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Movie Review: 'Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' amps up a true-tale WWII heist
The latest Guy Ritchie flick “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” has a spine of true story to it, even if it does all it can to amplify a long-declassified World War II tale with enough dead Nazis to make “Inglourious Basterds” blush. The result is a jauntily entertaining...
NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal worldview
NEW YORK (AP) — National Public Radio has suspended a veteran editor who wrote an outside essay criticizing his employer for, in his view, journalism that reflects a liberal viewpoint with little tolerance for contrary opinions. Uri Berliner, a senior editor on NPR's business desk,...
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Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin Audio) 3. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, narrated by the author...
Salman Rushdie's 'Knife' is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit
NEW YORK (AP) — In Salman Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought might be his last. “At a quarter to eleven on August 12, 2022, on a sunny Friday morning in upstate...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Table for Two” by Amor Towles (Viking) 3. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 5....
Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published Oct. 22
NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir Alexei Navalny began working on in 2020 will be published this fall. “Patriot,” which publisher Alfred A. Knopf is calling the late Russian opposition leader's “final letter to the world,” will come out Oct. 22. Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya,...
Ready to serve: The Barefoot Contessa's long-awaited memoir to come out Oct. 1
NEW YORK (AP) — The long-awaited memoir from Ina Garten, known to millions as host of “The Barefoot Contessa” and author of numerous cookbooks, will be published Oct. 1. The title, announced Tuesday, is “Be Ready When the Luck Happens.” “There is no recipe...
Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
NEW YORK (AP) — Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year. Kobabe’s coming-of-age story was published...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 3. “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “The #1 Lawyer” by Patterson/Allen (Little, Brown) ...
Doris Kearns Goodwin and Laurie Anderson to receive medals from American Academy of Arts and Letters
NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laurie Anderson and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James C. Horton, are being honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The academy announced Friday that Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is receiving a...
