Author Lucille Stott will present her new book, “Saving Thoreau’s Birthplace: How Citizens Rallied to Bring Henry Out of the Woods.” The book chronicles the efforts of the many people who worked tirelessly for many years to keep Henry David Thoreau’s birth house from being lost to history. WHEN: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5 WHERE: […]
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In ‘Beyond the Truth,’ a police shooting in Portland brings protests, grandstanding – and a search for justice
Detective Sargent John Byron struggles with his own demons as he tries to uncover the mystery behind a popular high school athlete’s shooting.
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Ian McEwan tells android tale in ‘Machines Like Me’
I robot?
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Book review: In ‘Moment of Lift,’ Melinda Gates crusades for gender equity
The book calls for all of us to turn toward each other and say, ‘Wait a minute. Let’s change this.’
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When the gang from Kestrel Cove shows up in Florida, what could possibly go right?
In ‘Sweating Through,’ Peter Bridgford offers the same hugely entertaining sense of the absurd, but the narrative framework is shaky.
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Inserting fictional characters into real history can be tricky
Agnes Bushell’s “The House on Perry Street” mostly gets it right.
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‘Lost and Wanted’ review: Nell Freudenberger’s searching novel of science and belief
Text messages from the phone of a dead friend raise questions about the nature of friendship.
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Bodwell to depart Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
He’s taking over as editorial director at David R. Godine, an independent publishing house in Boston.
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T.C. Boyle skewers Timothy Leary in ‘Outside Looking In’
He describes the calamitous impact of a fictionalized LSD guru on a fictional young Harvard grad student and his family.
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Book Review: Latest James Hayman thriller requires actress to play the role of her life – for her life
In ‘A Fatal Obsession,’ the master plotter sets a high bar for his detectives that they don’t quite reach.