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Nonfiction 1. On Call by Anthony Fauci, M.D., narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin...
Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life
Hillary Clinton’s next book is a collection of essays, touching upon everything from marriage to politics to faith, that her publisher is calling her most personal yet. Simon and Schuster announced Tuesday that Clinton’s “Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life,...
Book Review: Iris Mwanza goes into 'The Lions' Den' with a zealous, timely debut novel for Pride
Grace Zulu clawed her way out of her village and into college to study law in the Zambian capital Lusaka. Now, at the end of 1990 and with AIDS running rampant, her first big case will test her personally and professionally: She must defend dancer Willbess “Bessy” Mulenga, who is accused of...
Book Review: What dangers does art hold? Writer Rachel Cusk explores it in 'Parade'
With her new novel “Parade,” the writer Rachel Cusk returns with a searching look at the pain artists can capture — and inflict. Never centered on a single person or place, the book ushers in a series of painters, sculptors, and other figures each grappling with a transformation in their life...
Book Review: An unarmed game warden tracks a killer through the Maine wilderness in 'Pitch Dark'
Heavy storms have made much of northern Maine impassible. Streams and rivers are overflowing their banks, and logging roads and forest trails are crisscrossed with toppled trees. It’s no time to go exploring or hunting, so why has a heavily armed stranger rented an ATV and disappeared into the...
Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just a book. Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor decided to make the most of his new technology — the...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Swan Song" by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 2. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 3. “Camino Ghosts” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) ...
Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun will have memoir out in 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, will have a memoir out next year. Hanover Square Press, a HarperCollins Publishers imprint, announced Thursday that Moseley Braun's “Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics” is...
Movie Review: In 'The Bikeriders,' the birth of a subculture on two wheels
Still images have been a source of wonder and mythology in the films of Jeff Nichols. “Mud,” Nichols’ Twain-soaked Mississippi fable, seemed derived from the magical sight of a boat held aloft by a tree. “Loving,” about a ‘60s interracial marriage, took inspiration from...
Japan's 'beat poet' Kazuko Shiraishi, pioneer of modern performance poetry, dies at 93
TOKYO (AP) — Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, has died. She was 93. Shiraishi, whom American poet and translator Kenneth Rexroth dubbed “the Allen Ginsberg of Japan,” died of heart...
