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Book Review: 'Newshawks in Berlin' illustrates tough choices news organizations face in wartime

Book Review: 'Newshawks in Berlin' illustrates tough choices news organizations face in wartime

Journalism is often referred to as the first draft of history, especially when covering war and international conflicts.

Censorship efforts at libraries continued to soar in 2023, according to a new report

NEW YORK (AP) — Bannings and attempted bannings of books soared again in the U.S. last year, continuing to set record highs, according to a new report from the American Library Association.
Chris Wallace looks back at Nixon-Kennedy election in the book 'Countdown 1960

Chris Wallace looks back at Nixon-Kennedy election in the book 'Countdown 1960

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime newsman Chris Wallace isn't only thinking about this year's presidential election . The CNN anchor has written a book on the race between John F.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Dune by Frank Herbert (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. The Hunter by Tana French (Penguin Publishing Group) 4.
Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books, seek new state laws in fight with publishers

Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books, seek new state laws in fight with publishers

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price.
A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks' 'All About Love'

A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks' 'All About Love'

NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 2022, Emma Goodwin was getting over a breakup and thinking hard about her life and how to better herself. She decided to try a book she had heard about often, bell hooks’ “All About Love: New Visions." “I loved it.
Book Review: Debut novel `Headshot’ gives us head shots of the psyches of teenage girl boxers

Book Review: Debut novel `Headshot’ gives us head shots of the psyches of teenage girl boxers

Rita Bullwinkel knows a thing or two about the human body and the abuse it can take. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author, who played water polo in college, talked about the beating her body took for a sport few people care about.
Book Review: A coming-of-age story of a young Black man who works for an Obama-adjacent candidate

Book Review: A coming-of-age story of a young Black man who works for an Obama-adjacent candidate

Vinson Cunningham, theater critic for the New Yorker, makes a cheeky move with his debut novel, “Great Expectations.” He borrows the title of Charles Dickens’ masterpiece to tell a different sort of coming-of-age story.
Book Review: Tessa Hulls feeds her family's ghosts by bringing them to light in rich graphic memoir

Book Review: Tessa Hulls feeds her family's ghosts by bringing them to light in rich graphic memoir

When Tessa Hulls sets out to tell her family’s story, she’s feeding their ghosts in the best way she’s learned how: by pulling them into the light.

James Patterson looks back through history in new 'Time Travel Twins' series

NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson never seems to run out of ideas. The ultraprolific author is launching a new middle grade series, “The Time Travel Twins,” about a boy and girl who witness key moments in U.S.
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