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These 5 items are available for $75, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUSE154)

Moon Handbook Coastal Maine  •  Hilary Nangle GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 483 PAGES A comprehensive, highly recommended guide to the places and pleasures of Coastal Maine, including highlights in and around Portland and Acadia National Park. (USE363, $19.95)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England  •  Brian Cassie  •  Peter Alden FIELD GUIDE •  1998 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 448 PAGES A compact, easy-to-use guide to 1,000 of New England's trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects, birds and other flora and fauna. It also provides an extensive overview of the area's geology, weather patterns and natural sites. With more than 1,300 photographs and 20 maps. (USE06, $19.95)
The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present  •  Charles Shain LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 524 PAGES • COMING IN OCTOBER An excellent anthology covering the gamut of the state's culture and history, from early European explorers to the 20th century works of Carolyn Chute, Rachel Carson and John McPhee. Selections from Longfellow, Thoreau, Millay and Jewett appear alongside some rare gems, such as an excerpt from the journal of one of Benedict Arnold's foot soldiers. (USE57, $20.95)
One Man's Meat  •  E.B. White BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1997 •  PAPER  • 279 PAGES A collection of observant, personal, and often humorous essays about daily life on a Maine saltwater farm. Originally published in 1938, and written by E.B. White, author of the children's classics "Charlotte's Web," "Trumpet of the Swan" and "Stuart Little," this book is a wonderful portrait of coastal, small town life. (USE43, $14.95)
Maine Map 2007 •  MAP A Maine road map at a scale of 1:580,000 with a detailed map of the coast from Kittery to Bar Harbor and inset maps of 23 cities and towns. (USE416, $3.95)

Acadia National Park Map  •  Trails Illustrated    •  A hiker's detailed topographic map of Acadia National Park, shown at a scale of 1:50,000, printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper. (USE154, $11.95)
Moon Handbook Acadia National Park  •  Kathleen M. Brandes   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact guide combines an overview of the history, culture and nature of Maine's Acadia National Park and neighboring Bar Harbor, with practical information for travelers. The book also features photographs, maps and illustrations. (USE322, $16.95)
Walking  •  Henry David Thoreau   • REFERENCE  •  You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel. (WLK04, $9.95)
Down East, A Maritime History of Maine  •  Lincoln Paine   • HISTORY  •  Maine's maritime history, from the coastal travel of Native Americans to the Basque fishing industry to the pleasure boating of today, incorporating ecology, culture and art into its well researched history. (USE246, $14.95)
The Art of Monhegan Island  •  Carl Little  •  James Wyeth  •  Arnold Skolnick   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Resident expert Carl Little introduces the art and artists of Monhegan, the remote island community of painters and lobstermen. (USE385, $40.00)
Lobster Chronicles, Life on a Very Small Island  •  Linda Greenlaw   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A former swordboat captain, and a fine writer to boot, Greenlaw returns to the small Maine island where she grew up and takes up the lobstering life. A wonderful depiction of coastal Maine, the lobster industry and a tiny community bound to the sea and each other. (USE352, $13.95)
The Edge Of Maine  •  Geoffrey Wolff   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A portrait of the coast of Maine, its culture, geology and history, by a writer long familiar with the region. With chapters on lobsters and boat building (among other topics). A volume in the series National Geographic Directions. (USE367, $20.00)
Empire Falls  •  Richard Russo   • LITERATURE  •  A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel lovingly set in a fictitious Maine mill town. Russo has composed an entertaining and poignant portrait of what lies beneath the facade of small-town New England life. (USE220, $14.95)
The Country of the Pointed Firs and other Stories  •  Sarah Orne Jewett   • LITERATURE  •  A much-loved novel, first published in 1896, set in a tiny fishing community along the coast of Maine. It evokes the leisurely summer atmosphere of 19th-century New England and especially the relationships among the townsfolk. (USE181, $4.95)
The House by the Sea, A Journal  •  May Sarton   • LITERATURE  •  One of many journals by May Sarton, who moved from New Hampshire to live alone in a house on the seacoast of Maine. She writes beautifully on the topics of aging, solitude, nature, gardening, food, relationships, and of course, on life in coastal Maine. (USE61, $14.95)
The Maine Woods  •  Henry David Thoreau  •  Edward Hoagland   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Thoreau's excellent renderings of plant, animal and native Indian culture make this one of the enduring writings on the wilderness of Maine. (USE62, $16.00)
The Secret Life of Lobsters, How Fishermen and Scientists are Unraveling the Mysteries of our Favorite Crustacean  •  Trevor Corson   • SCIENCE  •  Corson unravels the behavior of lobster and lobstermen on Little Cranberry Island in the Gulf of Maine. Besides dealing with the lobstermen-scientist row over quotas, the book offers an in depth look into the social behavior of these strange (and strangely abundant) crustaceans. (USE340, $13.95)