Literature
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Riley Keough felt a duty to finish Lisa Marie Presley’s book on Elvis, grief, addiction and loveOct 10, 2024 4:42 pm - Riley Keough was quick to agree to help complete her mother’s memoir. She thought they’d write it together, reflecting on her extraordinary upbringing and life, but it became a much greater responsibility after Lisa Marie Presley’s sudden death in 2023.
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Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says
Oct 08, 2024 1:41 pm - As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use.
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Book Review: ‘Countdown 1960’ shows parallels with this year’s presidential election season
Oct 08, 2024 11:53 am - "Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days That Changed America's Politics Forever" is a look at a critical period in U.S. history that holds lessons for today.
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Oprah Winfrey selects Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir as her next book club selectionOct 08, 2024 7:36 am - Oprah Winfrey has chosen Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown," as her new book club pick.
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Book Review: Paula Hawkins returns with psychological thriller ‘The Blue Hour’
Oct 07, 2024 12:10 pm - Since bursting on the scene in 2015 with “The Girl on a Train,” Paula Hawkins has established herself as a reliable writer of psychological thrillers set in the U.K. “The...
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Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Senegal, South Carolina and the Middle East for ‘The Message’Oct 07, 2024 7:55 am - Ta-Nehisi Coates always writes with a purpose, so naming his latest collection “The Message” is nothing if not on-brand. But what’s the actual message? Consisting of ...
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Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
Oct 04, 2024 9:36 am - Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly. The story of how she refused to budge is included in her memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens."
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Book Review: ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point’ is fan service for readers of Gladwell’s 2000 book
Oct 04, 2024 9:23 am - In “Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering,” Malcolm Gladwell is rehashing and rebuilding on the concepts that he first wrote about in 2000. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it wasn’t really necessary either.
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Reese Witherspoon is teaming with bestseller Harlan Coben on her first suspense novel
Oct 02, 2024 1:48 pm - Grand Central Publishing announced Wednesday that Reese Witherspoon is teaming with the bestselling thriller writer and Netflix producer-creator Harlan Coben on a suspense novel, her first work of adult fiction.
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St. Charles library celebrating ‘One Book, One Community’ with the author of ‘The Music of Bees’Oct 01, 2024 10:07 pm - Throughout the month of October, the St. Charles Public Library will celebrate “One Book, One Community,” a shared, community-wide reading experience.