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After Frost, An Anthology of Poetry from New England
• Henry Lyman
• Robert Frost
• Wallace Stevens
• LITERATURE
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A collection of poems from 30 of New England's most notable poets, with selections by Robert Frost, the granddaddy of New England poetry. Other featured poets include Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath.
(USE52, $22.95)
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Against the Tide, The Fate of the New England Fisherman
• Richard Adams Carey
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A discussion the crisis that faces the New England fishing industry from a journalist who spent a year among the fishermen of Cape Cod.
(USE44, $13.00)
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All Fishermen are Liars, True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar
• Linda Greenlaw
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This collection of tales of New England fishermen, lobstermen, and other waterlogged folk is presented as a series of barroom yarns, each one funnier, wilder or more thrilling than the next.
(USE353, $14.00)
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An American Vision, Three Generations of Wyeth Art
• James Duff
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully illustrated collection of the work of three generations of the Wyeth family, including N.C., Andrew and James. It shows how the three men have tackled similar themes and landscapes in their art.
(USE180, $35.00)
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Andrew Wyeth, A Secret Life
• Richard Meryman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A comprehensive look at the artist Andrew Wyeth, his life, family and works. Meryman traces three generations of the artistic family, discusses the Maine and Pennsylvania landscapes that inspired the reclusive Andrew, and describes each major work of art.
(USE88, $24.95)
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Andrew Wyeth, Memory & Magic
• Anne Knutson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A critical study and celebration of the work of Andrew Wyeth, encompassing more than 50 years of his paintings and drawings.
(USE384, $49.95)
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The Artist's Mount Desert
• John Wilmerding
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A study of Maine's Mount Desert Island and the artists who have been drawn to its shores.
(USE189, $39.50)
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Backroads of New England, Your Guide to New England's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures
• Kim Knox Beckius
• GUIDEBOOK
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A driving tour guidebook to New England, covering the most picturesque routes through Cape Cod, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island.
(USE371, $21.95)
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Bangor, Maine: The Twentieth Century
• Richard R. Shaw
• HISTORY
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(USE157, $16.99)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95)
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The Cider House Rules
• John Irving
• LITERATURE
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This is John Irving's story of a teenage orphan named Homer Wells who lives in rural Maine. Growing up under the tutelage of Dr. Wilbur Larch, an abortionist and administrator of the local orphanage, Homer must face the moral dilemmas that surround him.
(USE46, $14.95)
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Coastal Maine, A Maritime History
• Roger Duncan
• HISTORY
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A four hundred year history of Maine, focusing on maritime traditions and seafaring, as well coastal settlement and development.
(USE247, $24.95)
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Cod, A Biography of a Fish that Changed the World
• Mark Kurlansky
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A sparkling extended essay on the cod in the tradition of Lopez or McPhee, looking at the importance of the fish to cuisine and commerce, throwing much light on the plight of the Grand Banks and fisheries.
(OCE10, $15.00)
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Compass Guide Maine
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handsome guide is an excellent overview of Maine, with particular emphasis on history and visitor attractions. With color and archival photographs, it features good maps, some practical travel information and literary excerpts by various writers.
(USE63, $21.95)
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The Country of the Pointed Firs
• Sarah Orne Jewett
• LITERATURE
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A classic series of sketches set in 19th-century Dunnet Landing, Maine.
(USE240, $20.00)
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Cruising At Last, Sailing the East Coast
• Elliott Merrick
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The delightful, thoroughly unpretentious account of a journey from Maine to Georgia and back by the New Yorker writer and his wife.
(USE329, $22.95)
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Distant Shores, The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent
• Constance Martin
• Rockwell Kent
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A striking collection of work by the great American illustrator and adventurer.
(ART34, $24.95)
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Edward Hopper's New England
• Carl Little
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A slim, illustrated survey of Hopper's paintings set in New England towns and landscapes.
(USE184, $24.95)
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The Everything Guide to New England, Lodging, Restaurants, Beaches, and Must-See Attractions
• Kim Knox Beckius
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USE372, $14.95)
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North America
• Roger Tory Peterson
• Rosemary McKenna
• FIELD GUIDE
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A best-selling guide to wildflowers in a handsome paper edition, featuring drawings, color illustrations, and short descriptions. Covers 1,293 species.
(FG38, $19.00)
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Field Notes from the Northern Forest
• Curt Stager
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Combining the latest in scientific literature with his own observations, Sager's natural science essays explore the lives of the animals, plants and fungi commonly encountered in the forests of eastern North America.
(USE03, $19.95)
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Fodor's Escape to Northern New England, One-of-a-kind Experiences in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
• Patricia Harris
• David Lyon
• Peter Guttman
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handsomely produced, insightful collection of 18 essays on traveling New England, featuring 140 full-color photographs by Peter Guttman.
(USE257, $20.00)
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Gilead
• Marilynne Robinson
• LITERATURE
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A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
(USW441, $14.00)
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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
• Simon Barnes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95)
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In Season, A Natural History of the New England Year
• Nona Bell Estrin
• Charles W. Johnson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A loosely organized, illustrated overview of New England and its wildlife as depicted in watercolor paintings and short essays.
(USE299, $25.95)
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Insight Guide New England
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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For a good overview of the region, you can't go wrong with this guide, noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and outstanding color maps. It is a thoroughly illustrated overview of the history, culture and nature of New England.
(USE38, $23.95)
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Inventing Acadia, Artists and Tourists at Mount Desert
• Pamela Belanger
• HISTORY
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The story of the formation of Acadia National Park in Maine.
(USE178, $45.00)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year.
(BRD27, $14.00)
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Life Between the Tides, Marine Plants and Animals of the Northeast
• Jill Fegley
• John Moring
• Les Watling
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, convenient guide to habitats, invertebrates, fishes, and marine plants, written for the University of Maine's Sea Grant program.
(USE351, $15.00)
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The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
• Colin Woodard
• HISTORY
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A fascinating cultural history of coastal Maine as seen through the lobstering industry.
(USE355, $16.00)
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The Lobster Gangs of Maine
• James M. Acheson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The life and social structures of the Maine lobstermen, as observed by an anthropologist.
(USE354, $16.95)
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Maine and Maritime Provinces Map
• National Geographic
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A regional map of Maine, including the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
(USE39, $7.95)
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Maine in America, American Art in the Farnsworth Art Museum
• Pamela Belanger
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated survey and history of the collection at the Farnsworth Museum.
(USE177, $55.00)
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Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont Map
• Universal Map Enterprises
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A road map of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont at a scale of 1:467,000.
(USE76, $4.95)
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Maine, The Seasons
• Terrell S. Lester
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A celebration of Maine featuring 127 color photographs and essays by Maine writers: Richard Ford writes on winter, Elizabeth Strout on spring, Ann Beattie on summer and Richard Russo on fall.
(USE224, $35.00)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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Mammals of North America, Temperate and Arctic Regions
• Adrian Forsyth
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, illustrated reference to the mammals of North America.
(NAM02, $29.95)
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Marsden Hartley
• Bruce Robertson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A short examination of Marsden Hartley and his art.
(USE187, $45.00)
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Marsden Hartley, The Biography of an American Artist
• Townsend Ludington
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the troubled American modernist painter.
(USE185, $22.50)
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Marsden Hartley: American Modern
• Patricia McDonnell
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The work of modernist painter Marsden Hartley is illustrated in this short book.
(USE186, $22.95)
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Moose
• Valerius Geist
• Michael H. Francis
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural history and photographic portrait of the moose.
(BST56, $21.95)
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The Most Beautiful Villages of New England
• Tom Shachtman
• Len Rubenstein
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In this coffee-table book, New England's most picturesque towns and villages are presented through 240 full color photographs. Accompanying descriptions fill in details about each town's history and architecture.
(USE42, $24.95)
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Mount Desert Island / Acadia National Park Map
• DeLorme Mapping
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(USE155, $5.99)
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N.C. Wyeth, A Biography
• David Michaelis
• N. C. Wyeth
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An enthralling biography of the patriarch of the Wyeth clan that examines his career as illustrator of popular adventure novels, as well as the artist's darker side.
(USE90, $27.95)
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The Namesake
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• LITERATURE
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An intricate and beautifully told tale, Lahiri follows the Ganguli family as they leave Calcutta and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now a feature film, directed by Mira Nair.
(IDA292, $14.00)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• National Geographic
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
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Native Universe, Voices of Indian America
• Clifford E. Trafzer
• ANTHOLOGY
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This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
(USA95, $40.00)
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A New England Autumn
• Ferenc Mate
• Candace Mate
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Magnificent photographs of farmsteads, pastures, forests, wharves and villages from Maine to Connecticut are paired with the poetry and literature of Dickinson, Thoreau and Waldo Emerson in this pictorial celebration of season. With a 14-page section of maps and practical travel information.
(USE337, $29.95)
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North to Katahdin
• Eric Pinder
• HISTORY
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A personal portrait of Maine's highest mountain and the northernmost point on the Appalachian Trail. Author Eric Pinder is a native New Englander and former coordinator for the Appalachian Mountain Club.
(USE368, $15.95)
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Northeast US Southeast Canada Map
• Marshall Penn-York Maps
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A colorful map of the Great Lakes.
(GLK08, $3.95)
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The Perfect Storm, A True Story of Men Against the Sea
• Sebastian Junger
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A gripping, now-famous blow-by-blow account of a 1991 disaster at sea. Junger reconstructs the final hours of six men aboard a 72-foot swordfish boat in the North Atlantic, battling against a torrential storm.
(OCE06, $6.99)
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Picturing Old New England, Image and Memory
• William H. Truettner
• Roger B. Stein
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A selection of 19th and 20th century art of New England.
(USE188, $70.00)
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Reading the Forested Landscape, A Natural History of New England
• Tom Wessels
• Brian Cohen
• Ann Zwinger
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this entertaining, informative book, the history of the New England forest unfolds like a mystery novel. Wessels examines the character of the central New England forest through the clues left behind by fires, logging, storms, and economic fads.
(USE07, $18.95)
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Reading the Mountains of Home
• John Elder
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Using Robert Frost's poem "Directive" as a companion on a journey through the woods of Vermont, John Elder weaves scholarly analysis with reflections on the cycles of loss and recovery in his own life and in nature.
(USE55, $20.50)
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Recommended Country Inns New England, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Elizabeth Squier
• Eleanor Berman
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USE373, $18.95)
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Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories
• Ronald J. Drez
• David Eisenhower
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information.
(USA96, $17.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America.
(USA123, $15.00)
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Roadside Geology of Maine
• Dabney W. Caldwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Designed for the roadside traveler, this book explains in detail the geologic history of Maine. Each section is organized around a particular route, with black-and-white photographs complementing detailed geologic maps.
(USE366, $18.00)
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Sea of Slaughter, A Chronicle of the Destruction of Animal Life in the North Atlantic
• Farley Mowat
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An examination of human exploitation of the marine resources of the North Atlantic, with sections on whaling, the Great Auk and cod.
(OCE07, $16.95)
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Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide
• Peter Harrison
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs.
(FG16, $29.95)
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Seasons of Maine
• William Hubbell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A photographic celebration of Maine.
(USE225, $30.00)
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A Shipyard in Maine, Percy and Small and the Great Schooners
• Ralph Linwood Snow
• Captain Douglas K. Lee
• HISTORY
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A gorgeously illustrated account of the legendary nineteenth century shipbuilding firm.
(USE248, $49.95)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks.
(USE262, $19.95)
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The Sierra Club Guide to the Ancient Forests of the Northeast
• Bruce Kershner
• Robert T. Leverett
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy guide to the old-growth forests of New England and the mid-Atlantic states.
(USE336, $16.95)
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Snow Squall, The Last American Clipper Ship
• Nicholas Dean
• HISTORY
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A history of the last American Clipper Ship.
(USE250, $30.00)
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Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
• Carl Safina
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A grand tour of our blue planet, divided geographically, this book is an excellent resource -- fascinating to read and full of hope. It combines a personal journey, hundreds of interviews with fisherman and scientists around the world, and a tour of important watery habitats.
(OCE09, $18.00)
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Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine of the Gettysburg Campaign
• Thomas A. Desjardin
• HISTORY
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Drawn from the accounts of soldiers and officers, this is a visceral portrait of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's legendary 20th Maine Regiment and their battle at Gettysburg for Vincent's Spur.
(USE242, $18.95)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession
• Dan Koeppel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species.
(BRD28, $14.00)
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The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder
• Peter Cashwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes.
(BRD26, $14.95)
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The Walker's Literary Companion
• Robert Gilbert
• Anne Wallace
• Jeffrey Robinson
• ANTHOLOGY
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A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara.
(WLK08, $24.00)
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Western New England Map
• National Geographic
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A regional map of New England, including Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
(USE40, $7.95)
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Winslow Homer
• Kate F. Jennings
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A illustrated survey of Winslow Homer.
(USE179, $80.00)
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Winslow Homer Watercolors
• Helen A. Cooper
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An examination of the watercolors of one of America's beloved artists, Winslow Homer. This is a valuable book for anyone wishing to understand Homer's work and the American watercolor tradition.
(USE85, $37.00)
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