Latest Releases [back to book menu] ORDERS Polar Bear titles are available to stores everywhere through the international wholesaler Baker & Taylor. So please visit your community's bookstores often! The Deadman's Guide to Living, Book I: Correcting Life's Mistakes Before You Make Them by Dorian E. Deveraux The Deadman's Guide to Living is the first in this series of thought-provoking, philosophical poetry meant to stimulate, motivate, and enlighten one's mind into a new level of conscious thought: taking one's spirit through the negatives and positives of existence and leaving you with more answers than questions. The Legend of Aurora by Susan Ellen Katz A mythological story of music, by music therapist Susan Ellen Katz. "This starlit saga takes us to the realm of dreams, music and imagination. Rest and be rewarded with this lyric, romantic story." -Don Campbell, author of The Harmony of Health and Sound Spirit. At the Place of the Lobsters and Crabs: Indian People and Deer Isle, Maine: 1606–2005 by William A. Haviland, PhD, professor emeritus of the University of Vermont and author of the textbook, Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge, and The Original Vermonters: Native Inhabitants, Past and Present. At the Place of the Lobsters and Crabs is being published with the Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society. Welcome Radio, Tales of the General Store by Annie Stillwater Gray A mystic novel of community radio in northern Maine, by disk jockey Annie Stillwater Gray. A Myth of Messina by Nikolai Dejevsky An autobiographical novel of growing up in the Russian community of Richmond, Maine. Venice and the Water: A Model for Our Planet by Piero Bevilacqua New edition, revised and expanded, with an afterword by Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice. Published in Italian, French, and German, Venice and the Water is now available in English, translated by Charles A. Ferguson, professor emeritus of Colby College. Your Maine Lands: Reflections of a Maine Guide by Tom Hanrahan On behalf of Maine's Department of Conservation, a master Maine guide introduces the free amenities of the nearly one million acres of Maine's public lands, including hunting and fishing, with advice on how to prepare for a visit to the North Maine Woods. The Adventures of Sir Goblin, The Feline Knight by Barbara E. Moss Join this unusual, twenty-pound tomcat in seven tales of adventure and mystery as he becomes the center of extraordinary events. Experience the sights, sounds, and realities of medieval Europe through true-to-life descriptions of knights, castles, and town life. My Tainted Blood by Hubert C. Kueter Colby professor emeritus of German literature recounts surviving the Nazis and postwar racism. The half-Jewish teenager forages to feed family and friends. With humorous and picaresque adventures involving German, Russian, and African American soldiers, Kueter tells the multifaceted story of the German Jews and their unrequited love of Germany. Above the Gravel Bar: The Native Canoe Routes of Maine by David S. Cook With this book you can put your canoe in a nearby river or pond and travel prehistoric routes to campgrounds thousands of years old. Discover the birchbark canoe with the Indians of the Northeast.