Books
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PublishedJuly 5, 2014
A satisfying shift in ‘Bone Orchard’ as warden evolves
Paul Doiron's latest in the series shows a more reflective Mike Bowditch.
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PublishedJune 29, 2014
‘The Zhivago Affair’ tells how the CIA waged literary cold war
U.S. use of the Pasternak novel as a political weapon is at the center of a thrilling new account.
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PublishedJune 29, 2014
In ‘Love and Fury,’ a thoughtful examination of family, race, class
Richard Hoffman's memoir is a wide-angle inquiry into his relationship with his father and a culture of masculinity.
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PublishedJune 29, 2014
Maine reality inspires fantasy novel
Portland author Genevieve Morgan takes readers of many ages on an adventure with substance in 'The Fog of Forgetting.'
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PublishedJune 29, 2014
Five picks for young-adult summer reads
“The Summer Experiment,” by Cathie Pelletier (Sourcebooks): A pair of young girls from northern Maine plot to win the science fair by trying to contact aliens who might be invading Allagash. Pelletier, who lives in Allagash, is a favorite of ours, and this is her first novel for young readers. “Out of Nowhere,” by Maria […]
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PublishedJune 22, 2014
What’s an artist? Who knows?
A new book on artist Bruce Nauman's life and work probes the question with wit, insight, research and personal experience.
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PublishedJune 22, 2014
Freedom, fun meet bias in ‘China Dolls’
A novel about three Asian Americans in the '30s and '40s captures the times and tackles serious issues.
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PublishedJune 22, 2014
A home tells tale, Petroski captures it masterfully in ‘Handmade Doors’
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PublishedJune 15, 2014
Beauty’s consolation amid perpetual conflict
Kyung-Sook Shin pens a work about the power of art, friendship and empathy to give meaning to people's lives in a Korea where the scent of tear gas often lingers.
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PublishedJune 15, 2014
James Hayman shows skill in shadowy ‘Darkness First’
It doesn’t take long for readers to sense that they’re in confident hands in James Hayman’s new thriller, “Darkness First.” The prologue is coldly atmospheric, set in the middle of a dark January night aboard a boat adrift in the Bay of Fundy. The man aboard is scanning the vast darkness of the bay with […]
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