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Review: 'Looking for Jane' is gripping, historical, relevant

Review: 'Looking for Jane' is gripping, historical, relevant

“Looking for Jane” by Heather Marshall (Atria) Gripping from the moment it begins, Heather Marshall’s novel “Looking for Jane” is getting a well-deserved re-release to hit the post-Roe v. Wade United States market.
'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua writes first novel, 'The Golden Gate'

'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua writes first novel, 'The Golden Gate'

NEW YORK (AP) — Amy Chua, the Yale Law School professor and author sometimes known as “Tiger Mom," has written her first novel. “The Golden Gate," a murder mystery centered around a wealthy family in Berkeley, California in 1944, will come out Sept.
Review: Detective work in bio leads to real Mickey Spillane

Review: Detective work in bio leads to real Mickey Spillane

“Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction” by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor (Mysterious Press) In fiction an “unreliable narrator” can't be trusted as he or she spins the story at hand.
Two-part 'Fall On Your Knees' tests audience demand, resiliency of live theatre

Two-part 'Fall On Your Knees' tests audience demand, resiliency of live theatre

TORONTO — Under most circumstances, luring theatre audiences to a two-night, six-hour drama about deep family dysfunction is a tall ask.

Dana Milbank's 'Fools On the Hill' scheduled for 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank is planning a book on the House of Representatives, and it will not be flattering.
Surely, and truly: New book shares backstory of 'Airplane!'

Surely, and truly: New book shares backstory of 'Airplane!'

NEW YORK (AP) — There is so much left to be said about “Airplane!” Surely. (Shirley?) “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!” will be published Oct. 3 by St. Martin's Press, the publisher announced Wednesday.
Percival Everett, Ling Ma among nominees for critics prizes

Percival Everett, Ling Ma among nominees for critics prizes

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Percival Everett and Ling Ma, nonfiction by Annie Proulx and biographies of George Balanchine and J. Edgar Hoover are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards. Former U.S.

Penguin Random House US CEO Madeline McIntosh to step down

NEW YORK (AP) — One of Penguin Random House's top executives, U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh, is stepping down.

HarperCollins to cut North American workforce by 5%

NEW YORK (AP) — HarperCollins Publishers plans to cut its workforce by 5% in the U.S. and Canada by the end of June, citing increased costs and lower sales in a statement released Tuesday.

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US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria Books) 2. The Devil’s Ransom by Brad Taylor - 9780063221994 - (William Morrow) 3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 4.
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