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Juice is Tim Winton's first novel in six years. Here's what we thought about it
The acclaimed West Australian author imagines what life will be like for our descendants if we do nothing about climate change in his much-anticipated latest novel. ...
Desert island books: Aimee Mullins
When she was born, Aimee Mullins ...
Record floods threaten residents, elephants in top Thai tourist destination
BANGKOK — The world-famous temple city of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand was once again under water on Friday after heavy monsoon rains battered the region. According to local authorities, the Ping River, which flows through the city of 115,000 residents,
It’s getting mild in here: OSU debuts new, less spicy, habanero breeds
If you’re on the lookout for ingredients to stir into a homemade salsa that won’t fry your tongue, you may be in luck next year. That’s when Oregon State University vegetable breeder Jim Myers says two new varieties of habanero peppers
‘The Showman’ owns the Bank stage. What does Bryce Harper have in store for another playoff run?
PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-one floors above the Las Vegas Strip, on a Saturday in January 2019, the Phillies made their first pitch to Bryce Harper. John Middleton stressed his commitment to winning, a point the owner would hammer home a month later over dinner.
Six Washington airports want to charge ahead preparing for electric aircraft
The managers of half a dozen Washington airports see a future where you could hop across Puget Sound or the Cascade Mountains in minutes on a non-polluting electric commuter plane or air taxi. They want to be ready for that day by winning government funding to
Biden says he doesn’t know whether Israeli PM is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election
Updated 30 sec ago AP October 05, 2024 01:30
Barbie gets ‘desi’ touch by designer Anita Dongre this festive season
Desi Barbie designed by Anita Dongre. PHOTO: instagram @Mattel 2024 Desi Barbie, view from behind. PHOTO: Instagram @Mattel 2024 Mumbai, October 4: Amid the ongoing festive season in India, American toy company Mattel has collaborated with ace fashion designer
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty: Debut depicts troubles with a delicate brush and indelible ink
Fire Exit Author: 9781916751040 Publisher: £12.99 Morgan Talty’s first novel is a subtle exploration of identity, belonging and loss, and the stories we tell ourselves and others to make sense of our lives. Set evocatively in the chilly climes of Maine in the
Let’s Dance by Lucy Sweeney Byrne: Cocaine, consumerism and profound loneliness
Let’s Dance Author: 978-1-7393979-7-5 Publisher: €18 Another stylish book from the consistently impressive Banshee Press sees Lucy Sweeney Byrne follow on from her impressive 2019 short story collection, Paris Syndrome, with Let’s Dance, a collection of 10
Hide Away by Dermot Bolger: Bleak subject still makes for an invigorating read
Hide Away Author: 9781848409385 Publisher: €16.95 It’s 1941, and on a mailboat bound for neutral Ireland is an English psychiatrist – or, as he prefers it, psychoanalyst – called Dr Fairfax. Fairfax has his own reasons for turning his back on bomb-blasted
A breathtaking novel by Ursula Parrott, an author who has long deserved more readers
Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott (Faber £9.99) Originally published in the US in 1929, this breathtaking novel is set in Jazz Age New York, radiating all the fizz and vigour of The Great Gatsby. The striking heroine, Patricia, begins her narrative at the end of her
‘This man can’t get out’: Alexandria man sentenced in 2022 murders of two landscapers
An Alexandria man was sentenced on Friday for the shooting deaths of two landscapers in 2022. Francis Deonte Rose, 29, was sentenced to 58 years in a Virginia prison on Friday for the murders of Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez, 24, and Adrian de Jesus Rivera
Screentime: "A real rags to riches" tale in Joan
Joan Joan Hannington, a fiery and uncompromising woman in her 20s, is a devoted mother to her 6-year-old daughter, Kelly, but is trapped in a disastrous marriage with a violent criminal named Gary. When Gary goes on the run, Joan seizes the
Need a new passport? Wait times just got shorter.
The wait for a U.S. passport has gotten shorter – again. The State Department announced Thursday that the processing time for passports is now four to six weeks, down from the six to eight weeks that the agency had previously
Yellowstone sees rebirth of wolves along ancient Native American trails
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – In 1877, five years after Yellowstone became the nation’s first national park, an unlikely band of visitors showed up at its western border. Chased by a phalanx of Cavalry regulars and volunteers, Chief Joseph was leading a
Minnesota’s first female lieutenant governor to speak in Stillwater
Marlene M. Johnson (John Kaul / University of Minnesota Press) Former Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Marlene Johnson will appear at a public event Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Washington County Heritage Center to celebrate the recent release of her memoir
An ‘Impossible’ book that U.S. readers can now read
This story begins in a land across the sea … When I first learned about Katherine Rundell’s “Impossible Creatures” (after critic Ron Charles praised it in the Washington Post), the U.K. fantasy novel wasn’t yet available here in the States. SEE ALSO:
Are Meg and Harry leading separate lives? Pals fear they’re ‘drifting apart’ as aide QUITS ...
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15 books coming out in October to add to your reading list
Each month, a wealth of interesting new books hit the shelves, and we pick out some standout novels, nonfiction, YA, children’s and more to put them on your reading radar. SEE ALSO: Bestsellers, authors, books and more can be found in the Books section
The World Still Needs French Theory
Postmodernism is dead. Long live postmodernism. ...
Jean Hanff Korelitz on ‘The Sequel’
The writer discusses her follow-up to her best-selling 2021 novel “The Plot.” ...
New children’s book released – “Grace Retraces Her Day” – the charming story of a ...
“Grace Retraces Her Day” by Cheryl Lock has been released worldwide. This 32-page children’s book follows young, spunky Grace, who has misplaced her favorite toy. When her mom advises her to retrace her steps, readers accompany Grace on a
What We Are Reading Today: How the New World Became Old
Updated 5 min 28 sec ago Arab News October 04, 2024 20:29
What We Are Reading Today: ‘Arabian Love Poems’
Updated 1 min 8 sec ago Sulafa Alkhunaizi October 04, 2024 21:39
Dubai resident's posthumous memoir is an ode to family in the misunderstood Pakistan of the 1980s
It was a book launch with all the fanfare to
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: once he was his party’s future – not now ...
The former Tory leader hopes his memoirs will keep him in the political spotlight, but he is no longer the Tory asset he once was There is no great mystery about why Boris Johnson chose to release his Unleashed memoir this week . He wants the attention. He
Digital books are a hit at the library
The Roseburg News-Review | 2024-10-04, 19:17
Roseburg Public Library patrons increasingly are turning to digital platforms to satisfy their recreational reading needs. ...
New Crime and Mystery Books
Our crime columnist on books by Kate Atkinson, Nicholas Meyer, Marcie R. Rendon and Nilanjana Roy. ...
