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Books

Published
April 8, 2018

In ‘Our Beloved Kin,’ Lisa Brooks revisits the conflict between New England’s colonists and Native Americans

It raises the question – who were the real savages?
Published
April 1, 2018

Book review: ‘Fade to Black’ a can’t-put-it-down thriller from master of craft

Dave Rosenfelt and his heroic cop, Doug Brock, deliver a deliciously dark, sinister, twisty tale.
Published
April 1, 2018

Book review: ‘Oriana Fallaci: The Journalist, the Agitator, the Legend’

Cristina De Stefano's biography, translated from the Italian by Marina Harss, is a thorough, compelling portrait of the tenacious Italian writer.
Published
March 25, 2018

Book review: Lloyd Weber is over the top in new memoir

Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of 'Cats,' 'Phantom of the Opera' and more, reflects on a life in musical theater.
Published
March 25, 2018

Ned Bachus’s memoir explores the challenges faced by first-generation community college students

Many non-traditional students have persevered through intense hardships – including immigration, homelessness, violence and financial pressures – to get to college.

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Published
March 18, 2018

Book review: How Picasso’s ‘she-devils’ changed art forever

In "Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World," by Miles J. Unger, explores the origins of the artist's revolutionary painting of prostitutes that is credited with launching cubism.
Published
March 18, 2018

From away and gone forever, Elaine Ford proves she knew Maine in posthumously published stories

The launch of 'This Time Might Be Different' will also celebrate Ford's life.
Published
March 18, 2018

‘Maine in World War I’ is a worthy entry in history series

The participation of state historian Earle Shettleworth Jr. brings credibility to this photo-centric accounting.
Published
March 11, 2018

Book review: Pitchers, playwrights, journalism and jazz in Pittsburgh

Mark Whitaker's telling of the city's monumental black renaissance is magical.
Published
March 11, 2018

Book review: Pure writer, pure prose, pure pleasure

From a place of profound personal contentment, Christine Schutt produces extraordinary stories and themes that explore its opposite.