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23 Best Books to Read After Watching ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A Pipe for February A Pipe for February If you’re specifically looking to read more about the Osage Nation murders, A Pipe for February is a must read novel…
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7 New Books to Read Before the End of the Year
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Book Deals: Week of November 6, 2022
Scribner Takes ‘Lessons’ from Psaki Former White House press secretary for the Biden administration and MSNBC host Jen Psaki has struck a two-book deal with Scribner. The publisher said the first book, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World, will offer “stories about how to be an effective communicator in any…
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Laurie Frankel’s Big Messy Family
Laurie Frankel has no interest in syrupy stories about perfectly pleasant families. Families—whether traditional or nontraditional—are complicated, and it’s their messiness the author enjoys writing about. “I’m a member of a weird family, but all families are weird, and that’s what makes them not weird at all,” Frankel says over Zoom on a rainy morning…
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NEA Finds Worrying Drop in Reading Participation
When book sales spiked in 2020 and 2021, publishers believed one reason for the increase was that more people had turned to reading during the pandemic, and they were hopeful that some of those people would continue to read when things returned to normal. However, a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts…
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Author’s novels preserve Great Lakes shipwrecks
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> LANSING — Plummeting temperatures, blinding snow and ferocious winds ripped through the air as three freighters struggled on Lake Michigan’s frigid surface. Unsuspecting and dangerously underprepared passengers braced for the worst, baffled at the stark contrast from the serene weather of the morning. It was Armistice Day in 1940 when the…
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For 82 years, the oldest U.S. Black-owned bookstore inspires
Turn the knob and the bell rings with a swing of the door — welcome to Marcus Books. The store has several shelves littered with knowledge in the form of powerful books. Tables lined up at the entrance showcase various household items from calendars and journals, to lunch bags and little gifts. Soulful jazz music…
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SPARC | Coffee Table Books Live featuring Dana Gioia and Ron Koertge | The South Pasadenan
PHOTO: Eric Fabbro | SouthPasadenan.com | Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena “Coffee Table Books Live,” the meet-the-author and book-signing series hosted by the South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC), features Dana Gioia and Ron Koertge—two poets who are as entertaining as they are thought-provoking—on Sunday, November 19, 2023, 7 p.m., at the Fremont Centre Theatre…
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Liles: A new experience for me – I won a book award!
Provided by Alice Liles Provided by Alice Liles Alice’s note: This story first appeared in my blog The Bright Lights of Muleshoe on October 28, 2023. I was honored to accept an award for my book from the Will Rogers Medallion Awards organization, my fifteen minutes of fame in the publishing world! I traveled to…
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UHM students share their love for reading
Immersed in the realm of literature, Betron devotes the majority of her free time to reading books. This year alone, Betron has read 55 books. Taina Queiroz Fonseca / Ka Leo O Hawai’i In an era dominated by high-tech marvels, the allure of books has appeared to wane in the face of TikTok, Instagram, Netflix,…