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Ars’ plea: Someone make this into a series
The Ars staff picks the novels we think would make compelling TV adaptations.
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Canceled Dr. Seuss books sells for thousands of dollars online
Some Dr. Seuss titles have had their value take off online after it was announced that they would no longer be published.
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6 Dr. Seuss books won't be published anymore because they portray people in 'hurtful and wrong' ways
Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because they "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," the business that preserves the author's legacy said.
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How a San Francisco bookstore owner made America freer, braver and more interesting
Through his City Lights bookstore and publishing imprint, Lawrence Ferlinghetti changed the country. Here's what we can learn from him.
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The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently
In many ways, improving the way we read is the number one skill that can change our lives for the better. This article explains how this is done.
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Hillary Clinton to publish thriller set in aftermath of US political turmoil
Hillary Clinton is teaming up with the award-winning thriller author Louise Penny to write an “international political thriller” in which a secretary of state joins the administration of “a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage”.
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Is it Worth Reading if I Forget Everything I Read?
My partner and I are both book nerds–we met working at a bookstore–but we don’t have a lot of overlap in our reading. He tends towards science fiction and horror, and I read YA, literary fiction, and queer lit of all genres. When we do both read the same book, though, it’s always an interesting experience for me. I tend to immerse myself in books, absorbing the general emotions I get from the story, or the big ideas that it grapples with.
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New book tells baseball stories from around the world
Another client of THGM Writing Services publishes. A Pilot's Passion: Baseball Travels the World is a genre-defying book by Scott Weaver.Is it an anthology of short stories?Is it sports?
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Book review: The Husband Poisoner is about lethal ladies and dangerously tasty recipes
A new book, about the suburban women who poisoned their husbands in post-war Sydney, explores their cold-blooded modus operandi and the hot dinners they prepared.
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See how libraries are meeting ebook demand for the NYT Best Sellers list with this visualization
Fiction author, sourdough bread lover, and former Twitter executive Robin Sloan is answering a question you may have never thought to ask: which New York Times Best Sellers list ebooks are in the highest demand in the US public library system?
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Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time
Didion’s writing has often revealed what was previously hidden, parsed what was unconscious.
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Netflix Adapting ‘Redwall’ Books Into Animated Movies, TV Series
Brian Jacques’ beloved “Redwall” books are being adapted into a feature film and TV series thanks to a new rights deal between Netflix and Penguin Random House Children. The fantasy novels have sold 30 million copies globally and have attracted an avid following with their tales of heroism, villainy and derring do all played out by mice, moles, hares and badgers. Think J.R.R. Tolkien with cuddlier protagonists.
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'I think I’ve written more Sherlock Holmes than even Conan Doyle': the ongoing fight to reimagine Holmes
The first ever mention of Sherlock Holmes came in A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. Dr Watson is looking for lodgings, and meets an old acquaintance who knows of someone he could share with, but does not recommend.
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Magical Mountain fantasy novel published
Magical Mountain is the first in the four-part Kingdom of Treasures series by Asmaa Jamil. What began as a screenplay, Magical Mountain is part of the growing wave of fiction advancing strong female leads. In this case, she retells the Cinderella story from the fairy’s perspective.
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The 21 Best Retirement Books to Read Now
Retirement comes in all shapes and sizes. Some people retire early, others late - some with millions of dollars, others with just a few hundred thousand. No matter your age or financial situation, it's always
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Self-soothe with this video of a 120-year-old book of fairy tales being restored.
Are you stressed out? Bored? Looking at all the centuries-old books on your shelf and wondering how best to restore them to their original glory?
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Virtual meetings spur sales in books for backgrounds
Home workers are bulk buying books to enhance their video-calling backgrounds, a rental firm claims.
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Page refresh: how the internet is transforming the novel
The internet shapes how we see the world, and now it’s changing the stories we tell, writes author Olivia Sudjic.
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Party Like It's 1925 On Public Domain Day (Gatsby And Dalloway Are In)
Every year on January 1, the copyright on thousands of books, songs, films and other creative works expires. Law professor Jennifer Jenkins says 2021 is "a bumper crop."
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Sen. Josh Hawley's book canceled by publisher citing 'deadly insurrection' at Capitol building
In an extraordinary move, Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that it would no longer publish a planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, one of the Republican lawmakers who led objections to Congress certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
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