Maine writer James Nelson’s first volume in a new historical fiction series, and Brunswick author Rick Simonds’ third suspense novel
Books
Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
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.
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
OFF RADAR: ‘Thoreau’s Maine Woods: A Legacy for Conservation’
Thoreau’s Maine woods excursions in maps and illustrations
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Shucked Apart’ and ‘Got Warrants? Dispatches from the Dooryard’
A new mystery from the Maine Clambake series, and 80 vignettes about drunks, shoplifters and other morons doing stupid things
Woody Allen releasing new book June 7
He consistently denies sexually abusing his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow.
OFF RADAR: ‘How the Stones Came to Venice’ and ‘In Light of Stars’
Gary Lawless’ new book, “How the Stones Came to Venice,” not an easily summarized book, but it’s the most magical I’ve read in a while.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine’ and ‘Mainely Money’
A laugh-out-loud knee-slapper from Maine humorist John Gould, and the third in the Goff Langdon mystery series
Portland author Lily King a finalist for short story prize
Her new collection, ‘Five Tuesdays in Winter,’ is among three finalists for the $20,000 Story Prize.