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…
  - 15 Nov 16, 1:51pm -

Financial Times: Books

• How Democracy Ends, by David Runciman
  An intriguing book full of new lines of thought that sees Trump as merely a symptom
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• Short review: If All the World Were . . . by Joseph Coelho and Allison Colpoys
  A picture book that takes a sensitive approach to death and grief
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• Short review: Candy by Lavie Tidhar
  The story imagines a city where sweets are forbidden under a prohibition act
  - 4 days ago, 15 Jun 18, 8:21am -
• Short review: 24 Stories of Hope for Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire
  A collection of writings that accommodate different modes of grief
  - 4 days ago, 15 Jun 18, 8:14am -
• Lore Segal: ‘I’m not surprised by anti-Semitism when it rises again’
  The acclaimed novelist on being a Kindertransport survivor, saving her parents and getting old
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• New Power by Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans
  An explanation of how movements build, businesses thrive and ideas catch fire
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• The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee — Spanish acquisition
  A rich account charting how Christopher Columbus’s son Hernando created the first truly global library — and an explosion of knowledge
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• Short review: The Old Religion by Martyn Waites
  An undercover policeman risks revealing his identity when a runaway teenager steals his wallet
  - 11 days ago, 8 Jun 18, 10:38am -
• The legacy of book burning
  Most associated with the Nazis, book burnings still occur today — sometimes just for effect, sometimes with more chilling intent
  - 11 days ago, 8 Jun 18, 9:55am -
• A Shout in the Ruins by Kevin Powers — a history of violence
  A foundling born in America’s civil war is at the heart of a powerful tale about Virginia’s bloody past
  - 11 days ago, 8 Jun 18, 8:58am -

Huffington Post: US Books Blog

• newPriyanka Chopra Pens Memoir To 'Shatter Glass Ceilings'
  The collection of personal essays, stories and observations will be published next year by Penguin Random House.
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• newMIT Clears Author Junot Díaz After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
  The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was accused by four women, including one who alleged he forcibly kissed her.
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• Author Will Walton On His Work: 'I Have To Believe My Voice Is Needed'
  "Every voice needs to be heard. I hope we get there eventually."
  - 4 days ago, 15 Jun 18, 10:25am -
• Amid All The Talk Of Incels, A Solitary Woman's Story
  Sayaka Murata’s novel "Convenience Store Woman" observes the inevitable failures of a society to embrace all within it.
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• What Investigating My Stepsister’s Murder Taught Me About Life
  I set out to unravel Stephanie’s tangled story, though I knew it would end the same way – with her annihilation.
  - 18 days ago, 1 Jun 18, 8:31am -
• A Drug Researcher Talks Michael Pollan’s Book, PTSD Treatment And Trump On LSD
  The endgame for psychedelic drugs isn't “microdosing Fridays.” It's treating major mental illness.
  - 26 days ago, 24 May 18, 7:17pm -
• Influential American Novelist Philip Roth Dies At 85
  The Morning Email: The author, winner of most major book awards, died in New York from congestive heart failure.
  - 27 days ago, 23 May 18, 8:41am -
• Bill Konigsberg Explores A New Side Of The Gay Experience In His Latest Book
  The author hopes "The Music of What Happens" will inspire readers to fall in love ... and think twice about gender roles.
  - 29 days ago, 21 May 18, 4:36pm -
• Legendary Author Tom Wolfe Dead At 88
  Wolfe authored classic books like "Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff."
  - 35 days ago, 15 May 18, 11:50am -
• Tomi Adeyemi Wanted 'Children Of Blood And Bone' To Be 'So Good... So Black'
  And so compelling, she said, "that even their racist ass was going to see it.”
  - 35 days ago, 15 May 18, 8:30am -

L.A. Times: Books

• newRoger Federer extends grass-court win streak to 17 matches, closes in on tennis' all-time record

  

  Roger Federer opened his Gerry Weber Open title defense by seeing off Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday. The world No. 1 broke the No. 72nd-ranked Bedene at the first attempt and again for 5-4 in the second set to wrap up the win. Fresh fr…
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• newUkrainian film director on hunger strike in a Russian prison casts dark cloud over World Cup

  

  When the World Cup started in Russia on June 14, Oleg Sentsov was on day 32 of his hunger strike in a northern Siberian penal colony. An acclaimed Ukrainian film writer and director, Sentsov is serving 20 years in Russia, accused of plotting terroris…
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• newDodgers take anger out on Cubs reliever, rally for 4-3 win

  

  Furious with the strike zone of umpire Tripp Gibson III, the Dodgers took out their anger on Cubs reliever Justin Wilson in the ninth inning for a 4-3 comeback victory in the first game of a doubleheader. Moments after Yasmani Grandal became the thir…
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• newA look at Wednesday's World Cup schedule

  

  A look at the matchups for World Cup games Wednesday: GROUP B PORTUGAL VS. MOROCCO Where: Moscow Time: 5 a.m. PDT. TV: FS1, Telemundo. The buzz: Both teams enter their second match day needing at least a draw to improve their chances of getting out…
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• newDe León urges Gov. Brown to end California National Guard cooperation with Trump

  

  
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• newCollege World Series: Westburg drives in seven in Mississippi State win

  

  Jordan Westburg hit a grand slam, doubled and drove in seven runs and Mississippi State went on to beat North Carolina 12-2 in the College World Series on Tuesday. The Bulldogs (39-27) continued their surprise postseason run and, with two wins at the…
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• newThe latest Trump healthcare fix is better than most. But that doesn't mean it's good

  

  
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• newSenegal gets Africa's first points in World Cup, upsetting Poland 2-1

  

  Pele was unparalleled as a soccer player. But as a prognosticator? Not so much. In fact, the three-time World Cup champion’s forecasts have been so laughably wrong, former Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari once advised, “If you want to win a ti…
  - 1 hour ago, 19 Jun 18, 4:35pm -
• newDisney Animation and Pixar name two animation veterans to replace John Lasseter

  

  Walt Disney Co. has named two respected animation directors to lead Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, following the departure of top creative executive John Lasseter. Jennifer Lee, who co-directed the blockbuster “Frozen”…
  - 1 hour ago, 19 Jun 18, 4:35pm -

London Evening Standard: Books

npr: Books

• newJournalist Warns Cyber Attacks Present A 'Perfect Weapon' Against Global Order

  

  New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger says U.S. officials worry that foreign powers have planted malware that could knock out critical infrastructure, including electric power.
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• new'The Melody' Will Draw You In, Then Take You Somewhere Unexpected

  

  Jim Crace's superb new novel is a trickster — it seems to be a bittersweet tale of late-life love, but then it becomes a meditation on gentrification and the toll poverty can take on human beings.
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• Pithy And Pointed 'There There' Puts Native American Voices Front And Center

  

  Critic Maureen Corrigan says Tommy Orange's novel, which centers on a cast of native and mixed-race characters whose lives intersect at a powwow, features "a literary authority rare in a debut."
  - 1 day ago, 18 Jun 18, 1:00pm -
• It'll Take More Than A Few Angry Villagers To Kill Off 'Frankenstein'

  

  Mary Shelley's timeless novel gave us not only an enduring trope — the misunderstood monster — but an equally enduring way to talk about what happens when human knowledge outpaces responsibility.
  - 1 day ago, 18 Jun 18, 7:00am -
• Have We Reached Peak Funny?

  

  In his new book Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture, Ken Jennings takes humor seriously, tracing how comedy infiltrated every aspect of our lives — and what it's doing to us.
  - 2 days ago, 18 Jun 18, 5:00am -
• The Expansive Program To Recruit Africa's Young Soccer Talent

  

  NPR's Michel Martin speak with author Sebastian Abbot about his book, The Away Game, The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jun 18, 5:58pm -
• David Lynch On 'Room To Dream'

  

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks David Lynch about Room to Dream, the director's new memoir.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jun 18, 8:12am -
• 'Where The Nightmares Go' Maps The Territory Of Fear

  

  C. Robert Cargill's new story collection covers the globe and genres of horror from classic to modern, with ghost stories, thrillers, gore and puzzles that would be right at home on premium cable.
  - 2 days ago, 17 Jun 18, 7:00am -
• 'The Secret Life of Cows' Aims To Show Animals As Thinking, Feeling Beings

  

  Farmer Rosamund Young's book will charm people who want to lap up more evidence that animals have personalities, but may not warm hearts of animal lovers who don't eat meat.
  - 3 days ago, 17 Jun 18, 5:01am -
• Dan Pfeiffer Didn't Plan To Write 'Yes We (Still) Can' — Until Trump Won

  

  Michel Martin speaks with former Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer. His new memoir stories his time in the White House, and prescriptions for the future of the Democratic Party during President Trump.
  - 3 days ago, 16 Jun 18, 5:31pm -

PopMatters: Read

The A.V. Club: AVBooks

• newThe 10 Best Deals of June 19, 2018

  

  We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...
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• newAlex Kurtzman will be the steering the Star Trek ship for a while

  

  Last week, we reported that Alex Kurtzman would be stepping in to replace Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg (who just announced that they’re leaving the show in the midst of production on its second season). Accor…
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• newNew Orleans is the "physical embodiment of Brockmire himself": The cast on filming in The Big Easy

  

  Hank Azaria’s Brockmire is fueled by alcohol, which led the show’s second season to New Orleans, the city that best embodies Brockmire the man. Las Vegas is only a distant second, according to Hand Azaria. He and Tyrel Jackson Williams discuss sh…
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• newNobody Wants Elvis Presley's Sad Old Airplane

  

  About a year ago, my colleague David Tracy discovered that a 1962 Lockheed Jetstar once owned by Elvis Presley, the Elvis, was for sale and “as swanky as you think it is.” Well, it might be swanky in design, but months of siting derelict have not…
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• newIt’s 3 p.m., let’s watch Drew Barrymore learn to “Just Say No” with McGruff The Crime Dog

  

  It’s 3 p.m.! Let The A.V. Club briefly make use of the waning hours of your productivity with some pop culture ephemera pulled from the depths of YouTube.Read more...
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• newModern Family co-creator takes a stand against Fox News, immediately backtracks

  

  Following the lead of Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane—who followed up his tweet about being “embarrassed” to work for Fox with a $2.5 million donation to NPR and its L.A. affiliate, KPCC, earlier today—a growing chorus of Fox creatives are cri…
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• newAdult Swim is editing stock footage into horrifying short films

  

  The sanitized, dead-eyed milieu of corporate America will never not be a prime subject for satire, as evidenced by the enduring legacy of comedies like The Office and Office Space. Still, no amount of satire can capture the numbing mundanity of the o…
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• newFestival favorite Araby is as unfulfilling as the life on the road it chronicles

  

  As its protagonist, the ex-con Cristiano (Aristides de Sousa), roves from job to job in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, João Dumans and Affonso Uchoa’s Araby lingers at the threshold of one story after another. The point (both social and exis…
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• newGet involved, internet rude boys: Fund a documentary on ska in the '90s

  

  Q: How many members of a ska band does it take to change a light bulb? A: 10—one guy to drop the bulb, and nine others to stand around yelling, “Pick it up pick it up pick it up!” Read more...
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• newKilling Eve slays the TCA Awards with 5 nominations 

  

  Emmys voting is currently underway, which means that a ripe crop of fantasy Emmys ballots and “who will win/who should win” speculation is on its way. Fueling those predictions will be today’s nominations for the TCA Awards, the annual honors b…
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The Guardian: Books + Reviews

• newA Weekend in New York by Benjamin Markovits – review
  A US tennis pro’s vexed home life forms the basis of this hugely enjoyable novelUS writer Benjamin Markovits has long been interested in what it means to be moderately successful – what the narrator of 2010’s Playing Days, his autobiographical…
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• newThe Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas review – an illuminating history of Travellers
  A journey following the horse-drawn wagons of the author’s Gypsy ancestors is a restless quest for authenticityEvery culture has its golden time. For Britain’s Romany community that would appear to have coincided with the girlhood of Damian Le Ba…
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• Notes from the Cévennes review – an English writer abroad
  Adam Thorpe’s erudite memoir reflects on the realities of relocating to a rustic French idyllAdam Thorpe’s memoir begins with a quotation from Daphne du Maurier’s The Scapegoat: “I should never be a Frenchman, never be one of them.” This se…
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• Crudo by Olivia Laing review – a shimmering experimental novel
  Donning the persona of the late US author Kathy Acker, Olivia Laing tests the limits of fiction in this extraordinary debutA writer makes things up. In making things up, a greater truth is revealed. This is the premise of much fiction that nostalgica…
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• The Secret DJ review – debauchery with spin
  An anonymous exposé of the touring DJ’s drug-fuelled life both entertains and appalsLast April, a 28-year-old called Tim Bergling – known to millions as the Swedish superstar DJ and producer Avicii – took his own life while on holiday in Oman.…
  - 3 days ago, 17 Jun 18, 5:00am -
• Summer by Karl Ove Knausgaard – review
  The last volume of the Norwegian author’s Seasons quartet will keep his fans occupied, if not entirely satisfiedIt’s a slightly confusing situation for Karl Ove Knausgaard fans that while the sixth and final part of the My Struggle series has sti…
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• Other People’s Houses by Lore Segal – review
  First published in 1964, Segal’s lightly fictionalised account of her time in England as a Jewish refugee is both moving and newly relevantRefugees are often talked about, but rarely listened to. From Washington to Budapest, we hear a lot about the…
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• In brief: How Britain Really Works; Smoking Kills; Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World – review
  An engaging guide to Britain’s major institutions, a comedy about a killer hooked on nicotine, and Alice Roberts’s lively account of how we domesticated various speciesStig AbellJohn Murray, £20, pp416 Continue reading...
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• The Restless Wave by John McCain and Mark Salter review – a blindly patriotic, militarised memoir
  US senator John McCain’s cancer battle sets the mood for this chronicle of ‘great’ political fights‘He’s dying anyway”: that was a White House aide’s vile excuse for dismissing recent criticism from John McCain, the doughty senator who…
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• Thrillers review: The Tall Man; Social Creature; This Is What Happened
  A murderous meme, a death foretold and a twisted post-Brexit future – three to spook youThere are certain terrors of childhood and adolescence that never quite lose their grip; for me, it’s stories like Candyman and It, tales of weirdly compellin…
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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

• newFamily drama is on the menu in spicy "Number One Chinese Restaurant"

  

  Lillian Li's tasty novel 'Number One Chinese Restaurant' looks at a family rivalry in the food world. A 3-star book review.        
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• newAuthor Junot Díaz cleared to return to MIT faculty after sexual-misconduct investigation

  

  MIT has investigated and cleared author Junot Díaz after the Pulitzer Prize winner was accused of sexual harassment and bullying by three female writers last month.        
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• Country musician Rory Feek remembers life with wife Joey and looks ahead in new book

  

  In his new book 'Once Upon a Farm,' country musician Rory Feek reminisces about life with late wife Joey, raising daughter Indiana, and haircuts.        
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• 5 new books you won't want to miss this week, including David Hogg's '#NeverAgain'

  

  Look for a new book on the Parkland shooting from David Hogg, plus a look at Donald Trump's children from a Vanity Fair writer.        
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• Weekend picks for book lovers, including 'First in Line,' a look at vice presidents

  

  Spend your weekend reading 'First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents and the Pursuit of Power.' Plus more recommendations from our book reviewers.        
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• Sarah Jessica Parker dishes on 'SATC' and the brand-new novel from SJP for Hogarth

  

  During a #BookmarkThis live video chat, Sarah Jessica Parker and her author, Fatiima Farheen MIrza, talked about the new novel 'A Place for Us.'        
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• 'First in Line': What it's like when you are a heartbeat from the presidency

  

  In her new book 'First in Line,' author Kate Andersen Brower looks at the men who've held the office of vice president. A 3.5-star review.        
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• 'Springfield Confidential' spills juicy secrets of 'The Simpsons'

  

  Longtime 'Simpsons' writer and producer Mike Reiss shares details, observations and laughs from the animated classic and a career in writing.        
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• 'Prada' sequel moves to Greenwich, Conn., bland land of athleisure wear

  

  Lauren Weisberger brings back characters from 'The Devil Wears Prada' in the disappointing 'When Life Gives You Lululemons.' A 2-star book review.        
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• Debbie Reynolds did not die of a broken heart, plus more revelations from her son's book

  

  We look at five fascinating revelations from Todd Fisher's new book 'My Girls,' about his sister, Carrie Fisher, and mother, Debbie Reynolds.        
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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.
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• Best-Selling Books, Week Ended July 16
  Best-Selling Books, week ended July 16, with data from NPD BookScan
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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.
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• 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 -