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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · 11d

Kirkus Review of The Compass Room drops! www.northarrowpress.com/l/verdict-ge...

🚨Verdict: Get it! Kirkus Review of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press

Kirkus Reviews review of The Compass Room has dropped! Kirkus is notorious for not holding back - they tell it like they see it. That's what makes them the industry standard. So awaiting their verdict...

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 Presenting ALTER ROAD www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...

North Arrow Press Proudly Presents ALTER ROAD :: North Arrow Press

Alter Road is where the Wartmann Universe began. Originally published in 2020, this debut novel by Mark James returns in a newly revised Second Edition — sharper, faster, and more deeply connected to ...

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · 11d

Kirkus Review of The Compass Room drops! www.northarrowpress.com/l/verdict-ge...

🚨Verdict: Get it! Kirkus Review of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Sep 28

North Arrow Press Announces The Wartmann Series www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...

North Arrow Press Announces The Wartmann Series :: North Arrow Press

North Arrow Press proudly presents The Wartmann Series, a pair of timely, high-stakes geopolitical thrillers by Kirkus-starred author Mark James.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Sep 14

🚨 North Arrow Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press www.northarrowpress.com/l/north-arro...

🚨 North Arrow Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Compass Room :: North Arrow Press

North Arrow Press is thrilled to announce the release of The Compass Room, the highly anticipated sequel to the Kirkus-starred Friendship Games, by Mark James.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Kirkus-starred Friendship Games is born again! 🙂

Announcing the relaunch of the Kirkus-starred Friendship Games! :: North Arrow Press

North Arrow Press is proud to announce the relaunch of the Kirkus-starred Friendship Games!

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 30

I like it! A new formula to bring pitcher wins back to life in 2025 #MLB www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

30-game winner Paul Skenes?! A new formula to bring pitcher wins back to life

MLB's best pitcher has a 1.85 ERA but just a 4-6 record. In the age of analytics, he's not alone. Here's how to fix it.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 29

The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover: Is this the start of the Democrats' Tea Party? www.yahoo.com/news/democra...

The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover

Is this the start of the Democrats' Tea Party?

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 26

Young, nonwhite and irregular voters defected by the millions to Mr. Trump, costing Ms. Harris both the Electoral College and the popular vote www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

If Everyone Had Voted, Harris Still Would Have Lost

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 23

Technology breakthroughs are allowing DHL and other companies to automate the laborious, injury-prone work of loading and unloading www.wsj.com/business/log...

The Holy Grail of Automation: Now a Robot Can Unload a Truck

Technology breakthroughs are allowing DHL and other companies to automate the laborious, injury-prone work of loading and unloading.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 11

Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful. www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...

Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful

Around the one-year anniversary of Roger Federer's viral commencement speech, The Athletic tried to find out why the speech was resonated.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 4

Is Civil War Coming to Europe? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...

Opinion | Is Civil War Coming to Europe?

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 26

Friendship Games (www.amazon.com/dp/195967721...) coming to life. I'd rather it stay fiction.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Apr 26

🇮🇷 A huge explosion happened in Bandar Abbas, southwest Iran. Cause of explosion is unknown.

Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 26

30,000 www.markjamesauthor.com/l/30-000-wor...

30,000 Words :: Mark James

It's been seven months - seven! - since I reported reaching 20,000 words with novel #3.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 22

Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)

When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 16

U.K. Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k...

U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women

The decision could have far-reaching implications for the protections and freedoms given to transgender women in the U.K.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 10

"Anyone sounding the all-clear on tariffs should be kept away from sharp objects and banned from operating heavy machinery. We’re in a hardly better place than we were before the tariff pause. In fact, we may be in a worse place." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-s...

Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak

The disaster of Trumponomics continues

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 8

With the quiet buildup of US forces in and near the Persian Gulf, is war with Iran imminent? I hope not. Let's hope it stays fiction ... www.amazon.com/dp/195967721...

Friendship Games

Friendship Games [James, Mark] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Friendship Games

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 7

"A seismic change in the global order. The era of rules-based globalization and free trade is over. We are entering a new phase. One that is more arbitrary. Protectionist. And dangerous for decades." - Singapore PM Lawrence Wong www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOUb...

[WATCH] Singapore must be clear-eyed about dangers ahead: PM Wong on implications of US tariffs

YouTube video by The Straits Times

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 4

Hope they didn't get that from me (www.amazon.com/dp/195967721...): Iran Mulls Pre-emptive Strike www.foxnews.com/world/iran-m...

Iran mulls preemptive strike on US base after Trump bomb threats

Iran is considering its options in deterring President Trump amid his repeated threats of direct military engagement by possibly launching its own strike on a U.S. base in the Indian Ocean.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Apr 2

Harvard’s Perfect Storm, by Avi Loeb avi-loeb.medium.com/harvards-per...

Harvard’s Perfect Storm

During yesterday’s meeting of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), some of my Harvard colleagues argued that antisemitism does not…

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Mar 29

Like #Geopolitics? www.amazon.com/Friendship-G...

Friendship Games

Friendship Games [James, Mark] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Friendship Games

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · Mar 29

Tonight remember to turn your clocks sideways to British Surreal Time.

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Mar 29

Siri, explain how you became Apple’s most embarrassing failure www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Siri, explain how you became Apple’s most embarrassing failure

‘Sorry, I don’t understand’: the iPhone assistant’s fall from ‘mind-blowing’ to infuriating

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Mark James @markjamesauthor.bsky.social · Mar 27

There is no indication so far that she had participated in anything illegal: Judge orders Trump administration to explain Ice detention of Tufts student www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judge orders Trump administration to explain Ice detention of Tufts student

Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested by masked officers and sent to Louisiana despite order she be kept in Massachusetts