Last week’s top-selling books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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‘The Ministry of Time’ is part thriller, part romance and a lot of fun
Kaliane Bradley’s debut novel wonders if a woman from the present can make a future with a man from the past.
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Bestsellers: ‘The Women,’ ‘Secrets of the Octopus’
This week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Collection spans the life of Maine poet Jeri Theriault
‘Self-Portrait as Homestead’ captures the loss of parents, marriage and more.
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How Nicholson Baker learned to paint, without the help of Bob Ross
The Maine author’s latest book chronicles his attempt at another art form.
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‘Northeaster,’ ‘Maine, A Love Story’ among finalists for Maine Literary Awards
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Rockport on May 30.
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Paul Auster, author who explored New York and life’s riddles, dies at 77
Over more than 30 books, Auster often used New York as a backdrop for stories of characters struggling to make sense of life’s random chaos.
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Maine State Police and Warden Service clash in ‘Dead Man’s Wake’
The latest of Paul Doiron’s series, two incidents fall under the departments’ overlapping jurisdictions.
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Bestsellers: ‘James,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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‘Lucky’ is a delightful trip through the 20th century’s greatest hits
Open Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” and thank God for the internet, because if you’re like me (well, poor you), you will want to look up and listen to song after song. The quirky fictional autobiography of a moderately successful singer-songwriter in the folk-rock mode of what the narrator, Jodie, calls the “four J’s” – […]