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A new local history book that commemorates the intriguing characters and everyday heroes who have made the Lakes Region’s legendary (Click title to read more) 

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James “Jimmy” Shanley is a legend on the New Hampshire seacoast. Jim always has a joke or a story at the ready, often as not with a life lesson woven in, a tradition that continues to this day. (Click title to read more) 

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Peter Agrafiotis, painter, writer and former magazine publisher announces the release of his new book This Is Not My Bathing Suit, a novel about contemporary artists and fishermen. The novel is a satire on the arts and pop culture, but also on life in a small New England coastal city. (Click title to read more) 

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The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Legendary Locals series is Legendary Locals of Portsmouth from author Charles McMahon. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images. Chuck is well-known as a key reporter for the Portsmouth Herald. (Check below for author events) 

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Local author Donna Seim and illustrator Susan Spellman will launch their new historical children's book, Charley with special activities, readings and book signings at Strawbery Banke Museum on Sunday, September 1, 2013 from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. (Continued below) 

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The Portsmouth Marine Society Press, part of the Portsmouth Historical Society, announced today its newest publication, A Race of Shipbuilders: The Hanscoms of Eliot, Maine.  Copies are now available in the Discover Portsmouth Museum Shop which is open daily from 10-5 PM. (Continued below) 

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Kathleen Marden, niece of Betty and Barney Hill of Portsmouth, NH has a new book out in May 2013 entitled THE ALIEN ABDUCTION FILES. Whatever your view of the UFO topic -- fact or fiction -- Marden's work is a solid attempt to study these cases deeply. She also appears in a new interview in VANITY FAIR magazine which is definitely worth reading. (Continued below) 

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Kimberly Cloutier Green of Kittery Point, ME, was named Monday night as the new Portsmouth Poet Laureate at ceremonies at Portsmouth City Hall. Ms. Cloutier Green will serve a two-year appointment, until April of 2015, as the ninth Poet Laureate under the auspices of the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program. (Continued below) 

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The Whittier Home Association in Amesbury, Massachusetts proudly introduces a special curriculum which honors the life and legacy of poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. Several years in the making, the curriculum was funded by a grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services, and was created to facilitate and promote a connection between the Whittier Home and schools and the local community through engaging, historically relevant, and fun educational programming. (Continued below) 

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Not long ago, most blind and visually impaired people grew up without ever playing sports; they sat on the sidelines, and kept score during gym—protected rather than included. In the 1980s, few people had ever heard of the Paralympic Games or accessible recreation. A new encyclopedia for blind and visually impaired athletes by Portsmouth-based author Andre Leibs changes all that. (Continued below)