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Writer Rachel Hewitt: ‘Running is fundamentally important to me, physically and emotionally’
As her book about women’s fight to access the great outdoors is published, the writer and academic talks about the joy that running gives...
theguardian.com
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Book Review: John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis. He makes a strong case that we should be, too
So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, you probably thought, “I would...
apnews.com
@ 30+ days ago
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My children’s book introduced me to brave new women in Dallas
Reading hope into the next generation. At the close of 2024, I wrote my first children’s picture book, Joan of Art, about being brave to...
dallasnews.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The 10 best works of historical fiction in 2024
From the streets of Philadelphia to the high seas, these novels brought history to life in vivid detail. Historical novels are a perfect combination of...
washingtonpost.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Morgan Wallen Walks Off SNL Stage: "Get Me to God's Country"
consequence.net
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“I created an entire galaxy and used it in her irises” – how this 3D artist mixed rendering styles for a new take on a classic Evangelion character
creativebloq.com
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teaching / books
Publish or perish: Where are we heading?
Frequent publication is one of the few powerful methods at scholar's disposal to demonstrate academic talent to peers. Successful publication of...
nih.gov
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Amazon to close Book Depository online shop
Gloucester-based bookseller bought by the retail giant in 2011 will shut at the end of April...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Introducing Women in SF&F Month 2025
This April is the fourteenth annual Women in SF&F Month here at Fantasy Cafe, starting tomorrow! For the last several years, this month...
fantasybookcafe.com
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books
It's Hard To Be An Independent Bookstore, and Bibliobar Doesn't Shy Away From It
The woman-owned shop specializing in fiction and children's books opened quietly this month. The front door to Bibliobar is wide open, showing off a...
dallasobserver.com
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writing / books
Geraldine Brooks’s New Normal
On May 27, 2019, Geraldine Brooks’s husband of 35 years, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and historian Tony Horwitz, died of a heart attack on a...
publishersweekly.com
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books
12 Great Authors Whose Books Are No Longer Taught in Schools
Delving into the literary archives reveals a fascinating variety of authors whose works once resonated within the walls of classrooms but now linger on the...
aol.com
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books
Anne Perry, killer turned crime writer, dies aged 84
After murdering her friend’s mother as a teenager, as dramatised in film Heavenly Creatures, she turned to writing period thrillers...
theguardian.com
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books
Backlist’s Back, Alright! 5 Great Older SFF Books To Revisit
Who out there has read all the books they want to read? *crickets* Exactly! There are so many amazing books, we will never get to...
bookriot.com
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Infidelity and Other Affairs by Kate Legge review – a journalist strives to understand why her husband cheated
Legge turns a reporter’s eye to a deeply personal matter, in this unflinching interrogation into the marks our family leave behind – and how we...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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books / writing
17 epic fantasy series to read if you love The Wheel of time
Spend the rest of your life enjoying these door-stopping epic fantasy series: There are 14 books in The Wheel of time series, plus a prequel. They...
winteriscoming.net
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books
Joanna Gaines Details How Her Youngest Son Crew Inspired Her New Children’s Book (Exclusive)
Joanna Gaines’ five children continue to provide life lessons and lasting memories for their talented mom. “I think that’s my favorite part of being...
usmagazine.com
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books
5 books to deal with tough challenges at work and life
Tiny Experiments by Anna-Laure Le Cunff View Full Image Written by an award-winning neuroscientist and entrepreneur, this book comes with glowing...
livemint.com
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books
The Top 10 Bookselling Stories of 2024
PW’s top 10 bookselling stories this year included tales of activism, advocacy, and acquisition. We saw booksellers, publishers, and others in the...
publishersweekly.com
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writing / books
All Danger and Glamour: PW Talks with Tess Gerritsen
publishersweekly.com
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books
My go-to budget Bluetooth SoundPeats headphones have been reduced to a staggeringly cheap $ 29 — these cans have amazing battery life for the price
tomshardware.com
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Masquerade: The Lives of Noël Coward by Oliver Soden review – the man in the ironic mask
A lively, affectionate but far from adulatory new biography of the playwright marks the 50th anniversary of his death and draws on unpublished letters and...
theguardian.com
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books / writing
Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Why I Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”Many and many a reader has asked that. When the story first came out, in the New England Magazine...
lithub.com
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A Student Had a Hunch About a Stone Circle. Turns Out a 3,700-Year-Old Ritual Site Was Beneath It.
popularmechanics.com
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George Lucas names the greatest sci-fi movie ever made: “As far as I’m concerned”
If there’s one thing George Lucas knows about, it’s science fiction. Well, that and merchandising and special effects meddling and how to make...
faroutmagazine.co.uk
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books
Letter: John Eldridge obituary
Simon Murray writes: He was one of the few academics who appeared to know much about trade unions...
theguardian.com
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Getting Mary Todd Wrong Means Getting Abraham Lincoln Wrong
Even the greatest biographies are fallible and promote fallacies. David Hackett Fischer said as much more than 50 years ago in his book, ‘Historians’...
nysun.com
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Francisco by Alison Mills Newman review – lost classic of black radicalism
First published in 1974, this autobiographical account of a starlet’s disillusionment with Hollywood and America is urgent and shrewd...
theguardian.com
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UMSL counseling alumni release second children’s book in the ‘Kids Can Club’ series - UMSL Daily
Authors Jen Monika McCurdy and Christine Corrigan Mendez met while pursuing their master’s degrees in counseling at UMSL. McCurdy and Mendez released...
umsl.edu
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Top 10 books about family secrets
Lies told and truths hidden give compelling life to fiction and memoir by authors from Maggie O’Farrell to Ocean Vuong and Claire Keegan...
theguardian.com
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books / celebrity
Georgia Sorority Girl Keeps Going Viral for Her Mugshots
vice.com
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Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Leah Hazard review – the body’s misunderstood marvel
An eloquent, vigorous study by an NHS midwife speaks eloquently for the uterus, the organ on the frontline of the culture wars...
theguardian.com
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Everything You Need to Know About ‘The Wheel of time ’ Season 4
Three seasons was never going to be enough! It's been three absolutely magical seasons of seeing The Wheel of time come to life on screen....
cosmopolitan.com
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Boiru Iseebi's The Revenge of My Youth Manga Ends
The April issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comp Ace magazine published on March 26 the final chapter of Boiru Iseebi's The Revenge of My Youth: Re Life...
animenewsnetwork.com
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
lithub.com
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Reading The Wheel of time : Hope and Danger Go Hand in Hand in Knife of Dreams (Part 8)
Books The Wheel of time Reading The Wheel of time : Hope and Danger Go Hand in Hand in Knife of Dreams (Part 8)By Sylas K...
reactormag.com
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books / learning / technology / writing
I'm a published author and I tested Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Grok 3 at creative writing — here's my verdict
Have you ever wondered why Shakespeare is considered one of the best writers ever? He obviously has quite the fanbase even though he died in 1616....
tomsguide.com
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books / celebrity / gaming
Five Indian Films, Web-Series On Netflix Global Top 10
forbes.com
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Dispatches from the District Committee
Many of the stories in this explosive and taboo-busting collection from Sorokin (Blue Lard) are set against the backdrop of Soviet-era repression....
publishersweekly.com
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Nandini Das: Dark Propensities
Despite European and British efforts to emphasise the ‘traditional’ use of opium in both India and China, neither country had a history of production...
lrb.co.uk
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Amazon Prime Members Can Get Two Free E-Books in January
Choose from a list of titles hand-picked by Amazon editors, for you to keep. You can get thousands of free e-books over the course of 2025...
lifehacker.com
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Frankenstein’s warning: the too-familiar hubris of today’s technoscience
Technology presuming to recreate humanity is central to Mary Shelley’s masterpiece. It is more relevant today than ever...
theguardian.com
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For Humor And Museum Lovers: My Top 16 Cartoons
I'm a fan of Bored Panda, so it is a real treat to share my own stuff here. I've been creating humor my whole life...
boredpanda.com
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Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever
SAN FRANCISCO — If you’ve ever clicked on a hyperlink that’s taken you to something called the Wayback Machine to view an old web...
wbhm.org
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books
Three debut novels compete among Women’s prize for fiction shortlist
First- time novelists are joined by two former winners on the diverse list, as the six ‘ambitious and hard-hitting’ contenders are revealed...
theguardian.com
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writing / books
Oakland author shines a light on her neighborhood in funny, heartwarming new novel
It’s no surprise that in her funny, new fourth novel, Oakland writer Renee Swindle continues to write lovingly about her characters and their...
localnewsmatters.org
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Richard Weaver’s “Visions of Order”
The purpose of education has not remained the same over the course of roughly four centuries. By the early 20th century, education for...
theimaginativeconservative.org
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Wheel of time ’ Season 3 on Prime Video, the return of this ambitious fantasy series about magic, prophecy, and the power of friendship
roThe Pattern turns, and Season 3 of The Wheel of time begins. Prime Video hits us with three episodes first (WOT S3 is eight eps total),...
decider.com
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books
Meet singer who fell in love with his guru’s wife, ran away with her, got married, affair shocked Bollywood; singer faced boycott, once ruled music industry, now…
india.com
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writing / books
10 Heartwarming Japanese Books Perfect for Cozy Nights - Electric Literature
Electric Literature Urgently Needs Your Help For the 15,000 people who visit our site every day, reading Electric Literature costs nothing. And yet...
electricliterature.com
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