Demand surges after Michael Wolff’s insider’s take on the administration is released earlier than planned.
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Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel was one of Obama’s faves of the year
“Anything is Possible” was included on the former president’s annual list of his favorite books and songs.
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‘Saboteur’ fascinates with facts, teases with omissions
The story of Robert de La Rochefoucauld is deeply researched and very well told.
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The memoir ‘Settling Twice’ walks readers through a cloud of memories
Castine writer Deborah Joy Corey takes a fluid approach to a linear model.
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Book review: The slaves who helped build Detroit
Author Tiya Miles has compiled documentation that does for Detroit what the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives did for the South.
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Sue Grafton, author of popular ‘alphabet’ mysteries, dies at 77
Grafton said the heroine of her series, Southern California private detective Kinsey Millhone, was in fact her alter ego.
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Influential leftist author, advocate Marcus Raskin dies at 83
The one-time JFK aide cofounded the Institute for Policy Studies.
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South Paris girl’s book raises money and awareness about adoption
Juliese Padgett, now 12, wrote ‘The Newest Flower’ when she was just 7.
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‘Northern Exposure’ explores the design aesthetic of architect Carol A. Wilson
A new book highlights several of her Maine projects.
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In war, the battle today is less on the ground than on social media
The author found that Twitter knew things long before traditional media did.