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Harris visits site of grandfather's old home in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris paused Friday during a whirlwind diplomatic swing through Africa for something much more personal: A visit to the site of her maternal grandfather’s home in Lusaka, where he lived as an Indian public servant in the 1960s. P.V....
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 2. “Countdown" by Patterson/DuBois (Little, Brown) 3. “I Will Find You" by Harlan Coben (Grand Central) 4. “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano (Dial) ...
BET co-founder, sports exec Sheila Johnson to publish memoir
NEW YORK (AP) — The philanthropist, sports franchise executive and co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, Sheila Johnson, has a memoir scheduled for September. “Walk Through Fire” will document her rise from suburban Chicago to becoming a pioneering billionaire as a Black woman, and...
Review: Prohibition-era tale ‘Hang the Moon’ goes down easy
“Hang the Moon” by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) Jeannette Walls burst on the scene with her intensely personal memoir “The Glass Castle” in 2005. That book spent more than eight years on the hardcover and paperback bestseller lists and eventually became a 2017 movie starring...
Ling Ma, Beverly Gage among authors honored by book critics
NEW YORK (AP) — Ling Ma's sharp and surreal “Bliss Montage” and Beverly Gage's sweeping biography of the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, “G-Man,” were among the winners Thursday night of the National Book Critics Circle awards. Ma's story collection won the prize for...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “I Will Find You” by Harlen Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 2. “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano (Dial) 3. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 4. “Storm Watch” by C.J. Box (G.P....
Sly Stone book to be released through new Questlove imprint
NEW YORK (AP) — Questlove has his own book imprint and is launching it with a memoir by one of the world's most influential and enigmatic musicians, Sly Stone, leader of Sly and the Family Stone. “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),” named for the Sly and the Family Stone...
Linda Villarosa, Deborah Cohen among Lukas prize winners
NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Villarosa's “Under the Skin,” an exploration of racism's impact on the American healthcare system, and Deborah Cohen's history of a network of journalists who confronted fascism before World War II, “Last Call at the Hotel Imperial,” were among the winners of awards...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 2. “Worthy Opponents" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 3. “Storm Watch” by C.J. Box (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 4. “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Storm Watch” by C.J. Box (G.P. Putnam's Sons) 2. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 3. “A Day of Fallen Night” by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury) 4. “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”...
