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Books

Published
July 30, 2023

Best-Sellers: ‘The Covenant of Water,’ ‘The Wager’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Published
July 30, 2023

In ‘No One Prayed Over Their Graves,’ a catastrophic flood alters a city – and a lifelong friendship

Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa chronicles Aleppo's history through the story of two men.
Published
July 30, 2023

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.
Published
July 23, 2023

Bedside table: A nonfiction stack
Published
July 23, 2023

‘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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Published
July 23, 2023

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.
Published
July 23, 2023

Best-Sellers: ‘Dead Man’s Wake,’ ‘Battle of Ink & Ice’

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Published
July 21, 2023

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.'
Published
July 21, 2023

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.
Published
July 20, 2023

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.