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The second must-have is The Plants of Acadia National Park<\/strong> compiled by four field botanists, “serious scientists” in reviewer Susan Hand Shetterly\u2019s words (in Down East, October 2011<\/strong>), who offer a treasure of photographs, identification keys, historical and current collecting methods and suggestions for further reading to enjoy during a long winter\u2019s night anywhere or a long summer\u2019s day on the lighthouse lawn. Armed with some background, local readers (you) can explore local areas and begin an ever-growing list of local wildflower (or other plant) finds with annotations which will make the book a Tenants Harbor (or other area) treasure. Think of the hikes, kayak pauses, bike rides, and walks of fun and wonder. This makes it an activity book, like using Arnold Skolnick\u2019s Paintings of Maine<\/strong> to identify which painters or paintings are near, then dear. After it all, RB ends us in the midst of many wildflowers and much art, and with you all, great And then there is my latest thriller read, David Baldacci\u2019s The Sixth Man<\/strong>, which, on page 8, has the main characters landing at the jetport in Portland, Maine. Will the good times never end?<\/p>\n More about book hunters next post. Charlie says I should keep these short, never easy for a born talker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Booksellers are like book hunters; they search for the right book for the right reader at the right time. This is also the task of the librarian as posed by Ranganathan and of the information services provider in these digital … Continue reading
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