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Book Review: ‘The Tiny Things Are Heavier’ is a reflection on young adulthood and migration
Lethbridge Herald
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June 23, 2025
By Canadian Press on June 23, 2025. “The Tiny Things Are Heavier,” by author Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, is a reflection on young adulthood, migration, cultural misunderstanding and family relationships. Okonkwo’s debut novel is at turns amusing...
Book review: Surveillance & privacy
MIT Technology Review
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June 23, 2025
As another new book makes clear, this conversation also needs to include student data. Lindsay Weinberg’s Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age reveals how the motivations and interests of Big Tech are transforming higher...
Book Review | Nation Branding in the Americas
The London School of Economics and Political Science
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June 22, 2025
Nation Branding in the Americas by Efe Sevin, César Jiménez-MartÍnez and Pablo Miño explores how countries across the Americas use branding to shape their image internationally, attract investment and build political influence. Drawing on rich...
Book Review: A Good Life by Karl Lorenz Willett
Independent Book Review
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June 23, 2025
A Good Life by Karl Lorenz Willett Genre: Memoir / Diseases & Disorders ISBN: 9781805417118 Print Length: 366 pages Reviewed by Addison Ciuchta Karl Lorenz Willett writes with honesty and hope. More like a glimpse into his mind rather than the...
Book Reviews with the Burnham: SuperMutant Magic Academy
Colchester Sun - Vermont
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Editor's note: "Book Reviews with the Burnham" is a book review series submitted by Burnham Memorial Library staff members, which runs in the Sun every other week. SuperMutant Magic Academy, a young adult graphic novel by Jillian Tamaki, is a...
STARRED Book Review: Repeat As Needed
Independent Book Review
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June 23, 2025
Reviewed by Warren Maxwell Melding poetic forms, candid conversations, and calls against injustice, these poems are confessional, communal, rage-filled, compassionate, and above all, kind. “Dustin’s instinct is to argue against the...
Book Reviews with the Burnham: Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry
Colchester Sun - Vermont
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Middle Grade Novel: Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry Published: Clarion Books, 2024 Submitted by Sophie Marks, Youth Services This may be my own vanity, but I enjoy reading about characters who share my name, Sophie. I'm in good company, thanks to...
The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman: thrilling tales of rogue women practising their ‘dark arts’ – book review –
Lancaster Guardian
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June 23, 2025
When two young women – both born with the extraordinary gift of ‘sight’ – become caught up in the terrors of the French Revolution, they discover that their fates could be forged or broken by the simple turn of a card. Thrilling tales of rogue...
Author Karen Lloyd to discuss "Intraterrestrials" at Northshire Bookstore event
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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MANCHESTER -- The Northshire Bookstore is proud to host author and biologist Karen Lloyd to discuss her book "Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth." The event will take place on July 5 at 6 p.m. Life thrives in the deepest,...
Authors to Speak at Senior Center June 26
Whitewater Banner - Wisconsin
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June 23, 2025
Carol McLernon will talk about her books at the Senior Center 504 W. Starin Rd. at 1p.m. on Thursday, June 26. She will be joined by Elkhorn author, Kay Pleuss Meyer who illustrated “Black Hawk: A Boy and his Vision”. Meyer has always had a love...
Book Reviews with the Burnham: "Force of Nature, A Novel of Rachel Carson" by Ann E. Burg
Colchester Sun - Vermont
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Editor's note: Book reviews with the Burnham is a series of book reviews by Burnham Memorial Library staff members on the Sun site every other week. This fictionalized children's novel-in-verse about marine biologist and nature writer Rachel...
Book examines complexity of forgiveness after Black church shooting
Anabaptist World
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June 23, 2025
Kevin Sack had spent decades covering Black churches for The New York Times, so when he heard about a shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, he knew this was no random act of violence. “As soon...
Book drive benefits Grinnell school libraries after destructive tornado
Tiger Media Network - Kansas
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June 23, 2025
By RORY MOORE Tiger Media Network A book drive for Grinnell schools was initiated by the Northwest Kansas Library System to replace books that were lost when an EF3 tornado touched down in Grinnell on May 18 and caused extensive damage. Since...
Book now for Tuesday’s ‘Caithness Experience Matters Advisory Panel’ at Pulteney Centre in Wick
John O'Groat Journal & Caithness Courier
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June 23, 2025
A peer project worker with a charity supporting people with mental health issues and disabilities invites local people to an event at the Pulteney Centre in Wick on Tuesday afternoon (June 24). Davie Snashall was busy handing out flyers at the...
TikTok parent ByteDance is shutting down its short-lived book publisher
TechCrunch
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June 23, 2025
TikTok parent ByteDance’s book publisher 8th Note Press is closing up shop, according to a report from The Bookseller. Through its #BookTok community, TikTok has become an irreplaceable engine for publishers to drive book sales; even...
Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts to release children's book in March 2026
CBS 3 Philly - Pennsylvania
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CBS News Live CBS News Philadelphia Live Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is a man of many titles. Super Bowl champion. Super Bowl LIX MVP. Philadelphia Citizen of the Year. One of TIME's 100 Most Influential People. Now, a published author. Hurts...
No Man’s Land by Simon Gaul: a brilliant intertwining of fact and fiction – book review –
Wigan Today
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June 23, 2025
One heist, one ocean, two men… historical fact and fiction is always a heady mix and Simon Gaul – a writer, businessman and ocean traveller – puts his own dazzling spin on this compulsive conspiracy theory thriller which blends a real-life,...
Some of Us Are Liars by Fiona Cummins: an unforgettable whodunit – book review –
Wigan Today
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June 23, 2025
Tragedy, betrayal and the simmering menace of long-held resentments are just some of the delicious ingredients that combine to make Essex-based writer Fiona Cummins’ gripping new thriller one of this summer’s best reads. Some of Us Are Liars is...
The big review: Bludfest 2025
Kerrang!
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With Bludfest being the first show since the release of Idols the day before, the setlist is up in the air from the get-go. Anything can happen, and indeed does. From the stage debut of The Greatest Parade joining the likes of Lovesick Lullaby and...
Sabal Serrulata in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: Rubric-Based Review
homeopathy360
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June 23, 2025
Abstract Background: Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), or benign enlargement of the prostate gland, is a common condition in aging males, often leading to troublesome urinary symptoms. Homeopathy provides a range of therapeutic options, with...