He's a veteran journalist whose new book on the Clintons sits atop the bestseller list, but Klein again stands accused of fabrication. Friends and former colleagues describe the man behind the controversyThe opening scene in Blood Feud, the new book by Ed Klein about the Clintons and the Obamas, is a classic of the 77-year-old authors scurrilous brand of political non-fiction.On a sunny afternoon in May last year, we are told, Hillary Clinton gathered six girlfriends from Wellesley's class of 1969 for a boozy lunch at Le Jardin du Roi, a bistro near her home in Chappaqua, New York. Recently liberated from the State Department, Clinton is said to have let loose on her erstwhile boss, accusing President Obama of having no hand on the fucking tiller. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Imogen Edwards-Jones and friends have launched the online Great Big Book Club featuring author interviews, book reviews and a series of “Lockdown Lunches”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-27 10:03:35 UTC ]
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The former U.S. poet laureate reflects on how his mother used stories to build a home for his migrant farmworker family and how such love can gather us together Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-23 15:32:52 UTC ]
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Jennie Allen’s treatise against negative thoughts in ‘Get Out of Your Head’ takes #1 in Religion Nonfiction; Colleen Coble’s new romance lands at #4 in Religion Fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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History books are great for sharing a macro-level view of the past, but historical fiction reveals truths about the way people lived in history. The post Historical Fiction: Discover New Truths in the Past by Eliot Pattison appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2020-04-04 12:00:35 UTC ]
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Julia Alvarez's "Afterlife" is her first novel for adults in 15 years. She talks about loss, fragmentation and "American Dirt." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-02 22:24:09 UTC ]
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“The Glass Hotel” is inspired by Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, so the real pathogen this time is deceit. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-23 18:17:00 UTC ]
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An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-15 10:30:40 UTC ]
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Europa Editions has sold world English language audio rights to Elena Ferrante's latest novel to Penguin Random House Audio. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-13 09:15:04 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-13 03:06:00 UTC ]
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Paul Theroux has received this year’s top prize at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, winning the Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 00:09:23 UTC ]
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Martin Edwards has won the 2020 Diamond Dagger award for writers of “sustained excellence making significant contributions to crime writing”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-23 13:21:42 UTC ]
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Inspired by complacent attitutes towards global heating, Edward Platt’s latest book interweaves stories of those across the UK affected by flooding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 18:57:59 UTC ]
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There comes a time in every parent’s life when they briefly think, “Wow, I bet I could easily write and publish a really great children’s book and make a lot of money.” Thankfully, most do not even try… Not so Jeff Bridges, who has illustrated his daughter’s new book, Daddy Daughter Day, which... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-18 15:32:11 UTC ]
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In his debut novel, Kim mines his experiences as a financier and banker to tell a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Asian financial crisis. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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David Enrich tells an intriguing tale of what went wrong at the world’s largest bank. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-14 16:57:58 UTC ]
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What if we believed women? That’s the question at the heart of the new anthology Believe Me, edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti which gathers together more than two-dozen leading voices on gender, power, and the most pressing issues shaping feminism today. Among them are Dahlia... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-04 09:49:39 UTC ]
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Yesterday, Courtney Maum, whose Before and After the Book Deal hit shelves this week, popped over to Reddit to do an AMA about getting published. The whole Q&A session is worth a look for all aspiring and new writers (actually there is one very odd question towards the end that I think... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-08 18:20:45 UTC ]
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Ann Napolitano has written a novel about the peculiar challenges of surviving a public disaster in the modern age. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-31 17:24:50 UTC ]
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What did you do in the war? It was one of the most salient questions of the 20th century, as pregnant with harrowing implications as it was innocent. Now, as we complete the first decade of the new century, it bears repeating. Because we—we as citizens and humans and especially we of the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-12-23 19:18:41 UTC ]
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Court says state is entitled to any profits from Permanent Record because its publication breached non-disclosure agreementsEdward Snowden is not entitled to the profits from his memoir Permanent Record, and any money made must go to the US government, a judge has ruled.Permanent Record, in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-12-20 13:20:57 UTC ]
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