Books

  • Published
    June 5, 2011

    Signings, etc.

    JIM NICHOLS Author Jim Nichols, who lives in Warren, will be reading from and discussing his novel “Hull Creek” (Down East Books, $24.95). The novel deals with change on the Maine coast and the challenges it presents to young fishermen. Nichols is appearing as part of the library’s Brown Bag Lecture Series, so people are […]

  • Published
    January 2, 2011

    Best-Sellers

    FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “The Confession,” by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday) 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 4. “Dead or Alive,” by Tom Clancy (Penguin) 5. “Cross Fire,” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 6. “Diary of a Wimpy […]

  • Published
    January 2, 2011

    Book Review: Bully! for third Roosevelt chronicle

    'Colonel Roosevelt' may describe a denouement, but Teddy still heaped his plate full, and with passion.

  • Published
    January 2, 2011

    Book Review: Gunther tale fraught with foreboding from the get-go

    From the first sentence of “Red Herring,” you’re instantly caught by a sense of being privy to something secret and pregnant with meaning. Archer Mayor opens this book, his 21st in the Joe Gunther series, with the line: “Doreen Ferenc slipped her nightgown over her head and let it fall the length of her body […]

  • Published
    January 2, 2011

    Author Q&A: Making the best of the worst of times

    Charles Dickens' wife of 22 years wasn't the loser he claimed she was when he dumped her, a Bates College professor discovers.

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  • Published
    January 2, 2011

    Signings, etc.

    GLENNA JOHNSON SMITH Ninety-year-old Presque Isle resident Glenna Johnson Smith will sign copies of her book, “Old Maine Woman, Stories from the Coast to the County,” on Saturday in Brunswick and on Jan. 9 in South Portland. Smith’s book is a collection of her columns for “Echoes” magazine and other works pondering life in Maine. […]

  • Published
    October 17, 2010

    Book review: Veteran’s memoirs of war, upstate Maine is intriguing

    Longtime Maine Sunday Telegram readers will remember Dick Goodie. An avid runner, he organized Maine road races in the 1960s. He’s a tireless supporter of Maine World War II veteran events, and a freelance writer who — 31 years ago — landed a story in this newspaper’s sports section that earned the Maine Press Association’s […]

  • Published
    October 17, 2010

    Books: All Aboard

    Geoffrey Wolff has long been enthralled by Joshua Slocum's solo sail around the globe. Now he's inviting you along on Slocum's adventures.

  • Published
    October 17, 2010

    Best-Sellers

    FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Fall of Giants,” by Ken Follett (Penguin) 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” by David Sedaris (Little Brown) 4. “The Reversal,” by Michael Connelly (Little Brown) 5. “Painted Ladies,” by Robert Parker (Penguin Group) 6. “Torment,” by Lauren Kate (Random House) […]

  • Published
    October 10, 2010

    Book review: Amateur or scientist, ‘Landscapes’ helps lead the way

    Some high-quality books have recently come out of the Maine Department of Conservation. While aimed at the professional scientist, they offer considerable leeway to engage the enthusiastic amateur as well. A couple of years back, I reviewed the Maine Geological Survey’s formidable “Maine’s Fossil Record: The Paleozoic” for this publication. Now the Maine Natural Areas […]