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First Lady memoirs, past and present

Nov 18 2018: The Washington Post looks at First Lady memoirs past and present, starting with Julia Grant:

When former first lady Julia Grant finished her memoir in 1899, with the help of one Mark Twain, she couldn’t find a publisher for it.

"My book, on which I have built so ...

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National Book Award Winners announced including first winner of the Translated Literature category

Nov 15 2018: The 2018 National Book Award Winners have been announced. See them all on BookBrowse including the first winner of the new Translated Literature category.

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Birdwatching with Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't the only danger to birds'

Nov 14 2018: ‘The two things I love most are novels and birds, and they’re both in trouble,’ says The Corrections author, one of the world’s most famous birdwatchers, in an extensive interview in The Guardian

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500 indie bookstores to take part in sixth Indies First celebration on Small Business Saturday

Nov 13 2018: With less than 10 days to go until Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday shopping season, independent bookstores around the country are finalizing their plans for the sixth annual Indies First celebration. Held every year on Small Business Saturday, the day after ...

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Amazon Picks NYC, Arlington, Va., as New HQ Sites

Nov 13 2018: Amazon confirmed Tuesday morning that it has chosen sites in New York City and Northern Virginia as the locations for its new headquarters. As previously reported, the New York City office will be located in the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens. The Northern ...

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Stan Lee, chief writer and editor of Marvel Comics dies aged 95

Nov 12 2018: Stan Lee, who as chief writer and editor of Marvel Comics helped create some of the most enduring superheroes of the 20th century and was a major force behind the breakout successes of the comic-book industry in the 1960s and early ’70s, died on Monday in Los Angeles. ...

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Amazon backs down after booksellers in 27 countries protest

Nov 08 2018: A worldwide strike by antiquarian booksellers against an Amazon subsidiary proved successful after two days, with the retailer apologizing and saying it would cancel the actions that prompted the protest.

It was a rare concerted uprising against any part of Amazon by...

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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, long-time-serving New York Times book critic, dies at 84

Nov 08 2018: Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, a nationally influential literary critic for The New York Times for three decades, who wrote some 4,000 reviews and essays, mostly for the daily column Books of The Times, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 84.

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