Books

• Published

  July 30, 2023
  

  In ‘No One Prayed Over Their Graves,’ a catastrophic flood alters a city – and a lifelong friendship

  Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa chronicles Aleppo's history through the story of two men.

• Published

  July 30, 2023
  

  A cake to weather a storm, from Cathie Pelletier’s ‘Northeaster’

  This frugal, old-fashioned Blueberry Cake with Nutmeg Sauce appears in her new book about Mainers in the blizzard of 1952.

• Published

  July 23, 2023
  

  Bedside table: A nonfiction stack

• Published

  July 23, 2023
  

  ‘The Road to Dalton’ portrays an Aroostook town filled with secrets – and love

  Shannon Bowring's debut novel about a small fictional town has a tender heart.

• Published

  July 23, 2023
  

  Can veganism save the soul of a wily millionaire?

  'The Vegan,' a new novel by Andrew Lipstein, explores moral and ethical dilemmas through the eyes of a troubled hedge fund manager.

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• Published

  July 23, 2023

  Best-Sellers: ‘Dead Man’s Wake,’ ‘Battle of Ink & Ice’

  The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.

• Published

  July 21, 2023

  James Reston Jr., nonfiction writer with a novelist’s eye, dies at 82

  His research helped David Frost corner former President Richard Nixon in television interviews that inspired the play and film 'Frost/Nixon.'

• Published

  July 21, 2023
  

  Third ‘Fool’ novel helps author Richard Russo hold on to his father

  'Somebody's Fool' is part of a series that began some 30 years ago and focused on a character based on the Portland author's father. It goes on sale Tuesday.

• Published

  July 20, 2023

  Harry Frankfurt, philosopher of excrement-level falsehoods, dies at 94

  Frankfurt, a Princeton University philosopher who wrote primarily on Descartes, free will and moral responsibility, found literary fame with an unexpected bestseller on the pervasive, willful and devilish art of avoiding the truth.

• Published

  July 16, 2023
  

  In ‘Tabula Rasa,’ John McPhee looks back at books not written

  The prolific New Yorker writer offers a charming, breezy collection of reminiscences about projects that didn't make it.

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