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Dorbeetle Store, Hangzhou: born from a need to read with friends
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (940+ words) Dorbeetle Store was founded in 2018 by Tony Lee in Hangzhou. Its beginnings, Lee recalls, were unassuming. "The beginning of the store was humble in both size and effort. That is how I would describe it. We had a variety of…...
BOOKS: Erika Lee's Introduction to U. S. Xenophobia
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (598+ words) Because nearly everyone in the U. S. is an immigrant of some generation or other, I find it mystifying that so many individuals believe the ideology that immigrants are dangerous, job-stealing, fraudulent, money-sucking creatures. The immigrants chosen for this sweeping and simplistic…...
Young author Reshel Bretny Fernandes launches book on youth and politics
11+ hour, 47+ min ago (243+ words) Mangaluru, May 27: Reshel Bretny Fernandes, an emerging author recognised at both national and international levels, continues to make a mark in the literary world through works addressing socially relevant themes. A recipient of the prestigious Kittur Rani Chennamma State Award,…...
Joe Duffy set for new venture with tell-all memoir to be published
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (439+ words) Joe Duffy is set for a new venture after his retirement as he is publishing a tell-all memoir. The book is due for release in November and it will be titled Talk to Joe: Life, Liveline and Me. The book…...
David Sedaris is crankier than ever and wants to dress like he's in a cult
19+ hour, 3+ min ago (927+ words) On what to wear on his book tour, Sedaris says: 'I found a full-length robe made of raw linen, and I'm thinking, what if I wore that on tour? I like looking like I'm in a cult.'Anne Fishbein/Supplied…...
Marshalltown author pens latest book titled "The Declaration Decoded
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (424+ words) The final installment in a three book series (her prior two are called "The Constitution Decoded" and "The Presidents Decoded,") the tomes provide historical context and trivia, packed with primary source materials including speeches, letters, diaries, documents and more. Kennedy…...
Garrison Keillor: Score one for the cowboys
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (425+ words) Last Wednesday I flew from JFK to LAX and the plane sat on the runway for two hours while a thunderstorm passed and it didn't bother me in the least. I sat and worked on a new book, which I…...
A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival by Virginia Eubanks
16+ hour, 26+ min ago (43+ words) Publishers Weekly A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival Virginia Eubanks. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32 (384p) ISBN 978-0-374-61179-8...
REVIEW: The British Are Coming Vol. 1
1+ week, 4+ day ago (570+ words) by Robert Greenberger " May 26, 2026 The British Are Coming Vol. 1 By Rick Atkinson, Nora Neus, and Frederico Pietrobon320 pages/10 Speed Graphics/$35 Adapting prose storytelling to a graphic novel is tricky. Sure, it's easier to visualize colonial America than describe it in words,…...
"The Train - on the border between terror and freedom" about the hope that never dies
17+ hour, 26+ min ago (181+ words) 26 May 2026 23: 25 Regarding the book, which was funded by the United Kingdom and the "Rockefeller Brothers Fund", the British Ambassador to Kosovo, Jonathan Hargreaves, said that it talks about the people. "This book is an important contribution. To memory. To dialogue....