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T.J. Newman returns with a novel that's on par with summer movie blockbusters

T.J. Newman returns with a novel that's on par with summer movie blockbusters

Time is a precious commodity and some readers need to be hooked from page one. T.J.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Identity by Nora Roberts - 9781250284327 - (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Tom Clancy Flash Point by Don Bentley - 9780593422793 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 3.
Griffin-nominated poet Susan Musgrave on what happens after the worst

Griffin-nominated poet Susan Musgrave on what happens after the worst

After spending years on high alert, anticipating the worst and attempting to prevent it, Susan Musgrave is learning to live with its aftermath.
Presidential hopeful DeSantis inspires push to make book bans easier in Republican-controlled states

Presidential hopeful DeSantis inspires push to make book bans easier in Republican-controlled states

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov.
Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries

Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from school libraries, under a bill Republican Iowa Gov.

Review: 'The 1998 Yankees’ revisits team 25 years later

“The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever,” by Jack Curry (Twelve) Twenty-five years ago this fall, the New York Yankees won the World Series for the 24th time, part of a six-year run in which they won baseball’s champion

Rare James M. Cain story 'Blackmail' published for first time

NEW YORK (AP) — PLEASE SEND FRIDAY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT The characters are pure noir: Pat, a “dark, heavily handsome thick-shouldered" young man; Myra, a “cheesecakey” woman whose “thick blonde hair" fell “off her bare head to brilliant brassy effect.

Publishers Weekly Best-Selling Books

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Happy Place” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 2. “Only the Dead" by Jack Carr (Atria) 3. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 5.
Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would set new standards and ratings for sexually explicit material in order to ban books from public and charter school libraries, under a bill given final passage by the state Senate late Tuesday night and sent to Republic
Social media star and influencer Tinx really wants you to take her advice and live your best life

Social media star and influencer Tinx really wants you to take her advice and live your best life

“I need you to not wait three weeks for that loser to text you back when he's not going to,” said Christina Najjar, best-known to her social media followers and podcast listeners as Tinx, in an interview over Zoom. This is classic Tinx.