Staff Pick: 'Sinatra' by James Kaplan

A middle-aged Frank Sinatra is a thing to behold, says PW senior editor Mark Rotella after reading James Kaplan's 'Sinatra: The Chairman.' Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Young adult books: 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' author James Thurber picks the best YA titles

Beyond John Green and Veronica Roth: James Thurber compiled his own list of books that he thought young adults might enjoy, and his picks still hold up today. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Best Books 2013: Slate Staff Picks

Monday: Slate staffers pick their favorite books of 2013. Tuesday: The overlooked books of 2013. Wednesday: The best lines of 2013, and the best poetry of 2013. Thursday: Dan Kois’ 15 favorite books. Friday: The Slate Book Review Top 10. Continue reading at Slate

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James Franco's 'Actors Anonymous' says a lot about James Franco

A barrage of self-indulgent snippets get in the way of a series of hazy short stories that can be, at times, engaging.When will James Franco slow down? The prince of perpetual motion continues his blur of activity, starring in movies, writing screenplays, attending classes, unveiling solo art... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Stop press: it’s the very last Evening Standard in London today. And that tells us a lot about Britain in 2024 | James Hanning

Local, national, international – the weekday paper was a brilliant one-stop shop. But information, and how we get it, is more atomised nowLocal daily to close.” Ultimately, that is the truth. From today, London’s Evening Standard is indeed ceasing to appear every weekday, as it has for almost... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Twelve Book Club Picks For September 2024

What the big book clubs are picking this month, recent magical realism releases, previewing the big fall adaptations, and more today on Book Riot. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Algonquin Publisher Betsy Gleick, Other Staff Laid Off in HBG's Workman Reorg

The layoffs of Gleick, associate publisher Michael McKenzie, and "other staff" constitute what Little, Brown president and publisher Sally Kim called "the final part of the Workman reorganization." The Algonquin imprint was moved into Little, Brown in July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Oprah Winfrey names Elizabeth Strout's 'Tell Me Everything' as her latest book club pick

Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one Continue reading at ABC News

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Book Club Picks for September 2024

Reese Witherspoon spotlights her former high school English teacher's new book, Danzy Senna's latest novel gets love from Barnes & Noble and 'Good Morning America,' and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Threshing Pain and Passion through Poetry: Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper, by James Manteith

Threshing Pain and Passion through Poetry: Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper, by James Manteith Book Reviews [email protected] Wed, 08/28/2024 - 14:10 Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper: Horses and Other Poems, co-translated by the... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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Perspectives on Walking: A Lit List, by James Fawcett & Madeline Myers

Perspectives on Walking: A Lit List, by James Fawcett & Madeline Myers Lit Lists [email protected] Wed, 08/21/2024 - 08:53 In the summer of 2022 I (James Fawcett) walked from Denver to Durango on the Colorado Trail. I started the walk alone and... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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Perspectives on Walking: A Lit List, by James Fawcett & Madeline Meyers

Perspectives on Walking: A Lit List, by James Fawcett & Madeline Meyers Lit Lists [email protected] Wed, 08/21/2024 - 08:53 In the summer of 2022 I (James Fawcett) walked from Denver to Durango on the Colorado Trail. I started the walk alone... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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GMA Picks Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s THE SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME for Book Club and More Book News!

Catch up with this week's book news, including the latest in adaptations, big-name book club picks, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Book Club Picks for August 2024

Novels by Alison Espach, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, an Rainbow Rowell are among this month's selections by the nation's biggest book club purveyors, from Barnes & Noble and Jenna Bush Hager to 'Good Morning America' and Reese Witherspoon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Nine newspapers staff vote for five-day strike on eve of Paris Olympics

Editorial staff from the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, the Brisbane Times and WAtoday reject improved pay offerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJournalists employed by... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Humble Games reportedly lays off its entire staff

Humble Games has reportedly laid off all 36 of its staff. Former employees posted about the layoffs on social media. Humble Games is owned by media conglomerate Ziff Davis, which counts IGN, Eurogamer and GamesIndustry.biz among its gaming portfolio. Humble Games confirmed in a LinkedIn post... Continue reading at Engadget

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Shop the best Amazon Prime Day tech deals before the sale ends at midnight — Top picks from Apple, Anker, Dyson and more

The Amazon Prime Day sale ends tonight, but don't think that all opportunities to save have come and gone. In typical Amazon fashion, most of the best Prime Day deals on day one of the sale remain the best offers now on day two — if they didn't sell out already, that is. Thankfully, many of the... Continue reading at Engadget

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The best Amazon Prime Day deals end tonight — Shop our top picks from Apple, Sonos, Anker and more

Amazon Prime Day 2024 will be over in a few hours, but there's still time to save on some of our favorite gadgets. As to be expected, the best Prime Day deals from day one of the sale remain the best offers now on day two — if they didn't sell out already, that is. We haven't seen a ton of sold... Continue reading at Engadget

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Goodreads reviews of JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ are stuck in limbo amid news that Trump picked the author to be his VP

If you had a sudden urge to review the 2016 memoir for some reason, you might be out of luck right now. Yesterday, former president Donald Trump announced his running mate for the 2024 election: Senator JD Vance of Ohio. Vance, a onetime fierce critic of Trump, is a relative newcomer to... Continue reading at Fast Company

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