Unleashed, which covers Johnson’s time as mayor of London, foreign secretary and prime minister, was the bestselling book of the weekBoris Johnson’s memoir, Unleashed, sold 42,528 copies in its opening week after being published on 10 October, making it the bestselling book of last week.This means Johnson has outsold David Cameron’s 2019 memoir, For the Record, which sold 20,792 copies in the week it was published, though Tony Blair’s memoir, A Journey, sold 92,060 copies in its opening week. Liz Truss shifted just 2,228 copies of her memoir, Ten Years to Save the West, in its first week on sale earlier this year. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-15 14:27:52 UTC ]
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Greystone Books will publish Édith Blais’ memoir of being kidnapped and held hostage for 450 days in Burkina Faso at the hands of a militant group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 06:56:14 UTC ]
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DK has donated 1,000 copies of Life Cycles to youth education charity the Manchester United Foundation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 17:25:24 UTC ]
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In this Read Harder Challenge post, we're recommending books for the task asking you to read a a food memoir by an author of color. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-21 11:31:00 UTC ]
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For the past 13 years, 'The Brown Bookshelf,' a website launched in 2007 by children’s authors Varian Johnson and Paula Chase, has promoted Black authors and illustrators with such initiatives as 28 Days Later. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue at Scholastic's book fairs dropped 79% and total revenue at Scholastic dropped 32% in the quarter ended November 31, 2020, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2020, as the pandemic led to a significant decline in the number of fairs held. The publisher has tapped two new leaders for... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic saw revenues plunge 32% year on year to $406.2m and operating income fall 54% in the second quarter, as its business continued to be hit by the pandemic, although trade sales rose. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 18:36:39 UTC ]
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Dialogue Books has acquired A Working-Class Family Ages Badly: A Memoir of Love and Life Between Two Pandemics by Juno Roche. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 17:09:37 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales fell 28.8% in October compared to October 2019, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. October was the second consecutive month bookstore sales fell by roughly 28% compared to 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The 44th president of the United States does more than defend his legacy; he shares the values that have animated his life and political career. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-12-15 00:02:29 UTC ]
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The 44th president of the United States does more than defend his legacy; he shares the values that have animated his life and political career. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-12-15 00:02:29 UTC ]
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The 44th president of the United States does more than defend his legacy; he shares the values that have animated his life and political career. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-12-15 00:02:29 UTC ]
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Lit Lists Literary translation’s 2020 story is one of abundance and adaptation. Like most books published this year, dozens of new translations were published during a global pandemic. Events quickly moved from bookstores to Zoom. Writers and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-12-14 20:55:17 UTC ]
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Breaking from the James Bond mold, he turned the spy novel into high art as he explored the moral compromises of agents on both sides of the Iron curtain. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-12-14 16:04:51 UTC ]
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Sales in October in the adult trade book segment rose 10.2% over 2019 at publishers that report results to AAP. Sales in the two digital formats had double digit increases in the month and, for the first 10 months of 2020, e-book sales rose 11.5% over 2019, while downloadable audio sales... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Don Winslow sells a trilogy to William Morrow for seven figures, Dey Street buys a memoir from Moon Unit Zappa, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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For a while, Melania Trump has teased that she might write a book after the Trump family exits the White House. I, like many, had mixed feelings. On one hand, it’d be interesting to see the Trump administration from the point of the view of the famously sullen First Lady; but on the other hand,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-10 18:18:04 UTC ]
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The boundary-smashing theater director turns an exuberant flow of reminiscences into a relatively coherent roller-coaster of narrative. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-09 12:59:55 UTC ]
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Seven Dials has acquired Dame Elizabeth Anionwu’s memoir Dreams From My Mother, a trailblazing nurse's story of how she overcame a background of shame, stigma and discrimination to dedicate her to life to fighting inequality. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-09 10:06:03 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK will publish The Right Sort of Girl, a "deeply personal" coming-of-age memoir from broadcaster Anita Rani. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 17:30:55 UTC ]
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Sinéad O’Connor's long-awaited and “revelatory” memoir Rememberings will be released by Penguin General imprint Sandycove in June 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 08:41:00 UTC ]
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