Searching for the man behind the legend of Charlemagne

Medieval scholar Janet L. Nelson illuminates the warrior-king who profoundly shaped Europe. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-15 13:00:00 UTC ]

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Faber scores middle-grade novel inspired by 'female football legends'

Faber is publishing Lou Kuenzler's latest middle-grade novel, inspired by the stories of the female footballers who rose to fame following the First World War.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-07 17:42:25 UTC ]
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A Summary and Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Man of the Crowd’

‘The Man of the Crowd’ is one of the shorter short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe (who pioneered the short story form when it was still an emerging force in nineteenth-century magazines and periodicals). Written in 1840, the story is deliciously enigmatic and, in some ways, prefigures later... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2020-06-02 14:00:22 UTC ]
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Searching presidential history for clues to Trump’s rise

Robert Dallek follows the common threads among 20th-century chief executives that led us here. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
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What to Make of Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi Giant and Dirty Old Man?

The Sensuous Dirty Old Man (1971) is credited to “Dr. A”… but “the secret is out,” admits a paperback edition, naming the author as Isaac Asimov, “undoubtedly the best writer in America” per the Mensa Bulletin. A response to a then-popular book called The Sensuous Woman, Asimov’s book instructs... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-14 08:48:40 UTC ]
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The man who made Indian classical music mainstream

Portrait of Ravi Shankar is a human life story, defined by familial failures, seething rivalries, physical frailty and relentless ambition. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-14 07:17:52 UTC ]
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Unicorn dives in for Williams' Lego sea search

Unicorn has signed a book from Tracey Williams, chronicling the search for five million pieces of Lego on the Cornwall coast. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-24 00:10:40 UTC ]
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Eat Your Books Review: Search a Recipe Database to Find Out What's for Dinner

Searching this cookbook mega-index is the best way to find out what's for dinner. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2020-04-18 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Sam Pink’s ‘Ice Cream Man’ explores life on the fringes

The story collection follows dishwashers, sandwich makers and machine operators going about their days. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-19 14:59:56 UTC ]
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A Gay Man Remembers His Awakening, as AIDS Shook His World

Paul Lisicky, author of “Later: My Life at the Edge of the World,” talks about Provincetown, the challenges of memoir and learning not to suppress anger. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-03-15 09:00:05 UTC ]
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‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone

Adam Sisman‘s sprightly new book follows a 20th-century fantasist who styled himself, variously, as a professor, doctor and reverend. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-26 15:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone

Adam Sisman‘s sprightly new book follows a 20th-century fantasist who styled himself, variously, as a professor, doctor and reverend. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-26 15:00:00 UTC ]
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How does an ordinary man become a genocidal leader?

Jessica Stern aims to find out by talking to Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-14 13:00:15 UTC ]
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The dramatic life of Hollywood legend Sidney Lumet

The director’s first biography, by Maura Spiegel, sheds light on the man but may not satisfy film buffs. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-17 01:09:32 UTC ]
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Leslie Jamison: ‘I Was So Glad I Was Crying Over Something That Wasn’t a Man’

This week on The Maris Review, Leslie Jamison joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her latest collection, Make It Scream, Make It Burn, now available in paperback from Little, Brown. On how it’s okay to be obsessed with yourself: Leslie Jamison: I love how serious and passionate that my students are... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-09 09:48:36 UTC ]
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Legend Times launches non-fiction publisher Hero

The Legend Times group has launched a new publisher called Hero, specialising in "inspirational and thought-provoking" non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-08 20:47:54 UTC ]
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Publishing Legend Sonny Mehta is Dead at 77

Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief of Knopf and chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, died December 30 in New York City. He was 77. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-31 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Searching for socialism in the Great Society

1960s programs to ease poverty and discrimination were doomed from the start, Amity Shlaes argues. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-05 20:42:48 UTC ]
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Legend bags 'stunning' debut from Mustafah

Legend Press has bagged Sahar Mustafah’s "stunning" debut novel charting the background to a shooting at an Islamic school in Chicago. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-03 17:48:49 UTC ]
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Chrissy Teigen Is Recording a Song With John Legend (and 6 Other Tidbits From Brandweek)

Chrissy Teigen is a woman of many talents: She started her career as a model, and has since added the titles of cookbook author, entrepreneur, social media maven (and unofficial Queen of Twitter) and more to her resume. It's those accomplishments and accolades that earned her the additional... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-11-06 02:59:59 UTC ]
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