Gardiner Public Library

Farewell From Scott

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A lot has changed in the library world since I started here 40 years ago in 1981.  We’ve gone from paper card catalogs to electronic retrieval.  I’ve been here through floods, downtown fires, ice storms, Celebrity Who Reads What lists, and many a blizzard. I have been very lucky in those 40 years of change.  I have had the good fortune to work with two wonderful directors: Glenna Nowell for 10 years and Anne Davis for 30 years.  Both of these wonderful directors allow their staff to shine in their position and grow professionally. I have been fortunate to have …

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New Items ~ August 2021

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FICTION The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman.  Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, this is a dazzling fantasy adventure. Blush by Jamie Brenner.  Three generations of women discover that the scandalous books they read in the past may just be the key to saving their family’s future. Cheat Day by Liv Stratman.  Here are the unexpected consequences of one woman’s attempt to exert control over her entire life by adhering to a strict wellness regimen. Dead by Dawn by Paul Doiron.  Maine game warden Mike Bowditch finds himself in …

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New Items ~ July 2021

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FICTION The damage by Caitlin Wahrer.  When a small town family is pushed to the brink, how far will they go to protect one of their own?  An edgy, propulsive read about what we will do in the name of love and blood. The devil my dance by Jake Tapper.  A couple is asked by the Attorney General to look into a threat, which brings them into contact with the Rat Pack and the Church of Scientology. The Drummers by Tricia Fields.  Police Chief Josie Gray’s life is complicated when sparks and bullets begin to fly after her small town …

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Travel New England

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T ~ There Goes Maine!R ~ Rhode IslandA ~ Apples Of MaineV ~ Vermont Atlas & GazetteerE ~ Eat Local CookbookL ~ Life And Death In The North Woods N ~ New Hampshire Facts And SymbolsE ~ Eastern WildflowersW ~ Weatherbeaten E ~ Edible And Medicinal Mushrooms Of New England And Eastern CanadaN ~ Northern FrightsG ~ Gardening Month By Month In New EnglandL ~ Little-known Mysteries Of New EnglandA ~ Along The RailsN ~ Night The Sky Turned RedD ~ Detective In The Dooryard