The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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How a forgotten American crisis led to democratic renewal
In “American Midnight,” Adam Hochschild revisits an era almost a century ago when dangerous forces abounded.
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Book review: The search for meaning in a deconstructed library
The prose poems in ‘Antique Densities’ are fantastical yet reassuringly matter-of-fact.
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Bedside table: A Whole World in a book
Book recommendations from readers.
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Doris Grumbach, versatile novelist and literary critic, dies at 104
She explored LGBTQ themes in her novels and offered a frank assessment of old age in her memoirs, which she wrote while living in Sargentville, Maine.
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Bedside table: OK, it’s just past Halloween, but we’ve got candy on our mind
Book recommendations from readers.
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Passenger,’ ‘Go-To Dinners’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books in South Portland.
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Tale of a real-life gardener – who made nearby islands bloom – will grow on you
‘Celia Planted a Garden’ introduces children to Celia Thaxter, a well-known poet and gardener in her time, who all her life cherished flowers, birds and the Isles of Shoals.
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Book review: In small town Maine, a lobsterman has big ambitions and few scruples
Echoes of ‘The Great Gatsby’ resound in ‘The Midcoast,’ Adam White’s debut novel.
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Bedside table: A happy-making book
Book recommendations from readers.