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Shamima Begum: Spy smuggled schoolgirl to Syria where she joined Isis, new book claims

Book claims Canada hired human trafficker to gain insight into recruitment of its own citizens by Isis

The Independent UK

The Unfolding by AM Homes review – jittery tale of Republican conspiracy

Set in the wake of Obama’s election, AM Homes’s satirical prehistory of the Maga movement is caught between two eras

The Guardian - UK

Best books based on films and TV shows

Read the inspiration behind some of the most loved TV shows and films

Evening Standard

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Royal family 'braced for Meghan Markle's bombshell memoir' about life in The Firm

The Royal Family could be facing more explosive revelations with a close contact of Meghan Markle reportedly saying they would be "surprised" if it was not being worked on

Daily Mirror

Obscenity case seeking to bar Barnes & Noble from selling 2 books to minors dismissed by judge

A Virginia Beach Circuit Court judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort to declare two books obscene and unfit for children.

Tribune News Service

Judge tosses suit that tried to deem books obscene for kids

A judge in Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to declare two books as obscene for children and to restrict their distribution to minors by booksellers and libraries

The Independent UK

JK Rowling’s new book features woman who is killed after being accused of transphobia

Author said novel ‘genuinely wasn’t’ a response to the backlash she has received for her comments about transgender rights

The Independent UK

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Inside Diana’s enduring influence as world pays tribute on 25th anniversary of her death

As the world marks 25 years since Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a high-speed car crash in Paris, TND takes a look back at her enduring influence.

The New Daily

Self-portrait: Dominic Hoey

The author of the year's most exciting novel.

Newsroom.co.nz

The Gold Machine review – Iain Sinclair confronts imperial ancestors in Peru trek

In the film of Sinclair’s book, the writer ends up rerouting the story of his great-grandfather’s expedition to the Amazon to its own psychogeographic musings

The Guardian - UK

Corruption in South Africa: new book sets out how ruling ANC lost the battle

One of the greatest benefits of South Africa’s democracy is freedom of speech and publication. Mpumelelo Mkhabela’s book, The Enemy Within, is the latest in a cascade of publications over the last decade that record corruption and theft by leading politicians in the country’s ruling party.

The Conversation

Night Diana confronted Camilla about affair to the utter horror of Prince Charles

In Andrew Morton’s book Diana: Her True Story — In Her Own Words, she recalled the 'worst day of her life' when she realised that Prince Charles had gone back to Camilla despite his promises

Daily Mirror

New Book Narrates Successes, Disappointments of the ‘Battle for Change’ in Damascus

Discussing Sami Moubayed’s book “Tramway: The Road to Modernity Passed through Damascus,” which is scheduled for release by Riad El-Rayyes Books in Beirut in early September, Amin Maalouf said that the new book “awakens nostalgia and some hope.” The release represents the sixth collaboration between Moubayed and El-Rayyes Books.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Author Val McDermid claims Agatha Christie’s estate has warned her over ‘Queen of Crime’ title

Scottish crime writer has called correspondence from Christie’s estate ‘astonishingly pitiful’

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Remember when we thought George W. Bush was the worst president ever?

Twenty years ago next month, President George W. Bush stood before the United Nations and warned that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a "grave and gathering danger," setting the stage for an invasion six months later based on false premises about super-destructive weapons and purported connections to the 9/11 attacks.

The Guardian - UK

Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris review – a master writer leads us on a 17th-century manhunt

This rich and riotous novel, following the search for two of the men who signed Charles I’s death warrant, is also an important book for our own historical moment

Newsroom.co.nz

The book of the affair

Why cheat on someone you love?

The Times of India

Micro review: 'Diana, William, and Harry' by James Patterson and Chris Mooney

International bestselling author James Patterson is back with a new book with co-author Chris Mooney. Ahead of the late Princess Diana's 25th death anniversary on August 31, 2022, Patterson and Mooney's new book titled 'Diana, William, and Harry: The Heartbreaking Story of a Princess and Mother' was published on August…

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The Guardian - UK

Appearing on University Challenge was terrifying – now I’m setting the questions

My mixed experiences on quiz programmes taught me that the real joy lies in acquiring knowledge, not showing it off, says writer Lillian Crawford

Reason

How J.K. Rowling Became Targeted by Both Progressive Millennials and Christian Conservatives

Perhaps Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has the mark of a great story—everyone can find cause both to love it and to hate it.

Dublin Live

Dublin schoolgirl stars in new book about her rare skin disease

Maria Maciukas, 7, will start her first day in her new primary school, Scoil Bhride Cailini in Blanchardstown, this Thursday

Tribune News Service

Travel for Two: Writer's plantation in Kenya a novel place for a getaway

If ever there was a single place that evokes a sense of romance, it would have to be Bogani, also called Mbogani, author Karen Blixen’s stately home where she lived in a leafy neighborhood just outside of Nairobi near the Ngong Hills.

Daily Record

Outlander fans left hanging as Diana Gabaldon hints at end for Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe

The 70-year-old author took to social media to suggest that Sam and Caitriona may not be featured in the prequel.

Tribune News Service

They named a school after him, and now they’re not sure if students should read his book

DALLAS — You name a new school building after a man or woman, and decades later few remember who that person was. In the case of the late George Dawson of Dallas — he of George Dawson Middle School fame in Southlake’s Carroll ISD — the reason his name is…

The Times of India

J.K. Rowling reveals why she missed 'Harry Potter' reunion

In a recent interview, 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling finally revealed why she missed the Harry Potter reunion earlier this year. Her reason was pretty simple- that she didn't feel like attending it!

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