‘The Book of Errors’ examines three historic buildings, including Thomaston’s General Henry Knox Museum, and finds that reconstruction doesn’t always stick to the facts.
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Bedside table: Why do we think the way we do?
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Book review: A newly minted doctor navigates stormy waters to make house calls on the islands of Casco Bay
In ‘Go by Boat,’ Dr. Chuck Radis writes about his early career, when he faced challenges from the federal bureaucracy and from independent-minded islanders.
Bedside table: A cereal heiress who lived very large
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‘The Pallbearers Club’ carries readers into a mind-bending world
The latest horror story from Paul Tremblay appears as a found memoir, hewing close to the bone but complicated by contradictory annotations.
Best-Sellers: ‘Hachet Island,’ ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Best-Sellers: ‘The Hotel Nantucket,’ ‘This Will Not Pass’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books and More in South Portland.
‘The Foundling’ turns a serious subject into a perfect beach read
Ann Leary’s thrilling novel was inspired by the early 20th-century incarceration of “feebleminded” women.
Book review: In fictional ‘Oslo, Maine,’ a musical couple from away collides with the locals
Unfortunately, neither the characters nor the town are believably drawn.
Bedside table: Writer Anthony Doerr does it again
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