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January 13, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Christopher Mannino believes that one of the most powerful tools in parenting isn’t a schedule, a screen limit, or a perfect plan—it’s play.

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January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Is he a bookseller? Or something more? If you need some short-story potato chips to munch on, this collection will tickle your literary taste buds. Get it here: tinyurl.com/m2rhs69u
December 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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What if #retirement is the beginning of something more intentional? In From Work to What’s Next, Sarah Karp Charles and Jim Charles rethink it as a redesign, not an ending.

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December 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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What a treat to visit with @simongervaisbooks.bsky.social Gervais and @ryanstecken.bsky.social about their terrific collab, "The Second Son."

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December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Nancy Cole Silverman digs into "A Spy in Saigon." Kat Lawsom is thrust into a web of secrets, double agents, and trafficked children who desperately need her help.

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December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Michelle Yang’s new memoir, "Phoenix Girl," is an inspiring story of resilience, reclamation, and learning to rise from the fire instead of being consumed by it.

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November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor turns inward in "Whispers of the Mind, a Neurologist’s Memoir." Intimate essays on the quiet beauty found at the edge of life and memory.

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November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Dr. Marissa Toussaint's Flambeau Kitchen blends Caribbean heritage with real, sustainable wellness and guidance for conditions like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.

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November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Savannah has always been a city of secrets, but none as haunting as the mystery at the center of Mark Murphy’s new novel, Rose Dhu.

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November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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What if the next world war isn’t fought for ideology or territory, but for quarterly profits? That’s the unsettling premise behind Prophets of War, from Jack Brown.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Some people witness history. Nancy Shear lived it. In "I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms," Nancy shares what it was like to grow up inside America’s classical music world.

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November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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In The Accord, author Mark Peres explores grief, love, and the blurred lines between human and machine through the bond between a professor and her sentient AI.

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November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Meet Gil Gillenwater — real-estate guy, Harley fan, and founder of Rancho Feliz. For 40 years he’s helped families along the U.S.–Mexico border with one surprising motto:

Helping others should be fun.

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October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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What happens when a gemologist writes a thriller? You get "The Fire Diamond"! CB Wilson discusses her new book, the high-stakes world of jewel thieves, and her "diamond detective" protagonist.

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October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Former CIA officer Traci Hunter Abramson trades classified briefings for bestselling novels, written with the kind of authenticity only experience can give.

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October 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Raymond E. Foster, former LAPD lieutenant and renaissance man, discusses "Chasing the Surge: 10,000 Rides into the American Night," his unlikely second act as an Uber driver.

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October 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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In a world where loyalty can be the sharpest weapon, Heather Ogden invites us into the depths of her new dystopian fantasy, The Betrayal—the first in The Lies We Fear series.

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September 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Stephen Postema started running in Kindergarten. His strides through Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 60s and 70s became a metaphor for a city and nation in evolution.

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September 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Sam Daley-Harris has updated and expanded his classic work, Reclaiming Our Democracy. And it's become a playbook for positive change.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Charles Philipp Martin's Rented Grave delves deep into the underbelly of Hong Kong, a city caught between modern ambition and the legacy of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Sharon Eubank offers a wisdom-packed guide on how to enact impactful aid in the world through actions you can initiate in your own backyard.

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September 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Stacy Bass delivers a transformative story of grief, offers a new way into resilience, and illustrates how photographs can be portals & love that loss cannot diminish.

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September 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM