Joshua Prager wants readers to rethink what they know about the landmark case.
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‘From the Mountains to the Sea’ offers a meticulous account of the restoration of the Penobscot River
A broad spectrum of people and groups came together with a common goal – and they actually got something done.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You,’ ‘The Isolation Artist’
The current top 10 bestselling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Jane Austen makes a cameo in a charmer about friendship and the literary life
‘Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden’ whisks readers to Cambridge, Wales and Venice, in the company of a delightful gang of scholars
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Bedside table: These campers, perforce, are rolling stones
“Anyone who has ever vacationed in a camper or motor home will enjoy reading ‘Nomadland.’ The author, journalist Jessica Bruder, followed campers who lived in their vehicles full time. There are two kinds of people who travel in campers, she writes, the middle class and the Nomads. Full-timers are the new Nomads. They travel from […]
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They’re ba-ack! And so is the tongue-in-cheek storytelling of a beloved Maine children’s author
In her satirical sequel ‘The Willoughbys Return,’ Lois Lowry reunites the abandoned children of her 2008 book with their degenerate – and newly defrosted – parents.
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Finding the dignity in troubled people and places, from a sect to a small town
Shawna Kay Rodenberg recounts her childhood in a religious sect and in rural Kentucky.
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Bedside table: Exploring Maine through books
“One of my favorite summer joys is to be at the ocean. My senses compile the smell of crisp air, the sound of crashing waves, the squawking of gulls, the sensation of warm and textured sand, and of course, the beautiful scenery. It brings joy to explore our wonderful state. While sheltering in place last […]
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Madness of Crowds,’ ‘Hero of Two Worlds’
The current best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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A new book examines the final troubled years of Robert Indiana’s life on Vinalhaven
In ‘The Isolation Artist,’ Portland Press Herald arts reporter Bob Keyes tackles a tragic tale with echoes of Shakespeare.
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