#New app gives curated book-club book recommendations

#New app gives curated book-club book recommendations

“#New app gives curated book-club book recommendations” Any book club member will tell you that choosing the right title is half the battle: Pick something too long or dense, and many of the members won’t read it; something too light, and there’s not much to discuss. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by long lists of…

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#How I survived a sinking cruise ship

#How I survived a sinking cruise ship

“#How I survived a sinking cruise ship” In March 2019, Chaney Kwak was a freelance travel writer with a cushy writing assignment: He was traveling aboard the Viking Sky cruise ship on a 12-day jaunt off the Norwegian coast, visiting small towns and cities before making a scheduled arrival in Tilbury, a port near London….

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#’Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’ illustrator Lois Ehlert dead at 86

#’Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’ illustrator Lois Ehlert dead at 86

“#’Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’ illustrator Lois Ehlert dead at 86” Beloved children’s book illustrator Lois Ehlert died of natural causes Tuesday in Milwaukee, her publisher Simon & Schuster said. She was 86. The Wisconsin native was best known for her brightly colored cut-and-paste illustrations in the 1989 book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” The classic book…

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#Poet uses 17 syllables to describe 9 million people of NYC

#Poet uses 17 syllables to describe 9 million people of NYC

“#Poet uses 17 syllables to describe 9 million people of NYC” Peter Goldmark has held many highly impressive jobs, including head of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, program director at the Environmental Defense Fund, and publisher of the International Herald Tribune. Now he can add “author and…

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#The publishing industry has turned into modern-day book burners

#The publishing industry has turned into modern-day book burners

“#The publishing industry has turned into modern-day book burners” Serious accusations have been made against Blake Bailey, the author of an acclaimed new biography of Philip Roth. Bailey has not been convicted of anything, or even criminally charged, yet the book’s publisher, W.W. Norton, announced it was withdrawing the book from print. That doesn’t make…

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