Writer Mike Bond’s novel, the first of seven in a series about this nation, is a departure from his usual thrillers.
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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Best-Sellers: ‘A Sunlit Weapon,’ ‘Atomic Habits’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Maine author probes 1996 murders of hiking couple in ‘Trailed’
Kathryn Miles’ book, coming out in May, is about the unsolved murders in Shenandoah National Park of two women, including a Unity College student.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Death of an Italian Chef’ and ‘Salt and Roses’
The 14th book in the Hayley Powell Mystery series, and essays that allow the reader to almost see, smell, hear and feel the Maine coast
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OFF RADAR: ‘Aventurine and the Reckoning’ and ‘Amber Road’
A couple of romances by central and eastern Maine writers
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Buccaneer Coast’ and ‘Operation: Midnight’
Maine writer James Nelson’s first volume in a new historical fiction series, and Brunswick author Rick Simonds’ third suspense novel
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OFF RADAR: ‘Take It Easy: Portland in the 1970s’
John Duncan’s photos capture the artistic exuberance that powered the renascence in the Old Port.
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New England’s first nature guidebook turns 350
Written by an Englishman living in Maine, the rare book identifies the region’s native plants and animals and offers natural remedies galore.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Wild Design’ and ‘The Horse Soldier’
A collection of essays that explore amazing structures built by nature’s architects, and a beautifully written western about an old lawman facing the end of an era
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OFF RADAR: ‘Thoreau’s Maine Woods: A Legacy for Conservation’
Thoreau’s Maine woods excursions in maps and illustrations