2011 Beyond the Sea Events

Beyond the Sea, 74 Main St., Belfast, ME 04915 www.BeyondTheSeaMaine.com
Tel: 207-338-2100, Info@BeyondTheSeaMaine.com

FRIDAY JULY 29TH

11:30 - 1:30 Dana Moos, The Art of Breakfast; How to Bring B&B Entertaining Home. Author Reading, Discussion, Signing and Tasting.

Description: Author Dana Moos, Reading/discussion in the gallery-café, followed by signing in storefront. Complimentary baked good from her book included at discussion!
"A Maine breakfast is more than just blueberries. Dana Moos of the Maine Innkeeping Academy shows you how to whip up a delicious and beautiful breakfast, whether you're cooking for your out-of-state in-laws or running your own B&B.
Tasting of Sour Cream Coffee Cake, and Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal Cake.

12:30 - 3:00 C. S. Lambert, Sea Glass Hunter's Handbook. Author discussion, "sea-glass road show", and signing.

Description: C.S. Lambert, SeaGlass Hunter's Handbook, A Passion for Seaglass, SeaGlass Chronicles,"sea-glass road show",discussion/signing. Her latest book, SeaGlass Hunter's Handbook, is the perfect guide for both seasoned and novice "sea-glunkers". The Handbook reveals how to locate the best beaches and predict optimum conditions; understand coastal access laws; determine the personal and professional value of sea glass; and identify the source of individual fragments. Sea glass connects civilization and nature, often in surprising ways. This guide investigates how tiny bits of glass and ceramic have engaged generations of avid collectors throughout the world.

2:00 - 4:00 Marcus Librizzi, Ghosts of Acadia, and Dark Woods, Chill Waters, author reading,discussion,signing

Description: Following in the tradition of his first collection of ghost stories, Dark Woods, Chill Waters, Marcus Libirzzi has researched and written a collection of 21 true ghost stories from the Acadia/Mount Desert Island region of Maine.
All the stories stand out due to their frightening elements and legendary qualities, combined with historical background and eye-witness accounts. The collection also provides a kind of gothic tour guide, recounting stories in settings that readers can go and visit.

3:30 - 5:30 Virginia Wright, The Wild Blueberry Book, author reading and signing

Description: Growing naturally only in Maine and parts of Canada, wild blueberries are prized for their intense flavor and color. The Wild Blueberry Book follows the story of these luscious berries as they make their way from the barrens to your table, with some stops along the way for pie-eating contests, baking competitions, and even an annual musical celebrating the culture that has grown up around Maine's official berry. You'll meet growers, rakers, beekeepers, processors, winemakers, blueberry queens, and some of the food scientists who are unlocking the secrets behind blueberries' amazing health benefits. Recipes too!

SATURDAY, JULY 30TH

11:00 - 1:00 James L. Witherell, L. L. Bean - The Man and His Company, The Complete Story. Author Signing.
Description: Because his feet got wet and sore on a hunting trip, L. L. Bean developed his famous boot and started the mail-order company that would change the sleepy town of Freeport, Maine, into a huge outdoor mall. The story begins with the Bean family, young Leon Leonwood Bean's love of the outdoors, his first forays into sales (butter, men's clothing), and then his development of "the boot" and the beginnings of an outdoors outfitting company that ran on a card file system and resisted change. The story of L.L. Bean, Inc.'s phenomenal growth under grandson Leon Gorman is replete with Preppies, MBAs, infighting, and even parodies of a company that would eventually get its own Zip Code.
Jim Witherell is a master Maine Guide and the creator of hiking maps for Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park. Also an avid cyclist, he is the author of Bicycle History (McGann) and working on a book about the Tour de France.

11:00 - 1:00 Catherine Schmitt, A Coastal Companion - A Gulf of Maine Almanac, from Canada to Cape Cod; Author reading, discussion, signing.

Description: Author reading, discussion & signing. A chronicle of changes through the seasons both above and within the sea, A Coastal Companion follows the arrival and departure of migrating shorebirds in spring and fall, schools of fish as they move in and out of our region, and the natural cycles of our bays, rivers, marshes, and coastal forests. Part field guide, part almanac, the book also highlights writers, artists, and scientists who have chosen the Gulf of Maine as their subject matter.

12:30 - 2:30 Van Reid, Moosepath League Series, and American Zig-Zag, author readings, discussion, and signing.

Description: Van Reid's Moosepath League, and American Zig-Zag are full of wonderful, vivid characters, - laughter, delight, touching moments, intrique, and more. These books will have you reading aloud to share passages and chapters with those around you. For teenagers, as well as adults, Van Reid's books are much loved. FMI: visit www.Moosepath.com

2:00 - 4:00 Kerck Kelsey:Remarkable Americans-and Israel Washburn Jr, Maine's Little-known Giant of the Civil War: reading, talk&signing

Description: Kerck Kelsey talks about the Washburns and the Civil War and Remarkable Americans and Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine's Little-known Giant of the Civil War. David McCullough's brand-new book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, includes the story of Elihu Washburn(e), the American ambassador who remained at his post through the Franco-Prussian War, the long Siege of Paris, and the nightmare of the Commune. The stories of ALL of the remarkable Washburn sibilings are told in Kerck Kelsey's book.

3:00 - 5:00 What: Stonington Librarian Vicki Zelnick; discussion on A Maine Town in the Civil War, by Vernal Hutchinson

Description: A timely reprint of A Maine Town in the Civil War. This book chronicles the significant contributions of the island of Deer Isle to Maines Regiments.
The book is based on extensive research by Deer Isle native, Vernal Hutchinson. Ken Burns used this documentation in preparing his acclaimed Civil War TV Series. 2011 celebrates the 150th (Sesquicentennial) anniversary of the Civil War.

SUNDAY, JULY 31ST

11:00 - 1:00 Brian Robbins; Bearin's - The Book. Author reading/talk and signing.

Description: Bearins (bâr'ns)When youre on the water, the act of figuring out where you are and whats going on is known as getting your bearings. The same applies to life itself. In the Northeast, we often dont fuss around with the letter g at the ends of our words. Therefore, Bearinswhich has been the name of a column in Commercial Fisheries News for over 20 years.
This is an author-selected sampling of those columns, the best of his unique blend of humor, wry observations, and personal reflections on life. While originally written for a fishing audience, Brian Robbins columns encompass characters, situations, and themes bound to resonate with all readers. He'll make you laugh, maybe even shed a tear, and definitely leave you wanting more.

11:00 - 1:00 Matt Curry, One Season At a Time, and Adventures Afield; Reflections of a Maine Outdoorsman. Author Signing. Adventures and excursions from two outdoorsmen’s journals about their hunting, fishing, and hunting hounds experiences and other events. Although both authors had wives and families, their outdoor lifestyle couldn’t be denied. Responsible and irresponsible share a fine line. At times they leaned over the line in their pursuit of this outdoor life, often with comical results.

1:00 - 3:00 Ardeana Hamlin, Abbott's Reach, Pink Chimneys; Author reading, talk & signing.

Description: Set in nineteenth century Maine, Abbott's Reach is the story of a headstrong and emotional young woman setting sail on her honeymoon voyage with her sea captain husband. Their travels around Cape Horn to Hawaii and back home again, are rife with excitement, romance, adventure and family strife. This gripping novel is the sequel to the author's now-classic Pink Chimneys, set around a notorious Bangor brothel.
Ardeana Hamlin grew up in Bingham, Maine, in the 1950s and 1960s in the days of the river drives, the veneer mill and the woods operations. Now a newspaper journalist, she lives in Hamden, Maine, and is the author of two previous novels, Pink Chimneys and A Dream of Paris.

2:00 - 4:00 John McDonald, Down the Road a Piece, and A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar, author talk/signing

Description: We thought about calling this "Get Lost with John McDonald." John wanted to call it just "Get Lost!" Regardless of the title, John is back, this time offering tips to tourists and trying to help them better "understand" the state of Maine-from its history to its weather to its unique vocabulary. Also great for natives looking to brush up on their home state or just looking to laugh. Hilarious. Also by John; A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar

3:00 - 4:30 Rebekah Raye,Bear-ly There, The Very Best Bed: Author reading(s), talk & signing.

Description: A bushy gray squirrel is ready for bed, but where will he sleep tonight? He finds a cozy den, but a big black bear is already sleeping there. On his way up a tree, he sees a family of bats, but sleeping upside down doesn't suit him. A beaver slaps his tail on the pond before he dives down to his bed in his lodge, but the squirrel doesn't want to get his feet wet. Here's a snug hole in a tree, but it's overflowing with raccoon babies. Rebekah Raye's wonderful watercolor paintings take us along on the gray squirrel's search for just the right bed. Where, oh where, will he sleep tonight?
Rebekah Raye is an artist beloved for her bird and animal paintings and sculpture, derived from her affinity with the natural world around her at her studio in East Blue Hill, Maine. She illustrated Thanks to the Animals, by Allen Sockabasin, and teaches workshops for children and adults.