A number of gadgets remain on sale as we head into the holiday weekend. Apple's latest AirPods remain $30 off and down to $150, and you can pick up the AirPods Pro for $175. Certain colors of the Apple Watch Series 7 are on sale for as low as $313, plus you can save on a bunch of Surface devices... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-04-15 15:45:19 UTC ]
If you want to get a Kindle for you and someone else in your life, today you can get them both for under $100. As part of its spring sale on Amazon devices, the online retailer is selling two standard Kindles for $90 when you use the checkout code 2PACK. The current version of the standard... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2022-04-15 14:04:43 UTC ]
A trip to Israel during the Yom Kippur War sparked a revival in the songwriter, Matti Friedman writes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-15 12:00:44 UTC ]
Based on documents recovered from his compound, Nelly Lahoud argues that al-Qaeda and its leader were greatly diminished after 9/11. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-15 12:00:38 UTC ]
The Great Bhola Cyclone of 1970 kicked off a period of death and chaos in what is now Bangladesh, as Scott Carney and Jason Miklian recount. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-15 12:00:35 UTC ]
Bill Browder recounts his high-stakes and sometimes absurd legal battles with the Kremlin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-15 12:00:06 UTC ]
These essays from Enlightenment thinkers help show how pseudoscience about race developed, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran write. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
To independent booksellers, the enormous chain was once a threat. Now it’s vital to their survival. And it’s doing well. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-04-15 09:00:20 UTC ]
On today’s episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan is joined by Marjana Savka and Victoria Amelina from Ukraine, to discuss the current situation in Ukraine, what it’s like publishing books in Ukraine right now, and what we can still do to support the Ukrainian efforts against Russia. From... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-04-15 08:49:47 UTC ]
If you missed the livestream, check out the recording of Sheldon Simeon, author of 'Cook Real Hawai’i' in conversation with Michelle Young of the Waimea Public Library. And register today for the next discussion, featuring Jai Chakrabarti, author of 'A Play for the End of the World.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Richard Cohen, Ben Shattuck, and Tove Ditlevsen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Ready for free downloads, this is the fifth year of Amazon's World Book Day giveaway in international literature, with seven translations. The post Amazon Publishing Opens #ReadTheWorld 2022 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-04-15 03:34:30 UTC ]
Viewers have long complained about the early HBO Max app’s tendency to crash, and its lack of discoverability features. There have been a number of overhauls and fixes since then. Now we know why. Turns out that HBO Max launched its apps before they were ready in order to keep up with its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-04-14 23:32:58 UTC ]
Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is facing renewed pressure from a hedge fund to speed up its transition to digital publishing and consider adding new digital-savvy leaders to its board Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2022-04-14 21:27:45 UTC ]
A parent complained about the book because it had a rainbow on the cover, which they assumed meant it had LGBTQ content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-04-14 14:03:15 UTC ]
L.A.'s authors, from 19th century novelists to Wanda Coleman to Steph Cha, have always pushed genre boundaries and dissected California myths. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-04-14 13:00:55 UTC ]
L.A. transplant Stanley Rose's short-lived 1930s bookstore and boozy backroom became a literary haven for Chandler, Fante, Faulkner, West and many more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-04-14 13:00:44 UTC ]
A guide to the literary geography of Los Angeles: A comprehensive bookstore map, writers' meetups, place histories, an author survey, essays and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-04-14 13:00:40 UTC ]
The oldest bookstore in SoCal has always known its customers best, from tourists to Caltech professors and the diverse clientele that adores it today. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-04-14 13:00:37 UTC ]
Amazon is bringing two mobile games to its subscription-based entertainment platform for children. Known as Amazon Kids+, the $2.99 per month service has served as sort of a one-stop shop for kid-friendly books, TV shows, movies, games and more. The first game, Super Spy Ryan is a multiplayer... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-04-14 13:00:13 UTC ]