הוצאת Down East Books
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Somewhere in the north, where the winters are long, the adults decide to brighten their children's days by creating snow figures. While the children sleep, their elders create snowpeople. Eventually, the lake is surrounded with them. Word gets around, and people come to see the marvelous figures. Bu...
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This is the authorized guide to the Maine Birding Trail, which opens in 2009. The book features more than 260 sites in Maine and includes bonus material on Campobello and Grand Manan islands. Unlike most guides, which emphasize species identification, this book highlights the sites themselves. Bird ...
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An outstanding collection of hearty, down-home Maine recipes for everything from fish chowder to apple pie. Marjorie Standish was a long-running food columnist for the Maine Sunday Telegram who spent years gathering her own favorite dishes along with the best of her readers' suggestions. The result ...
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In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is ...
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What could be better than watching the natural world out your window or on your television? Going out and experiencing it firsthand. In these fifty essays, acclaimed nature and science writer Sy Montgomery takes her readers on a season-by-season tour of the wilderness that is often as close as the b...
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It's a snowy winter evening on a distant island, but a lighthouse keeper and his family are warm and secure. As the island creatures settle in for the night, one by one, the keeper's son is snug in his bed, watched over by loving parents. In soothing cadences and exquisite illustrations, Briggs take...
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This first book in a new series is set in and around the Portland, Maine, waterfront. It introduces Brandon Blake, a loner who lives on his old wooden cruiser. Raised by his alcoholic grandmother after his mother was lost at sea, Blake learned to depend on himself. During an assignment for a law-enf...
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The pictures tell the story in these panoramic photos from all reaches of Acadia National Park and vicinity. Subjects range from delicately detailed close-ups to dramatic, wide-ranging views. Photographer Alan Nyiri captures his photos with a panoramic camera, which offers a full 140DG span. An intr...
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First published in 1995 by Orchard Books, this book takes one baby, two dogs, and three bicycles on a journey from the big city to Maine's seacoast. Objects packed for the trip and things seen along the way are all happily counted, finishing in a shining finale as the family tallies 20 fireflies fou...
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When Tim carves his first lobster buoy, its rough surface suggests a face. So he paints eyes on it, making it a buoy like no other. Tim names the buoy Lucky and, sure enough, it lives up to its name. Lucky's lobster trap is always filled, and the buoy's luck holds out even when Lucky becomes separat...
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Annabel's dad has an unusual "planter" in his yard, which is actually an old sailboat that he hopes to fix up. One day Annabel climbs in, pulls out all the weeds, and yells, "Boat!" From that point on, Annabel's future is set, and through hard work and self-reliance, she eventually works her way up ...
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In wonderful color illustrations and entertaining, informative text, author/illustrator Katherine Zecca tells the story of the life cycle of one puffin family, showing children how and where puffins feed, how they raise their young (called pufflings), and how they defend themselves....
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How did a mountain get the name Moose's Bosom? And what's afoot with the name Toenail Ridge? Avid hiker Steve Pinkham provides informative, quirky, and sometimes downright hilarious answers to these questions. Arranged alphabetically within regions are capsule histories highlighting natural features...
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Elizabeth Hand, Stephen King, and Edgar Pangborn put Maine on the map as a place where otherworldly things happen. But they're not the only authors who see the state as a source of inspiration for fantasy and science fiction. Twenty-four writers from Mark Twain to Jack L. Chalker, Gardner Dozois -- ...
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Anyone interested in Native American lifeways will want to pore over Notes on a Lost Flute. Hardy brings together his expertise in forestry, horticulture, and environmental science to tell us about New England when its primary inhabitants were the native Wabanaki tribes. With experience in teaching ...
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Tom and Lee Szelog were the first tenants to live in the former lightkeeper's house at Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde, Maine. A professional photographer, Tom naturally kept a visual record of their years at Marshall Point, and both Szelogs kept personal journals. This book offers arrestingly b...
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Acclaimed architectural photographer Brian Vanden Brink joins forces with Custom Home magazine editor Bruce Snider to take readers into 21 stunning seaside homes from Canada's Bay of Fundy to St. Barthelemy. While Snider writes about homes that range from traditional to ultra-modern, Vanden Brink's ...
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Each listing in Summer & Fall Wildflowers of New England includes a thorough text description of flower and leaves, as well as details about range, growth habits, and habitat. In addition to common names, the listings also include Latin names and families. The most prominent feature, however, is the...
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This is the second book in Dean Bennett's wildlife adventure series for children featuring Jasper, an aging beagle who lives with his adoptive parents, John and his wife Reggie, at their sporting camp in northern Maine. Here, Jasper befriends a young loon who was born late in the nesting season and ...
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Moving to Maine, Updated and Expanded 2nd Edition: The Essential Guide to Get You There and What You Need to Know to Stay
מאת Victoria Doudera
This is a completely revised and expanded edition of the best-selling, comprehensive guide covering not only reasons to move to Maine but also what newcomers will find once they get here. The book answers questions about what Maine is really like as a place to live, providing a broad range of inform...
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Some people's passion for sea glass goes beyond collecting--they use it to create something of beauty. Carole Lambert, author of Sea Glass Chronicles, gives us entree into the studios of those who do everything from gathering and amassing sea glass mulch for landscaping to designing stained-sea-glas...
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Nantucket Island has just more than 10,000 year-round residents -- and a sizeable population of very real ghosts. The 44 tales in this book were collected as oral history. Some of these spirits are benign, even protective; others terrorize the humans who encounter them. All are memorable....
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Grace your wall with visions of sea glass and pottery shards. These beach finds have often traveled far to be flung at the feet of collectors and artists, many of whom produce stunning creations with them. Inspired by the book, A Passion for Sea Glass, this calendar features beautiful photographs of...
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Forgotten somewhere between Bar Harbor, Maine, and New Brunswick, Canada, lies the most remote and mysterious section of the Eastern Seaboard. It is a region rich in stark beauty--and supernatural lore. The harsh landscape, with its rocky seaside cliffs and thundering surf and miles of dark, mysteri...
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For this stunning new volume, photographer William Hubbell has turned his lens toward New England's ubiquitous stone walls. Beginning with the basic geology of the region and why New England has so many darned rocks, he presents a chronological overview of the varying styles and methods of wall buil...
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Holly Nadler, the ghost lady of Martha's Vineyard, won lots of attention for her collections of ghostly accounts on the island in Haunted Island. Now, in her second volume, Nadler brings her sassiness and spunk to investigating and delivering the dirt on even more eerie happenings on an island that ...
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In this fun-filled and informative book, we take a winter walk with a rambunctious golden retriever Willy. Of course he leaves his paw prints in the snow. But there are other tracks, too, and none of them matches his. One by one, we find out what animals they belong to: a cat, a gull, a raccoon, a s...
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This charming and highly original story reveals what happens at a vacation cottage once the summer visitors have left for the winter. With fewer than two dozen words, the story is told primarily in pictures. Children and adults will revel in the activities of a family of bears that takes up residenc...
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Where in Maine? is the most popular feature in Down East magazine. Each month an eye-catching photograph captures a corner of Maine, and a succinct caption helps readers guess the location. This book presents 50 of the photographs, along with their original captions. It is as much a beautiful photog...
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Architectural historian Christopher Glass and renowned architectural photographer Brian Vanden Brink bring their well-honed skills to bear on celebrating historic Maine homes, both public and private. While Glass focuses on the stories and history of the homes, Vanden Brink finds perfectly lit momen...
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The gardens in this calendar represent a lovely range of cultivated Maine landscapes. From flowers growing at harbor's edge to protected formal plots, from public preserves to private Edens, and from grand landscapes to modest properties, this calendar has everything any garden lover and Maine afici...
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When Nicole finds a beautiful piece of red sea glass on the beach, her grandmother Nana tells her a story from her own childhood of a broken red vase, which may have been the origin of this sea glass. Includes information about sea glass and instructions for making a sea glass sun-catcher....
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Innovative, delicious recipes from a Maine caterer, these salads go way beyond vegetables and way beyond being mere side dishes! Simonds shows us how to think of salads as the feature of a meal. She also includes recipes for delicious dressings and garnishes, and an appendix lists sources for many o...
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The Art of Monhegan Island traces the artistic and cultural roots of the special appeal that the island of Monhegan, off the coast of Maine, has held over a broad range of artists who have resided on Monhegan, some of them year-round for long periods, others who summered or lived there only briefly....
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There is a burgeoning interest in natural medicines in the United States. Among these natural health powerhouses are mushrooms, and here mycologist Greg Marley introduces ten species found in New England-and elsewhere, too, in many cases. Marley describes where to find and how to prepare these fungi...
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This book takes a look at the faith, philosophy, and way of life of the country's one remaining Shaker community. Lauber explores their spiritual and daily lives by weaving together proprietary Shaker quotations, interviews, and photographs. The result is a book that pierces many misconceptions, mos...
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This is the classic series from Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novelist Kenneth Roberts, all featuring characters from the town of Arundel, Maine. Arundel follows Steven Nason as he joins Benedict Arnold in his march to Quebec during the American Revolution....
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The Train to Maine captures all the excitement of a train ride to a much-anticipated vacation destination. With a pace as lively as that of a moving train, the rhyming text portrays a child's journey from the bustle of Boston to the delights of Down East Maine....
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Garden photographer Janet Loughrey has covered the vast Adirondacks region to document how people have overcome the area’s challenging mountain climate to create beautiful gardens for the past 150 years. Her profiles of contemporary gardeners and landscapers and their creations are supplemented wi...
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A general guide for visitors of the Casco Bay islands in Maine and greater Portland, this book includes profiles of the major islands in the bay; features on local history, island geology, and island wildlife; information about mainland departure points and tips on how to get to the islands; and map...
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Sometimes, just sometimes, a human being and a wild animal make a special connection that changes both of their lives. So it was with Rockport, Maine’s Harry Goodridge and the harbor seal pup he named Andre. The two became inseparable, though the seal was free to come and go as he pleased. (His fl...
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Soups warm your heart as well as your stomach. A former caterer, Simonds answers questions such as, How do you simmer a sumptuous stock? What are the essential ingredients for creamy chowder? How do you build layers of flavor in a stew? Whether you're tempted to try an old favorite or one of Simonds...
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The second of Roberts's epic novels of the American Revolution, Rabble in Arms was hailed by one critic as the greatest historical novel written about America upon its publication in 1933. Love, treachery, ambition, and idealism motivate an unforgettable cast of characters in a magnificent novel ren...
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Photographer Greg Currier presents a very different side of America's favorite crustacean, one flooded with the brilliant colors of the buoys, boats, traps, and foul-weather gear of the working lobsterman. Currier captures beauty in the everyday experience of lobstering, as well as in the peaceful p...
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What happens to the denizens of the tidal zone when the sea recedes every 12 hours? This is the question that Hodgkins answers in a playful yet instructive way. Children are introduced to crabs, sea urchins, mussels, sea worms, starfish, lobsters, periwinkles, and other creatures that must adapt to ...
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Books have been written about commercial fishermen, but few have been written by them. This is the real thing. Cottle grew up in a fishing family and became a captain in his own right; here are his firsthand accounts of life at sea, from the terror of a vessel's sinking to the excitement of dragging...
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It's not surprising that visual artists would create particularly interesting gardens. Besides a trained eye, they use their penchant for fearless artistic expression. This book offers a most unusual personal look at 20 spectacular private gardens in New England that will inspire readers to look at ...
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Grandma has run the town's garbage business, and her three sons drive the trucks. But what happens when her sons are all too sick to work-and it's the 4th of July, the day of the Big Parade? Leave it to Grandma to get the town clean, with the help of her young grandson, Billy, as she embarks on a hi...
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Photographer Patrisha McLean moved to the coastal town of Camden, Maine, 18 years ago and found it to be full of characters, in the quirky sense of the word and in terms of the word's other meaning, too-people of character. With camera and pen, McLean zooms in on 80 of her most memorable neighbors t...
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A persistent young boy tries everything he can think of to attract a moose, but it isn't until he is forced to do nuthin that he is successful....
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When a beaver family's lodge becomes overcrowded, it's time for the young beavers to begin lives on their own. While Beau Beaver's siblings settle easily at a brook and a pond, Beau can't find a place to call home. He at last finds a ditch, then quickly works on his beaver lodge. To his surprise, he...
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There are several good reasons why savvy gardeners cherish native plants in their landscapes. In this book, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens executive director Maureen Heffernan provides information and inspiration for gardeners about how to choose the best plants for a variety of locations and provi...
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This book teaches creative knitting. Sweaters are knit in one piece -- no seams! -- to the knitter's own set of measurements, enabling knitters to use even hand-spun yarns that never seem to fit a predetermined gauge. The Sweater Workshop provides an alternative for those who wish to knit sweaters o...
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If you're intrigued by the idea of the garden as a stage -- where the drama of germination, growth, planned designs, and plenty of surprises occur -- then this book is for you. Writer Rebecca Sawyer-Fay and photographer Lynn Karlin deliver another informative, practical, and simply beautiful gardeni...
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In this book, the authors document in photos and words the experience of looking closely, through the passage of one year, at their 70 acres of Maine woods. Readers who loved Our Point of View will learn how the couple fared when they moved from a lighthouse keeper's house to their wooded riverside....
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Mr. Pottle, who oversees the town dump, cannot bear to destroy books, so he recycles them for the community to enjoy. When Mr. Pottle falls and the community's children deliver books to him to speed his recovery, they discover the book-loving dump man cannot read. A town full of willing tutors then ...
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Just what is the quintessential Maine house? A traditional Cape nestled into a hillside meadow? A classic lakefront cottage? A Victorian reproduction on the outskirts of a quaint village? In this book, architect Chris Glass and architectural photographer Brian Vanden Brink make a compelling and visu...
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Evoking the times and styles of Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, this collection of original stories is set in 18th and 19th century New England--when restless spirits seemed to roam more freely. Not quite horror, not quite mystery, these dark yet spellbindingly eloquent tales hover on the edge,...
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Hand-dyed yarns are so sensuous, with their custom hues and rich blends of colors, that every knitter longs to work with them. But once we've brought home some of those precious skeins, what next? In Dyeing to Knit, designer and dyer Elaine Eskesen demystifies hand-dyed yarns by providing str...
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What is it like to live and write in Maine? Wesley McNair, Maine's premier anthologist, asked authors who are new to Maine as well as natives to answer this question. They wax lyrical on everything from encounters with neighbors and wildlife to embracing Maine's rich natural landscape, and they take...
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Here Carolyn Chute, Stephen King, Bill Roorbach, Richard Russo, Monica Wood, and nine other stellar Maine writers prove that the state is a superb source of inspiration for fiction. They capture Maine's atmospheric landscape, sharply defined seasons -- and an assortment of unforgettable characters. ...
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Brian Vanden Brink is one of America's most sought-after architectural photographers. He is also drawn to the mystery and unexpected beauty found in abandoned architecture. Here Vanden Brink captures and illuminates in stunning black and white images abandoned structures such as mills, bridges, grai...
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The Berkshires of western Massachusetts and surrounding New York and Connecticut foothills includes many fine gardens-public and private, and grand and intimate. This lavishly illustrated book takes you on a broad-ranging tour of the most outstanding examples, from historically significant gardens t...
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How does a boy cope when he's excited but frightened? Matthew wants to go camping but so many things about the experience seem scary to him. Pretending his toy rabbit is nervous about these things, Matthew poses questions to his mother on Tall Rabbit's behalf. His mother's loving answers provide Mat...
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Frederick Law Olmsted and others saw the landscape as it was and enhanced it, instead of imposing rigid design upon it. Groundbreaking landscape architects Beatrix Farrand and Fletcher Steele, among others, were brought to Maine by patrons, and the resulting public parks, campuses, institutional gro...
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In The Maine Poets, editor Wesley McNair has selected work by poets of the state from Longfellow to the present. Chosen for their appeal to the general reader, these poems honor the full vision and diversity of Maine's poets as they address life in Maine and in all human places....
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