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The last resortby Sarah Stodola (Ecco). Delving into the histories of more than twenty seaside towns from the Jersey coast to Indonesia, this chronicle of corrosive tourism describes a pattern of overdevelopment which, in our current…

Eli N. Evans, an author and memoirist who explored through the lens of his family the history of the Jews of the American South - a population called the Dixie Diaspora - died July 26 in a New York hospital. He was 85 years old.The cause…

Comment this storyCommentEarly in the pandemic, teachers and librarians pleaded with a major nonprofit to make it easier for children at home to access books in its digital library.The organization, called the Internet Archive, agreed.…

Comment this storyCommentIt begins, fittingly, with a song about freedom. And Frederick Douglass singing it.Yes, this Frederick Douglass, the polymath abolitionist, writer and political thinker, who escaped slavery and became one of the…

In 2019, Chris Dennis, affectionately known as "Hollywood Superman", passed away after more than two decades of bringing joy to fans, and the documentary's first short film, The dual screens tomorrow. The LA Shorts Festival takes place…

TheWrap examines third-party data for 'The Mandalorian', 'The Book of Boba Fett' and 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' to determine which show rules the franchise's small-screen universe Nielsen Nielsen Streaming Audience top 10 lists counts for the…

Comment this storyCommentTwo landmark Supreme Court decisions in June hinged on history — one on abortion and the other on gun rights. The court's conservative majority applied a nostalgic view of the past to make it harder to limit the…

49 photos that show America is a dystopian nightmare 1. Let's start with a photo that basically sums up what America looks like right now. 2. There is also, of course, the gun…

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. – Two years ago, when Vanessa Nicolle was in the Navy, she started the online bookstore Woman Fire Books and eventually gained a small following on Instagram.Her passion project was put on hold when she was deployed…

BOYLE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – A country music artist from central Kentucky has released a new children's book that he hopes will teach children to trust and support law enforcement.Eddie Montgomery, of Montgomery Gentry, co-author of "Police…

The trustee of a literary estate has a difficult job. Get too free with a dead writer's copyright and you might end up with Arthur Rimbaud novelty items; act too quickly to burn the materials, because Emily Dickinson's sister and…

In the pre-internet era, in the era when the caterpillar of a dial-up modem was still just an incredibly irritating dream, books were the place to go when we wanted to explore provocative material. Like lists. (What did you think I meant?)…

Placeholder while loading article actionsRepublican U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance of Ohio is in the news with a recent discovery 2021 interview where he called for a total ban on pornography and also blamed contraception, abortion and…

Determined to break into film, he went to Hollywood, where he wrote a screenplay called "Salka Valka" or "A Woman in Trousers", with Greta Garbo in the lead for the title role. The film had a good chance of being produced by MGM, until…

Placeholder while loading article actionsIsabella Courchesne was about to enjoy an Italian submarine at New York's LaGuardia Airport when she received an alert familiar to many July 4 travelers: her flight had been delayed.Courchesne was…

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Brandon Nakashima extended America's charge at Wimbledon this year when he ousted last year's semi-finalist Denis Shapovalov with a 6-2 4-6 6-1 7-6 victory (6) in the second round Thursday.Nakashima became the…

Colchester - First coach Andreas Bisbikos has asked the city's public library to remove a book about American entertainer and drag queen RuPaul, claiming it contained a sexually provocative image.According to Colchester Library!-->…

A discussion of Khabaar, a culinary memoir and personal narrative that weaves South Asian food's global journeys through immigration, migration and engagement, will be held virtually with author Madhushree Ghosh at 2 p.m. on the 30th June.…

Somehow we're halfway through 2022, which has resulted in a series of lists of the best books of 2022 so far, including Barnes & Nobles and Squire.Far be it from me to let anyone else have a head start on what books we should be talking…

The Scopes lawsuit on the evolution of teaching in schools has made headlines in the United States. (Image: Lib. of Congress)American society is changing. Or does it? Nearly 100 years after Scopes' "trial of the monkeys" pitted…

I Prevail has just booked a series of North American tour dates in 2022, consisting of two legs, with support from Pierce the Veil, Fit for a King and more.The first trek will begin September 9 in Asbury Park, NJ through October 9 in…

Placeholder while loading article actionsDom Phillips, a Brazil-based British journalist who had written for the Washington Post, the Guardian and other news outlets and was a leading columnist of the devastating environmental effects of…

MORGANTOWN, WV — Fifth-year senior right-handed pitcher Trey Braithwaite of the West Virginia University baseball team has been named a third-team All-America by the National College Baseball…

Carolista Baum is known to have found herself in front of a bulldozer that had to level the high sand dune of Jockeys Ridge and replace it with a condominium project. Photo: Outer Banks History Center. Reprinted from the Ocracoke…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Pete Hegseth details the "destruction" of government education and how the left has weaponized the classroom as a way to control the political sphere in his…

After finishing fifth and second in the last two NTT INDYCAR SERIES races, Alexander Rossi appears to be back in championship form with Andretti Autosport. The driver of the #27 NAPA AUTO PARTS/AutoNation Honda…

BOSTON, MA, June 09, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jevon White's book chronicles his trip to Ethiopia and his chance encounter with the guardian monk of the Ark of the Covenant, who became a mentor and father figure teaching him, among other…

Ms. Marvel can walk through the air and fire giant energy "fists". She battles bad guys in a costume fashioned from a blue burkini accented with a gold lightning bolt.But for the girls at Dr. Ronald McNair University High School in Jersey…

For the editor:Regarding “America May Be Broken Beyond Repair,” by Michelle Goldberg (column, May 28):Ms. Goldberg argues that America is irreparable and that a good portion of the population is ready for another insurrection, regardless of…

Samella Lewis, a black artist and art historian who did more than expose the racial blinders of the white art establishment, in part by founding a museum dedicated to promoting black arts, died May 27 in Torrance, California, near Los…

Placeholder while loading article actionsChester E. Finn Jr., known as Checker, is 77. His first contact with the national assessment of educational progress, known as our nation's report card, was in 1969. It was then that he received a…

History links Champagne, Ill. – Daniel Rodrigues and Connor ThompsonThe historic run in the…

No. 2 Riverton and No. 7 Pleasant Grove met at Larry H. Miller Field Wednesday afternoon in the first game of two with a 6A State Baseball Championship Series berth on the line. The Silverwolves beat…

Placeholder while loading article actionsThere are a fascinating scene from the 1943 film “Stormy Weather” which, however brief, sums up the virtuoso brilliance of dancer John W. Bubbles. According to the penetrating and revealing new…

Fearing illness from a foreign country, public health officials clamped down on travel and trade, imposing lengthy quarantines. These measures have curbed tourism, raised the price of goods and slowed their distribution. The…

May 16, 2022Nikole Hannah Jones was a 16-year-old high school student when the seed was planted for what would lead to her becoming the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the Project 1619–The New York Times magazineThe award-winning…

More censorship on the horizon, but rooted in politics A new district-wide policy for library book selection was officially released on Tuesday, April 10. The policy would allow the school board to decide which books…

A Chicago teenager uses her voice and writes it down to share and celebrate her Chinese-American heritage. Kara Eng, 16, says she is posting her story not only to raise awareness but also to inspire others. Eng grew up…

The recent release "ON THE PATH WITH PRESTON SHANK; A Great American Novelette" by Covenant Books author Garland B. Johnson is the gripping story of a man whose beloved routine has gone off the rails, raising existential questions.…

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Native American student's work features in Lady Gaga's anthology of short stories about kindness, compassion and community Back in high school, Hana Manga, a Native American student living in Washington, DC, began working with Born This…

Placeholder while loading article actionsFor young women in the 1960s, taking flight and becoming a flight attendant was a bold move. Airlines have bragged about the number of rejected applicants who did not meet strict beauty and weight…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans on Wednesday proposed legislation that would pay more attention to books placed in public school libraries, moments after the bill's sponsor said any…

Placeholder while loading article actionsAs far as we know, nor a new addition to a beloved series about famous Americans called "Who is Barack Obama?" nor "Muffin Wars," a book about a child detective, has harmed any child.Bullets,…

Jhe great abuses of power by the Richard Nixon administration, collectively remembered as Watergate, had one huge upside: they inspired a series of laws that greatly strengthened American democracy.This new book from the Brookings…

When Louise Paulsen was a child in Denmark, her mother joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A working single mother, Paulsen's mother didn't quite fit the mold of womanhood as presented in the US-led church, but she was…

FAYETTEVILLE- Anthony Black, a five-star guard and McDonald's All-American, has become the sixth high school signee to solidify Arkansas' best recruiting class in program history, the Razorback head coach announced today. , Eric…

Editor's Note: Opinions expressed by Elissa Malespina and Martha Hickson, who both spoke to NJ Advance Media for this article, are their own. They were not speaking on behalf of their respective school districts or as educators.There is a…

Free Comic Book Day is an annual event hosted by the North American comics industry and iconic publishers like Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics to make free comic books available to readers everywhere. country. The five…

Please join UCI New Swan Shakespeare Center practically on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Going through Zoom for a conference entitled "The Psalms as Literature" by Prof. Robert Alter (UC…

Steven S. Koblik gave the following presidents of Reed College a gift: In 1995, he declared that the college would no longer cooperate with US News and World Report on his academic standing. Colin Diver, who succeeded Koblik, writes that…

Each year, UC Santa Cruz's five academic divisions—Arts, Baskin School of Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Physical and Biological Sciences—select one former graduate student/a/i as a distinguished graduate student. The awards…

A teenager exaggerates their disgusted expression. They articulate the trendy sound of a Korean-accented voice saying, “ah disgusting naemse ganayo… disgusting shet.” The video is overlaid with…

April is Arab-American Heritage Month. April received the designation from the US State Department last year, and yesterday Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released the following statement: This month, we recognize National…

The Franklin Regional School District's curriculum committee convened a special meeting earlier this week, in which its members voted to "reinstate the hiatus" from teaching Marjane Satrapi's 2004 graphic novel "Persepolis," which takes…

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - After playing DC Comics' Joker, Oscar winner Jared Leto takes on Marvel's Morbius in the first big-screen adaptation of the vampire-like character."It was an amazing opportunity," Leto told Reuters in an…

When President Barack Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act 12 years ago, it was intended to lower the cost of health insurance for those who qualify and increase the number of Americans with access to health care. But despite the…

“Southern Discomfort” was the phrase author Adele Myers used to describe the subject of her recently launched novel, “The Tobacco Wives,”…

FFifteen years after winning the Pulitzer for his latest novel The Road, it was confirmed earlier this month that Cormac McCarthy will publish two new books later this year. The first of the long-awaited novels is due out in October,…

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ALBANY — The New York Ethics Commission passed a motion Friday night again ordering former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to repay $5.1 million in book royalties. And this time, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics is taking on an almost certain…

Maureen Howard, who first came to attention in 1965 with her novel "Bridgeport Bus," which came to be seen as a precursor to second-wave feminism, and went on to write ambitious and acclaimed books for 45 years older, died on Sunday in…

By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press"Destroying the Steamer Sultana" by Gene Eric Salecker (Naval Institute Press)Nearly 1,200 people perished when the steamer Sultana exploded and burned in the early morning hours of April 27, 1865 in the…

"Totally Pizza: The Wild History of the World's Most Famous Food" by Mark Masker The subtitle of the book "Totally Pizza" is "The Wild Story of the World's Most Famous Food". It leads the reader to believe that there is only…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) — Book bans continue to be a hot topic across the country.As efforts mount to remove books from school shelves, a teacher in Savannah is doing something about it.Richard Clifton is an English teacher at the Savannah…

Robert Kerbeck failed as an actor. But, as a corporate spy, he gave Oscar-worthy performances. Working with nothing more than a phone and a laptop, he convinced executives, assistants and receptionists at…

Frances Meredith of Raleigh, North Carolina, used an American Airlines-branded credit card for everything from groceries to medical expenses during the pandemic, racking up points with nowhere to spend them. It meant she had a lot to…

Former Attorney General William Barr spent nearly two years interfering for a dangerously unfit president. Now, in a brazen but not very persuasive attempt to clean up his image in history, Barr is warning that his ex-boss,…

"Books on Tape was the vendor to consider if you were selling to libraries because they created a lot of content," said Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio Publishers Association. "Everyone saw Duvall and Sigrid as industry…

WASHINGTON — In a rare official press conference in January, President Biden hailed the $1 trillion infrastructure package that Democrats and Republicans recently endorsed, promising that miles of roads would be rebuilt, railroads and…

The death of Chris Burden in 2015, aged just 69, ended one of the most protean and captivating artistic careers of the past half-century. In the early 1970s, he created now-legendary works using his own body by having a friend shoot him in…

Shang Chithe director of has started production on his chinese born american Disney+ series. Following the success of the MCU movie, Destin Daniel Cretton has been announced for the streaming service. It will be a comedy…

I found them just as annoying as many of you, and while they brought in good ad revenue for the site, I refuse to put money on the quality of the experience here. So thank you for your patience while we work to remove them. Now we…

The 35-year-old Spanish southpaw beat lucky American loser Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-2 to book a hard-court date with American Stefan Kozlov in the…

UNC University Libraries and the Carolina Latinx Center are collaborating on a new collection of AfroLatinx Authors & Stories books.…

New law required publishers to offer e-books to libraries on reasonable termsFederal Judge Says State Law Conflicts With Copyright Law(Reuters) - A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the state's first law of its kind that requires…

Creative local solutions are blooming across the United States, right under the noses of many national journalists and most news consumers, a pair of successful journalists at Brigham Young University said Tuesday. Over the past decade,…

In The Long Crisis: New York and the Path to Neoliberalism, Benjamin Holtzman does an in-depth examination of the 50-year shift to neoliberal governance in America's largest city. Glyn Robbins writes that the book's detailed and…