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A Man For All Oceans
Maritime, New ReleasesThe product of years of research, A Man for All Oceans is the most comprehensive biography of Slocum ever published, and the first written by a small-boat sailor. Author/historian Grayson uncovered previously unknown original source materials to shed new light on one of history’s greatest sailors while answering questions that have been asked ever since the publication of Sailing Alone Around The World. -
A Season of Flowers
Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Science, Nature and EnvironmentMichael Garland displays his impressive illustration range with the stylized, country-quilt, digital collage illustrations of A Season of Flowers. -
A Story of Maine 112 Objects: From Prehistory to Modern Times
How-To & Reference, New Releases, Maine and New England, NonfictionThis is a book that Maine residents and visitors will delve into again and again, unearthing new treasures with each reading. -
Always Share Your Iceberg: A Penguin’s Guide to Life
How-To & Reference, New ReleasesAlways Share Your Iceberg: Big Words from Small Penguins is a perfect gift for Mother’s Day,Father’s Day, a graduation day?or any day! -
Ana and the Sea Star
New Releases, Children's Books, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Science, Nature and EnvironmentThis beautiful picture book celebrates the power of imagination and an appreciation of the natural world. -
Astronaut Annie
Award Winners, New Releases, Children's Books, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Modern Family, Multicultural, Science, Nature and EnvironmentAnnie's joyful exuberance and her family's wholehearted support leave no doubt that her dream is within her grasp. This delightful story?with backmatter about women astronauts?encourages young readers to pursue their dreams and reach for the stars. -
Be Unstoppable – Second Edition
How-To & Reference, New Releases, NonfictionMore than 25,000 copies sold in three languages! Updated and Expanded with New Content However the past has shaped you, your future is yours to shape, and if you want to shape it for success, you'll find no better coach than Alden Mills. Using the power of a parable and his own experiences as a Navy SEAL and accomplished entrepreneur, Mills teaches you his proven framework for success. BE UNSTOPPABLE is the parable of a young skipper who meets a remarkable, seasoned captain, and this chance meeting changes the young skipper's direction in life, setting him on course for living his dreams. -
Bees in the City
New Releases, Children's Books, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Global Empathy, Science, Nature and EnvironmentLionel lives in a Paris apartment building but loves keeping bees with his Aunt Celine at her farm outside the city. But when her bees start dying, how can he help? -
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Boat of Dreams
Award Winners, Education & Teaching, High School & YA, Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Global Empathy, Modern FamilyHow does a fastidious old man with bowler, umbrella, suspenders, and a Salvador Dali mustache come to live on a deserted island? -
Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals
New Releases, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Science, Nature and EnvironmentA HOW NATURE WORKS book Only a few dozen vertebrate animals have evolved true gliding abilities, but they include an astonishing variety of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. -
Charlotte’s Bones: The Beluga Whale in a Farmer’s Field
Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Science, Nature and EnvironmentIn 1849, a crew building a railroad through Charlotte, Vermont, dug up strange and beautiful bones in a farmer’s field. A local naturalist asked Louis Agassiz to help identify them, and the famous scientist concluded that the bones belonged to a beluga whale. But how could a whale’s skeleton have been buried so far from the ocean? -
Daddy Played The Blues
New Releases, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, MulticulturalAVAILABLE AUGUST! You may order now and receive this book as soon as it is available. “I was six years old the day we left the farm in Mississippi,” remembers Cassie in this richly textured picture book. “Between the boll weevils, the floods, and the landlord, there was no way a family could scratch out a living there anymore.” -
Down East, 2E
Maritime, New Releases, Maine and New England, NonfictionTo modern Mainers, “Down East” refers to the Maine coast east of Penobscot Bay. Maine author and humorist John Gould wrote that Down East is “a never-never land always east of where you are.” But Lincoln Paine returns the phrase to its origins two centuries ago, when Down East meant the bold, serpentine coast teeming with timber and fish that one reached by sailing downwind and east from Boston on the prevailing southwest wind. In other words, Down East is the coast of Maine. -
Extreme Survivors: Animals that Time Forgot
New Releases, Children's Books, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Science, Nature and EnvironmentHOW NATURE WORKS series What do the goblin shark, horseshoe crab, the “indestructible” water bear, and a handful of other bizarre animals have in common? They are all “extreme survivors,” animals that still look much like their prehistoric ancestors from millions of years ago.
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