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Book Review: 'UFO' is a detailed look at the history of the search for the truth that's out there

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The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

Historian wins £50,000 Wolfson History Prize for book about resistance movements fighting the Nazis

Halik Kochanski, who has taught at King’s College and University College London, wins prestigious prize for her work Resistance

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2023

'The Expanse' authors to launch epic new space opera 'The Mercy of Gods' in August 2024

A first look and description of James S.A. Corey's upcoming sci-fi novel, "The Mercy of Gods," from the authors of 'The Expanse.'

Space · Nov 13, 2023

Book Review: Mitch Albom spins moving Holocaust tale in ’The Little Liar’

Mitch Albom’s latest pocket-sized novel packs quite a punch, writes Associated Press reviewer Rob Merrill

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

Librarians bring employment complaint over book bans in Texas and other states

Texas county is challenging lawsuit against book ban

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

Only romance bookstore in Chicago off to a happy beginning

Founder of Last Chapter Book Shop in Roscoe Village says about 2,500 customers each week visit the emporium devoted to romance novels.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 13, 2023

The Fourth Sister by Laura Scott review – the deadliest slur of all?

The poet pays homage to Chekhov in her second collection, in which boredom is both feared and acknowledged and desperation tussles with wit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023

In brief: Water; Wise Gals; Bazball – reviews

The powerful tale of a traumatised woman’s search for a fresh start; the CIA’s debt to a group of female spies; and the tale of test cricket’s latest buzzword

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

Raised to see Israel as a ‘Jewish Disneyland’, two US film-makers are telling a different story

A new documentary argues some young Jewish Americans – including the directors themselves – have been raised in a system that demands pro-Israel activism

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2023

‘It never ends’: the book club that spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake

The group in Venice, California, started the difficult James Joyce book in 1995. They reached its final page in October

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2023