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But Professor Abbas Milani, a historian and director of Iranian studies at Stanford University, said the book eclipsed Mr Pezeshkzad's more serious writings, including his scholarly research into literature by Persian poets Hafez and Saadi.…

Adele Myers grew up with stories about Big Tobacco.Myers' grandmother was a hairdresser for the wives of wealthy tobacco executives. His extended family, all of whom lived in Winston-Salem, worked in tobacco factories.“Because the whole…

FREEDOM How we lose it and how we fight backBy Nathan Law with Evan Fowler240pp. The experience. Paper, $15.95.The dismantling of Hong Kong has long been one of the most painful disasters in East Asia. In recent years, the city has…

"I feel quite nervous," admits British writer Monica Ali, as she recounts The National about his new book. “It has been 10 years since my previous novel came out. But I'm also very excited about it, ”she quickly adds, with a rich laugh.…

The 2007 Redwall graphic novel is a perfect reminder for fans or newcomers ahead of Netflix's upcoming screen adaptations of the children's book. The light at by Netflix plans to create an…

Your appreciation of "Chilean Poet" will depend on how patient you are with the writer-protagonist tendency, a symptom of the autofictional turn. The flow of poets, journalists, and literary types in the novel made me wish that vet…

Picture: William Morrow Paperbacks and Jerod Harris (Getty Images)Like his father Stephen King before him, Joe Hill gradually saw his various works adapted for television and the screen. After the success of locke and key for Netflix and!-->!-->…

Ulyssess, the quintessential modernist novel in English and one of the great landmarks of Irish culture, was first published in its entirety on February 2, 1922, James Joyce's 40th birthday.It was published in Paris, where Joyce was then…

Five books vying for world's best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs TORONTO and WASHINGTON, DC, February 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Judith GelberChairman of the Lionel Gelber Prize Council, announces the list of nominees selected…

When an Earl of Elgin visits the Acropolis with a Neapolitan artist, it triggers a chain of events that leads to the theft of monuments from the sacred Acropolis. Carried away, never to be seen again in Athens. The Curse of the…

Want to increase your emotional intelligence, or EQ? There are lots of ways to do it, but here's one that's easy, fun, costs next to nothing, and you can do it anywhere: To read novels. This post comes from Maja Djikic, psychologist,…

On the bookshelf Jacob's Books By Olga TokarczukTranslated by Jennifer CroftRiverhead: 992 pages, $35If you purchase linked books from our site, The Times may earn a commission of Librairie.orgwhose fees support independent…

Former studio execs Foster Driver and Zoe Kent set up LGBT-themed YA sci-fi novel adaptation The temperature of you and me at Disney+, with Alden Derck on board to pen the project, which is meant to be a series. The move…

If Raymond Chandler, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Toni Morrison and Mary Higgins Clark were beginning their writing careers today in Thurston County, they would find an excellent resource in the Puget Sound Writers Guild. The nonprofit guild…

NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Publishing a book is no small feat, then selling it on Amazon and getting it into the Crimes & Mysteries of Science Fiction top 500 is a even more important task. But Alan Fleischauer did it…

A Tennessee school board voted unanimously this month to ban "Maus," a Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust graphic novel, from being taught in its classrooms because it contains material that board members said was inappropriate for the…

HARRISON, Ark., January 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Shawn Jones, an outdoor enthusiast residing in the…

By Harry Levins Special for post-shipment For her day job, Jan Jacobi teaches social studies at St. Michael School in Clayton. In his spare time he produced a…

POLARThe Russian WomanBarry Maitland Allen & Unwin, $32.99Chief Detective Inspector Brock is in a bad mood. After failing to retire, he went from homicide to fraud where, to his chagrin, his colleagues sit in front of their screens all…

Hidden in the halls of Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) in Hickory is a pioneering initiative called Redhawk Publications, a small press program that helps local, state, and national creators bring their art to the world. Redhawk…

There has never been a shortage of fictional pieces that deliver gripping stories against the backdrop of the city of Karachi, capturing the metropolis in all its glory. While such plays make for interesting reading, they…

Country music icon Dolly Parton has announced the upcoming release of her latest album, Run, Rose, Run, which will be released on March 4.The album, released on Butterfly Records in partnership with Ingrooves/UMG, is the companion project…

Everyone likes to judge how mothers take care of their children. Jessamine Chan takes that idea and uses it, launching a debut novel that contains elements of The Handmaid's Tale and Orange is the New Black but is entirely new and…

RALEIGH, NC (WNCN) - Wake County Public Libraries are working to overhaul their process for permanently removing books from their collection. It comes after WCPL deleted the novel "Gender Queer" in mid-December. The book, which…

IN PARADISEBy Hanya YanagiharaCan an Asian American Woman Write a Great American Novel? Should a great American novel go from New York to Hawaii, skipping the Midwest? Can he go from realism to dystopia? And - most important of all,…

Some 10,000 business books are published each year in the United States, the world's largest market. Almost all of them are unbeatable, of course, but inevitably only a few big chunks pass through the rigorous filters of the…

In the previous issue of this newsletter, I asked readers what their preferred lighting configuration for book consumption was - and I was amply rewarded. Emails poured in. Hundreds of emails! I liked to imagine each correspondent in…

The Telegraph lists the fictional titles that have marked us…

HOLLAND, Mich., December 29, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / - Steven r jones, writer and production engineer, has completed her new book "The Coded Note": A Heartbreaking Story that follows Pastor Sarah as she and a detective…

As researchers have identified several genes responsible for prostate cancer, a new study published in Nature reveals the puppeteer controlling the strings. The chains: carcinogenic or oncogenic genes, such as the androgen receptor,…

American poet Amanda Gorman reads her commissioned poem "The Hill We Go Up" during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the United States Capitol in Washington on January 20, 2021. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky, Pool, File) NEW YORK (AP)…

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At first glance, there is nothing extraordinary about a historic photo of King Faisal from Saudi Arabia. Until you notice Jedi Master Yoda, a character from the popular "Star Wars" universe, hovering over the king's shoulder. Yoda is so…

GENEVA--(COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Regulatory news: GeNeuro (Paris: GNRO) (Euronext Paris: CH0308403085 - GNRO), a biopharmaceutical company developing new treatments for neurological and autoimmune diseases, today announced that…

Who doesn't love a good, well, to like story? Whether it's cute dating,…

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II'm not surprised that the humor and the sweet escape from the cozy crime has a moment. The books themselves are not an answer to what we are going through: most of them were written before confinement or Cop26. But while black enjoys…

I have an object to which, for many years, I have given pride of place to every house I have lived in. It's a kind of wall hanging, a two-by-three-foot glass display that contains a hand-printed daily schedule. It includes eight and a…

Saad Shafqat is a leading neurologist at the prestigious Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi and a cricket columnist at Cricinfo. He talks to Eos about his latest novel Rivals and what he's working on next For a neurologist,…

Mona Arshi's first award-winning collection of poems, Small hands (2015), was striking for its crisp phrasing and sultry descriptions of nature, Cal Revely-Calder said in The daily telegraph.The same virtues are present in her first novel…

The United States Food and Drug Administration has cleared a combination of preventive antibodies to AstraZeneca AZN 0.68% PLC which has shown strong efficacy in reducing the risk of symptomatic Covid-19, offering a unique…

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NORTHAMPTON - A few weeks ago, Valley poet Martín Espada took home gold with a National Book Award for poetry. Now, a number of other Valley writers have taken home first place or runner-up prizes at the 2021 Massachusetts…

I had long been a fan of Melvyn Bragg's South Bank Show on television, but despite being a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, I had read little of him before I picked up this novel.…

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the primary target of most epidemiologists and biostatisticians over the past two years, and dozens of articles of varying quality have been published on new methods of modeling the spread of…

Late congratulations to South African writer Damon Galgut for win the 2021 Man Booker Award for his novel "The Promise". When I reviewed The Promise on this site, I predicted that he had no chance of winning the Booker because he…

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Delhi-based author and blogger Madhulika Liddle worked in the hospitality industry and advertising, in addition to being a travel writer and instructional designer, before devoting herself to writing full-time. His series of…

Noah Gordon, an American author who was virtually unknown at home but whose novels on Jewish history, medicine and identity turned him into a literary luminary abroad, died Monday at his home in Dedham, Mass. He was 95 years old.His death…

TORONTO - The Writers' Trust of Canada has named Dan Breznitz, professor at the University of Toronto, the first recipient of the $ 60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy.The new annual award, supported by former BlackBerry CEO Jim…

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Recently I was trying to rearrange my books - well, that's a lie, I was trying to ORGANIZE my books, which had never been organized - and found a copy of "Washington Square", by Henry James. It's a very small novel, "a slip of the…

Eearlier this year, Dave Eggers announced that the American hardcover book of his latest novel, The Every, would not be distributed through Amazon, presumably acknowledging that it would be absurd to increase the fortunes of the omnipotent…

Mother of boys, Norma Dunning says she likes to think of her books as her “daughters,” even when using the pronouns “she” and…

The Bay Area's book world is teeming with treasures, from a literary history stretching back to the Gold Rush to contemporary authors ranging from Alice Walker to Lemony Snicket and Alka Joshi. The latest edition of Bookish, the Bay Area…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) - Almost 90 years after an American teenager visited Germany on a Boy Scout trip and documented his travels in a diary, his daughter wrote a book of historical fiction based on the scenes haunting that he…

Photo courtesy of Mattson. Residents of Iowa will have the chance to chat online this week with an author who is nationally acclaimed for his latest novel, which crosses multiple genres and topics, from racism to capitalism. James Han…

The nonprofit NaNoWriMo has turned November into National Novel Writing Month, and writers of all years have risen to the challenge, including the majors in Creative UI Writing. National Novel Writing Month - known to many as NaNoWriMo -…

HARRISBURG - NYC Big Book Award recognized for novel "Summer 85" by Richard Fellinger in the General Fiction category as a distinguished…

Author Eirlys Hunter. Photo / Sabrina Barbara GrabowSpending "glorious days" at ÅŒtaki Beach writing The Uprising: The Mapmakers in Cruxcia during the first lockdown last year, author Eirlys Hunter took advantage of time at the…

By Mohammed Wajihuddin In the early 90s, I received The Great Indian Novel. It was Shashi Tharoor's first novel published in 1989, from the iconic Khuda Bakhsh Library in Patna. With a limited vocabulary but an unlimited desire to learn…

November is going to be a month of biographies.From the memoirs of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and Will Smith to books examining the life of American literary critic Elizabeth Hardwick, The talented Mr. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith and…

It's a trope in visual novels that there are more than a few ways to fail, die, get screwed, or generally encounter what is colloquially referred to as a bad ending. A recent release, Bad End Theater plays with the idea that Bad Ends…

In his 2012 manifesto “Transmission and the Individual Remix”, modestly captioned “How Literature Works,” Tom McCarthy laid out his idea that writers have…

The book "A Time Outside This Time" is a brilliant meditation on life in a post-truth era.In the novel, Satya, an Indian writer living in New York City, participates in a prestigious artist's retreat in Italy and finds that the pressures…

New York Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was trying to align support, including from Mr Manchin, to strengthen a provision on federally paid family and medical leave that had been reduced to just four weeks instead of 12.Georgia…

One of the hottest books of 2020 gets the HBO treatment.According to Deadline, actress Tessa Thompson's production company Viva Maude is teaming up with film studio Gaumont to adapt Raven Leilani's bestseller, Chandelier, for the TV…

Frank Herbert's epic science fiction novel Dune has been considered infilmable for decades. Mainly because it's a massive, complex book with a narrative that rarely unfolds the way you'd expect, and stuffed with remarkable imagery -…

Of course, as a retired English teacher, I could go on for pages on the characteristics that make good writing: nuanced and realistic characters, believable and suspenseful plot, imagery, natural dialogue, etc. However, two elements that…

Sand on the campus of a prestigious Sydney university, Diana Reid's debut novel, Love and Virtue, is told through the dry, witty perspective of Michaela, a freshman who lives on a scholarship to Fairfax College. She befriends the girl in…

An unmanned Russian freighter will begin swapping parking spots at the International Space Station tonight (October 20) in a move that will take just over a day to reach its new berth.The Progress 78 spacecraft is scheduled to undock from…

By John KinsellaABA point of view AAs the congressional debate over the Biden administration's Build Back Better program continues on Capitol Hill, public opposition to a proposal that would have a significant effect on…

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October 16, 2021Silverview. By Jean le Carré. Viking; 224 pages; $ 28 and £ 20WHEN JEAN LE CARRé Passing away last December, he left behind a prodigious body of work that spanned six decades and…

The countdown to the release of the biggest Bollywood release of 2021 - Sooryavanshi - has begun. It features Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif leading the way with Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh in key roles. With a formidable ensemble…

The first patient was enrolled in the Phase 2 clinical trial of VERU-100, a treatment for advanced hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, according to Veru Inc., the drug's maker.VERU-100 is a new medicine and is a three month subcutaneous…

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Saturday 09 October 2021 Enlarge + Laird Hunt PHOTO: CC 3.0 Laird Hunt, a resident of Providence, is one of the five finalists of the National Book Prize for fiction. Hunt's novel Zorrie is just one of his critically…

It topped Germany's bestselling list for eight months, and much to local excitement Frank Schätzing's sci-fi page turner Der Schwarm is in the process of being turned into an eight-part drama series for German public service…

A new novel by writing, literature and publishing professor Jon Papernick follows a married couple as they navigate their polyamorous relationship and Jewish customs, and is expected to be released early next year. Papernick started to…

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Brit Bennett's last novel, "The Vanishing Half," begins in 1968 in a small southern town called Mallard. Mallard is common in many ways: it's a sleepy community where locals chatter at restaurants and indulge in vacation picnics, where…

A dietary brief that examines a mother's schizophrenia. A novel about an author's book tour and growing up as a black boy in the rural south. Poetry honoring migrants who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande.These are some of the…

Since I could read fantastic novels, they always caught my attention. I remember how I felt reading my first fantasy novel and how intrigued and captivated I was by the words and the stories they contain. Although I can say that there…

Adam Wilson, an author of Newton, recently published his third book, Sensation machines. Completed before the pandemic and originally published in hardcover in July 2020, the paperback edition was released on September 7. Sensation…

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BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTEDBy Jayne AllenIn July, when Naomi Osaka pulled out of Roland Garros to focus on her sanity, it seemed like permission for other black women, who also want to prioritize themselves, to give themselves the same…

For me, a passage from Karl Ove KnausgÃ¥rd's 2004 novel A Time for Everything has always seemed illustrative of his approach: the fact that the incident was shrouded in obscurity brings out every detail of his story with…

Author Lon Orey has announced the release of his new landmark novel, Apricot Marmalade and the Edmondson Transmittal. It is a satirical adventure through Thailand from 1968 that follows a team of American intelligence agents matching…

This is the third column in a weeklong series celebrating Forbidden Book Week, which celebrates the freedom to read. Each column will review a different frequently contested…

The nasal microbiota contains clues about who will develop symptoms of COVID from the novel coronavirus. The microbiota of the nose and upper throat probably contains biomarkers to assess the disease of an individual infected with…

Twenty years before Margaret Atwood won the first Arthur C Clarke Prize for her seminal novel The Handmaid's Tale, she published a poem titled The animals of this country. Now Laura Jean McKay, who borrowed the title from Atwood's poem…

In his new novel, "Cloud Cuckoo Land", Anthony doerr manages to create a plot that begins in the days of the ancient Greeks and continues for up to 125 years into the future.Along the way, he developed a rich list of characters: ancient…

Anthony Doerr's “All the Light We Cannot See” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015. His new book, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” follows three storylines and five…

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SINGAPORE - In this monthly column, The Sunday Times selects 10 books from around the world that have just hit shelves. Top of the stack 1. Country Chronicles of the Happiest People on the Planet By Wole SoyinkaFiction / Bloomsbury /…

Beasts of prey, the first novel in a planned fantasy series, is being developed by Netflix as a feature film. Written by Ayana Gray, the story follows two black teenagers as they form a dangerous alliance and embark on a…

Two sisters from South London have been working on their novel for many years, writes Davina Hyde. Recently shortlisted for the Bath Novel Award, the critically acclaimed two-book novel by Ambreen and Uzma Hameed Eternal has been called…

By CHAD G. WELCH • Special for www.AllOTSEGO.com Award-winning author Lauren Groff's sixth novel, “Matrix,” was published this month with rave reviews, including four stars from USA…

A novice novelist from Airdrie used her primary research skills to craft a story that combines fictional characters with the historical precision of WWII. A novice novelist from Airdrie used her primary research skills to create a…

RIchard Powers' sequel to 2018's Outstanding Arboreal Fantasia The Overstory - a novel as expansive, brilliant, and beautiful as you might hope to read - is much more focused, but just as committed to the environment.Also shortlisted for…

The principle of the series is deceptively simple: what if the protagonists of classic literary works like Treasure island, The Wuthering Heights, and Robin Hood weren't white? In April 2020, Feiwel and Friends, a young adult…

Lincoln Michel's first novel, THE SCOUT CORPS (Orbite, 356 p., $ 27), mixes black, cyberpunk and sport into something both timeless and original. In the near and troubling future of New York City, where extreme climate change has made…

The Florida State University Libraries has a real thriller on his hands.Between March 17, 2020 and February 10, someone stole nearly 5,000 items from the Robert M. Ervin Jr. Collection hosted by FSU Special Collections & Archives at…

Author Beverly Nimke presents her captivating and futuristic new novel "In a Village of Dolls"DALLAS, September 20, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / - There are many books about humanity, but few offer solutions that have inspired the author and…

Apple TV + has released a new first look at the upcoming adaptation of Isaac Asimov's epic masterpiece, Foundation. The series follows a group of scientists who set out to rebuild and…

"WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME" by Wiley Cash (William Morrow, 304 pages, $ 29). Wiley Cash, author of "A Land More Kind Than Home", "This Dark Road to Mercy" and "The Last Ballad", returns with his latest offering, the warm and…

Joanna Hicks couldn't find an empty store on Yass Main Street to open her bookstore, so she moved further afield to her family's former B&B. Photo: Sally Hopman. Joanna Hicks' dream of opening her own boutique in Yass has all the…

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