The current best-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
2021
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: Didn’t get what you want? Buy yourself a gift that keeps on giving
A Maine hunting license ranges from $26 to $200 and provides you an opportunity to get outside throughout the year.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: Kat Rosenfield’s thriller is blistering, its takedown of snobbery bravura
In “No One Will Miss Her,” a Maine lake house murder exposes the value placed on some lives over others.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Politics
Sen. King pushes filibuster reforms to protect voting rights, electoral process
Maine’s independent senator says voting rights and the elections process itself are in danger, and that he supports changing filibuster rules to protect them, something he has opposed in the past.
Posted inMaine
A determined teen faces his grimly altered life
In June 2020, Jack Weeks, 17, was instantly paralyzed in a diving accident. He is determined to work hard to keep getting stronger.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘A Journal for Jordan’ is a well-meaning but inert slice of true-life melodrama
Early in “A Journal for Jordan,” a mother reads her toddler a message, left by the boy’s late father: “Dear Jordan: I want you to know that it’s OK for boys to cry.” Opening with a life lesson like that virtually guarantees a three-hankie tear-jerker. But the film doesn’t quiet deliver on that promise. The […]
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Sure, it’s pleasant to have warm days into December … if it weren’t for climate change
Flowers are blooming at weird times, but should we – can we – enjoy that?
Posted inMaine
As child tax credit payments expire, many Maine families face ‘hard choices’
Since July, Maine families have received monthly payments for each child under the age of 18, a program that economists say has kept many out of poverty.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Ask Maine Audubon: What impact are otters having on wildlife at Evergreen Cemetery?
Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Tetrazzini is a creamy one-pan pasta hit, with or without chicken
A can of beans, pureed in a blender, makes a creamy sauce without any cream for this take on the Italian-American classic.