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books
12 Essential Virginia Woolf Books And Literary Works
Virginia Woolf, one of the most important modernist writers of the 20th century, changed literature with her experimental approach to writing and plunging psychological insight....
forbes.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / celebrity
Nicole Kidman has ‘real bruises all over body’ from intense scenes after shooting movie she had ‘too many orgasms' filming
Nicole Kidman has revealed she walked away with a few war wounds after filming intense scenes for her upcoming erotic thriller. The Australian actor,...
ladbible.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
If you’re in the mood for a good read and don’t know where to look, USA TODAY’s bestseller list has a little...
usatoday.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
Larry McMurtry’s Archer City bookstore will become a literary center
TV power couple Chip and Joanna Gaines recently sold the late author’s Booked Up shop to the Archer City Writers Workshop. During his 84 years,...
dallasnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
All the Bookish News We Covered This Week
Monday through Friday, Today in Books highlights news from around the world of books and reading. In this weekend edition, enjoy a look at the...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 14, 2024
Today’s Featured Book DealsIn Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book DealsPrevious Daily Deals...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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Montana bookstores receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson
Several Montana bookstores are recipients of holiday bonuses from bestselling author James Patterson. Patterson doled out holiday bonuses earlier this...
billingsgazette.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Best Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
In another of our end-of-year series highlighting the best audiobooks of 2024, our friends at AudioFile magazine offer an overview of the best new...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Book Deals: Week of December 16, 2024
Grand Central Signs Authorized Hepburn Bio After an auction, Suzanne O’Neill at Grand Central has landed world English rights to Intimate Audrey, an...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
PRH Grupo Editorial Names Larry Downs VP and Publisher of Religious Division
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial has promoted Larry Downs, a veteran of the Spanish-language Christian book industry, to VP and publisher of its...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Down Under with Evie Wyld
“I’m clearly English,” Evie Wyld says via Zoom from her home in London, her accent supporting the statement. Still, it’s Australia that fills...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
A journalist, a boy, and a surprising literary gift
December 13, 2024 I recently came across a personal essay that captivated me — both because of the subject matter and the quality of writing. I read...
niemanstoryboard.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of December 16, 2024
Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles including a picture book about a lonely creature crafting cards, a picture book highlighting...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / movie & tv
Grab your popcorn: Here are the 10 best films of 2024
This year was supposed to be a transitional year for movies. The aftermath of the pandemic, and the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023 that shut down...
csmonitor.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Best Philosophy Books of 2024, recommended by Nigel Warburton
We ask our philosophy editor Nigel Warburton to recommend five of the most notable new books in his specialist area at the end of every...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Hero of Her Life: J.A. Wright Wins the BookLife Prize
“One large frying pan. Twenty cleaned razor clams. Peanut oil. Flour. Saltines. Eggs. Milk.” So begins Eat and Get Gas, in 1972, with a recipe for...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
How ‘The Gloomy Girl Variety Show’ by Freda Epum Got Made
In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Freda Epum's The Gloomy Girl Variety Show , a portrait of her experiences as a...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
This Week’s Bestsellers: December 16, 2024
Sales Snapshot Dav Pilkey’s 13th Dog Man adventure, Big Jim Begins, is the #1 book in the country and tops the charts nearly everywhere across...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Taking, a New Novel by Dona Masi, Explores What it’s Like to Confront the Unknown - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Dona Masi Human history is filled with stories about encounters with strange beings from other planets. In these stories, human beings are...
booksbywomen.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 13, 2024
Today’s Featured Book DealsIn Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book DealsPrevious Daily Deals...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Indie Spotlight: Art and Inspirational Titles from Self-Published Authors
Art, Creativity & Imagination The Art of Beeswax: A Guide to Candle Crafting Lisa Graham ASIN B0DJDD87MD Author statement: “My goal with this...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Anti–Mitford Sisters
By Kathryn HughesThe Paget girls sound like something out of a fairytale. Born to a well-to-do gentry family in 1916, the identical twins were...
airmail.news
- 30+ days ago
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travel / books
Expedia’s Top 9 Dreamy Bucket-List Destinations Worth Visiting In 2025!
Planning your next big adventure? Expedia has unveiled its trending destinations for 2025, and each location promises an unforgettable...
travelwith2ofus.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / celebrity
Marvel star pulls off the most unexpected crossover with DC Comics hero
Leave it to Deadpool to pull off one of the biggest crossover events of 2024. Deadpool and Wonder Woman teaming up to save Christmas wasn’t...
bamsmackpow.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Author crying at empty book-signing event gets surprise happy ending: ‘I was just going to quit last night’
It was the little author who could. When California author Agnes Lee was seen crestfallen after no one showed up to her book signing event,...
nypost.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2024, According to NPR and The New York time s
This week’s nonfiction news includes the National Book Award winner, graphic novels for nonfiction lovers, The New York time s list of notable books...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Ultimate #25ReadsOfDecember sweepstakes
Enter for a chance to win all the books featured in this year’s #25ReadsOfDecember celebration, plus a bookish Monthly Planner Sticker booklet and a...
simonteen.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
All Danger and Glamour: PW Talks with Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen is an internationally bestselling author known for her suspense novels, particularly her medical thrillers and the Rizzoli & Isles...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / writing / books / learning
A Novel That Disrupts a Fundamental Law of the Universe
In Solvej Balle’s new series, the concept of a time loop is more than a gimmick; it’s a way of rethinking human existence....
theatlantic.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Cartoonist and TV vet Bruce Eric Kaplan details the Hollywood life in memoir
Bruce Eric Kaplan wrote for “Seinfeld” and wrote for and was an executive producer of both “Six Feet Under” and “Girls.” He also has been...
ocregister.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Small Press SFF Might Some time s Be Harder to Find — But It’s More Than Worth the Effort
Books Mark as Read Small Press SFF Might Some time s Be Harder to Find — But It’s More Than Worth the EffortIt’s a...
reactormag.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Book Review: The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
Today’s book review is of The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien William Cooper The high points in this book are the best...
dailykos.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Sourcebooks Romance Imprint Bloom Books Expands into Brazil, Germany
Sourcebooks is taking advantage of a 200% spike in its international business over the past two years by aggressively moving into international...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Germany’s Economic Malaise Offers a Warning
Wolfgang Münchau’s new book chronicles the decline of a postwar powerhouse....
city-journal.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
M.J. Rose, Author and Self-Publishing Advocate, Dies at 71
Melisse Shapiro, also known as M.J. Rose, an early self-publishing advocate as well as bestselling author, died unexpectedly on December 10 while in...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ Book Cited On CEO Killer’s Shell Casings Surges To #3 On Amazon Bestsellers List
A decade-old book critical of the insurance industry has skyrocketed to the number three spot on Amazon’s nonfiction bestseller list as of Wednesday,...
mediaite.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
10 Award-Winning Nonfiction Books of 2024
All the winners of the non-fiction book prizes we cover at Five Books have now been announced. These include history, politics, business, science,...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Top 10 Comics Stories of 2024
Another big year in the comics business saw traditional book publishers continue to increase their investment in the medium as publishers of all...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Rights Report: Week of December 9, 2024
Joy Peskin at Farrar, Straus and Giroux has acquired world rights, in a preempt, to Force of Nature by Melissa Clark. This funny and time...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
TikTokers Rally Behind Blind Author Whose Inclusive Kids' Book Got Review-Bombed By Conservatives
The author of an inclusive-inspired children's book received tons of support from the internet after his book was banned from a bookstore and...
comicsands.com
- 30+ days ago
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writing / books
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to...
ocregister.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Bloom Books Expands into Brazil, Germany
Sourcebooks is taking advantage of a 200% spike in its international business over the past two years by aggressively moving into international...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
10 Remarkable Picture Books of 2024
The list features books with vibrant illustrations, engaging stories, and characters who know when to take risks—plus ideas for utilizing the books...
edutopia.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Nonfiction Views: This week's notable new nonfiction
Good evening, everyone. A smaller list of new releases again, as publishers focus on the holidays. Books sell out quickly this time of year,...
dailykos.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Book Review: Angela Merkel - A Failed European Leader
Merkel was a disaster and not only for Germany. For 16 years, from 2005 to 2021, Angela Merkel was Chancellor or Prime Minister of Germany. She was...
kyivpost.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Romance Novels That Feel Like a Warm Hug
Whether it's healing, comforting, or even just hilarious, here are a few memorable romances that feel like a warm hug. They are books we recommend...
hachettebookgroup.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The World at War: An Essential New Book from Ralph Raico
Looking for an introduction to the real story of the foundations and tragedies of the world wars? This new book by the late historian Ralph...
mises.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
20 Questions About Shakespeare That Will Really Challenge Your Literature Knowledge
This is not your typical Shakespeare trivia. Get ready to struggle to remember Shakespeare’s plays that did not get as much screen (or stage)...
boredpanda.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece review – crying out for an editor
Tom Hanks’s underwhelming account of a Hollywood film production is a bland busman’s holiday...
theguardian.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Geoengineering discourse confronting climate change: the move from margins to mainstream in science, news media, and politics
As the carbon budget is burnt through and disasters attributed to climate change escalate, the inability of existing policy responses to adequately...
tandfonline.com
- 30+ days ago
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