North America


The Great Gatsby
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
Of Mice and Men
The Handmaid's Tale
The Bell Jar
The Grapes of Wrath
The Color Purple
Fahrenheit 451
The Underground Railroad
Beloved
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
The Help
Slaughterhouse-Five
Hank Bracker
On March 12, 2015, the AIM Development Company, that deals in scrap metal, met to discuss demolishing the now defunct Verso Paper Mill in Bucksport, located at the head of Penobscot Bay. The paper mill was first built by the Maine Seaboard Paper Company in 1930. Demolition of the mill is expected to be completed in 2016. However, company representatives and town officials did not discuss what AIM might do with the 250-acre waterfront site once the demolition work is complete. Originally it was b ...more
Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One...."

Aesop Rock
It should also be mentioned that since 2006, a relatively mysterious fungal disease known as White-nose syndrome has killed more than six million bats in North America. The cause and cure is currently being researched, but I believe as of now the decimated populations remain a sad mystery. Here’s to hoping these little dudes prosper in the face of terrible times.
Aesop Rock

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