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…
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• 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…
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• 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…
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• 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…
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• 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…
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• 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…
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Financial Times: Books

• Avanti: a political memoir by Matteo Renzi
  A former Italian prime minister settles old scores and sets out a new agenda
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• Flights by Olga Tokarczuk — motion sickness
  The story of a woman who is perpetually travelling is a philosophical tale for our frantic times
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• Short review: Who Really Runs Britain? by Alan White
  An investigation into the costs of outsourcing government services
  - 7 days ago, 21 Jul 17, 8:19am -
• Short review: Improbable Botany edited by Gary Dalkin
  SF stories explore the philosophy of a London-based landscape, art and architecture collective
  - 7 days ago, 21 Jul 17, 8:19am -
• Short review: You Will Grow Into Them by Malcolm Devlin
  A witty, unsettling collection of stories about transformation
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• ‘The Wisdom of Finance’, by Mihir Desai
  Fiction helps bridge the divide between bankers and the rest of us
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• Q&A with author Catherine Lacey
  ‘Who would I most like to sit next to at a dinner party? Someone full of trivia who isn’t looking at their phone’
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• Caesar’s Last Breath by Sam Kean — molecules in motion
  The gases around us are the starting point for an entertaining scientific journey
  - 14 days ago, 14 Jul 17, 9:45am -
• A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee — other Indias
  Stories about the Bengali middle class are elevated by the author’s empathy for the poor
  - 14 days ago, 14 Jul 17, 9:45am -
• Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight by Naoki Higashida and The Valentine House by Emma Henderson — bright lives
  A personal account of autism and a novel about disfigurement seek to overturn preconceptions
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Huffington Post: US Books Blog

• newLegendary New York Times Book Critic Michiko Kakutani Is Stepping Down
  She'll be replaced by Parul Sehgal.
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• newColorful Book Will Give Kids A Glimpse At Harvey Milk's Life And Legacy
  ... and we've got a sneak peek!
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• newHillary Clinton's New Book Will Be Called 'What Happened'
  "Writing 'What Happened' was hard, so is what we see every day."
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• George R.R. Martin Says To Expect A New Book (Or Two) In 2018
  "The Winds of Winter" is finally coming -- probably.
  - 4 days ago, 23 Jul 17, 6:24pm -
• Writers' Group Is Raising Money To Send Girls To See 'Wonder Woman'
  Alongside Girls, Inc., whose goal is to “inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold.”
  - 56 days ago, 2 Jun 17, 12:57pm -
• A Modern Gay Take On 'Pride And Prejudice' Is Heading Your Way
  "Before The Fall" recasts Jane Austen's classic with two Virginian men.
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• Everything Is Exhausting Right Now, And Merriam-Webster Has The Perfect Word For Us
  Inanition, the word that sums up everything about politics right now.
  - 64 days ago, 25 May 17, 1:56pm -
• In Trump's America, Frustration Is So High That 'Headdesk' Is A Verb
  The Internet slang is not new, but it's never been more necessary.
  - 71 days ago, 18 May 17, 11:11am -
• How 'Master Of None' Captures The Loneliness Of Constant Connectivity
  And recreates the ebbs and flows of modern life.
  - 72 days ago, 17 May 17, 9:25am -
• A Very Considerate Person 'Fixed' Ivanka Trump's Book Display
  Barnes & Noble vigilante, whoever you are: Your work has not gone unnoticed.
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L.A. Times: Books

• newOliver Stone responds to ‘Midnight’ review, plus more readers’ letters

  

  More on ‘Midnight’ Kenneth Turan’s review of “Midnight Return” [“Telling the Rest of Billy Hayes’ Story,” July 21] blames the filmmakers for supposed mendacity. As the original writer [of “Midnight Express”], I made it quite clear…
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• newFrom the Archives: First Dodgers game in Los Angeles

  

  After ceremonies at City Hall and a parade down Broadway, the Dodgers played their first game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before 78,672 fans on April 18, 1958. The Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5. The Dodgers would play four seasons a…
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• newCiting corruption, Pakistan's high court disqualifies Prime Minister Sharif

  

  Pakistan's Supreme Court has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from serving because of allegations of corruption. Friday's decision by a five-judge panel of the court was not surprising as many legal experts and opposition leaders were expect…
  - 1 hour ago, 28 Jul 17, 3:40am -
• newMarty Sklar, pioneering Walt Disney imagineer, dies at 83

  

  Martin “Marty” Sklar, the pioneering Walt Disney Co. imagineer who played an instrumental role in the design of Disney theme parks, has died, the company announced Thursday night. He was 83. During his 54 years at Disney, Sklar worked closely wit…
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• newA Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where they may be sorely needed. Here's why it won't happen

  

  
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• newLongtime Disney Imagineer Martin Sklar dies at 83

  

  
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• newToday in Entertainment: Kesha finds redemption in new song; news from TCA press tour

  

  
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• newMcCain, two other GOP senators join Democrats to reject last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare

  

  Senators early Friday narrowly rejected a dramatically slimmed-down Obamacare repeal bill, even after being promised by GOP leaders that the measure would never actually become law. The strategy was a desperate and ultimately unsuccessful gambit by R…
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• newMan sentenced to 115 years for fondling women while impersonating a police officer

  

  When he approached the women, Christoph Moore lied and said he was a police detective working an investigation. He flashed a badge and, in two cases, a gun. But really, prosecutors said, the man was a registered sex offender with a history of violenc…
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• newMajority of civilian oversight body wants L.A. County sheriff to stop flying drone

  

  Citing concerns over surveillance, safety and potential trauma to the public, a majority of Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight commissioners Thursday expressed that they want Sheriff Jim McDonnell to stop flying a drone used in law enforce…
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London Evening Standard: Books

npr: Books

• newMichiko Kakutani, Chief 'Times' Book Critic, Steps Down After Nearly 4 Decades

  

  For 38 years the Pulitzer Prize winner was one of the most influential voices in the world of books. During her tenure, she lauded — or lambasted — just about all of this generation's great writers.
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• newThe Zoo Is A Terrifying Place In 'Fierce Kingdom'

  

  Gin Phillips' new novel — which follows a young mother trying to keep her child safe during a mass shooting at a zoo — explores the way violence can be a safe abstraction for kids, or cruelly real.
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• newWhatever The Character, June Foray's Voice Was Warmly Familiar

  

  Foray voiced a wide variety of animated characters, and she brought the same genial humor and warmth to them all — except one.
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• new3 Supernatural Noir Tales That Reflect The Inhuman Condition

  

  Some great noir fiction has been written about Los Angeles, but what happens when a different genre bleeds through? We've got three tales of murder, magic and robot detectives to cool your summer.
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• newGetting Kids Interested In Poetry

  

  Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own.
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• Looking Back At The Most Powerful Earthquake Ever To Strike North America

  

  Science writer Henry Fountain says the deadly quake that shook Alaska in 1964 was so loud some thought it was the beginning of World War III. His new book is The Great Quake.
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• New Chester Himes Biography Reveals A Life As Wild As Any Detective Story

  

  Lawrence P. Jackson's biography tracks the writer's course from prison to published novelist. Critic Maureen Corrigan says Himes' life story is well worth reading.
  - 2 days ago, 26 Jul 17, 1:45pm -
• Looking To Libraries

  

  Rumors of the death of libraries have been greatly exaggerated.
  - 2 days ago, 26 Jul 17, 11:20am -
• 'Strange Practice:' The Doctor Is In

  

  In Strange Practice, Vivian Shaw kicks off a new series about Dr. Greta Helsing, descendant of the famous Professor Abraham Van Helsing and general practitioner to the ghouls and ghasts of London.
  - 2 days ago, 26 Jul 17, 7:00am -
• The Enduring Legacy Of Jane Austen's 'Truth Universally Acknowledged'

  

  Linguist Geoff Nunberg describes the opening sentence to Pride and Prejudice as a "masterpiece of indirection" that is frequently repurposed, but whose irony is never matched.
  - 3 days ago, 25 Jul 17, 2:09pm -

PopMatters: Read

• new'What She Ate' Illustrates How Food Can Shift Balances of Power in Surprising Ways

  

  Laura Shapiro’s portraits alternate between a female’s sense of rebelliousness and capitulation in the struggle for food sovereignty.My father only ever ate half a dozen things for dinner. Whatever we kids were having, my mom would fix up one o…
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• newPlots, Premonitions, and Pitfalls for an Empire in 'Secret Empire #7'

  

  The cracks in Hydra's empire widen as drama and losses escalate.Every evil empire, from Star Wars to all the organizations in a James Bond movie, goes through a cycle of self-destruction. It's part of a tried and true narrative wherein members of an…
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• How to Ruin a University Without Really Trying

  

  As Stefan Collini discusses in Speaking of Universities, none of the things universities aim to do -- from educating people to achieving research breakthroughs -- can be achieved under the conditions they’re increasingly being made to conform to.…
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• Laughter, Tears, Curtain: Nicholas Hytner Recalls His Time Running the National Theatre

  

  Hytner’s account of his time as Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Balancing Act, offers scattered insights but lacks purpose and precision. Nicholas Hytner’s 12-year tenure as Artistic Director of the National Theatre is widely regarde…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Jul 17, 5:30am -
• 'Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country...' Will Pull Some Clever Twists on You

  

  Chavisa Woods' characters lean on observation but shy away from judgment, leaving her readers to apply their own values to the happenings in the stories.Chavisa Woods covers a multitude of different topics throughout the stories that comprise Things…
  - 2 days ago, 25 Jul 17, 10:45pm -
• 'The Bonjour Effect' Bids Au Revoir to French Language and Mores

  

  The Bonjour Effect is too closely tailored to North American sensitivities to properly connect with French conversation culture.I learned much more about North American sensitivities than about the French. The Bonjour Effect aims to reveal 'the secr…
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• Pulitzer Prize Winner Jorie Graham's Collection of Poetry, 'Fast', Will Haunt You, Beautifully

  

  These poems are replete with thoughts and images that haunt me, that shake the tendrils of my nervous system and appear to me in unbidden moments.Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard poet Jorie Graham opens her new collection, Fast with an epigraph by Rob…
  - 3 days ago, 25 Jul 17, 5:30am -
• Why It’s Too Late to Let Spider-Man Into the Marvel Cinematic Universe

  

  The Peter Parker of Homecoming doesn't resemble a superhero so much as an approval-starved, attention-seeking child. Like Spider-man in Homecoming, we fans don’t care about being heroes. We have felt weak for so long that nothing else matters but…
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• Thin Lizzy / Philip Lynott Bio 'Cowboy Song' Is Like Reading the Best Liner Notes, Ever

  

  Cowboy Song is not the first biography of Thin Lizzy and/or Lynott, but it is profoundly well-researched and may be the best."It’s alright to lose your heart/ but never lose your head." -- "Johnny" (1976) I am convinced that the most influential o…
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• Basic Income Is the Future; Basic Income Could Be the Present

  

  The Epilogue to Basic Income correctly identifies that the cause for economic anxiety and stagnation is the “dictatorship of the market”. From this, UBI would inarguably set us free.Freedom is the criterion against which the pros and cons for BU…
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The A.V. Club: AVBooks

• newNewswire: Jan Van Dyne takes charge in this Unstoppable Wasp #8 exclusive

  

  With the recent news that Michelle Pfeiffer will be playing Janet Van Dyne in the upcoming Ant-Man And The Wasp, now is a good time for Jan to take a more active role in Marvel comics. After six issues spotlighting the latest Marvel character to take…
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• newNewswire: The A.V. Club show examines the state of Tom Cruise
  Tom Cruise has enjoyed one of the most stable careers in Hollywood; unlike other celebrities of his caliber, Cruise remains unscathed by controversy, couch jumping, aging, and lackluster films. Even The Mummy, which was almost universally panned, was…
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• Newswire: A dungeon party assembles in this Scales & Scoundrels exclusive preview

  

  Dungeon crawling is an essential part of the swords & sorcery fantasy genre, and the new Image Comics series Scales & Scoundrels invites readers of all ages to join a group of treasure hunters and warriors as they venture into an ancient labyrinth. B…
  - 2 days ago, 26 Jul 17, 2:20pm -
• Newswire: Bill Clinton and James Patterson are pitching their mystery novel to Hollywood

  

  Back in May, we reported that Bill Clinton and James Patterson were working together on a mystery novel called The President Is Missing, and though the book won’t actually be released until next year, Clinton and Patterson have already begun shoppi…
  - 2 days ago, 25 Jul 17, 7:51pm -
• Newswire: Chapterhouse revives the first female superhero in this Fantomah exclusive

  

  Canadian comics publisher Chapterhouse has been steadily expanding its superhero lineup since it debuted in 2015 with a new interpretation of Captain Canuck. Over the last two years, established Canadian heroes like Northguard and Freelance and new f…
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• Book Review: The Unwomanly Face Of War is a terrific (and terrifying) counter-history of World War II

  

  Gang rapes, limbs amputated with carpenter’s saws and no anesthetic, partisans drowning their own bawling babies, prisoners of war being stabbed and brained to death, suicides dangling from village trees—the revised edition of the Nobel Prize-win…
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• Special Coverage: Catch up on our San Diego Comic-Con 2017 coverage
  
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• Newswire: A legendary art team elevates Mother Panic in this exclusive preview

  

  It’s amazing what a legendary art team can bring to a comic series. Mother Panic wasn’t a bad title before artist John Paul Leon and colorist Dave Stewart jumped on board for a three-issue arc, but the series has been significantly elevated by th…
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• Newswire: George R.R. Martin announces another new book that’s not Winds Of Winter

  

  It’s now been six years since George R.R. Martin published A Dance With Dragons, the fifth (but not final) book in his A Song Of Ice And Fire series. In that time, the TV adaptation has become as popular as the source material, which has just doubl…
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• AVQ&A: Tell us about your pop culture weekend: July 21-23

  

  We’ve expanded the definition of AVQ&A—our weekly thought-starter—by asking you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big…
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The Guardian: Books + Reviews

• newThe Witch by Ronald Hutton review – why fear of witchcraft hasn’t gone away
  A magisterial account across space and time of why people have been accused, and how some societies have stayed clearIt comes as no surprise to learn that the study of witches and witchcraft has been pockmarked by feuds and even the occasional fallin…
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• newMidwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty review – marriage under the microscope
  An elderly couple remember their past and face up to the future in this quietly brilliant novel from the Northern Irish authorThe married couple at the centre of Bernard MacLaverty’s first novel in 16 years have reached that stage of life where “…
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• newTestimony by Scott Turow review – legal eagle turns private dick
  Finely researched history and clumsy sex scenes collide in this thriller about investigating war crimes in BosniaScott Turow began his career as the literary version of John Grisham. His bestselling Presumed Innocent and subsequent novels were brilli…
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• In the Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott – escaping a fundamentalist Christian sect
  An account of the writer’s own life and her father’s in the Exclusive Brethren, and the chaos and freedom that followed the decision to walk outRebecca Stott’s account of life in a fundamentalist sect in the UK known as the Exclusive Brethren o…
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• Sugar by James Walvin review – from slavery to obesity
  A history of the commodity dwells on body horror and morality, but fails to grasp how capitalism and racism reinforce one anotherIn 1792, a popular pamphlet urged Britons to boycott sugar and rum manufactured by enslaved labourers in Britain’s Cari…
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• Oliver Twist review – artful production gets lost down blind alleys
  Open Air theatre, Regent’s Park, LondonThis fierce, unpatronising Anya Reiss adaptation of Dickens’ criminal caper is full of invention, but an overcomplicated plot spirals into confusionWe are at a workhouse in 19th-century England. A giant, met…
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• Anna by Niccolò Ammaniti review – a new standard in post-apocalyptic fiction
  This story of children running wild in Sicily brilliantly manipulates the usual models even as it transcends their limitsAs we know from Lord of the Flies, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and any number of book-to-movie franchises such as The Hunger Ga…
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• As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Alex Preston – books and birds
  Fascinated by birds since boyhood, Preston has written an astute memoir-meets-anthology, with illustrations by Neil GowerIn the middle of writing this book, Alex Preston and his young family moved from north London to a rose-clad, redbrick rectory in…
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• The Fear and the Freedom by Keith Lowe – the moral surprises of the second world war
  A highly readable and startling history uses individual testimonies to strip away the layers of myth and misunderstanding that surround this devastating conflictFour generations have been born since the end of the second world war. The infants of tod…
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• Field Studies by Chrystel Lebas review – a photographic journey into the UK’s wild places
  Chrystel Lebas follows in the footsteps of 1930s botanist Edward James Salisbury to document our changing landscape and the secret life of plantsAn article in New Scientist in June 1959 described Sir Edward James Salisbury as a “prophet and propaga…
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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…
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• 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…
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• 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.
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• 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

• newHillary Clinton calling new book 'What Happened'

  

  Hillary Clinton is calling her new book "What Happened" and promising unprecedented candor as she remembers her stunning defeat last year to Donald Trump.        
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• Michael Connelly hits No. 1 with 'The Late Show'

  

  'The Late Show,' Michael Connelly's new thriller featuring a female detective, lands in the top spot on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.        
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• Debut novel 'Daughters' recycles 'Handmaid's Tale'

  

  Jennie Melamed's dystopian novel 'Gather the Daughters' is too derivative of Margaret Atwood's classic. A 2-star book review.        
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• How German Jews joined the U.S. Army and helped beat the Nazis

  

  Bruce Henderson's book 'Sons and Soldiers' tells the story of Jews who fled Germany for the U.S. and returned to fight Hitler. A 3.5 star review.        
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• #BookmarkThis: Chat live with author Tom Perrotta

  

  Tom Perrotta is the next author in our monthly series of Facebook Live chats. His new novel is called 'Mrs. Fletcher.'        
  - 3 days ago, 25 Jul 17, 8:41am -
• Wesley Snipes fights evil with his pen in exciting 'Talon of God'

  

  Actor Wesley Snipes imagines a war between angels and demons in his debut novel, the supernatural 'Talon of God.' A 3-star book review.        
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• We're shocked! Read all about Edward VII's scandalous sex life

  

  His many mistresses are the focus of a new bio of the king called 'Edward the Caresser.'        
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• At this library story hour, drag queens read to kids

  

  Saturday meant story time for children — and dress-up story time at that. The occasion? Drag Queen Storytime at the Indianapolis Central Library.        
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• Teen mysteries: Four books that deliver summer thrills

  

  Authors bring the thrills with a pair of whodunits, plus the story of a girl with short-term memory issues and the tale of a 1940s town with secrets.        
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• Books: New and noteworthy

  

  Look for new novels on sale from Wesley Snipes, CNN's Alisyn Camerota and more.        
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WSJ: Books

• newAusten, Anonymous Writers and History
  On the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s death, Amanda Foreman looks at why she published anonymously and women’s history of publishing without names.
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• Can Just Taking a Picture Help to Treat Infertility?
  A new study finds that just taking a picture—and the procedure associated with it—appears to treat infertility.
  - 2 days ago, 26 Jul 17, 12:07pm -
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