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70 Summer 2019 LOCALadk Magazine LOCALadk Adirondack Audacity by L .R. Smolarek If you are looking for a fun fiction series to read while relaxing in your favorite camp chair or hammock spot, then check out this entertaining trilogy. Follow the misguided adventures of Ellen McCauley as she travels from the Adirondacks to California and back in search of true love. Learn how she goes from hiking boots to high heels. Adirondack Audacity is the winner of the Virginia Romance Writers HOLT Medallion for Outstanding Con- temporar y Romance novel of 2015 and Best First Book. Her second book, Audacity On The Water, lands her pad- dling the 90 Miler Adirondack Canoe Classic. The Audac- ity of an Adirondack Summer is filled with love, laughter, myster y, and hiking in the High Peaks. Sure to keep you entertained and intrigued. The Book Shelf The Trails of the Adirondacks: Hiking America's Original Wilderness by Neal Burdick with Photography by Carl Heilman II Foreword by Bill McKibben In association with the Adirondack Mountain Club We are excited about Carl Heilman's latest book published by the Adirondack Mountain Club, and just released this April. Our magazine has been fortunate to have some of Carl's photography grace our pag- es, and we are happy to recommend this book. If you or someone you know loves the Adirondacks, this book is a must have. Carl teamed up with Neal Burdick in creating a coffee-table book that will take you on a journey throughout the wilds of much of the Park. Carl has been photographing the Adirondacks for over 40 years, and in doing so has captured the essence of the natural beauty the four seasons offer. Each page contains photos that pop and are filled with beautiful de- tail. It is as if you can reach out and touch the water pooling in the pond, or scoop up handfuls of fluff y snow. You may feel the urge to paddle off in a canoe or go for a swim in one of the many gorgeous lakes. Use this book to help inspire you to find new Adirondack adventures. They Teach Without Words, The Animals of Moose River Farm by Anne Phinney A sincere and deep love for animals is the foundation for this new book. The author, Anne Phinney, shares with us how the farm outside Old Forge came to be, and what makes it so special. As the title suggests, animals can teach us so many life lessons. See page 36 for a short write-up about the farm, and make plans to visit this summer. This is author Anne Phinney's second book, her first is, Finding My Way to Moose River Farm: Living with Animals in the Adirondacks .

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