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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $46, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUSE208)		  
Moon Handbook Coastal Maine  •  Hilary Nangle
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  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)		   Moon Handbook Coastal Maine
Acadia National Park Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh
NATURAL HISTORY •  2008 •  PLASTIC CARD
A handy, shirt-pocket guide with illustrations of commonly encountered wildlife in Acadia. (USE438, $5.95)		   Acadia National Park Wildlife
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)		   One Man's Meat
Maine Map  •  Rand McNally Maps
MAP
This Maine road map (1:580,000) includes insets of cities and towns. Two Sides. 36x24 inches. (USE416, $5.99)		   Maine Map



Also Recommended

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, $17.95)
 		  
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 Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier  •  Colin Woodard   • HISTORY  •  A fascinating cultural history of coastal Maine as seen through the lobstering industry. (USE355, $16.00)
 		  
An American Vision, Three Generations of Wyeth Art  •  James Duff   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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)
 		  
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, $15.00)
 		  
The Cider House Rules  •  John Irving   • LITERATURE  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
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, $10.00)
 		  
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, $21.00)
 		  
The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present  •  Charles Shain   • LITERATURE  •  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. (USE57, $20.95)
 		  
Maine, The Seasons  •  Terrell S. Lester   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
Reading the Forested Landscape, A Natural History of New England  •  Tom Wessels  •  Brian Cohen  •  Ann Zwinger   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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, $21.95)
 		  
Settled in the Wild, Notes from the Edge of Town  •  Susan Hand Shetterly   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Shetterly perfects captures the rhythms and interplay of rural life and nature in these meditative essays on life in coastal Maine. (USE494, $21.95)
 		  
The Maine Woods  •  Henry David Thoreau  •  Edward Hoagland   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The essential companion to a canoe trip on the Allegash or other wanderings in Maine. (USE62, $17.00)
 		  
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, $13.99)
 		  
Life Between the Tides, Marine Plants and Animals of the Northeast  •  Jill Fegley  •  John Moring  •  Les Watling   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, convenient guide to habitats, invertebrates, fishes and marine plants, written for the University of Maine's Sea Grant program. (USE351, $15.00)
 		  
Maine Trees & Wildflowers  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This plastic card illustrates 140 common species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers. (USE446, $5.95)
 		  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England  •  Brian Cassie  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, easy-to-use overview of 1,000 of New England's trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects and other flora and fauna. It also provides an extensive overview of the area's geology, weather patterns and natural sites. (USE06, $19.95)
 		  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •  Jon Dunn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)
 		  
New England Wildlife  •  Raymond Leung  •  James Kavanaugh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This laminated, fold-out, pocket-size guide features illustrations of almost 150 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. (USE234, $5.95)
 		  
 
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