Obama memoir sells a record 1.7 million copies in first week

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Published
November 24, 2020

Obama memoir sells a record 1.7 million copies in first week

The former president’s ‘A Promised Land’ sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America, roughly equal to the combined first-week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors.
Published
November 15, 2020

What does a gardener need for winter? A good book about gardening, of course

Read on for tidbits from and summaries of several gardening books published in 2020.
Published
November 9, 2020

Trump books will keep coming after Trump leaves office

It's been one of publishing’s most thriving genres of the past four years.
Published
October 28, 2020

Former Homeland Security official says he wrote ‘Anonymous’ Trump critique

The former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name ‘Anonymous’ makes his identify public.
Published
October 25, 2020

Local review: A teacher with a past has to navigate the present in Maine-set thriller

A coastal boarding school is a backdrop for the suspense in 'The Sea of Lost Girls.'
Published
September 10, 2020

Excerpts from Woodward’s book include Kim Jong Un telling Trump about killing his uncle

Trump’s comments about the threat from the coronavirus have attracted widespread attention after excerpts of journalist Bob Woodward’s book “Rage” were released.
Published
August 14, 2020

Foreword of Michael Cohen’s book: Trump ‘wouldn’t mind if I was dead’

Michael Cohen’s memoir about President Trump will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing, which confirmed the news Thursday to The Associated Press.
Published
August 5, 2020

Pete Hamill, legendary New York columnist and novelist, dies

Hamill, who was 85, died at a Brooklyn hospital from heart and kidney failure.
Published
August 3, 2020

Pandemic parody of `Goodnight Moon’ to be released in fall

“Good Morning Zoom," written by Lindsay Rechler and illustrated by June Park, is scheduled for Oct. 6.
Published
July 19, 2020

Maine mother and sons pen children’s book about cancer

Anita Lichman and her sons, Jacob and Max Lichman-Paul, hope 'Making Room for Cancer' will help families like theirs navigate a parent's diagnosis and treatment.