Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa chronicles Aleppo’s history through the story of two men.
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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.
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Bedside table: A nonfiction stack
Editor’s note: Some people tell us about one book they’re reading, and some, like LIZ SOLET of Blue Hill, who sent us this list, have an enticing and varied stack. “The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, and Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey” by Deborah Cramer “Catch and Release: The Enduring Yet Vulnerable Horseshoe Crab” […]
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‘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.
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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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Best-Sellers: ‘Dead Man’s Wake,’ ‘Battle of Ink & Ice’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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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.’
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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.
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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.
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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.