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Gallery Books We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “View From the East Wing” (to be published Tuesday by Gallery Books), former first lady Jill Biden writes of her four years in the White House, her husband’s debate performance, her advocacy, and the challenges facing the Biden presidency, … Read more

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Weldon Owen We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In July 1962, Marilyn Monroe gave what would be her final interview, with Life Magazine writer Richard Meryman, and her last formal photo shoot, for photographer Allan Grant. She died shortly after the article was published, and the majority of … Read more

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One Signal/Atria Books We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his new book, “Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.” (to be published May 12 by One Signal/Atria Books), CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti, who covered last year’s catastrophic … Read more

Oprah’s Book Club: Author Douglas Stuart reads “John of John” excerpt

Oprah Winfrey selected “John of John” by award-winning author Douglas Stuart, known for “Shuggie Bain,” as her latest book club pick. Watch the author, Douglas Stuart, read an excerpt from his novel that Winfrey calls ” a complex and compelling tale that ultimately showcases the transformational power of love.” Source link

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Avid Reader Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Tom Coyne, the editor of The Golfer’s Journal, teed up for a challenge: taking over operations of a failing nine-hole community golf course in New York’s Catskill Mountains. He writes of his experience, and the tribulations that were par … Read more

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Scribner We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel” (available in Trade Paperback May 13 from Scribner), journalist Paige McClanahan writes about how tourism shapes societies and individuals, and about the need to redefine the meaning of … Read more

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Little, Brown & Co. We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation” (Little, Brown & Co.), South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn, the ninth Black man to represent his state in the House of Representatives, … Read more

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Gallery Books We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Ruthie Rogers is much more than the co-founder and chef behind the Michelin-starred River Café in London. She also hosts the podcast Ruthie’s Table 4, in which she invites famous names to share their food memories. And now, she has … Read more

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Portfolio We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life” (to be published March 31 by Portfolio), New York Times bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks writes of a cultural crisis: an increase in anxiety and depression, concurrent with a rise in social … Read more