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Barry worked for years as a research librarian at the Maine Historical Society, wrote and contributed to books about Maine history, and penned hundreds of book reviews in the Maine Sunday Telegram.

Ceausescu and his wife wrecked the lives of their countrymen - and their own family. For a spell, their daughter-in-law and grandson laid low in Old Orchard Beach.

Earle Shettleworth, Jr.'s 'A Century of Portland Artists, 1820-1920' introduces the city and its cultural landscape in the first 100 years of Maine statehood.

'Celia Planted a Garden' introduces children to Celia Thaxter, a well-known poet and gardener in her time, who all her life cherished flowers, birds and the Isles of Shoals.

Lots of fascinating material in 'Diggio, Haybis Korpus & E Plewrisy Unicorn!' if you can get past the fact that the imaginary Ethan Spike was a 'reprehensible bigot.'

History and political science professor Michael Connolly has written his first novel, and it's a gem.

Agnes Bushell’s latest novel blossoms into kaleidoscope But "The Oracle Pool" is anything but a classic mystery. The plot is non-linear, the living and dead commingle, and the characters are seekers of every stripe. By William David Barry Local review Cover courtesy of Littoral Books “His laugh carried. His voice carried. So early in the morning, and already he was assuming his back-of-the-bus role as Comedy Central Carian Correspondent (‘It’s Jack Swann here, reporting from ancient C...

Through time and geography, 11 great Maine writers illuminate the state In Hidden Places, " Joseph Conforti makes a strong case for the states place in the larger literary world. By William Barry Share The distinguished Maine historian Elizabeth Ring always argued that history consists of the elements of people, place, time and spirit. It is in this fashion that Joseph A. Conforti proceeds in “Hidden Places: Maine Writers on Coastal Villages, Mill Towns, and the North Country.” Conforti i...