Books - Portland Press Herald

A new book by a theoretical physicist asks if science can wholly explain the universe

In ‘Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine,’ Alan Lightman examines the unchangeable, eternal and the sacred alongside the scientific.

by Timothy Smith The Washington Post September 30, 2018September 28, 2018

As Carol Anderson shows in ‘One Person, No Vote,’ a central tenet of our democracy is under threat.

The book is expected to fetch up to $20,000.

by tobias carroll September 23, 2018September 21, 2018

It’s part memoir, part mixtape and a moving rumination on love and life.

by Dave Hage Tribune News Service September 23, 2018September 21, 2018

A former aide suggests it’s time to reassess his presidency.

by KAREL JANICEK Associated Press September 21, 2018September 21, 2018

The Rev. Michal Lajcha’s book asserts the church would benefit greatly if married men were allowed to be ordained and celibacy were made voluntary.

by Moira Macdonald Tribune News Service September 16, 2018September 15, 2018

You come to care about these spiky characters in spite of yourself, not because the narrator thinks you should.

Once a feminist press of gritty old Portland, the small publishing house returns with a more inclusive mission.

In ‘The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (and Their Muses),’ former lovers reunite, seeking a calling higher than romance.

by Molly Gloss The Washington Post September 9, 2018September 7, 2018

The debates now involve fracking and oil pipelines, but the West is still wild in Rebecca Clarren’s debut novel “Kickdown.’