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Recent children's books offer joyous picture books, inventive nonfiction, and stories of courage, companionship, and freedom emphasizing connection, justice, and hope.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Recent children's books offer joyous picture books, inventive nonfiction, and stories of courage, companionship, and freedom emphasizing connection, justice, and hope.
Middle Eastern recipes combine accessible techniques with fragrant ingredients to transform everyday meals into celebratory dishes, balancing ease and specialness.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Middle Eastern recipes combine accessible techniques with fragrant ingredients to transform everyday meals into celebratory dishes, balancing ease and specialness.
A themed crossword removed letters from down clues to spell CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN and produced a central entry readable as THE FAITHFUL or THE TRAITORS.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A themed crossword removed letters from down clues to spell CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN and produced a central entry readable as THE FAITHFUL or THE TRAITORS.
A haunting story merges bodily illness, dreamlike visions, and Korean political history into an intensely involving exploration of trauma, sight, and memory.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A haunting story merges bodily illness, dreamlike visions, and Korean political history into an intensely involving exploration of trauma, sight, and memory.
Daniel Woodrell, who coined 'country noir', died at 72 of pancreatic cancer; Winter's Bone inspired the Oscar-nominated film that launched Jennifer Lawrence.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Daniel Woodrell, who coined 'country noir', died at 72 of pancreatic cancer; Winter's Bone inspired the Oscar-nominated film that launched Jennifer Lawrence.
Society condemns the poor for visible minor acts while the rich conceal comparable or greater vices behind wealth and privilege.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Society condemns the poor for visible minor acts while the rich conceal comparable or greater vices behind wealth and privilege.
Three new baking books offer recipes for all skill levels, practical baking guidance, seasonal celebration bakes, and nostalgic, approachable desserts.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Three new baking books offer recipes for all skill levels, practical baking guidance, seasonal celebration bakes, and nostalgic, approachable desserts.
Portola builds non-human, character-driven AI companions and hired a sci‑fi novelist to craft evolving personalities because large language models failed at storytelling.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Portola builds non-human, character-driven AI companions and hired a sci‑fi novelist to craft evolving personalities because large language models failed at storytelling.
Elizabeth Bishop's 'At the Fishhouses' shifts twentieth-century poetry toward a colloquial, visionary voice, blending melancholy, wit, and sacramental sensibility to achieve momentary spiritual insight.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Elizabeth Bishop's 'At the Fishhouses' shifts twentieth-century poetry toward a colloquial, visionary voice, blending melancholy, wit, and sacramental sensibility to achieve momentary spiritual insight.
Tom Stoppard's plays combined intellectual rigor with vivid human characters, earning major awards and enduring influence over a career spanning more than fifty years.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Tom Stoppard's plays combined intellectual rigor with vivid human characters, earning major awards and enduring influence over a career spanning more than fifty years.
An isolated Southern woman clings to antebellum privilege, resists modernity, and conceals a violent secret that reveals decay beneath genteel appearances.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
An isolated Southern woman clings to antebellum privilege, resists modernity, and conceals a violent secret that reveals decay beneath genteel appearances.
Amazon is offering the Kindle Essentials bundle (latest Kindle, fabric cover, power adapter) for 30% off during Cyber Week, making the thin, portable 2024 base Kindle an attractive gift.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Amazon is offering the Kindle Essentials bundle (latest Kindle, fabric cover, power adapter) for 30% off during Cyber Week, making the thin, portable 2024 base Kindle an attractive gift.
A Berlin couple conducted a covert two-year postcard campaign rebutting Nazi propaganda, exemplifying muted resistance amid moral ambiguity and personal struggle.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A Berlin couple conducted a covert two-year postcard campaign rebutting Nazi propaganda, exemplifying muted resistance amid moral ambiguity and personal struggle.
Language reflects and preserves cultural perceptions, histories, and social relationships through specific vocabulary and linguistic remnants.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Language reflects and preserves cultural perceptions, histories, and social relationships through specific vocabulary and linguistic remnants.
Margaret Atwood reflects on a long life and prolific career, combining scientific curiosity, scepticism, outspoken views, personal grief, and complex public expectations.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Margaret Atwood reflects on a long life and prolific career, combining scientific curiosity, scepticism, outspoken views, personal grief, and complex public expectations.
Major God of War anniversary box sets and Deluxe editions are heavily discounted during Black Friday sales, offering substantial savings for collectors.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Major God of War anniversary box sets and Deluxe editions are heavily discounted during Black Friday sales, offering substantial savings for collectors.
An ideal L.A. Sunday blends garden meditation, nursery-hopping, hidden-gem steakhouse dining, plant-driven creativity, and a martini in the hot tub.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
An ideal L.A. Sunday blends garden meditation, nursery-hopping, hidden-gem steakhouse dining, plant-driven creativity, and a martini in the hot tub.
Books shaped a child's imagination, provided vivid historical escape, introduced literary subtlety, and inspired the ambition to craft intricate fictional worlds.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Books shaped a child's imagination, provided vivid historical escape, introduced literary subtlety, and inspired the ambition to craft intricate fictional worlds.
New Bern, North Carolina, blends historic waterfront attractions, a vibrant downtown culinary scene, and festive holiday traditions.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New Bern, North Carolina, blends historic waterfront attractions, a vibrant downtown culinary scene, and festive holiday traditions.
English folk horror intertwines class, tradition, and communal grief through rituals, doleful rites, and landscape-driven journeys in ten working-class-set stories.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
English folk horror intertwines class, tradition, and communal grief through rituals, doleful rites, and landscape-driven journeys in ten working-class-set stories.
Late broadcaster and writer Manchán Magan, rugby star Andrew Porter, and author Cecelia Ahern were among the winners at the An Post Irish Book Awards.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Late broadcaster and writer Manchán Magan, rugby star Andrew Porter, and author Cecelia Ahern were among the winners at the An Post Irish Book Awards.
A warm, bustling family feast celebrates food, love, and togetherness through earthy illustrations and joyful kitchen scenes.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A warm, bustling family feast celebrates food, love, and togetherness through earthy illustrations and joyful kitchen scenes.
Anne Rice transformed the grief of losing her young daughter into Interview With the Vampire, launching international fame, adaptations, and lasting literary success.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Anne Rice transformed the grief of losing her young daughter into Interview With the Vampire, launching international fame, adaptations, and lasting literary success.
Traci Brimhall reads Thomas Lux's 'Refrigerator, 1957' and her 'Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It'; Kansas poet laureate and 2025 Guggenheim poet.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Traci Brimhall reads Thomas Lux's 'Refrigerator, 1957' and her 'Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It'; Kansas poet laureate and 2025 Guggenheim poet.
Social media's design fosters reactive behavior that undermines the receptive mental state necessary for deep creativity.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Social media's design fosters reactive behavior that undermines the receptive mental state necessary for deep creativity.