Hodder acquires WW2 family history in five-way auction

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired To War with the Walkers, a new social history of World War Two, following a five-way auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Music history was shaped by rebels

Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-03-13 18:21:36 UTC ]
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Music history was shaped by rebels

Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

Music history was shaped by rebels

Ted Gioia's latest book is a fresh, cogent journey through the long history of personal expression through musical rebellion. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

How DNA testing is reshaping the ways we think about ‘family’

Along with new relatives, Libby Copeland writes, the kits can reveal unpleasant surprises. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-13 13:45:54 UTC ]
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W&N triumphs in three-way auction to win Tiffany McDaniel 'masterpiece'

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 02:17:27 UTC ]
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Welbeck snaps up illustrated history of feminism

Welbeck Publishing Group will release novelist Anna-Marie Crowhurst’s début non-fiction title. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-11 16:53:49 UTC ]
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Writing a Family Memoir When Your Grandfather was Stalin’s Bodyguard

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[ The New York Times | 2020-03-11 16:29:22 UTC ]
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Before 'American Dirt,' a history of Oprah's Book Club controversies

Oprah Winfrey first launched Oprah's Book Club on Sept. 16, 1996, 10 years into "The Oprah Winfrey Show," one of the highest-rated daytime talk shows in television history. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-10 14:00:38 UTC ]
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Guardian Faber nets history of women's football

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 06:34:30 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head wins six-way auction for Foulkes' corrective on mental illness

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-06 23:10:14 UTC ]
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An elite Chinese family, ensnared in the Cultural Revolution

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[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-06 19:15:36 UTC ]
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Granta acquires 'urgent' Trump book by New Yorker's Gessen

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 21:48:24 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 19:12:41 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 17:45:16 UTC ]
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Film rights for Osman debut novel bought by Amblin in 14-way auction

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 16:08:49 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-04 17:33:53 UTC ]
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‘The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom’ beautifully demonstrates the evolution of a genre

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[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-04 17:19:27 UTC ]
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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-04 11:40:05 UTC ]
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