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Book Review: 'Those Opulent Days' is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina

Book Review: 'Those Opulent Days' is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina

It鈥檚 not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina was occupied and exploited by French colonizers. It鈥檚 also unusual that such a novel would be a whodunit murder mystery.
Trump victory renews interest in 'The Handmaid's Tale' and other fictional dystopias

Trump victory renews interest in 'The Handmaid's Tale' and other fictional dystopias

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 鈥淭he Handmaid's Tale鈥 is selling again. Since President-elect Donald Trump clinched his return to the White House, Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic about a country in which women are brutally repressed has been high on the Amazon.
Algeria opens book fair opens without winner of top French language literary prize

Algeria opens book fair opens without winner of top French language literary prize

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) 鈥 As one of the Arab world鈥檚 largest book fairs opens in Algeria on Wednesday, there is one conspicuous absence.
Isolation, pandemic aftermath and twisted art featured in Paula Hawkins' new thriller

Isolation, pandemic aftermath and twisted art featured in Paula Hawkins' new thriller

TORONTO 鈥 In Paula Hawkins' latest thriller, people are emerging from pandemic isolation, engaging with culture once again, when a gallerygoer notices something a bit off about a sculpture displayed at the Tate Modern: it contains a deer bone that lo

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny (St. Martin鈥檚 Publishing Group) 2. In Too Deep by Andrew Child & Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group) 3. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 4.
Book Review: 'The Name of This Band is R.E.M.' is a vivid journey through the rock band's history

Book Review: 'The Name of This Band is R.E.M.' is a vivid journey through the rock band's history

The best way to read 鈥淭he Name of This Band is R.E.M.鈥 is with a pair of headphones and a collection of the band's albums on streaming services or CDs. Opt for the cassettes or vinyl if you want to go old school.
Book Review: Sy Montgomery shares 鈥榃hat the Chicken Knows鈥 in new mini hardcover

Book Review: Sy Montgomery shares 鈥榃hat the Chicken Knows鈥 in new mini hardcover

Three clucks to Sy Montgomery, who 14 years after publishing 鈥淏irdology,鈥 is still finding ways to make money off the charming stories she told in that book about various avian species.
Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel 鈥淣ineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools.

Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel 鈥淣ineteen Seconds," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools.
U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history wins Cundill prize

U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history wins Cundill prize

MONTREAL 鈥 A U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history, 鈥淣ative Nations: A Millennium in North America,鈥 has won the Cundill History Prize.
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