In “This Isn’t Going to End Well,” Daniel Wallace explores the mysterious life of a man he thought of as a brother.
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Bedside table: We’ll read Michael Pollan whatever the subject
Book recommendations from readers.
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Temporary Splendors: Two new poetry collections embrace the transitory
Claire Millikin’s ‘Elegiaca Americana’ and Ellen Taylor’s ‘Homelands’ tackle similar themes in quite different ways.
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It’s easy to see what’s wrong with car culture. Fixing it is harder
In ‘Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It,’ Daniel Knowles says a lot about how cars make life worse, and not enough about what to do about it.
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Bedside table: A good book on a tough subject
Book recommendations from readers.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Lessons in Chemistry,’ ‘Poverty’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Edith Wilson: The first lady who fooled D.C. and ran the White House
Rebecca Boggs Roberts’s ‘Untold Power’ is a riveting look at a president’s powerful spouse and her efforts to conceal his illness.
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Portland author finds the fun and romance in Regency-era England
Martha Waters has written four romantic comedy novels set among British aristocracy in the early 1800s. Her newest, ‘To Swoon and to Spar,’ goes on sale Tuesday.
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Bedside table: Late-night reading
Book recommendations from readers.
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The rise and fall of Monson, Maine
‘Here & Everywhere Else’ tells the story of the remote town over several hundred years. But be forewarned: it’s dense reading.