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A parenting book by author Kelley Coleman focuses on the care of disabled children
Parents of disabled children are responsible for navigating a number of complex systems, from educational services and accommodation to medical care.…
1 year, 5 months ago
A shocking discovery follows an artist's death in Paula Hawkins' 'The Blue Hour'
Author Paula Hawkins is best known for her 2015 novel The Girl on the Train. Her new book, The Blue Hour, is also a thriller, this time set on a remo…
1 year, 5 months ago
'Tías and Primas' and 'Linguaphile' are new nonfiction books on family and language
Two new nonfiction books blend research and memoir to explore ideas of family, language and culture. Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez's Tías and Primas…
1 year, 5 months ago
'Big Jim and the White Boy,' a new graphic novel, reinterprets a Mark Twain classic
Since its publication in 1885, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been celebrated as one of the great American works of literature. But the novel has…
1 year, 5 months ago
Stanley Tucci records 12 months of eating in his food diary 'What I Ate in One Year'
Stanley Tucci of Searching for Italy and The Devil Wears Prada fame loves food—especially the comforting taste of home-cooked Italian cuisine. But in…
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In Winsome Bingham's 'The Walk,' a community bands together to head to the polls
Author Winsome Bingham was raised in a community that gathered together to vote. But as a kid, she didn't realize how important this practice was to …
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Bob Woodward's new book 'War' invites readers into a world of back-channel diplomacy
It's been 50 years since the publication of All the President's Men, but journalist Bob Woodward says he hasn't changed his approach to political rep…
1 year, 5 months ago
'Patriot' is a posthumous memoir by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, died in a Siberian prison this past February–and in his diary entries, Navalny wrote that he knew he m…
1 year, 5 months ago
'American Scary' documents a cultural obsession with horror in the United States
Horror and scary stories are part of a long American tradition that dates back to the Salem witch trials. Columbia professor and cultural historian J…
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In 'Ottolenghi Comfort,' Yotam Ottolenghi takes an expansive view of comfort food
Yotam Ottolenghi's books are a fixture on the shelves of many home cooks. In his latest cookbook, written with co-authors Helen Goh, Verena Lochmulle…
1 year, 5 months ago