Entertainment Weekly: Book Coverage

• Review: 'The One Hundred Nights of Hero': EW Review

  

  What starts off as an homage to Scheherazade and her 1001 nights of storytelling quickly turns takes on a life (and story) of its own in Isabel Greenberg’s The One Hundred Nights of Hero. For her second graphic novel, the Eisner Awar…
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• Review: 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' script: EW Review

  

  A published screenplay is a different beast – though one no less fantastical – than full-length novel. Instead of inspiring readers’ imaginations about the worlds they’re meant to be depicting, a pu…
  - 29 Nov 16, 4:53pm -
• Review: 'Beyond the Truth' by Anne Holt: EW Review

  

  When you think of Scandinavian noir, names like Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and Camilla Läckberg probably come to mind, not Anne Holt. That may be about to change. Holt—dubbed “the godmother of modern Norwegian crime…
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• Review: 'Talking as Fast as I Can' by Lauren Graham: EW Review

  

  Through a handful of essays, Graham shares stories from her early days as a struggling actress as well as behind-the-scenes tidbits from her seven seasons (and now the Nov. 25 Netflix revival) as beloved, quick-witted Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls…
  - 29 Nov 16, 11:09am -
• Review: 'The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History': EW review

  

  Jon Stewart left the Daily Show 15 months ago and the country hasn’t been the same since. Perhaps not since the golden age of Johnny Carson had one man so ruled the nexus of entertainment and current events, and Stewart’s re…
  - 22 Nov 16, 4:43pm -
• Review: 'The Princess Diarist' by Carrie Fisher: EW Review

  

  Star Wars fans are likely to have as curious and strained a relationship with Carrie Fisher’s The Princess Diarist as the actress has with the films: a hope for something deeper, disappointment in its glibness, and ultimately a respect a…
  - 22 Nov 16, 3:57pm -
• Review: 'Pretend I'm Your Friend' by MB Caschetta: EW Review

  

  At first the stories in MB Caschetta’s linked collection (following her first novel, Miracle Girls, which came out in 2014) seem like loosely plotted vignettes, windows peering into characters’ lives for a brief moment befor…
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• Review: 'Moonglow' by Michael Chabon: EW Review

  

  Love and war, sex and madness, long-buried secrets and rockets to the moon: Hardly a shade of human intrigue—or a pivotal moment in 20th-century history—goes unexplored in Chabon’s vibrant, sprawling latest. Ins…
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• Review: 'The Fate of the Tearling' by Erika Johansen: EW Review

  

  In the final book of Erika Johansen’s excellent Tearling trilogy, Queen Kelsea Glynn is struggling to save her besieged kingdom from a physical foe, the Red Queen, as well as from a strange supernatural force that has begun gaining…
  - 15 Nov 16, 3:06pm -
• Review: 'Settle for More' by Megyn Kelly: EW Review

  

  Let’s get it out of the way at the very beginning: The Roger Ailes stories in lawyer–turned–Fox News host Megyn Kelly’s book are every bit as lurid and appalling as you might imagine, with the forme…
  - 15 Nov 16, 1:51pm -

Financial Times: Books

• No Turning Back, by Rania Abouzeid
  An extraordinary book on the human cost of the Syrian conflict
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• Corporate wellbeing is no substitute for good management
  Mantras and meditation do not remove the stress of long hours and lay-offs
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• Encore podcast: Geoffrey West on why some things stop growing and other things don’t
  
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• Yaa Gyasi: ‘Racism is still the drumbeat of America’
  The Ghanaian-born author of ‘Homegoing’ talks about the narrative of race in the US and why it is easier for her generation to address the slave trade
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• Novelist Leïla Slimani: ‘Knowing how to talk is a great power’
  Lullaby author on the French version of #Metoo and representing la Francophonie for Macron
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• Work of fiction: How to write a corporate novel
  Jillian Medoff’s books tackle the stress of navigating office life in times of upheaval
  - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 11:01pm -
• Natural Born Learners, by Alex Beard
  An intellectual journey to discover what a 21st-century education should look like
  - 9 days ago, 15 Apr 18, 11:00pm -
• Weekend long reads
  Read about millennials, the mystery of time, the truffle economy and much more
  - 12 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 1:19pm -
• Short review: The Executor by Blake Morrison
  A stylish and satirical take on Kindle-era publishing
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• Things That Bother Me by Galen Strawson — a case for mistaken identity
  An exhilarating collection of essays examining consciousness, selfhood and free will
  - 12 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 10:34am -

Huffington Post: US Books Blog

• Apocalypse How? What Novels Screw Up About Climate Change
  We're obsessed with grim environmental tales, but most of them miss the point.
  - 4 days ago, 21 Apr 18, 7:00pm -
• This Mom Might Make Parents Rethink Their Screen Time Guilt
  What the creator of your kids' favorite shows has to say about media consumption.
  - 6 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 5:08pm -
• Trump Responds To Allegations In James Comey's Book, Calls Him 'Untruthful Slime Ball'
  "It was my great honor to fire James Comey!" the president tweeted Friday.
  - 12 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 8:23am -
• Margaret Atwood Said 9/11 Terrorists 'Got The Idea' From 'Star Wars'
  “The Handmaid’s Tale” author also said that “sci-fi writers are very good at anticipating future events.”
  - 14 days ago, 11 Apr 18, 6:32pm -
• Stop Hating Trump Voters
  It's counterproductive. And it's mean, too.
  - 15 days ago, 10 Apr 18, 5:45am -
• 11 Children's Books That Honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy
  And his impact on the civil rights movement.
  - 21 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 11:39am -
• The 13 Best Books To Pick Up This Month
  These are the titles to pick up now, including Nadia Murad's harrowing personal account of survival in Iraq and Janet Fitch's enchanting take of a young woman falling in love while falling for the Bolsheviks.
  - 23 days ago, 2 Apr 18, 9:05am -
• Bad Ideas Aren't Worth Debating
  Conservatives like Kevin D. Williamson aren't enriching our public life. They're poisoning it.
  - 27 days ago, 29 Mar 18, 2:19pm -
• John Oliver Didn't Think Pence-Trolling, Gay-Themed Book Would Be A Hit
  "A Day In the Life of Marlon Bundo," the comedian says, paints the world in an inclusive light.
  - 36 days ago, 20 Mar 18, 6:36pm -
• John Oliver Wants Your Help Telling Mike Pence To 'Go F**k Himself'
  "Last Week Tonight" gives the Pence family's new bunny book a gay makeover.
  - 37 days ago, 19 Mar 18, 5:07am -

L.A. Times: Books

• newCompetition to build the Navy's MQ-25 flying tanker shows how drone fighters are taking on new roles

  

  The U.S. military has come to rely on drones for surveillance, reconnaissance and attack. Soon, another job will be added to the list: refueling aircraft in midair. Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and General Atomics are all vying for a U.S. Navy c…
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• newToday: Weird Science at the EPA

  

  The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is targeting the science behind many of its rules for clean air and water. TOP STORIES Weird Science at the EPA EPA chief Scott Pruitt says he’s for government “transparency.” Does that mean he’…
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• newAfter blackface incident, minority students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo say they don't feel welcome

  

  Fraternities and sororities were indefinitely suspended this week at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in response to racist incidents, including photos that circulated on social media showing a male student wearing blackface and fraternity members dressed as…
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• newLos Feliz traffic median's latest makeover might include planters in a bid to thwart homeless encampments

  

  Nearly a decade ago, Los Angeles city officials, including then-City Councilman Eric Garcetti, cut the ribbon on a street beautification project in Los Feliz. Landscapers added sycamore trees, honey-colored grass and seating areas at Vermont Triangle…
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• new'Avengers: Infinity War': Everything you need to know about the Marvel universe

  

  Ever since Sam Jackson’s Nick Fury walked into Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) high-rise and presented him with info on creating the Avengers (all the way back in 2008’s “Iron Man”), the battle waged in “Avengers: Infinity War” has bee…
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• newTeam-by-team draft needs: NFC West and AFC West

  

  The NFL draft will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines team needs by division. Today, in the fourth of four parts, the West divisions: NFC West Carson Palmer retired and Sam Bradford is a st…
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• newSouth O.C.'s solution to homelessness is class warfare at its NIMBYest

  

  Last week, the mayors of 12 cities in South Orange County had the opportunity to cut the Gordian knot that is homelessness. They met at the behest of U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, who’d issued them a warning: Step up and help solve thi…
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• newScott Pruitt offers up another gift to polluters. You know, the people he's supposed to monitor

  

  Environmental Protection Agency director Scott Pruitt proposed a new rule Tuesday that he insisted would enhance “transparency,” but which critics described as a thinly veiled attack on the use of science and scientific studies to craft regulatio…
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• newThe new congressional authorization to fight terrorism still gives the president too much power

  

  This week, three Republicans and three Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced a new authorization for the use of U.S. military force in what has become a never-ending war on terrorism. It aims to provide lawmakers with the abi…
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• newCorporations don't deserve a free pass on human rights lawsuits

  

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder — again —for victims of human rights violations to seek justice in American courts. Five conservative justices held that an 18th century law that allows foreigners to bring lawsuits for violations of th…
  - 2 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:05am -

London Evening Standard: Books

npr: Books

• newFear, But Forever, As 'The Handmaid's Tale' Returns

  

  The second season of Hulu's Emmy-winning series returns on Wednesday, more consumed than ever with the effects of not only living with violence, but anticipating it unendingly.
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• newKevin Young Examines All Things 'Brown'

  

  Poet Kevin Young's new book is titled Brown. Using everything from elementary school to baseball to R&B music, Young examines race and culture through poems.
  - 4 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 4:54am -
• newAsylum-Seeking Student Says Nothing Can Stand Between Him And Poetry

  

  Allan Monga of Portland, Maine recently won the right to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud festival. He was initially barred because he's an asylum seeker and not a U.S. citizen.
  - 15 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 6:05pm -
• newIn 'The New Face Of America,' Journalist Alex Wagner Saw Herself

  

  In 1993, Wagner saw a computer-generated face on Time magazine that reminded her a lot of her own. The journalist searches for answers about her own ancestry in her new book, Futureface.
  - 16 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 4:56pm -
• newWhy Pius IX Might Be The 'Most Important Pope' In Modern Church History

  

  Pius IX became head of the Catholic church in 1846 and instituted the doctrine of Papal infallibility. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Kertzer says his exile led to the emergence of modern Italy.
  - 18 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 2:20pm -
• 'Beneath A Ruthless Sun,' Cruelty And Injustice Burn Hot

  

  Gilbert King returns to Lake County, Fla., in his new book, which tells the tangled story of a rape accusation, a racist sheriff, and a mentally disabled white man railroaded and stuck in an asylum.
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• Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King's Latest Book: 'Beneath A Ruthless Sun'

  

  In the book, a white, mentally impaired man is falsely accused of rape in Jim Crow-era Florida and a journalist pushes to uncover the story. Noel King talks to King about Beneath a Ruthless Sun.
  - 1 day ago, 24 Apr 18, 5:01am -
• Autonomous Weapons Would Take Warfare To A New Domain, Without Humans

  

  Former special operations agent Paul Scharre helped create U.S. military guidelines on autonomous weapons. His new book Army of None, looks at the advances in technology, and the questions they raise.
  - 2 days ago, 23 Apr 18, 8:07pm -
• Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Reflects On 'Ambition And Manhood In America'

  

  Gregory Pardlo's new memoir, Air Traffic, chronicles his complicated relationship with his father, a labor organizer who lost his job following the air traffic controllers' 1981 strike.
  - 2 days ago, 23 Apr 18, 2:26pm -
• 'Art Of The Wasted Day' Makes A Case For Letting The Mind Wander

  

  Patricia Hampl's sharp new book argues that daydreaming is a vital part of life. Maureen Corrigan says, after reading it, "you'll understand more of what makes life worth living."
  - 2 days ago, 23 Apr 18, 1:09pm -

PopMatters: Read

The A.V. Club: AVBooks

• newFinally Get Yourself (or Your Mom) An Instant Pot - Three Different Models Are On Sale Today

  

  If you don’t own a pressure cooker, today’s a great day to fix that. The newest, pint-sized 3 qt. Instant Pot Mini wants a permanent home on your kitchen counter, and it’s down to $56 in today’s Amazon Gold Box, the best price of the year.Re…
  - 1 hour ago, 25 Apr 18, 7:26am -
• newThe shitty Avengers: 15 movie superheroes not ready for franchising

  

  Minting a successful superhero franchise out of a preexisting comic book is easy (despite what Green Lantern might suggest). It’s far more notable to create an entirely new superhero who can contend on a Marvel scale—which is why no one’s done…
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• newOn The Late Show, Hank Azaria says recasting Apu "seems like the right thing to do"

  

  Midway through a interview largely given over to the ongoing discussion about the problematic nature of his 29-year run as Springfield’s most prominent South Asian character voiced by a white guy, Hank Azaria told Stephen Colbert that he was just a…
  - 4 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 4:31am -
• newIn this week's Savage Love: Crushed

  

  I’m a straight male in my 30s. I’ve been with my wife for 12 years. I have had several affairs. Not one-night-stand scenarios, but longer-term connections. I didn’t pursue any of these relationships. Instead, women who knew I was in an “exclu…
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• newWelcome back to the dystopian nightmare of The Handmaid's Tale 

  

  Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, April 25. All times are Eastern. Read more...
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• newR.I.P. Bob Dorough, composer of "Conjunction Junction" and other Schoolhouse Rock! favorites

  

  Bob Dorough, the veteran jazz performer who helped define the sound and style of educational animation mainstay Schoolhouse Rock!, has died. The author of such tunes as “Three Is A Magic Number” and “Conjunction Junction,” Dorough served as m…
  - 9 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 11:47pm -
• newIt's all about Syd as Legion slows down for a life lesson in hard knocks

  

  “Do you know what love is? It’s a hot bath. What happens to things when you leave them in a bath for too long? They get soft, fall apart.”Read more...
  - 10 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 11:00pm -
• newThe 100 burns it all down in a bold, compelling season premiere

  

  At the end of last season, with a renewal already in hand, The 100 gave itself the best possibility to start over. After four seasons of fending off violence at every turn, The 100 allowed itself to jump ahead in time and truly shake things up. Clark…
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• newNew Girl thrives in new situations by drawing on its past

  

  “Ruth’s gonna do what Ruth’s gonna do.”Last week, I described Cece and Schmidt’s daughter as more of an adorable plot device than a full-fledged character, and as charming as Danielle and Rhiannon Rockoff’s performances as Ruth have been,…
  - 11 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 10:00pm -
• newThe Flash and friends spend a filler hour getting in touch with their feelings

  

  When the writers of The Flash decide to hammer home a theme, they don’t hold back. You could hardly miss it this week: Thinking is overrated, emotions are where it’s at! Now, when you’ve built your season around a villain called the Thinker, th…
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The Guardian: Books + Reviews

• newThe Sing of the Shore by Lucy Wood review – a different view of Cornwall
  Empty holiday homes, bored teenagers, missing people … these out-of-season short stories become heart-thumping miniature thrillersThere is a version of Cornwall we all know. It features pastel-coloured cottages, quaint fishing boats, hidden coves o…
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• newAll That Remains by Sue Black – a life investigating death
  A professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology, who works in war and disaster zones, considers questions of mortalityIn 1999, Sue Black – one of the world’s leading forensic anthropologists – found herself confronted by a “nightmare scene t…
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• newThe Handmaid's Tale: season two review – a menacing, harrowing return
  The small-screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s disturbing dystopia remains intensely frightening, fleshing out its fascist theocracy with an extraordinary Elisabeth Moss at the centerAfter its formidable first season debuted in spring 2017, the s…
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• newThe Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg review – powerful personal essays
  From married life to the murder of her husband … the Italian author shows a deft lightness of touch in these moving pieces written between 1944 and 1960So light is the touch of the Italian writer Natalia Ginzburg in these 11 essays, written between…
  - 5 hours ago, 25 Apr 18, 4:00am -
• newDictator Literature by Daniel Kalder review – the deathly prose of dic-lit
  Mein Kampf is drivel, but what about Stalin’s poetry and Mussolini’s bodice-ripper? And does an autocrat lurk within every dreadful writer?I enjoyed this book a great deal – not least because for a long text that is itself a series of summaries…
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• Thrillers review: The Hunger; All the Beautiful Lies; Paper Ghosts
  The bloody conclusion to a wagon train’s journey across the US, a beautifully told crime story and a dark tale of murderous obsession are the standouts this monthThe true-life story of the Donner party, American pioneers who set out for California…
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• The Seagull review – all-star cast brings out the comedy in Chekhov
  Packed with names such as Annette Bening, Elisabeth Moss and Saoirse Ronan, this adaptation of the classic play is brisk and funny Taking in the night, Dr Dorn (Jon Tenney) looks at poor lovesick Masha (Elisabeth Moss), pauses, then sagely sighs: “…
  - 1 day ago, 24 Apr 18, 2:00am -
• The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli review – a worthy heir to Stephen Hawking
  Is time real or simply a useful measurement of change? The author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us to the limits of our understanding with clarity and styleIn Hitler’s Germany, a handful of physicists bristled at the mere mention of quant…
  - 1 day ago, 24 Apr 18, 2:00am -
• Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House review – in search of a rightwing rabble
  Mike Wendling’s history of the political group provides plenty of information, but doesn’t get to the root of its hatredThe best thing about Mike Wendling’s new book is the cover. It is extremely clever – a digitised, mashed-up, almost-but-no…
  - 2 days ago, 23 Apr 18, 3:00am -
• A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean – review
  Roland Philipps’s gripping retelling of the Soviet spy’s life reveals his appetite for self-destructionIn 1949, Donald Maclean, then a senior diplomat at the British embassy in Cairo, and his American wife, Melinda, arranged to take some friends…
  - 2 days ago, 23 Apr 18, 2:00am -

The Independent: Books

• Lolita is back in the picture without controversy

  

  The first illustrated edition of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is published this week. The binding features a leather label inset embossed with the phonetic sounding of the book’s title, “Lo. Lee. Ta”, used by the book’s narrator, Humbert Humbe…
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• Morrissey's debut novel List of the Lost was met with mockery but how have other singers fared?

  

  Morrissey has written his first novel, released yesterday. He was looking for a review and then he got a review… and we can only surmise that, heaven knows, he's miserable now.
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• List of the Lost by Morrissey, first read: Debut novel is a leaden festival of self-pity

  

  “Edgar Allan Poe couldn’t concoct this,” declares Ezra, the ill-fated protagonist of Morrissey’s debut novel. It’s true that the American master of the short story would have baulked at penning this leaden festival of self-pity but, in his…
  - 24 Sep 15, 3:14pm -
• Morrissey's debut novel List of the Lost receives damning first review: 'It is an unpolished turd, the stale excrement of Morrissey’s imagination'

  

  Morrissey’s debut novel has received a lashing from critics who variously described The List of the Lost as “an unpolished turd of a book” and a “bizarre, misogynistic ramble.”
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• Morrissey’s debut novel List of the Lost is about a 1970s relay team cursed by the devil incarnate

  

  Morrissey’s career as a musician is seemingly at an end: he recently announced that he may never tour again as he has no major labels wanting to release his material.
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• Pure by Rose Bretécher, book review: Honest tale of a woman's nude awakening

  

  Imagine being forced to see your boss naked on a daily basis. How about your grandparents, priest or supermarket check-out staff? It sounds the stuff that slapstick comedy is made of, but being plagued by intrusive thoughts about sex and sexuality is…
  - 23 Sep 15, 5:18pm -
• Elizabeth Gilbert interview: Eat Pray Love author reveals how to pursue a creative life in new self-help book Big Magic

  

  Writing Eat Pray Love launched Elizabeth Gilbert into a sort of heady, popular fame, a piece of which both Hollywood and Oprah wanted. Since its publication in 2006, the frank memoir of the American writer's travels through Italy, India and Indonesia…
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• Donald Trump expected to be dead by 40 and never to marry, new biography claims

  

  Donald Trump thought he would be dead by 40, thinks he got the better of Cher during a Twitter fight and blocked the writer’s access after he heard he had spoken to someone he did not like.
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• Roald Dahl's estate team up with McDonald's to give away free books with every UK Happy Meal

  

  In an unlikely partnership that would make Augustus Gloop jump for joy, the estate of Roald Dahl has teamed up with fast-food franchise McDonald's to give away millions of his brilliant books for free.
  - 23 Sep 15, 7:41am -
• Pottermore redesign marked with 749 new words on Harry Potter from JK Rowling

  

  JK Rowling certainly knows how to keep the Harry Potter fan base sated, today posting new information on his heritage on the refurbished Pottermore website.
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USA Today: Books

• new'Caddyshack': 5 wild things we learn about the Bill Murray comedy in new tell-all book

  

  Improv and cocaine were par for the course on the set of the 1980 comedy starring Bill Murray and Chevy Chase, which is the subject of a new book.        
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• newWe put Joanna Gaines' new 'Magnolia Table' cookbook to the (taste) test

  

  Is the HGTV star's talent in the kitchen on par with her design skills?        
  - 18 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 2:38pm -
• newJames Comey's book sells 600,000 copies; will be No. 1 on USA TODAY's best-seller list

  

  'A Higher Loyalty' by James Comey sells more than 600,000 copies in first week as former FBI director does extensive media tour.        
  - 21 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 11:21am -
• newJoanna Gaines on family, failure and her favorite food memory

  

  The designer opens up to USA TODAY about her new cookbook, 'The Magnolia Table.'        
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• CNN's Jake Tapper sizzles with 'The Hellfire Club,' his D.C.-set 1950s thriller

  

  CNN newsman Jake Tapper uses his Washington expertise to write a thriller set during the McCarthy era in the 1950s. A 3-star book review.        
  - 1 day ago, 24 Apr 18, 7:00am -
• Harry-Meghan nuptials: 'We're all looking for the kiss,' says author Andrew Morton

  

  In a Facebook Live chat as part of #BookmarkThis, author Andrew Morton says bride-to-be Meghan Markle will bring change to the royal family – gently.        
  - 6 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 3:36pm -
• For this vet, sometimes the owners are the most difficult patients: New book

  

  'My Patients and Other Animals' by Suzy Fincham-Gray is a compassionate but unsentimental memoir by a vet. A 3-star book review.        
  - 8 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 11:36am -
• In 'West Winging It,' a fond look back at the Obama White House by a young insider

  

  Pat Cunnane was a young staffer for President Obama. He looks back nostalgically in his new memoir, 'West Winging It.' A 3-star book review.        
  - 9 days ago, 16 Apr 18, 6:00pm -
• Jo Nesbø's modern update of 'Macbeth' is a bloody crime

  

  The Norwegian author of the Harry Hole mysteries tries a modern crime update of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth.' A 2-star book review.        
  - 9 days ago, 16 Apr 18, 5:54pm -
• 'Harry Potter' books get new jackets by Brian Selznick on 20th U.S. anniversary

  

  Children's author/illustrator Brian Selznick is designing new jackets for the Harry Potter books on the series' 20th anniversary in America.        
  - 13 days ago, 12 Apr 18, 5:36pm -

WSJ: Books

• Linda Fairstein on James Taylor's 'Fire and Rain'
  Crime novelist Linda Fairstein talks about James Taylor’s ‘Fire and Rain,’ a standard about a tragedy that can still make her cry after almost five decades.
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• Don't Fear the Robots
  Smart machines will replace some jobs, but they will create many more by generating new wealth and higher demand for products and services.
  - 22 Jul 17, 10:19pm -
• Best-Selling Books, Week Ended July 16
  Best-Selling Books, week ended July 16, with data from NPD BookScan
  - 21 Jul 17, 1:58pm -
• The Annoying Everyday Drags on the Economy
  Americans collectively waste billions of dollars a year overpaying for parking. Humorist Joe Queenan adds up the costs of other daily annoyances.
  - 21 Jul 17, 9:17am -
• Can the Tech Giants Be Stopped?
  Google, Facebook, Amazon and other tech behemoths are transforming the U.S. economy and labor market, with scant public debate or scrutiny. Changing course won’t be easy.
  - 20 Jul 17, 4:25pm -
• Why Anyone Can Be Chinese
  A Westerner who’s lived in China for more than two decades argues that Chinese identity should be cultural, not racial.
  - 17 Jul 17, 12:12pm -
• Facebook's Surprising Role in Bereavement
  Research shows that Facebook social networks can play a role in—and possibly enhance—intimacy and grieving after the loss of a close friend.
  - 15 Jul 17, 6:03am -
• At the Met, Art of the War to End Wars
  Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, helmets as sculpture and poster propaganda: an exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art evokes World War I
  - 14 Jul 17, 5:15pm -
• Elizabeth Strout on 'Blowin' in the Wind'
  Novelist Elizabeth Strout on the changing meanings of the Bob Dylan standby ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ for a child raised in Maine and later listening as an adult.
  - 14 Jul 17, 3:25pm -
• The Perils of Cultural Purity
  Amanda Foreman on recent moves to suppress “cultural appropriation” and the need for a free exchange of ideas among societies.
  - 14 Jul 17, 3:21pm -