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Review: History of movie academy favors facts over melodrama

Review: History of movie academy favors facts over melodrama

鈥淭he Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences鈥 by Bruce Davis (Brandeis University Press) Film historians and others digging for a deeper vein of Oscar knowledge than mere trivia will turn
Review: WWII novel sets high bar for historical fiction

Review: WWII novel sets high bar for historical fiction

鈥淐radles of the Reich鈥 by Jennifer Coburn (Sourcebooks Landmark) Gundi, Irma and Hilde all find themselves at a Lebensborn Society house for future mothers who are deemed to be racially fit.
Peter Robinson, Toronto-based crime writer behind Inspector Banks series, dies at 72

Peter Robinson, Toronto-based crime writer behind Inspector Banks series, dies at 72

TORONTO 鈥 As the author of the long-running Inspector Banks series, British-Canadian novelist Peter Robinson delved into the cruelest impulses of human nature, spinning intricately plotted tales of deception, revenge and murder.
Lionel Gelber Prize for books on global affairs increases purse to $50K

Lionel Gelber Prize for books on global affairs increases purse to $50K

TORONTO 鈥 A Canadian award for books on global affairs has more than tripled its purse to $50,000.
Jada Pinkett Smith has deal for 'no holds barred' memoir

Jada Pinkett Smith has deal for 'no holds barred' memoir

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Jada Pinkett Smith has a lifetime of thoughts she'd like to set down.
Winfrey, Letterman among moderators for Michelle Obama tour

Winfrey, Letterman among moderators for Michelle Obama tour

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman and Ellen DeGeneres are among the celebrity moderators joining former first lady Michelle Obama on tour for her upcoming book, 鈥淭he Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.
Gayl Jones, Tommie Smith among National Book Award finalists

Gayl Jones, Tommie Smith among National Book Award finalists

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Gayl Jones' 鈥淭he Birdcatcher,鈥 a short, lyrical novel about a writer's trip to Ibiza and the gifted, unstable couple she stays with, is a National Book Award finalist for fiction.
Review: America鈥檚 graveyards reveal surprises, segregation

Review: America鈥檚 graveyards reveal surprises, segregation

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America鈥檚 Cemeteries,鈥 by Greg Melville (Abrams Press) It turns out that America鈥檚 graveyards are much more than keepers of our bodily remains until the organisms within the soil reclaim everything.

Apple-Books-Top-10

US Bestseller List - Paid Books Book Title by Author Name - ISBN - (Publisher) 1. Treasure State by C. J. Box - 9781250768032 - (St. Martin鈥檚 Publishing Group) 2. Verity by Colleen Hoover - 9781538724743 - (Grand Central Publishing) 3.
Naomi Osaka to publish picture book 'The Way Champs Play'

Naomi Osaka to publish picture book 'The Way Champs Play'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Naomi Osaka has some life lessons she'd like to share. The tennis superstar has a deal with HarperCollins Publishers for a children's picture book, 鈥淭he Way Champs Play," scheduled to come out Dec. 6.
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