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June 24, 2017
‘The Force,’ By Don Winslow : NPR
This content was originally published by Jason Sheehan on 24 June 2017 | 11:00 am. Source link “How do you cross the line? Step by step.” Internal monologue is a staple in cop books. There are rules, things you do and things you don’t, and if the cop in your cop book can’t talk to […]
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26 Missing Genes and the Exuberant Affections They Lead To
This content was originally published by RUTH PADAWER on 23 June 2017 | 9:00 am. Source link Williams is caused by the deletion of only 26 of the estimated 20,000 genes that form a person’s DNA. But the impact of that minuscule deletion is enormous. Photo Although most children with Williams have an I.Q. and […]
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The Line Between Speech and Censorship at Bookstores
This content was originally published by on 23 June 2017 | 4:00 am. Source link How should booksellers respond to books that challenge their ability to host an event while also offending their own political or moral principles? A BookExpo panel tried to answer just that. Source link
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‘The End of Eddy’ Recounts Growing Up Amid Homophobia And Violence : NPR
This content was originally published by on 24 June 2017 | 12:01 pm. Source link In The End of Eddy, French author Edouard Louis writes about his experience growing up gay and abused in industrial France. He speaks to NPR’s Melissa Block. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Edouard Louis never dreamed he’d be a writer. He grew […]
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What a World Tour of Tax Codes Can Teach the U.S. About How to Reform Its Own
This content was originally published by DAVID CAY JOHNSTON on 23 June 2017 | 9:00 am. Source link Reid takes us on a world tour of tax systems and the efforts to reform them. He approaches this most disliked specialty of the dismal science of economics with a wry voice and a light touch. And […]
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B&N Eyes Revenue Growth
This content was originally published by on 23 June 2017 | 4:00 am. Source link While the bookseller was able to improve its bottom line through cost savings, executives know they need to find ways to fix stalled sales. Source link
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‘Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud,’ By Anne Helen Petersen : NPR
This content was originally published by Annalisa Quinn on 24 June 2017 | 2:00 pm. Source link In the seventh century B.C., the poet Semonides of Amorgos wrote a catalog of unmanageable women. First, there are the women who resemble pigs, “resting in filth and growing fat.” Other women, he writes, are yapping dogs, who […]
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The Book Review Podcast: ‘The Boy Who Loved Too Much’
This content was originally published by on 23 June 2017 | 4:11 pm. Source link Jennifer Latson talks about “The Boy Who Loved Too Much”; Daniel Menaker discusses two new books about how to understand others and make ourselves understood. Source link
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A Case for Multimedia Storytelling
This content was originally published by on 23 June 2017 | 4:00 am. Source link A teacher and editor of a digital journal argues for interactive media’s importance in publishing. Source link
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June 23, 2017
Book Deals: Week of June 26, 2017
This content was originally published by on 23 June 2017 | 4:00 am. Source link The editor-in-chief of Astronomy magazine sells a book about galaxies, cozy bestseller Joanna Fluke gets seven figures at Kensington, Christina Dodd sells a new trilogy to HQN, and more in this week’s notable book deals. Source link
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