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D E C E m b E r 2 0 1 5 6 5 Made in Maine Books are BackIts the season to curl up with a good book and we dont mean by scrolling type on a screen or with buds in our ears. Things get hot when journalistsleuth Jack McMorrow investigates an outbreak of suspi- cious fires in the pretty little village of Sanctuary Maine. Once Burned Gerry Boyles 10th in this terrific seriesis a page-turner. Islandport Press 24.95 P ublishers Weekly recent- ly reported that the on- line book empire Amazon opened a bricks-and-mortar re- tail bookstore in Seattle. Its 5500 square feet of real books the kind with actual pages you can pick up and flip through over and over without electronic assistance. A VP at Amazon told the trade pa- per that we hope this is not our only one. Is that so Back here in the land of indie bookstores that weath- ered the mail-order bargains and e- book tsunami of Amazon.com by remaining treasured hubs for real books and the bookworms who love them we are unimpressed. Maine publishers had a great year. So did Maine writers an ac- cessible tribe who regularly read and sign their new work at librar- ies and bookstores. Maine inde- pendent book sellers had a good year too. The Shermans Books mini-chain just grew to six stores with the purchase of Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe in Damar- iscotta from Susan and Barnaby Porter who owned and ran the beloved institution for 40 years. Here we offer a few titles we en- joyed in 2015. Maines most notorious and misunderstood critter is shown respect and em- pathy in wildlife biologist Geri Visteins fictional tale I Am Coyote.The novel for middle-readers and up follows the female Coyote from the Canadian plains to civilization on Mt. Desert. Your opinion of North Amer- icas song dog will be forever changed. Tilbury House 16.95 Nothing good comes of grudges among lobstermen as readers discover in Of Sea And Cloud. The dark moody tale set in a remote coastal fishing town is the first novel by Jon Keller a commercial fisherman turned novelist. Tyrus Books 24.99 Portland writer Kate Christensen has a way with memories and food. This years How To Cook a Moose follows her popular previous memoir Blue Plate Special. Her novelists skills serve her retelling of her ad- ventures and some of them come with recipes.This is a woman whos not afraid to cook a moose. Islandport Press 24.95 Out of the Past Food and drink maven Kate McCartys Distilled In Maine A History of Libations Temper- ance Craft Spirits covers everything from the rum trade to rum running during Prohibi- tion to the temperance movement. Even more useful are chapters on present-day craft distillers like Sweetgrass and Liquid Riot and there are plenty of photos and vintage il- lustrations. Michael Dekkers French Indian Wars In Maine concerns the turbulent years between 1675 and 1759 when British French and Native Americans were in perpetual conflict in what would become Maine. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland is a con- cise 135-page biography including many poems transcripts of correspondence illustra- tions and vintage documents. All are from History Press each paperback is 21.99. n By Claire Z. CraMer Joining the timeless category is MaineThe Wilder Half of New England William David Barrys 2012 extremely readable history of the state from its days as a native territory to present times. Full of illustrations humor insight and vintage art and cartography its a one-stop desktop reference. Tilbury House 30