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In 1940, the 1780-farmhouse that noted Maine essayist and curmudgeon John Gould’s great-grandfather built burned to the ground. To honor the generations that came before him, Gould there and then dec …

Maine curmudgeon John Gould offers humorous tongue-in-cheek advice for fathers-to-be with a non-medical, non-technical, non-scientific explanation of the masculine side of the matter, with much that …

For more than six decades, John Gould charmed readers of the Christian Science Monitor with his regular column Dispatches from the Farm, in which he extolled the virtues of Maine life. Gathered here …

There used to be a time when marvelous skyrockets could be purchased for a dime and the iceman came around once a week, when throwing a cap on and off took special talent and pants had watch pockets. …

We left our Maine and our United States at home and we journeyed amongst other peoples with courtesy to them and credit to ourselves.That is John Goulds definition of good travelers; and he and his w …

Beginning with the legendary story of a man in Jonesport (or was it Dexter or Waterford or Litchfield?) who raffled off his horse, which incidentally had been dead for some time, these twenty-nine ta …

Twelve Grindstones continues the laughter and wisdom, the leg-pulling and the literate chuckling of John Gould. Starting down the road to hilarity, there are some old stories and some new stories, al …

Unparalleled tall tales and heroes wander freely through this collection of John Goulds reminiscences of life in Maine. Here youll find stories of unlicensed Maine guide Flint Johnson and his group o …

John Goulds family first settled in Maine in 1618, so by the time he came along in the early 20th century, the Goulds were well steeped in the vernacular of the region, and his first inheritance was …

You know that fall is here and winter comes soon when the summer people leave and Maine is restored to righteousness.So says celebrated essayist John Gould in this wonderful collection inspired by th …

This book offers key resource materials developed for an international training course on Rainwater Harvesting and Utilization hosted annually by the Gansu Research Institute for Water Conservancy in …

The book represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation. It presents an up-to-date summary of the state of the science relating to the role of the oceans in the physical climate …

The book represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation. It presents an up-to-date summary of the state of the science relating to the role of the oceans in the physical climate …

Seven Good Reasons Not to Be Good opens with a postcard from forty-something Matt to his oldest friend Zane. Zane is dying, but maybe he doesn’t need to be. Matt has to do something about it. And tha …

Clinical Evaluation of Neurogenic Conditions, Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Lower Extremity Neurogenic Problems, Imaging: MRI and Ultrasound for Evaluation of Nerve Problems, Nerve Repair and Recon …

Another in John Gould’s Maine series, And One to Grow On: Recollections of a Maine Boyhood, originally published in 1948, is a wonderful collection of anecdotes from the author’s very own boyhood in …

John Goulds unrestrained humor is a pleasure—the dry Yankee kind that makes you laugh in retrospect. Throughout Neither Hay Nor Grass radiates the happy glow of warm family relationships studded wit …

Maine’s nationally acclaimed chronicler proves here that ‘the entire history of North America began in Maine.’ Long before Columbus sold Isabella his idea of a passage to Cathay, Irish fishermen went …

‘If there is reincarnation, I’m selfish enough to wish that next time around John Gould would come back as a writer again.’ —Mark Kramer in the Wall Street Journal In these observations on the inhabi …

First published in 1842, this vintage book contains part three of Charles Darwin’s “The Zoology of The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle”, a fascinating and detailed account of the research he did whilst aboar …

John Gould believes that food should consist mostly of good things to eat. Here, he summons up, with a generous garnish of risible anecdote, an earlier day when natural foods were the only kind there …

It is Not Now is collection of stories based upon real life, as well as a reflection on lost ways and changing values. It is a celebration of the eccentric people and lives of small towns all across …

When John Gould was young, a boy learned about the sea—and arithmetic and knots and geography and life—from the old deep-water men living out their lives in snug harbors. He grew up knowing the woo …

Part fable, part folklore, The Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine is Yankee story telling at its very best. A man needs a dog to catch long-legged rabbits, so he buys a hound with longer legs th …

This book captures the excitement of a formative phase of UK science during and immediately following WWII. It links back to scientists working at Antarctic whaling stations and the complimentary voy …

This book captures the excitement of a formative phase of UK science during and immediately following WWII. It links back to scientists working at Antarctic whaling stations and the complimentary voy …