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PublishedAugust 19, 2022
OFF RADAR: ‘Soft Features’
A wholly accurate story about the complications and obstacles most journalists face as they struggle to live up to their own and their professional ethics.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2022
Iran denies involvement in attack on Salman Rushdie but blames him
In 1989, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding the author's death, and while Iran has not focused on Rushdie in recent years, the decree still stands.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Book review: In his latest novel, Jeffrey Lewis tackles some very big questions
'Land of Cockaigne' examines the impact the wealthy have on their communities, the ugliness of reactionary politics, and the sometimes insular nature of small towns.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Bedside Table: A fictional 1955 ‘mass dragoning’ has plenty of relevance for real world 2022
Book recommendations from readers.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘Atomic Habits’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2022
Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Rushdie's 1988 novel, 'The Satanic Verses,' was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, who saw a character as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, among other objections.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2022
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake’ and ‘Peaks Island and Portland Harbor’
Another fast-paced crime story by Sarah Graves, and a time capsule of life, work, people and events in the 19th and 20th centuries
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PublishedAugust 10, 2022
‘The Snowman’ children’s author Raymond Briggs dies at 88
Briggs' wordless book, about a boy's wintry creation that comes to life, has sold more than 5.5 million copies around the world.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2022
Book review: Honoring Maine’s organic farming past and embracing the future
A book about 50 years of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association offers many perspectives on the organization's history - and its potential future.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2022
Bedside table: If it’s good enough for Kurt Vonnegut, it’s good enough for us
Book recommendations from readers.
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