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...getting there and back, and of course, all supplies must be transported by boat or air from the mainland. Bob MacDonald, 62, owner of Lower Birch Island in Addison, Maine, recalls how he and his wife once had to transport their refrigerator by canoe. When they're on-site, modern conveniences like dishwashers and washing machines often require costly power-generation systems. Recently, however, some owners have begun turning to solar and wind power. "You have to go green," says Longmaid. "Without solar panels, there is no other way for me to turn on a light." Longmaid, who inherited...
...MODERN ROMANCEThis sparkling first novel, Beginner's Greek, starts with a couple who meet cute. Then James Collins (a former TIME editor) deftly keeps them apart in a most satisfying...
...line between being a good friend and becoming a burden who doesn’t understand personal boundaries. In “The Soul Thief,” an eerily provocative and creative work of fiction, Charles Baxter explores the nature of relationships and identity while commenting on the modern American experience. Ambiguity and contingency mediate the relationships in “The Soul Thief,” making it difficult to separate one character from another. An unidentified narrator opens the book with a disembodied portrait of Jerome Coolberg, a mysterious genius who pervades every page of Baxter?...
...revisits the lives of five friends who served as subjects for an earlier film (“River Dogs”) in which they journeyed to the Grand Canyon, premiered at Sundance in 2003. Galison is a professor in the History of Science department at Harvard and focuses in modern physics. His documentary “The Ultimate Weapon: The H-Bomb Dilemma” premiered on the History Channel in 2000. Galison’s research on the H-bomb, which was built clandestinely, sparked his general interest in governmental secrecy. “I began to wonder, when...
...minority, who, like me, despises such high fashion and loves sneakers, t-shirts, and Levis, then Harvard Square can finally satiate your hipster appetite. Located at 37 Brattle Street next to the new Tannery, Concepts is a “lifestyle” store that combines a modern interior design with high-end brands of sneakers, shirts, and jeans. Before opening its newest location on February 2, 2008, Concepts was housed in the original Tannery under the ideology of, “Skate, Snow, and Culture.” For having just opened, Concepts already has an impressive variety...