Kyung-Sook Shin pens a work about the power of art, friendship and empathy to give meaning to people’s lives in a Korea where the scent of tear gas often lingers.

It’s a lively chronicle of the Maine statesman from his origins to the end of his second gubernatorial term in 1959.

Judith Nies adds discipline and outrage to the history of the water and power grab from American Indian lands.

The editor of the popular New York Times column will speak at Space gallery Thursday.

The story of three anthropologists in 1930s New Guinea intrigues with its multi-layered character studies.

She will discuss her newly released book about the history of the Saco Drive-In on Thursday in Saco.

Humans’ frayed ties to the earth can be re-established, the authors contend.