The Sleep Room in The Outlast Trials is named after a real-life space at McGill University’s Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, where from 1957 to 1964, doctors conducted mind-control experiments on patients as part of the CIA’s MK-Ultra initiative. Led by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, these tests... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-08-14 19:50:55 UTC ]
Cody Enterprise Editor Chris Bacon said he “failed to catch” the AI copy and false quotes. A quote from Wyoming’s governor and a local prosecutor were the first things that seemed slightly off to Powell Tribune reporter CJ Baker. Then, it was some of the phrases in the stories that struck him... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-08-14 15:09:11 UTC ]
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the 2024/25 recipients of the National Teacher Fellowship, a program, only in its second year, “that supports and celebrates 6th-12th grade teachers using innovative methods to make reading for pleasure a part of their students’ school day... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-14 14:00:55 UTC ]
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-14 13:00:11 UTC ]
Take a literary road trip across America, with book recommendations for all 50 states. | Lit Hub “Although I have not inherited a physical plot, I’ve inherited dual impulses related to how I define home.” Sadiya Ansari on family, place and inheritance in South Asia and North America. | Lit Hub... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-14 10:30:11 UTC ]
Political histories, a courtroom drama and the memoir of a daughter of the South Side illuminate the legacy of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-14 09:01:30 UTC ]
A revised Department of Education regulation likely to have delivered a setback to the popular Inclusive Access and Equitable Access programs, which provide course materials for college students, has been delayed by at least a year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Before the great cartoonist released his classic series, Bone, he created its characters as part of Thorn, his “precocious college comic strip” penned for the Ohio State University paper. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Texas-based art book publisher is set to launch its first commercial trade publication, 'Joy Machine,' a retrospective of the work of Texas sculptor Jeffie Brewer, with plans to publish two to three titles a year starting in 2025. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The crime imprint of U.K.-based publisher Angry Robot will release more than two dozen books by 17 authors that it acquired from the recently shuttered Polis Books over the next three years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Susan Wojcicki, best known as the head of YouTube but also a key player in convincing the book world to allow Google to scan books into its search engine, died of lung cancer on August 9. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Mixing real events with fictional Cold War–era espionage, Barly Baruti and Thierry Bellefroid’s ‘Chaos in Kinshasa’ is a lively graphic thriller that uses the famed 1974 Muhammad Ali–George Foreman title bout as its backdrop. A nine-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Marchant, who was previously director of marketing, strategy, and engagement at the Random House Group, will join Hachette Book Group on September 23. She succeeds Wibke Grutjen, who departed HBG this month to join Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Penguin Random House Audio Narrator mentorship is a six-month program, opening its fifth session in January. The post Penguin Random House Opens Its Audio Narrator Mentorship appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-13 21:21:54 UTC ]
As the United Kingdom suffers its hottest day of 2024, the Publishers Association gets a 200th signatory on its response pledge. The post UK: 200 Sign Publishers Association’s Sustainability Pledge appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-13 18:09:07 UTC ]
Larry Silverstein, the developer behind the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, is eyeing more opportunities uptown. The 93-year-old real estate mogul — who has largely focused on developing towers in downtown Manhattan — said he would consider expanding more in Midtown as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-08-13 16:45:08 UTC ]
Paramount is laying off 15 percent of its US workforce, according to reporting by Deadline. This follows a lean second quarter earnings report in which total revenue fell short from an expected $7.21 billion to $6.81 billion. The layoffs will impact around 3,000 people. “The industry continues... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-08-13 15:31:20 UTC ]
Older Americans are turning to classes to learn about AI’s threats and transformative capabilities. The students — most with gray hair, some with canes, all at least in their 60s — couldn’t believe what they were hearing.“Oh, my God,” whispered a retired college professor.“Does it come with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-08-13 14:55:15 UTC ]
The former Reader-in-Chief released his summer reading list for 2024 and it includes a wide range of fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-13 13:30:00 UTC ]
Water exists on Mars, according to a team of geophysicists, and not just as ice on its poles or as vapor in its atmosphere. The scientists have found evidence of liquid water deep in its outer crust, based on their analysis of data provided by NASA's Mars Insight Lander. Specifically, they... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-08-13 12:00:54 UTC ]