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Misc Deals Deals May 17, 2024This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today is the first day of the six-day Amazon Book Sale. It includes deals on tablets and ereaders, Amazon Editors’...

Did you have an encyclopedia at home growing up? How did you use it?We had the World Book Encyclopedia when I was small. In my recollection several volumes were missing and I used to play “school” with them. I...

Alice Munro, the revered Canadian author who started writing short stories because she did not think she had the time or the talent to master novels, then stubbornly dedicated her long career to churning out psychologically dense stories that...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Barnes & Noble announced the 24 titles in March being considered for the honor of being named the best in the 2024 Barnes...

THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY, by Claire Messud“Maman and Papa had always talked about how much they loved Algiers, how much a part of them it was … the most beautiful city on earth.” So thinks 8-year-old François, a French...

Welcome to The Book Review Book Club. Every month, we select a book to discuss on our podcast and with our readers. Please leave your thoughts on this month’s book in this article’s comments. And be sure to check...

Bernard Pivot, a French television host who made and unmade writers with a weekly book chat program that drew millions of viewers, died on Monday in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris. He was 89.His death, in a hospital after being diagnosed...

What’s the best book you’ve ever received as a gift?That’s an impossible question. The best in 89 years? How do I know? I remember being given A.P. Wavell’s “Other Men’s Flowers” as a birthday present when I was young....

In April 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was photographed lifting one of his beagles (he had two, named Him and Her) by the ears. The picture, published in Life magazine, caused widespread public outcry. Johnson apologized — and after...

MIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE, by Neil Gaiman and Mark BuckinghamNo contemporary fantasist finds as much texture in the anxiety of children as Neil Gaiman.Kids understand rules and consequences long before they understand reason and proportion, and Gaiman’s most effective...