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Product Description: Into Woods is an exuberant, profound, and often wonderfully funny account of ten years in the life of author Bill Roorbach. A paean to nature, love, family, and place, it begins with his honeymoon on a wine farm in France's Loire Valley and closes with the birth of his daughter and he and his wife's return to their beloved Maine...read more

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9781608935130 | Reprint edition (Down East Books, September 15, 2015), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Into Woods is an exuberant, profound, and often wonderfully funny account of ten years in the life of author Bill Roorbach.

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Product Description: “A page-turner, a love story and a vivid drama of man (and woman) against the elements . . . A great read by a wonderful writer.” —Newsday When the “Storm of the Century” threatens western Maine, Eric closes his office early and heads to the grocery store...read more

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9781410477705 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, March 4, 2015), cover price $31.99 | About this edition: "Brilliant .

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9781616204785 | Reprint edition (Algonquin Books, June 30, 2015), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: “A page-turner, a love story and a vivid drama of man (and woman) against the elements .

CD/Spoken Word:

9781622314850 | Unabridged edition (Highbridge Co, October 14, 2014), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: They’re calling it the “Storm of the Century,” so Eric stops at the market for provisions on his way home from work.

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Product Description: Great blue herons, yellow birches, damselflies, and beavers are among the talismans by which Bill Roorbach uncovers a natural universe along the stream that runs by his house in Farmington, Maine. Populated by an oddball cast of characters to whom Roorbach ("The Professor") and his family might always be considered outsiders, this book chronicles one man's determined effort—occasionally with hilarious results—to follow his stream to its elusive source...read more

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9781608933938 | Reprint edition (Down East Books, December 7, 2014), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Great blue herons, yellow birches, damselflies, and beavers are among the talismans by which Bill Roorbach uncovers a natural universe along the stream that runs by his house in Farmington, Maine.
9780385336550 | Reprint edition (Dial Pr, May 30, 2006), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A thoughtful meditation on the richness of country life describes the natural wonders and wildlife around his home in Farmington, Maine, his life as an 'outsider' amid a close-knit rural community, and the world of the colorful characters in the neighborhood.

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Product Description: FINALIST FOR THE 2014 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION“A flat-out funny, sexy, and poignant romantic thriller.”* They’re calling for the “Storm of the Century,” and in western Maine, that means something. So Eric closes his law office early and heads to the grocery store...read more

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9781616203313 | Algonquin Books, October 14, 2014, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: FINALIST FOR THE 2014 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION“A flat-out funny, sexy, and poignant romantic thriller.

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Product Description: Through quirky plots, one-of-kind characters, and more than a few twists, the stories in Big Bend examine gentle-hearted men and their relationships. From made-in-heaven meetings to troublesome liaisons, Roorbach's characters experience romance in unexpected, sometimes disastrous ways...read more

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9780820347233 | Reprint edition (Univ of Georgia Pr, February 15, 2014), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Through quirky plots, one-of-kind characters, and more than a few twists, the stories in Big Bend examine gentle-hearted men and their relationships.

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Product Description: This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David “Lizard” Hochmeyer’s larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents’ deaths. It’s a journey laden with pro football stars, a master chef and his beautiful transvestite lover, a world-famous ballerina and her English rocker husband, and a sister who’s as brilliant as she is unstable...read more

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9781616200763 | 1 edition (Algonquin Books, November 13, 2012), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David “Lizard” Hochmeyer’s larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents’ deaths.

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9781616203245 | Algonquin Books, August 20, 2013, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David “Lizard” Hochmeyer’s larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents’ deaths.
9780256125924, titled "Study Guide for Use With Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting: Chapters 14-27" | Richard d Irwin, August 1, 1994, cover price $28.40 | also contains Study Guide for Use With Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting: Chapters 14-27

CD/Spoken Word:

9781611749021 | Unabridged edition (Highbridge Co, November 13, 2012), cover price $36.95

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9781582975276, titled "Writing Life Stories: How to Make Memories into Memoirs, Ideas into Essays, and Life into Literature" | 2 revised edition (Writers Digest Books, July 1, 2008), cover price $16.99

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Product Description: John Hodgkins was eight years old when his father was drafted into the army and left for Europe for fight in WWII. After his return, his father never spoke much of the war. After his father's death, John opened his father's diary and two boxes of memorabilia.
By John E. Hodgkins and Bill Roorbach (foreword by)

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9780892727162 | Down East Books, January 30, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: John Hodgkins was eight years old when his father was drafted into the army and left for Europe for fight in WWII.

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A thoughtful meditation on the richness of country life describes the natural wonders and wildlife around his home in Farmington, Maine, his life as an 'outsider' amid a close-knit rural community, and the world of the colorful characters in the neighborhood. By the author of the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning Big Bend. 30,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780385336543 | Dial Pr, July 26, 2005, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: In a meditation on the richness of country life, the author describes the natural wonders around his home in Farmington, Maine, and his life as an outsider amid a close-knit rural community.

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A Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection of nine short stories take place in a variety of settings across the United States and feature men who experience passion, challenges to their typically sweet natures, and the folly of bad luck and poor advice. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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9780820322834 | Univ of Georgia Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, this intriguing anthology of stories explores the complex twists and turns of human relationships in such works as 'Fog,' 'Thanksgiving,' and the title story, about a grieving widower, feeling the onslaught of age, who finds himself attracted to a young birdwatcher no older than his daughter.

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9781582432571 | Reprint edition (Counterpoint, December 1, 2002), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection of nine short stories take place in a variety of settings across the United States and feature men who experience passion, challenges to their typically sweet natures, and the folly of bad luck and poor advice.

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Thirty years after his brother goes missing, Coop Henry finds himself unable to let go of his need to discover what happened, and despite the promise of a new relationship, he fears for his mental stability if he is unable to learn the truth. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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9781582432526 | Reprint edition (Counterpoint, November 25, 2002), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Thirty years after his brother goes missing, Coop Henry finds himself unable to let go of his need to discover what happened, and despite the promise of a new relationship, he fears for his mental stability if he is unable to learn the truth.

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Product Description: Into Woods is an exuberant, profound, and often wonderfully funny account of ten years in the life of its award-winning author, Bill Roorbach. A paean to nature, to love, to family, and to place, Into Woods provides a sequel to Roorbach's first book, the critically acclaimed and popular Summers with Juliet, which traced Roorbach's courtship of Juliet Karelsen, ending with their wedding on the water...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780268031626 | Univ of Notre Dame Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Into Woods is an exuberant, profound, and often wonderfully funny account of ten years in the life of its award-winning author, Bill Roorbach.

Product Description: Into Woods is an exuberant, profound, and often wonderfully funny account of ten years in the life of author Bill Roorbach. A paean to nature, love, family, and place, it begins with his honeymoon on a wine farm in France's Loire Valley and closes with the birth of his daughter and he and his wife's return to their beloved Maine...read more

Paperback:

9780268031633 | Univ of Notre Dame Pr, February 1, 2002, cover price $22.01 | About this edition: Into Woods is an exuberant, profound, and often wonderfully funny account of ten years in the life of author Bill Roorbach.

The thirty-year-old secret about what happened to his older brother haunts Coop Henry, but when cracks begin to form in the family's tight facade, he will be forced to confront the truth. 30,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9781582431529 | Counterpoint, October 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The thirty-year-old secret about what happened to his older brother haunts Coop Henry, but when cracks begin to form in the family's tight facade, he will be forced to confront the truth.

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Product Description: The most inclusive collection of creative nonfiction available, Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth is the only anthology that brings together examples of all three of the main forms in the genre: the literary memoir, the personal essay, and literary journalism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Bill Roorbach (editor)

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9780195135565 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 4, 2001, cover price $76.95 | About this edition: The most inclusive collection of creative nonfiction available, Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth is the only anthology that brings together examples of all three of the main forms in the genre: the literary memoir, the personal essay, and literary journalism.

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Product Description: Book by Roorbach, Bill

Hardcover:

9781884910364 | Story Pr, July 1, 1998, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Book by Roorbach, Bill

Paperback:

9781884910470 | Story Pr, October 1, 2000, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Book by Roorbach, Bill

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Product Description: They met in a bar on Martha's Vineyard. Bill was instantly smitten-her cool beauty, her insouciance, her sassy youth-but Juliet was unimpressed. Even so, a courtship began, and for the next eight summers, in sublime settings across North America, Bill Roorbach and Juliet Karelsen made circuitous progress toward a lasting love, and finally, marriage...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780395573235 | Houghton Mifflin, February 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author tells how he met, courted, and married his sweetheart, and chronicles the rediscovery of his childhood enchantment with nature

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9780814250525 | Ohio State Univ Pr, March 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: They met in a bar on Martha's Vineyard.

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