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COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTIONVERSES FOR THE DEAD by Douglas Preston and Lincoln ChildWHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia OwensTARGET: ALEX CROSS by James PattersonBIRD BOX by Josh MalermanA DELICATE TOUCH by Stuart Woods COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK...

Remains of the buried forest near the end of Snail Road, taken by John R. Smith in 1900.

January 4, 2019 Photo by Melanie Black The Year A Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919) What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with...

A postcard image of George O. Knowles Wharf with H.S Cook and Sons Wharf, David Conwell Wharf and the Figurehead House.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION THE RECKONING by John Grisham EVERY BREATH by Nicholas Sparks FIRE AND BLOOD by George R.R. Martin WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens TARGET: ALEX CROSS by James Patterson COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION...

December 28, 2018 Photo by Louis Kozma Of the Season A Poem by Jan Kelly Where green grows, drapes on fences Grows high on limbs or spreads the ground Perhaps with flower or fruit Works well and timely Knowing the time when they will all Be white with snow. Not upset,...

A photo of Adams Pharmacy by John R. Smith in 1939 after a snowstorm.

December 21, 2018 Photo by Sandra Delzotti Christmas Morning A Poem by Mark S. Peel Paper crowns and popper toys lay still and neglected on the holiday table where crumbs and walnut shell bits also remain from evening last. The first up is the most anxious,...

U.S. navy airship guarding the coast during World War II, taken from John R. Smith's house in 1944.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION OF BLOOD AND BONE by Nora Roberts THE RECKONING by John Grisham FIRE AND BLOOD by George R.R. Martin EVERY BREATH by Nicholas Sparks TARGET: ALEX CROSS by James Patterson COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION...

December 14, 2018 Photo by Bruno Winter Song A Poem by Hilde Oleson Ah, little birdie how you sing! The depths of winter hanging low over your tree, The boughs bent low by icy snow You raise your head And liquid fire flames out The ice around our hearts melts While...

Black & White photo of people cutting ice on Shankpainter Pond. The figure in the foreground is "Willie Alley".

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION KINGDOM OF THE BLIND by Louise Penny EVERY BREATH by Nicholas Sparks THE RECKONING by John Grisham THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah TARGET: ALEX CROSS by James Patterson COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION...

Postcard showing Mayflower Heights looking east along shore road.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION FIRE AND BLOOD by George R.R. Martin TARGET: ALEX CROSS by James Patterson THE RECKONING by John Grisham DARK SACRED NIGHT by Michael Connelly LOOK ALIVE TWENTY-FIVE by Janet Evanovich COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK...

November 30, 2018 Photo by Sandra Delzotti Irish Haiku - You Might Say A Poem by Jan Kelly From dreamless sleep To sleepless dream A season of the soul. To submit a photo or a poem, email Assistant Library Director Brittany Taylor at...

The Old Boathouse at Peaked Hill with the Dune Wagon of Arthur Costa in October 1980.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION LOOK ALIVE TWENTY-FIVE by Janet Evanovich LONG ROAD TO MERCY by David Baldacci PAST TENSE by Lee Child THE RECKONING by John Grisham NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Nicholas Sparks COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION...

November 23, 2018 Photo by Jim Austin (Jimages) Thanksgiving A Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1901) We walk on starry fields of white    And do not see the daisies; For blessings common in our sight    We rarely offer praises. We sigh for some supreme delight    To...

Early morning unloading of fish traps in 1965.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION PAST TENSE by Lee Child NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Liane Moriarty THE RECKONING by John Grisham DARK SACRED NIGHT by Michael Connelly EVERY BREATH by Nicholas Sparks COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION KILLING...

November 16, 2018 Photo by Barbara Klipper The Song A Poem by Hilde Oleson There is music in the raindrops I cannot follow the tune. Somewhere in me is a discordant note That will not listen, will not join a chorus. But as the rain becomes a flood of notes Too loud,...

Fishing boat Stella damaged against pilings, Sept. 21, 1938.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION DARK SACRED NIGHT by Michael Connelly ELEVATION by Stephen King THE RECKONING by John Grisham EVERY BREATH by Nicholas Sparks ARCHANGEL'S PROPHECY by Nali Singh COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION BEASTIE BOYS...