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Book Review: Travel needn’t break the bank: Huntington artist pens guide for traveling on a budget
Daily Hampshire Gazette - Massachusetts
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Book Review: “Travel on $50/Day (or less!)” by Steve Hamlin (privately published, 113 pages). When I was a little girl, my parents’ library included a copy of Arthur Frommer’s “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day.” Even then, this guidebook was out of date....
Trans row fails to dent Harry Potter as rare complete collection of first edition books signed by JK Rowling sells for £120,000
Scottish Daily Express
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July 24, 2025
JK Rowling's opinions on trans genders right has failed to put a dent in the value of rare Harry Potter books following a recent sale for more than £100,000 of her iconic stories. At a recent auction a rare set of first edition Harry Potter books,...
Children’s book author to visit Bethany Beach Books
Coastal Point - Delaware
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Children's book author Stephanie Guzman will appear at Bethany Beach Books on July 30, featuring her Oliver the Clownfish series. Coastal Point | Submitted Bethany Beach Books will host Stephanie Guzman, author of “The Adventures of Oliver the...
How Do I Find A Non-Fiction Book I Won’t Hate?
Defector
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July 24, 2025
Welcome to Ask The Book Doctor, a recurring series about books and reading them. It can be nice to have a solid brand. For example, I always order the same drinks at the bar, so if I am running late, and I ask someone to order for me, I always get...
BOOK REVIEW: 75 is the new 40: An Ode to Aging Elegantly
New National Star
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July 23, 2025
By Leonora Ifeanyichukwu Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika What does it mean to live a life without hesitation? To live a life worth reminiscing about within the colorless walls of a hospital? These are the kinds of...
BOOK REVIEW: The Wabanaki forest explained and cherished
Saltwire
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The book, published by the Blomidon Naturalists Society (BNS), challenges all of us to consider forests as more than just trees that can supply fibre for various human uses such as lumber, pulp, and woodchips. Forests are so much more – unique...
Book Review: Prairie Valkyries Don’t Canter
Independent Book Review
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July 23, 2025
Prairie Valkyries Don’t Canter by Cecil Homer Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798891326323 Print Length: 352 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Reviewed by Eric Mayrhofer Cecil Homer’s Prairie Valkyries Don’t Canter is a book that wrestles with some...
Something for everyone: Rummage sale helps fund Deubrook Backpack Program
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By John KubalThe Brookings Register BROOKINGS — The Deubrook Backpack Program has a simple mission: Donyce Eekhoff, a long-time volunteer, notes that it “sends home nutritional food for children who are identified by the school that might need...
SBC DIGEST: New fall B&H books; MBTS Journal of Theology
Baptist Press - Tennessee
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July 24, 2025
B&H Academic books bring attention to ‘profound depth of Scripture and beauty of Christ’ By Jill Waggoner/Lifeway BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — B&H Academic, an imprint of Lifeway Christian Resources, has a lineup of significant theological, historical and...
NBRP visits PREMIUM TIMES, affirms commitment to promote book reading in Nigeria
Premium Times
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July 24, 2025
The Abuja Chapter of the Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters in Nigeria (NBRP) has affirmed its commitment to promoting literature and advancing reading culture throughout Nigeria. NBRP officials made this declaration during a...
Watch this space! JK Rowling's PR team considers our offer to print Sturgeon book review
Scottish Daily Express
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July 23, 2025
A member of JK Rowling's PR team has confirmed that the Scottish Daily Express's offer to print an unedited review of Nicola Sturgeon's memoir is under consideration. We contacted the author on Monday after she said: "Calling all British...
Greater Mankato Growth to Host Steve Grove, CEO and Publisher of Star Tribune on July 29th
Radio Mankato - Minnesota
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July 24, 2025
Greater Mankato Growth is pleased to host Steve Grove, CEO and Publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune, for a discussion of his new memoir, “How I Found Myself in the Midwest,” on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. “We are pleased to welcome Steve Grove to...
This week’s bestselling books – July 25
Newsroom
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July 24, 2025
NONFICTION 1 A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern (Penguin Random House, $59.99) A free copy of the biggest-selling book for years and years and years was up for grabs in last week’s giveaway contest. Readers were asked to say why they...
Biden's Book Deal Flops
Red State
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July 24, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. In what many are calling a humiliating deal, former President Joe Biden’s post-White House memoir has fetched a lackluster $10 million...
Amid ethics concerns, MD state senator says he’s not making money from published books
The Daily Record - Maryland
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July 24, 2025
Key takeaways: Sen. Mike McKay published summaries of the last two sessions on Amazon. He said the books are also available for free and funded by campaign dollars. Ethics concerns were raised over use of staff and book branding. McKay says he’ll...
Life around sea captured by veteran waterman photographer Russell Ord in collab with Alex Workman book
The West Australian
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July 24, 2025
One of the region’s most respected photographers and watermen has launched a new book titled Life Around The Sea. Partnering with Australian surfing journalist Alex Workman, the new book from Cowaramup-based international photographer Russell Ord...
50 fiction books featured on Bookends with Mattea Roach If you're wondering what to read next this summer, this list of fiction books featured on the first season of CBC Radio's Bookends with Mattea Roach is a good place to start. Books -Bookends |17 …
CBC/Radio-Canada
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If you're wondering what to read next this summer, this list of fiction books featured on the first season of CBC Radio's Bookends with Mattea Roach is a good place to start. On the show, Roach talks to authors from Canada and around the world....
Reading List Canadian sci-fi and fantasy novels under 300 pages to read this summer CBC Books recommends a list of 10 Canadian speculative fiction books for the reluctant fantasy reader to try this summer. Books |3 hours ago
CBC/Radio-Canada
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The world of speculative fiction — stories that stray from everyday reality — can feel daunting for readers of contemporary novels. What often comes to mind are multiple-book fantasy series like Game of Thrones or an epic space odyssey like Frank...
Kerri Rundstrom solves a mystery: Farmville native becomes author
The Farmville Herald
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July 26, 2025
Published 1:15 pm Saturday, July 26, 2025 As a registered nurse, Farmville native Kerri Rundstrom deals with all kinds of sicknesses and sees firsthand the impact on patients and families. In her regular job, she also has to figure out ways of...
Book review: Languages of conversion
Taipei Times
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July 23, 2025
Christopher Joby’s fascinating new work zooms in on the seventeenth century occupation of Taiwan by the Spanish and Dutch East India Company In a recent non-fiction book review for this newspaper, I declared at the outset that the subject was one...