In ‘Flashes of Brilliance,’ Anika Burgess takes us back to the 19th century to showcase the artists and innovators who developed the revolutionary technology.
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Fans say new romance bookstores and online groups are giving the genre some overdue respect
Of the 157 romance-dedicated bookstores in the American Booksellers Association, more than half opened within the last two years.
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The true story of a shipwrecked couple’s fight to survive
Sophie Elmhirst’s ‘A Marriage at Sea’ chronicles the doomed aquatic adventure of a British husband and wife in 1972.
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Bestsellers: ‘Spectacular Things’ and ‘Big Dumb Eyes’ top local bestseller lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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In Peter Heller’s latest, two hunters emerge from a week in Maine’s North Woods to find total devastation
‘Burn,’ an apocalyptic novel of friendship, is a terrific read.
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‘Among Friends’ captures the joy and danger of intimacy
Hal Ebbott’s novel unpacks the aftermath of an interaction that threatens a decades-long friendship between two men.
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The death of a hiker in the Maine wilderness loosely inspired ‘Heartwood’
Amity Gaige borrows from the tragedy of the AT hiker known as ‘Inchworm,’ but the novel tells a very different story.
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Bestsellers: ‘Atmosphere’ and ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ top Longfellow’s list
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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A Maine mapmaker travels the world without ever leaving her kitchen
Penobscot resident Jane Crosen incorporates 350 globe-trotting recipes in her new cookbook, ‘Culinary Landscapes.’
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This book about shepherding had me at baa
‘The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life’ by Helen Whybrow beautifully explores interconnectedness and disruption in nature.