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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 2. War by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) 3. Framed by Jim Mccloskey & John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 4.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book
Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons

Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons

“Framed: Astonishingly True Stories of Wrongful Convictions,” by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Doubleday) and “The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men and a 20-Year Fight for Justice“ by Dan Slepian (Celadon) —- It’s painful to read t
Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague's beguiling new novel

Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague's beguiling new novel

Americans love road trips. Or at least American writers love them as metaphors of self-discovery.
Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in ‘Memorials'

Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in ‘Memorials'

Richard Chizmar, who co-wrote parts of the “Gwendy” trilogy with Stephen King from 2017-2022 (“Gwendy’s Button Box” and “Gwendy’s Final Task”), has written his longest novel yet and readers should not be surprised that it reads, at least somewhat, li
DeMar DeRozan's book on mental health adds to the conversation that he helped start in the NBA

DeMar DeRozan's book on mental health adds to the conversation that he helped start in the NBA

For DeMar DeRozan, this path toward improved mental health started with writing a tweet. It led to him writing a book. Being in Sacramento isn’t the only new part of DeRozan’s story entering this NBA season.
Lawyer for family members of Pickton's victims wants copy of killer's 'tell all book'

Lawyer for family members of Pickton's victims wants copy of killer's 'tell all book'

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver lawyer representing families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton says he and his clients want to read a copy of a "tell all book" seized from Pickton's cell after he died following an attack in a Quebec prison.

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye receives $100,000 lifetime achievement award

NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Shihab Nye is this year's winner of the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 lifetime achievement honor named for the celebrated 20th century poet.

Kate McKinnon to host National Book Awards next month. Jon Batiste will perform live

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's National Book Awards 75th anniversary ceremony won't only be a tribute to literature. Expect some laughs and some music, too.