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Book Review: ‘Gwyneth’ is a portrait of a pioneering and polarizing ‘It girl’ and wellness mogul

Book Review: ‘Gwyneth’ is a portrait of a pioneering and polarizing ‘It girl’ and wellness mogul

“Gwyneth: The Biography,” Amy Odell’s thorough portrait of Gwyneth Paltrow, splits her life and career into two distinct periods: the rise (and fall) of the quintessential ’90s Hollywood “It girl,” and her transformation to wellness mogul with the cr
Book Review: 'The Sleep Room' is the harrowing story of psychiatric care in the 1960s

Book Review: 'The Sleep Room' is the harrowing story of psychiatric care in the 1960s

In the 1960s, a hospital in London held a ward full of women who suffered from a range of mental disorders.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. An Inside Job by Daniel Silva (Harper) 2. The Idaho Four by James Patterson & Vicky Ward (Little, Brown and Company) 3. Edge of Honor by Brad Thor (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 4.
Book Review: ’The Tilting House' is a novel about coming of age in Communist Cuba

Book Review: ’The Tilting House' is a novel about coming of age in Communist Cuba

Yuri is a 16-year-old orphan who lives simply with her religious aunt in a big, old house in Communist Cuba in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Book Review: Grief is profound, painful and personal in this debut novel from J.B. Hwang

Book Review: Grief is profound, painful and personal in this debut novel from J.B. Hwang

“Mendell Station” is Korean American writer J.B. Hwang’s first novel. And it is all about death — its horror, finality and mystery, and, most of all, how those who knew and loved that person must cope.
Shohei Ohtani co-writes children's book starring his dog Decoy

Shohei Ohtani co-writes children's book starring his dog Decoy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is adding author to his list of accomplishments. The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar has co-written a children's book starring his beloved dog, Decoy.

Book Review: ‘The Hiroshima Men’ is a reminder of the horrific human costs of atomic attack

John Hersey was a 32-year-old reporter who returned from Japan with in 1946 with a groundbreaking story that challenged U.S.
Fans say new romance bookstores and online groups are giving the genre some overdue respect

Fans say new romance bookstores and online groups are giving the genre some overdue respect

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Romance novels have always spiced up quiet nights.
In new book, Ellen Burstyn reveals the secret that fueled her award-winning career: poetry

In new book, Ellen Burstyn reveals the secret that fueled her award-winning career: poetry

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn has a book coming out next year that reveals how she has been shaped by the power of words.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. Edge of Honor by Brad Thor (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 2. The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press) 3. These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean (Random House Publishing Group) 4.
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