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Gap between richest and the rest creates a land of disappointed citizens: economist

Gap between richest and the rest creates a land of disappointed citizens: economist

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia economist Lars Osberg's latest book on the widening gap between the very richest and the rest argues the trend is creating disappointed Canadians prone to distrusting one another and their governments.
A Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism

A Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its shelves — some dealing humorously with flatulence and others with issues including sex, gender identity and racism — argued its case Tuesday before 18 federal appeals court judges

A Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism

A Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its shelves — some dealing humorously with flatulence and others with issues including sex, gender identity and racism — argued its case Tuesday before 18 federal appeals court judges amid questions on w

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave (S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books) 3. The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore (One More Chapter) 4.
Book Review: Sally Rooney’s latest novel 'Intermezzo' examines unacknowledged grief

Book Review: Sally Rooney’s latest novel 'Intermezzo' examines unacknowledged grief

Ivan and Peter Koubek’s father has just died, but neither seems willing to talk much about it, let alone to one another. After all, it’s not like the two brothers are even friends.

Book Review: 'America First' is a resonant history of FDR's fight against isolationist movement

Historian H.W. Brands' “America First: Roosevelt vs Lindbergh in the Shadow of War" barely mentions former President Donald Trump or the 2024 election. But it could be one of the most relevant books to read for this year's presidential campaign.
Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in ‘The Barn’

Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in ‘The Barn’

“The barn… is long and narrow with sliding doors in the middle,” writes Wright Thompson in ‘The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi.
Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.
Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.

50 years after 'The Power Broker,' Robert Caro's dreams are still coming true

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert A. Caro stands between two giant columns in a second-floor library of the New-York Historical Society, looking out on dozens of friends, family members and colleagues. A research room named for him looms behind.
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