What It’s Like to Live Through a Rupture in History

“Free,” by Lea Ypi, is a memoir about growing up in Albania amid the fall of communism. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-01-18 10:00:04 UTC ]
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George Romero’s posthumous epic, ‘The Living Dead,’ reads like a definitive account of the zombie apocalypse

Romero’s estate hired Daniel Kraus to help finish the book, and that was a wise decision. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-02 15:41:13 UTC ]
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Canongate to publish history of Johnnie Walker whisky

Canongate is to publish A Long Stride by Nicholas Morgan, a history of Johnnie Walker whisky. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 07:19:44 UTC ]
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Pearse to hold live events for Libraries Connected

Libraries Connected has announced that author Lesley Pearse will launch its new series of virtual events. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 22:19:04 UTC ]
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Double Lives: On Louise Brooks’s “Thirteen Women in Films”

Featured image: Louise Brooks, interviewed in Lulu in Berlin, 1984 ¤ IN 1966, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES AUTHOR and screenwriter Anita Loos drolly paid tribute to one of the cinema’s most iconic brunettes. Loos had first been friendly with Louise Brooks “in California when she was an early-day sex... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-08-15 15:00:27 UTC ]
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Most slave rebellions are lost to history. This one, remarkably, was documented.

After an archives discovery, Marjoleine Kars tells the story of the 1763 Berbice uprising. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-14 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversity in the Age of Black Lives Matter

Since the killing of George Floyd in late May, the book publishing industry, overwhelmingly white at every level, seems to have reached a period of reckoning about its own history of exclusionary hiring practices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Black Lives Matter: Crucial Discussions in the Classroom

We asked educators across the country how they are taking action to address racism and social justice with their students. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversity in Publishing in the Age of Black Lives Matter

While recent efforts are encouraging, publishing needs to establish permanent methods to give people of color more opportunities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Kamala Harris, history, and a break from pandemic TV

Yesterday, shortly after Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for president, picked Kamala Harris, the senator for California, as his running mate, Peter Doocy, a Fox News correspondent, tweeted, “But… you told me on Saturday…” That day, Doocy asked Biden—who was zipping past on a bicycle,... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-08-12 12:12:59 UTC ]
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Headline acquires von Tunzelmann's history of statues

Headline has acquired Fallen Idols, an "enlightening and witty" tour through the modern history of statues from historian and commentator Alex von Tunzelmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 21:08:42 UTC ]
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Dan Snow sells History Hit network to Little Dot Studios

Podcast and video business with more than 100,000 subscribers sold to All3Media-owned firmBroadcaster Dan Snow has sold his Netflix-style streaming service and popular podcast business to Little Dot Studios, the digital content firm owned by Fleabag and 1917 producer All3Media.Snow, a favourite... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-08-11 11:47:47 UTC ]
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A White author grapples with a family history of racial oppression

Edward Ball sketches a portrait of his Klansman ancestor, a Black victim and post-Civil War New Orleans. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline bags Barr's 'ambitious' Middle East history in six-way auction

Headline has acquired an "ambitious" work centred on conflict in the Middle East by historian and author James Barr in a "heated" six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 09:36:16 UTC ]
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Smith, Ottolenghi and Moran appear at Penguin Live virtual events

Penguin has announced a series of virtual, live events featuring guests including Zadie Smith, Yotam Ottolenghi, Caitlin Moran and Jeremiah Emmanuel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:28:30 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs history of Britain told through ONS figures

HarperCollins has signed a history of Britain by Boris Starling with David Bradbury, told through figures from the Office for National Statistics. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 22:11:57 UTC ]
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The Groundbreaking Female Artist Who Shaped Manga History

A new collection introduces English-speaking audiences to an overlooked Japanese cartoonist who smashed both gender and genre norms during her short life. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2020-08-05 18:19:54 UTC ]
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HC acquires book by Black Lives Matter protest hero Hutchinson

HarperCollins has acquired Everyone Versus Racism—a book by Patrick Hutchinson, who was photographed carrying an injured white man during London's Black Lives Matter protests. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 17:18:36 UTC ]
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In Jess Walter's Latest, History is Repeating

Turn-of-the-20th-century Spokane, wracked by police violence and social unrest, feels very of the moment in 'The Cold Millions.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith’ toppled the standardized Great Man tradition of biography

Mary Ellen Peacock Meredith may not have been famous, but Diane Johnson’s 1972 biography of the tragic figure is well worth your time. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-22 16:38:39 UTC ]
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