The book was about understanding the present in order to predict the future.
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Man, a steal! Rare Superman comic sells for record $3.25 million
While hundreds of thousands of copies of Action Comics #1 were initially published, it’s estimated only about 100 exist today, and in varying conditions.
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Women’s anthology includes essay by former Mainer
Nikki Kallio writes about recovering from cancer during the pandemic in the book, ‘Heroics.’
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Bedside table: A bedroom threesome that’s totally kosher for a family newspaper
“During the pandemic, I have been reading many of the books which were in my ‘books to read’ stack, beside my bed. Slowly but surely, I am whittling it down! “Today I am midway through ‘The Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri (who also wrote ‘Interpreter of Maladies’) and hate to put it down. I’m not sure […]
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A boy struggles with the death of a beloved father and the acquisition of a violent stepfather
In Jim Nichols’ terrific coming-of-age tale, we meet the boy, the man, and his music.
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Bedside table: The inspirational George M. Houser and his decades-long commitment to racial justice
“I had just finished reading and appreciating the most recent, excellent biography of John Lewis, when Sheila Collins’ book ‘Ubuntu: George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents’ was published last year. It is on my bedside table, and I’m in the last chapter. I didn’t meet George Houser until […]
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Anthony Bourdain’s forthcoming book ‘World Travel’ is inspiring our post-pandemic trips
How to use wisdom from his latest book when you hit the road again.
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Two hundred years on, a medical book finally sees the light of day
Rockport resident Richard Kahn beautifully illuminates ‘Diseases in the District of Maine, 1772 to 1820,’ an unpublished manuscript by the remarkable Jeremiah Barker.
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Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, who gave us Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, dies at 104
She was named a Living Legend in 2000 by the Library of Congress. In 2003, she was chosen as one of the winners of the National Medal of Arts and met President George W. Bush.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
McMurtry, the author of many novels including the Pulitzer Prize winning epic ‘Lonesome Dove,’ was also writer of screenplays and a bookstore owner.