Contemplating gods and hunters, guilt and theater

Roberto Calasso posits that ancient hunting myths help illuminate the modern mind. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-29 12:00:00 UTC ]

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Five new thrillers offer guilt-free distraction

New books by Lisa Gardner, Lee Goldberg, Abigail Dean, Paraic O’Donnell and Kwei Quartey Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Hunter Murray | 'I wanted the story to be the uncovering of a secret about this world'

Andrew Hunter Murray was out walking when an image occurred to him: a still Earth, half in light, half in darkness, no longer rotating. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-27 04:30:33 UTC ]
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Avon nets Serial Killer's Wife from Hunter

Avon Books has netted The Serial Killer’s Wife, an “addictive and disturbing” new thriller by Alice Hunter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 17:16:17 UTC ]
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Manilla bags memoir from Children of God member

Bonnier Books UK’s new literary imprint Manilla Press has acquired a "powerful memoir" from debut author Bexy Cameron exploring her childhood in the notorious cult Children of God. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 00:29:45 UTC ]
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The Hunter Biden story is a crucial moment: does Twitter care more than News Corp about fact-checking?

Tech firms, newly sensitive to fake news, stopped the story circulating. Now the global media giant has roared in outrageMedia organisations shouldn’t publish allegations unless they believe them to be true, after making appropriate checks. This is a normally uncontroversial principle of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-10-21 16:30:01 UTC ]
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God’s Polity: Books on What it Means to be a ‘Nation’

Three writers examine the interplay of religion and nationalism, from Biblical kings to Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hunter and Bilan titles make BA books of the month

The Booksellers Association has announced The Harpy by Megan Hunter (Picador) and Jasbinder Bilan's Tamarind & The Star of Ishta (Chicken House) as its books of the month for September. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 16:53:41 UTC ]
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God Bless Sex, Says Dr. Ruth

A PG-rated conversation with the famous therapist about sexuality and the Hebrew scriptures Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Prayer Collections Help Believers Dial in to God

Publishers say books of new or familiar prayers appeal to Christians who may struggle to express words of praise, petition or gratitude. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books lands Ladybird publisher Stowell's Norse Gods series

Walker Books has landed a “brilliantly funny” diary-style Norse Gods series, written and illustrated by Ladybird publisher Louie Stowell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 18:05:48 UTC ]
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J.I. Packer, Author of 'Knowing God,' Has Died

English-born Canadian theologian and prolific, influential author J.I. Packer, whose classic evangelical title 'Knowing God' has sold more than 1.2 million copies, died July 17. He was 93. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Castlefield to adapt Hunter's DI Fawley franchise for TV

Castlefield has scooped the rights to adapt Cara Hunter's DI Fawley crime novels into a TV drama. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 08:58:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children's pre-empts Norse Gods adventure series

Macmillan's Children's Books has pre-empted a middle-grade trilogy by debut author Cat Weldon, set in the world of the Norse gods.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 07:23:35 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster acquires two new Robert Hunter thrillers

Simon & Schuster UK has struck a deal for two new Robert Hunter thrillers by author Chris Carter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-29 09:09:44 UTC ]
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But Hunter Biden… 

“But her emails.” Following the 2016 presidential election, those words entered American media lore as shorthand for one of the most grievous errors made by the press in its coverage of the campaign: that it overhyped Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to balance out Donald Trump’s... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-01-28 13:08:46 UTC ]
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Meng Jin’s ‘Little Gods’ is an ambitious, formally complex debut

The novel, which begins in Beijing during 1989’s Tiananmen Square demonstrations, follows a physicist obsessed with time. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-17 17:55:13 UTC ]
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“The House of God,” a Book as Sexist as It Was Influential, Gets a Sequel

Rachel Pearson reviews the sequel to “The House of God,” “Man’s 4th Best Hospital,” by Stephen Bergman, written under the pen name Samuel Shem, and discusses the book’s sexism and flaunting of privilege. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2019-12-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
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George R.R. Martin opens bookstore next to his movie theater in Santa Fe.

Did you know that master fantasist George R.R. Martin opened his own movie theater in Santa Fe, the Jean Cocteau Cinema? Well, now he’s opening a bookstore next door, Beastly Books. As Martin writes, on his blog: We’ve been doing amazing author events at the Jean Cocteau Cinema ever since we... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-16 16:24:28 UTC ]
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Edelweiss, Edelweiss? Julie Andrews Loves Reading About 18th-Century Plant Hunters

“I’m fascinated by stories of how the various plant specimens we take for granted today were originally discovered,” says the actor, whose latest book is “Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-12-05 10:00:03 UTC ]
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