120 artists who have embraced the area and its people. Art of Penobscot Bay includes artists from the 19th century through the 21st century, including Fitz Henry Lane, Waldo Peirce, Edward Hopper, William Zorach, John Marin, Emily Muir, Greta Van Campen, Alex Katz, Eric Hopkins, and Amy Peters Wood. Combined with text by the Little brothers, the art takes readers on a wondrous visual journey around, across, and through a breathtaking bay.

Amy Calder is an award-winning newspaper reporter and columnist, covering city government and everything from murders and car crashes to fires and drug busts. Her 34-year career started at the Waterville Sentinel bureau in Skowhegan, where she served as bureau chief for several years and chased stories from Jackman to Fairfield and Farmington to Newport. Since 2009, Calder has written a weekly human interest column, "Reporting Aside," which appears in both the Sentinel and the Kennebec Journal. Comfort is an Old Barn is a curated collection of those columns, which include sketches of the colorful characters, quirky animals she has encountered, and special moments, as well as personal stories that make living in Maine special.

From the mountains of West Virginia to the executive suite of a million-dollar company to marrying into America's most famous family, Marilyn Moss Rockefeller's life has been one long adventure. Rockefeller's childhood reads like a sad country song, but the heartbreak and pain only fueled her determination to grab the world by the harness and ride with her dynamic combination of guts, luck, charm, and intellect. Along the way, she appeared nude in an art film, crashed a plane and lived to tell about it, and co-founded the iconic Moss Tents. Her memoir Mountain Girl is a moving recollection of a notorious and victorious life--one that shows how a little spitfire and a lot of soul can take a person from barefoot in Appalachia to the boardrooms of industry without losing that special something or selling out. In her own words, Rockefeller writes about a remarkable life that has been "well-lived, and a hoot to boot."

Move over Oprah! Maine's funniest woman, Ida LeClair, has found her "inner moose" and become a Certified Maine Life Guide. Offering helpful hints on topics ranging from A to Zumba, Ida's gone from "Running with the Moose" to sharing the wisdom of their ways. Don't miss out on this uplifting and entertaining motivational moose-terpiece.

Average Joe Wright of Smalltown, USA loves to give his opinions on why the modern world confuses and frustrates him. Sometimes those opinions get him into trouble. Laugh along as Joe fumbles his way through the twenty-first century in his second book.

A boy and a horse grow up together on a farm and watch the world change around them.

"After his social-worker wife Roxanne has a confrontation with the father of neglected children she has removed, ex-reporter Jack McMorrow sees his life further turned upside down when the mysterious Mandi enters the picture, bringing with her dangers that threaten Jack, Roxanne and their daughter."--Provided by publisher.

A fictional young girl and her family describe a trip discovering the forests, mountains, ponds, and waterfalls of Maine's Baxter State Park, the Debsconeag Wilderness Area, and the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Illustrated field notes, color maps, color photographs, and resources on lodging round out this unique guide.

A young girl explores, with family and friends, the mud of spring, sand and wind in the summer, leaves and pumpkins in the fall, and the joys of snow in winter. Author/illustrator Charlotte Agell brings her trademark light and airy watercolors to this joyful board book that celebrates the four seasons.

Enjoying winter is as easy as 1, 2, 3 in this colorful counting book from artist Beth Rand. Her signature seagulls teach basic numbers as they count down from ten mittens to one snowy surprise!

Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Bangor, when it was the lumber capital of the world, Pink Chimneys tells the stories of three women brought together by the infamous brothel called Pink Chimneys. In order to survive, they must form unlikely alliances and discover the strength to overcome the odds in a culture that tries--and fails--to limit their potential.

Provides a description of ten different hikes in Acadia National Park and includes hiking and safety tips and notes about the types of animals and plants to be found in the area.

Presents for each letter of the alphabet something associated with the state of New Hampshire through stories, anecdotes, verse, and fun facts.

On some days, there's just not a good word for someone to describe the way they are feeling. When they're slow getting dressed, they're a family of turtles. When they dive in the water, they're a family of seals. Throughout the day, they discover the connections they have with the animals around--and within--them.

HUMOUR. In The Sweet Life, Poulin (through her popular alter-ego and stage character Ida LeClair) offers a fresh view on love, marriage, and dating through a combination of sassy stories and serious advice. Whip-smart yet down-to-earth, the book strikes the perfect balance between humorous and heartfelt. Reading The Sweet Life feels like talking to an old friend one with great advice, plenty of experience, and a few great recipes to boot.

"Life is briefly as it should be for Jack McMorrow: He and his wife Roxanne have retreated from the stress and danger of their day jobs to raise their daughter Sophie. But when development and arson threaten the nearby town of Sanctuary, and a crazy accident brings back mistakes from Roxanne's past, Jack's nose for crime leads him into a darker and deeply twisted tale. Something explosive is smoldering beneath the glossy facades and picturesque town square in Sanctuary, and the enemy is closer than he thinks"--Provided by publisher.

Somebody is stealing the Ryland Historical Society's valuable antique maps. Puzzle-loving director andsecurity expert Julie Williamson is intrigued but also distracted as she plans her wedding. When a colleague turns up dead, and more maps go missing, Williamson is pulled into a conundrum that might not have such a happily-ever-after ending. Familiar characters from Andrews's previous mysteries, Stealing History and Breaking Ground, return in this latest whodunit featuring a local sleuth who won't stop until she gets the job done.

Crime reporter Jack McMorrow is drawn into the darkest tangle of his career when a story about illegal gunrunning between Massachusetts and Maine overlaps with a puff piece about Mennonites. Cultures and tempers clash as Jack tries to keep one step ahead of a looming tide of violence that threatens to take him and his family down forever.

Jack is back in the Big Apple as a reporter for the New York Times, but when the mayor gets murdered in a hotel restroom, Jack may have to swap his biggest story yet for another by-line: prime suspect.

In the backwoods of Maine, a tourist has vanished. Veteran crime reporter, Jack McMorrow, picks up the scent only to lead his readers on a hair-raising ride.

The third installment of Hamlin's beloved Pink Chimneys-inspired historical fiction, set in nineteenth-century Maine.

Celebrated author, illustrator, Maine environmentalist and hunting enthusiast Dean Bennett writes a book that is half-memoir, half-history of a waning tradition, in Ghost Buck: One Man's Family and Their Hunting Traditions. Like the elusive giant buck that haunts the pages of this story, Bennett uses his formidable knowledge to add personal depth and poignancy to a tale of the erosion of public land use, the degradation of the environment, and the changing moirés of rural culture in the Northeast since the 1800's.