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Welcome
This is the April 2008 upgrade of Cook Memorial Library’s new website, in development by Scriblio. It’s a brand new model for libraries, constructed to be interactive throughout, and to give website users the same opportunity for give-and-take that’s one of the joys of visiting our physical library on Tamworth’s Main Street.
If this is your first visit to the new site, please go to the HELP link. It will show you how to navigate the website. Please feel free to comment. Our automation system, INFOCENTRE, can be accessed directly for RESERVES & RENEWS, and creating reading lists. -
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Sit-on-top Kayaking

Attribution
by Tom Holtey ; with illustrations by Mike AltmanFormat
BookPublished
1998Description
In just 96 pages this new paperback introduces the beginner to their craft, its features, and the equipment needed to best enjoy the sport. summarized from Amazon.comAvailability
Tandem Sit-on-top Kayaking

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by Tom Holtey ; with illustrations by Mike AltmanFormat
BookPublished
2000Description
Learn how to use a two-person or tandem sit-on-top kayak for fun with friends & family. summarized from Amazon.comAvailability
Sea Kayaking : A Manual For Long-distance Touring

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by John DowdFormat
BookPublished
1988Description
In this guide, veteran paddler John Dowd provides the foundations of sound seamanship and good risk management, including lessons on how to read the weather and the water, how to navigate, and how to travel with a group. summarized from Amazon.comAvailability
Kayaking : Whitewater And Touring Basics

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by Steven Krauzer ; introduction by John Viehman ; illustrations by Ron HildebrandFormat
BookPublished
1995Description
Smart, instructive, and beautifully designed, every book in the Trailside Guide series contains the essential information readers need to master outdoor activities and have fun in the process. Norton proudly reissues these best-selling guides with fully revised “Sources & Resources” sections (including where to find the Web sites, gear, services, books, clubs, and organizations that make for foolproof outings); Buying Guide: Each Guide has all the information readers need to make informed decisions about what gear is available, and what they should buy. summarized from Amazon.comAvailability
Our Maine Collection
One picture is worth a thousand words to illustrate our Maine collection. To the left is Potato Island, one of my favorites on the Maine Island Trail. Potato Island rests at the east end of Eggemoggin Reach. The Reach is a busy place in summer with all manner of boats, large and small, from [...]
Fire Storm

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Jean Craighead George, Wendell MinorFormat
BookPublished
2003Description
When Axel and his family take a rafting trip down the swift Salmon River, they sense little risk when smoke appears in the quiet, dry wilderness. summarized from Amazon.comAvailability
Wild Man Island

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Will HobbsFormat
BookPublished
2002Description
0n the last day of a sea kayak trip in southeast Alaska, fourteen-year-old Andy Galloway paddles away from the group. The Wild Man vanishes into the forest, but the dog reappears and leads Andy to … What's at stake are the discoveries Andy's father died trying to find, the answers to the most exciting puzzle in American archeology — who were the first Americans? summarized from Amazon.comAvailability
Jay Rancourt, Library Director
Jay took the job of director in 1998 after spending three years as Cook’s children’s librarian. During her tenure in Tamworth, the automated catalog has doubled in size, and the open hours per week have increased from 20 to 32. The 110 year-old building, with the new Alt Children’s Wing, has quadrupled its usable [...]