There are many books about Maine, both fiction and nonfiction. Some of the books that can be found at BookMarcs are self-published by authors. The BookMarcs staff wrote and published "The Story of Bangor: A Brief History of Maine's Queen City." This is the only narrative history of Bangor available. The price is $12.95. We also carry books by Maine publishers such as Down East Books, Tilbury House, Blackberry Press, and the University of Maine Press. You're invited to browse the new books below, which have joined our stock within the past few weeks, or see a list of our other Maine Books.

The subtitle says it all: chock full of tips about everything a hunter needs to consider from scent, wind, deer feeding habits, rutting, to gun choices. But also tales from the field about friendships and other aspects of the sport that scholars would refer to as "the culture." Whatever you call it, it gives you a real sense of being there. Illustrated.

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Leeman has been a fishing "addict" since childhood, when he looked into his father's fishing creel and saw it full of gorgeous brook trout. His main interest has been all facets of fly-fishing and fly-tying, as well as outdoor photography. For a number of years, he owned an operated Bob Leeman's Trout Shop in Brewer, Maine, and produced and directed a series of television fishing films for WLBZ-TV in Bangor, Maine. His articles have appeared in various national and local outdoors magazines and newspapers.

He has visited fishing sites all across Maine's vast waterway system and into Canada in pursuit of his avocations.

Illustrated throughout with Leeman's own maps and color & black-and-white photos.

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J.H. Hall has been fishing most of his life and fly-fishing Maine rivers and ponds for more than 37 years.

This book brings together some of his favorite fly-fishing experiences, using his fishing trips as the platform to introduce the reader to the people and the rivers that color Maine and his life, bringing all of us engaging life lessons and new experiences.
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Steve Tetreault’s true account of his time spent as a ranger in Maine’s Baxter State Park, a wilderness area of over 204,000 acres. In this collection of anecdotal stories, Tetreault describes his life as a new ranger in a strange place, meeting new people – and learning about his wild neighbors. If you are a lover of the outdoors in general, or Maine and Baxter State Park in particular, you will appreciate Steve’s depiction of a park ranger’s life from the point of view of a young and idealistic person.
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Few regions in New England can equal the scenic beauty and rich history of the Blue Hill and Ellsworth region. Situated in Hancock County, in Maine's Down East, the area was settled in the 1760s by hearty settlers harvesting blueberry barrens and fishing the coastal waters. In the 19th century, summer tourists began arriving, and they built elaborate summer estates along Parker Point and Hancock Point. The vintage postcards in this book show scenes of towns around Blue Hill and Ellsworth, such as Franklin, Sullivan, Sorrento, and Lamoine, as well as rare views of the 1933 Ellsworth fire and 1923 flood, Blue Hill Fair, and George Stevens Academy.

Shaw's thirty-year passion for vintage postcard collecting has culminated in this book, which features postcards from his personal collection, as well as private collections, public libraries, and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission.
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Young is a lively and moving story of one young woman's restlessness and struggle with life in a small Maine coastal town during the 1950s. Young's timeless themes still resonate as Evelyn, a recent high school graduate, confronts the question: What is she going to do with her life? All she knows for sure is that she is ready to escape a place where people know her every move and where her mother bakes bread that Evelyn delivers to the increasing number of summer residents. Young (originally published in 1955) follows Evelyn and her best friend, the naive and intelligent Susan, as they con their way through a rowdy and ultimately tragic twenty-four hours. And by the end of that day Evelyn chooses her path – for right or wrong.
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Miriam Colwell's Contentment Cove – her fourth novel set in Maine and her first in more than five decades – is a riveting story of class distinctions in a 1950s Down East coastal village during a time of cultural change. Meet Dot-Fran, Hilary, and Mina, three residents of a Maine coastal village in the 1950s. Dot-Fran, the youngest, is a native; she runs the town's drug store. Hilary, middle-aged, is a worldly artist. The wealthy Mina and her husband retired to the town after being enchanted with its charm during a one-night visit. Their disparate lives become entwined and eventually clash tragically.
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According to historian Benjamin Band, the first record of a Jew in Maine concerns Susman Abrams, a tanner who resided in Union until his death at 87 in 1830. Historical records beginning in 1849 also tell of a small Bangor community that organized a synagogue and purchased a burial ground. But it was not until the late 19th century that Jewish communities grew large enough to establish multiple synagogues, Hebrew schools for boys, kosher butcher shops, and Jewish bakeries. Eventually there were Jewish charitable societies, community centers, and social clubs across the state. Now, 150 years later, Jews serve every Maine community in every possible capacity, free from the barriers of social or religious discrimination. This book honors the accomplishments of Maine's Jewish residents.
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