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books
New Must Read Historical Fiction in 2025
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food & drink
Hong Kong’s Chinnery Is a Historical Gem Offering Anglo-Indian Fare
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books
Nonfiction Views: November 12th 2024
Good evening, all. Here are some notable new nonfiction books published this week and last. I’m still reeling from the election results. What a...
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books
Fighting for One’s Fiction: How Norman Mailer Taught Me to Defend My Plots
In 1959, Norman Mailer—between novels at the time —published a book called Advertisements for Myself. Even for Mailer, it was an unusual book—part...
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books
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Cockroaches and Commitment
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newyorker.com
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books
Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact
"When an author draws upon real science—rather than “in a galaxy far, far away—where does the known world end and the imagined one...
crimereads.com
- 30+ days ago
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architecture
Stately London mansion tied to one of Charles Dickens’ most scandal-ridden characters has listed for $ 25M
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nypost.com
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books
Jo Harkin on her historical novel, 'The Pretender'
Jo Harkin was taking a break from writing her science fiction novel by reading a book about kings and queens. That’s when she came...
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books
Looking for a new book to read? 15 March releases, from new romance to dystopian
March was a big month in the publishing world. Between a new “Hunger Games” book, a highly-anticipated nonfiction title from John Green and the third...
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books
A guide for Christmas reading—highlighting the Dickensian fiction of Oscar Hijuelos
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entrepreneurship
Crunchbase’s AI can predict startup success with 95% accuracy—will it change investing?
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books / writing
Binnie Kirshenbaum Knows Life Is Stranger Than Fiction
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writing
Kosoko Jackson debuts chilling cover for his adult fiction debut, The Macabre
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ew.com
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gaming
Split Fiction review: It was the best of time s, it was the worst of time s
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books
A Swedish Novelist Hits New York, With ‘Permission to Be More Wild’
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writing
Uncanny, Nightmare and Apex: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran
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books
5 of the Best Nonfiction Beach Reads!
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books
Musician Neneh Cherry and medic Rachel Clarke are among finalists for a major nonfiction prize
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apnews.com
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science
Physics Can Model The Peculiar Spread Of A Virus In One Of George R.R. Martin's Fictional Universes
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books
Colorful Plots and Racial Undertones in Modern Crime Fiction
Tarik Abdel-Monem argues that American crime fiction reflects mainstream prejudices in depicting mixed-race individuals as either deformed or...
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books
Biblioracle: My 2024 Biblioracle Book Awards for fiction, the first half
When it came time to compile the possible contenders for the 2024 Biblioracle Book Awards for fiction, I came up with 20 titles, more than one-third of...
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books
Shaquille O’Neal Explains Why Role in Upcoming Crime Fiction Drama Has Him Excited
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books
Mario Vargas Llosa: The novelist who lectured Latin America
Fact and fiction circled each other in the works of Mario Vargas Llosa. Through realism, erotica, and even crude slang, the Peruvian novelist wove...
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books
10 New Nonfiction Book Releases of January 2025
I don’t know about you, but I’m still in full-on recovery mode from the holidays. How do you even begin getting ready for...
bookriot.com
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books
A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Nonfiction Book
There are two different aspects to writing a nonfiction book. The first is what people think writing a book is like. The other is what...
lithub.com
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nature / books
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett was an early work of climate fiction
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