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Author of children’s book based on infamous escaped zebra shares the story of the book’s quick turnaround
WSMV 4 - Tennessee
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June 14, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - They say luck is when preparation meets opportunity. For Hendersonville’s Stevie Michelle Kimbrough, her years as a writer, childcare operator, and natural storyteller sent her creative juices flowing when a certain...
Book Review | Nalanda: Greater Than a FAQ List
The Asian Age
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June 14, 2025
The word Nalanda evokes images of studious monks abuzz with dialogue, of kitchens and lodgings, of furious yet not cantankerous arguments, of raised eyebrows at noticing yet another foreign visitor in the crowd. For centuries, Nalanda was a magnet...
Marianne Faithfull’s 10 favourite books of all time
Daily Express
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June 14, 2025
More than just a singer of the Swinging Sixties, Marianne Faithfull was a voracious reader with a sharp eye for literature that mirrored the extremes of her own life. As the daughter of an academic and a woman who moved through the cultural...
Mumbai: EOW books R A Associates for allegedly selling same flat twice
ETRealty.com
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June 14, 2025
MUMBAI: The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police booked developer R A Associates for allegedly selling the same flat twice, causing a financial loss of over Rs 6 crore to a 71-year-old businessman. The businessman, along with his family...
Travel review: Sleek and arty east London hotel a win for the discerning traveller
Belfast Telegraph
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June 14, 2025
You’ll be dazzled by objets d’art on a stay at art’otel London Hoxton, writes Margaret Canning So staying in a hotel there is a novelty to me, never mind landing somewhere as sleek, hip and trendy as the art’otel London Hoxton. It’s a newly-built...
Circle Internet (CRCL) Books Double Digit Gains on $1.1 Billion Fresh Funds
Yahoo Finance
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We recently published a list of These 10 Stocks Are Flying High. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) stands against other best-performing stocks on Wednesday. Circle Internet surged by 10.66...
The All Fours author on sex and power
The Guardian
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June 14, 2025
When Miranda July’s All Fours was published in May last year, it triggered what felt like both a spontaneous resistance movement and the sort of mania last experienced when the final Twilight book dropped, except this time for women in midlife...
Author Dame Pat Barker thought honours letter was income tax bill
Express & Star
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June 13, 2025
Author Pat Barker, known for The Regeneration Trilogy, thought the letter announcing her damehood in the King’s Birthday Honours was an income tax bill and that HMRC were “really angry”. Dame Pat, 82, became a CBE in 2000 and is being given her...
TKO reacts as Triple H books John Cena vs. R-Truth again
Sportskeeda
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June 14, 2025
John Cena will be in action on Friday Night SmackDown next week, with the groundbreaking announcement coming during tonight's episode. The Undisputed WWE Champion will face Ron 'R-Truth' Killings in a rematch from last month. The two wrestled at...
HBO's Harry Potter Remake Could Finally Solve A Dark 20-Year Old Voldemort Mystery That The Movies & Books Avoided
Screen Rant
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June 14, 2025
HBO's Harry Potter remake could potentially solve a 20-year-old book mystery, but it would likely be better off avoiding it entirely. One of the major benefits of this upcoming TV series is that its longer format should allow for far more book...
5 Children’s Books That Make Father’s Day Extra Special
Femina
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Whether it’s at bedtime or on a lazy Saturday evening, there’s something timeless about a father’s voice bringing a story to life. Reading a book together does more than build vocabulary as it helps deepens the connection between father and child....
Editor’s Pick: 9 Books on Technology
The Gospel Coalition
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June 14, 2025
In The Terminator—James Cameron’s 1984 science fiction film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger—the time-traveling robot was sent back from 2029. The machine revolt could start any day now. Maybe. Though time-traveling robots are fictional, it’s worth...
Genocide in Gaza: three new books take stock
The Irish Times
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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine Author: Avi Shlaim ISBN-13: 978-1739090227 Publisher: Irish Pages Press Guideline Price: £18 Fintan Drury Author: Catastrophe: Nakba II ISBN-13: 978-1785375590 Publisher: Irish Academic Press...
REVIEWS: 5 new books to read this week including The Rush by Beth Lewis
The Press
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A vampire novel that does more than the usual and comedian Suzi Ruffell's witty take on life are on our bedside tables this week... Fiction The Original by Nell Stevens is published in hardback by Scribner UK, priced £16.99 (ebook £8.99)....
Review: New book provides a different window into the demise of the Franklin Expedition
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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“Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery” By Ken McGoogan; Douglas & McIntyre; 364 pages; 2023; $29.95 A detail from English artist Edwin Landseer’s 1864 painting “Man Proposes, God Disposes,” depicting ship’s wreckage in...
Why are true crime books so popular? Traci Thomas shares her top picks
KCLU - California
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June 13, 2025
A woman uses a magnifying glass to read a book. (Tfilm/Getty Images) True crime captures audiences in all media forms: TV shows, podcasts, documentaries, and, of course, books. But what makes a good true crime read? Traci Thomas, creator of “The...
Book Review: A Collection of Life Stories with Stops Along the Way
Dan’s Papers - New York
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June 13, 2025
Collection of Life Stories with Stops Along the Way I recently came upon a book by prominent Theologian Miltiades B. Efthimiou PhD S.T.M.B.D.B.A. titled A Collection of Life Stories with Stops Along the Way. His final thoughts in the books are “as...
A gift to those who love books
The Troy Messenger - Alabama
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June 14, 2025
Published 7:03 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 One day long ago, I took one of my granny’s “purties” off the tall book shelves and dropped it behind the sofa. I had to crawl back there to get the figurine and, suddenly I was in a different world. Reading...
Teesside author Pat Barker thought honours letter was income tax bill
TeessideLive
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June 13, 2025
Author Pat Barker thought the letter announcing her damehood in the King's Birthday Honours was an income tax bill and that HMRC were "really angry". Teesside-born Dame Pat, 82, became a CBE in 2000 and is being given her damehood, one of the...
New Medieval Books: Madrid
Medievalists.net
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June 13, 2025
Madrid: A New Biography By Luke Stegemann Yale University Press ISBN: 978-0-300-27633-6 This book traces the history of Madrid from prehistoric settlements to the present day, charting its rise to become the heart of one of the largest empires of...