BELLE HAVEN: The End of an Era
by Joan Askew de Garmo
The story and travels of the 20th century family the author’s mother-in-law created by adopting and raising six homeless boys.
WISHING ON DARUMA
by Julie Zimmerman and Kimiaki Tokumasu
The letters of a 35-year friendship between a Japanese boy and his American pen pal. The story of a correspondence between two children of different races, religions and cultures.
BOUNCING WITH BUD: All the recordings of Bud Powell
by Carl Smith
A complete compendium of the music of the legendary jazzman. Forward by Chick Corea. A must for Jazz fans.
THE DARK WELL: Coming of Age on a Maine Farm
by Brenda Shaw
Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the author unravels her curious origins despite her family’s stubborn silence. A memoir of love and forgiveness.
ELIZA AND MENTORA: The Story of a Pioneer Family in Northern Maine by Brenda Shaw
One family’s experience through the landscape of American history in the 19th century.
ON THE TIGER"S BACK by Bernard E. Grady
Captain Grady’s first-person account of the reality of and response to the Vietnam War for black marketers, enemy soldiers, wounded children, cowards, thieves, men-of-God, and others riding the Vietnamese tiger.