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He specialized in one-character dramas, portraying luminaries like Emily Dickinson, John Barrymore, Lillian Hellman, Zelda Fitzgerald and Isak Dinesen.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Books | Mail Online
Christopher Hart rounded up a selection of the best novels dedicated to the British landscape. His picks includes The Easternmost House, Still Water and 'Cherry' Ingram.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
Jeff VanderMeer, the author of “Annihilation,” brings us fresh horrors with each new book. So why does he remain an optimist?Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Books | Mail Online
British literary expert Ysenda Maxtone Graham rounded up a selection of not to be missed memoirs. Her top picks include The Mountbattens: Their Lives And Loves and The Glossy Years.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Books | Mail Online
Bel Mooney rounded up a selection of her favourite poetry books to gift this Christmas. Her top picks include Joinedupwriting, Sleeping Letters and In Still Life.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Books | Mail Online
British literary critic Sally Morris, rounded up a selection of the best books to gift children of all ages. Her picks include picture books, stocking fillers, young fiction and non-fiction.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
In a global world, why is the oldest and most prestigious award in picture books still limited to American illustrators?Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Poetry | The Guardian
Virgin Trains | Letters | Partridges | Christmas hits | Election break | Poetry You say the Advanced Passenger Train had been canned “partly because of the motion sickness it allegedly induced” ( End of era for Virgin: Why track record...Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
A man on an identity quest finds powers instead in Robert Kirkman’s new comic coming in May.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
In “A Bookshop in Berlin,” Françoise Frenkel describes a life devoted to French literature and her escape from the Nazis across occupied France.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Eva Chen, children's book author and Instagram's head of fashion partnerships, shares her favorite reads of 2019 - from food memoirs and fashion photography to a novel of dark magic.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
When we say the world is haunted we mean untranslated as yet. A “cathexis” is a catch basin in English....Thursday, December 12, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
A frequent part of mafia rituals is the kiss. After a Youth of Honor has been baptized, he makes the rounds of the other associates, kissing each twice on the cheeks, except for the capo società (the highest-ranking associate), whom he...Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
He was acting solicitor general under Barack Obama and drew up regulations used in the Mueller investigation. Now Neal Katyal is arguing for impeachment It is the season of impeachment in Washington. As the temperature dips in the...Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
An excerpt from “Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947,” by Norman LebrechtThursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
To engage the concept of a “still life” painting, this tender poem pauses and holds.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
“97,196 Words,” a new collection of essays by the celebrated French author, encapsulates his novel approach to nonfiction.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
Norman Lebrecht’s “Genius & Anxiety” looks at Jewish achievement from 1847 to 1947.Thursday, December 12, 2019 from NYT > Books
“I suspect she would not be that interested in food.”Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The colourful life of a 19th-century ne’er-do-well, whose murderer – the famous photographer Muybridge – walked free On 17 October 1874, Edward Muybridge travelled from San Francisco – by ferry, train and two-horse buggy – to confront...Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
India, the US, Brazil ... a study of the journey of far-right populists from the fringes to the heart of the world’s democracies Back in 2012, the political scientist Cas Mudde wrote a lecture he planned to deliver in Antwerp entitled:...Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
From Trotsky by torchlight to freedom fighters in the Philippines, Romesh Gunesekera chooses books to spark new understanding The journey to an awakening, whether of a fictional character, a reader or a writer, is rarely straightforward....Thursday, December 12, 2019 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
The Padmu3 is a 13.3 inch sheet music reader that can come with a single screen or a dual screen variant with an accompanied case. It has Bluetooth functionality and compatible with all sorts of foot pedals to automatically turn...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
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Three auctions this month will give fans a chance to own collectibles from the world of comic books, television and film.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from NYT > Books
Perumal Murugan’s “The Story of a Goat” examines caste, surveillance and abuse — all cunningly folded into the biography of an unhappy little animal.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
"Richard Jewell," "The Irishman" and "Little Women" are among eight memorable books that made the leap to film in 2019.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Five new favorites for hosting great parties of any size or style. Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
The books that Susan Orlean, Laila Lalami, Ronan Farrow, George Takei and other great authors couldn't put down this year.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Poetry | The Guardian
The nickname ‘Boris’ is misleadingly cuddly, says Lisa Hallgarten’s poem, while Hilton McRae can’t understand the public’s fondness for electing Eton alumni Don’t call him Boris. It’s the name for a cuddly toy, a cute little Russian boy,...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from NYT > Books
Lawrence Lessig’s “They Don’t Represent Us” and Ganesh Sitaraman’s “The Great Democracy” urge major reforms to reclaim American democracy.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
2019 was a good year for nonfiction. Here are our favorites.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from The eBook Reader Blog
Kobo has put the 6-inch Kobo Clara HD on sale again for $99, the same sale they had over Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend. It’s available from the usual places, including Kobo.com, Walmart, and Amazon, although on Amazon it...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
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Where the Crawdads Sing author Delia Owens shares the three books that made an impact on her and her heart this year.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from NYT > Books
Peter Handke, the Austrian author who was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, has been accused of falsifying history and praising war criminals.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
From Arthurian feasts to awkward moments with Ian McEwan and mealtime at the Macbeths, these miniature dramas are literary staples. Tuck in Life is full of stresses: death; divorce; disasters, natural and otherwise. But another stress...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The sweary self-help guru behind a string of bestsellers explains her evangelical faith in turning down everything from lunch to love Fuck seems to have been the word we’ve all needed to hear. As in, stop giving a fuck, calm the fuck...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
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A fascinating biographical study of a stellar acting career – including the secrets that lie behind it Garry O’Connor’s book about Ian McKellen is as much involved with ideas as it is with facts. It makes no claim to be an exhaustive...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Daily Express :: Books Feed
GAME OF THRONES author George RR Martin’s The Winds of Winter could have a bigger role for The Crannogmen according to a new A Song of Ice and Fire theory.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Books on HuffingtonPost.com
Episode IX director J.J. Abrams replied "no way," the actor said.Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
‘Life and language split open’: there is beauty as well as humour in a poet’s portrait of the disruptions of parenthood Some of the most exciting and unconventional fictions of recent years have converged, improbably or otherwise, on the...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from Guardian Unlimited Books
A short, spiky novella about identity and belonging plays with the boundaries between ‘truth’ and ‘fiction’ In a lecture published in the essay collection Feel Free , Zadie Smith remembers the moment she began to write fiction in the...Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Just when you thought you couldn’t hear a unique story about the much reported upon Holocaust, comes a pleasant surprise in the form of an indie film, Who Will Write Our History, which tells the story of the Warsaw Ghetto, through the...Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Good e-Reader exclusively learned a couple of weeks ago that E Ink has developed a new kind of color e-paper that will be available in digital note taking devices sometime in 2020. It will be able to display around 5,000 colors and give...Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Kobo is celebrating their 10 year anniversary of selling ebooks and e-readers. The company has just released an interactive timeline that chronicles all of their milestones. If you want to learn about Kobo as a company, Good e-Reader...Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Cyprus-born author Alex Michaelides’ first novel, The Silent Patient (Celadon), has been chosen through online voting as the winner of this year’s Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery and Thriller novel. Also included among the...Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from The eBook Reader Blog
Kobo is celebrating their 10th birthday this month. Before they were Kobo they were Shortcovers so they’ve been around longer than that, but they rebranded the company to Kobo in December 2009. They posted a nifty interactive...