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Adult Books

Maine Reading

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M            Maine : an explorer’s guide

A             Archeological excavations at Pemaquid, Maine

I               It

N             Nectar

E              Ebbing tide

T              Train to Maine

I               Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe

T              Trespasser

L              Lighthouse keeper’s daughter

E              Enjoying Maine birds

S              Stern Men

F              Fairyhouses of the Maine coast

O             One morning in Maine

R             Route 1 Maine

T              Time of wonder

H             Heroes are my weakness

E              East Hope

S              Somewhere off the coast of Maine

U             Under the dome

M            Maine 24/7

M            Mirror of Maine

E              Exit the milkman

R             Real Maine food

Picnic Like It’s 1928!

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Green grass, blooming buds, and sunny skies all make us want to get outside and savor every minute.  In the Archives, the budding season makes us look at old treasures with new eyes.  This week, a 1928 cookbook compiled by Christ Church Parish Helpers made me wonder what tasty treats might make a perfect step-back-in-time picnic.

Here’s a selection of some of the most seasonally appropriate offerings for an outing.  See if anything strikes your fancy and let us know how they turn out (we’d be happy to taste test samples!)   And while we’re on the subject, what are some of your own long-standing family favorites?  Share some with us on Facebook — and have a very Happy Picnic Season!

  

This is the most marked-up recipe in the book – it must be good!

 

 

Enjoy!
Dawn Thistle, Special Collections Librarian

 

Women’s History Month

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March is a month of many things, one of which is Women’s History Month. With it being an election year, it’s a great time to delve more into the area. Gardiner Public Library has some great selections in women’s history. Following are some interesting examples you may want to check out:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : a friendship that changed the world / Penny Colman.
YA Nonfiction
A dual biography of the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the friendship that they formed.
 
The boundaries of her body : the troubling history of women’s rights in America / Debran Rowland.
Adult Nonfiction
Explores how women’s rights have (and have not) changed since the signing of the Mayflower Compact.
 

 

Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way) / Sue Macy.
Juvenile Nonfiction
Explores the role the bicycle played in the women’s liberation movement.