BOOKS: ‘Michael’ Munroe back for ‘The Innocent’

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January 5, 2012

BOOKS: ‘Michael’ Munroe back for ‘The Innocent’

Vanessa “Michael” Munroe is back in “The Innocent,” having agreed to rescue a child who was abducted eight years earlier and brought into a secretive and well-protected cult known as The Chosen, based in Argentina.
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January 5, 2012

BOOKS: ‘Death Benefit’ is slow-paced, but worthwhile

Robin Cook’s “Death Benefit” is a slow-paced, but ultimately rewarding reading experience.
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January 5, 2012

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant: small place, BIG FLAVORS

The Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant in Rangeley is exactly the kind of place we hoped to find for you when we started writing this column: small, unique, with exceptional food, superb service, comfortable atmosphere and wonderful hosts. And it’s only a short drive away.
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January 5, 2012

The Gawler Family & friends will perform at Jewett Hall

There's a musical family in Maine that has consistently created music that has been thrilling audiences all over with their trademark sound of folk served up with close vocal harmonies and spot-on instrumental expertise. The name of the family? Why the Gawlers, of course ... and they will perform Sunday in Jewett Hall at UMA. To that end, a telephone interview was arranged with Ellen Gawler (who's also in the popular quartet known as the Ladies of the Lake) at her home in Belgrade to chat about the show and her talented family and friends.
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December 29, 2011

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Good grub, Great pub . . . Who needs the post office?

If Luke Duplessis could turn every post office location that is closing into a Mainely Brews, people would happily forget about the mail. After several friends and readers of this column told us how much they like Mainely Brews Tavern, in Waterville’s old post office, we scheduled a visit last week. This is a fun place with a great pub atmosphere, superb micro-brews, and a surprising (and enticing) menu.

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December 29, 2011

BEST SELLERS for the week of Dec. 29

Best sellers list
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December 29, 2011

“MICRO”: A thriller about science gone wrong

“Micro” is a new, posthumous story from the late Michael Crichton, who died in 2008, and finished by Richard Preston, author of the non-fiction best-seller “The Hot Zone.” It’s a thriller about a biotech company in Hawaii and a group of students who end up stranded and endangered in a rain forest.
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December 29, 2011

Local writer to sign new book at Augusta motorsports show

George Campbell of Turner will be signing copies of his new book, “Busch North Scene: The Busch Years 1987-2007,” at the Northeast Motorsports Expo being held Jan. 6-8 in Augusta.
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December 29, 2011

“SALVAGE THE BONES”: Clinging to hardscrabble dreams in Mississippi

If it had not caught the attention of a handful of important readers, Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones” would most likely have quietly faded into obscurity; many worthy books do. Now, however, this novel about a poor Mississippi family in the weeks leading up to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina has a prominent place in bookstores and boasts the gold medallion that comes with winning the 2011 National Book Award.
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December 29, 2011

BOOKS: The Best Mysteries of 2011

The best crime fiction offers equal parts entertainment and social commentary — stories that we remember long after the final chapter.