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Books by Jodi Picoult, John Green and Stephen King Among the Most Banned in Schools
A record number of books were banned in districts across the country during the 2023-2024 school year, according to a free speech organization.
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The Five Best Books to Read Before an Election
These titles might lend readers a new perspective ahead of November 5...
The dark family history of a British scientific genius
Patchen Barssβs The Impossible Man is a warts-and-all portrait of Roger Penrose, his Nobel Prize-winning work and his fraught personal life
Inside the 'friendliest shop in world' which has 'too many books'
Many of us will have driven past Henry Bohn second-hand bookshop on London Road in Liverpool city centre. The store, which first opened in 1988 on the corner of Berry Street and Seel Street, moved to London Road 15 years ago. It was established by Michael McCabe, an avid book collector, alongside his wife Anis.
25 Books for 25 Years of NYRB Classics
Twenty-five years may not seem such a long time (how accomplished and complete did you feel at that age?) but sometimes, it can span centuries. That's the beauty, after all, of publishing classics: the work of one publisher can bring to readers the work of thousands of other presses.
This Weekβs Top 10 New Business Books (For Ambitious Founders)
Reading business books can change your life and your business. Even if you read 300 pages and come away with just one insight, that single idea could drive massive results. Just a few carefully considered moves can spark breakthroughs and epiphanies you didnβt see coming.
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The best books celebrating artistry from Tracey Emin to Cartier
Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt
Alice Hunt's new book Republic: Britainβs Revolutionary Decade, 1649β1660 documents a time of seismic change, when the newly formed republic was pulled in new directions every year
Dark Horse Books Teams with Charlize Theronβs Secret Menu for IMBOKODO Collected Edition
Dark Horse Books presents the epic Afrofuturistic saga Imbokodo, now available in a paperback volume that gathers all four issues of the comic series together in one book.
Harry Potter Fans, Tell Us The Storylines From The Books You Want In The TV Show
11 Books Weβre Excited to Read in November 2024
The weather is cooling as we recommend sagas of literary frenemy-ship, skewing satires centuries apart, and the stories of superstars like Cher and Taylor Swift in our November list.
Edinburgh Libraries receive donations of childrenβs books from 36 visiting UNESCO Cities of Literature
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel
I am very excited about this one. Our previous sci-fi columnist, Sally Adee, tipped it as one to watch out for in 2024 β itβs an expansion of a story Murakami published back in 1980, and which he returned to during the pandemic. It follows a man whose girlfriend has vanished, who sets out to find the imaginary walled city where her true self lives β but she has no memory of their life in the other world. βIn an age when society is going through rattling changes, whether to stay holed up inside the wall or to go to the other side of the wall has become a greater proposition than ever,β Murakami has said.
I missed this one last month, but Iβm including it in our November round-up as Iβm sure many of you will be keen to learn about it. The legendary Ellison published two seminal sci-fi anthologies, Dangerous Visions and Again, Dangerous Visions. In 1973, he announced a third volume, The Last Dangerous Visions. It was never published, but now, six years after he died, it is finally released, with 32 never-before published stories, essays and poems by authors including Max Brooks, Dan Simmons, Adrian Tchaikovsky, James S. A. Corey and Cory Doctorow.
