by Marie Benedict ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 29, 2020 In December 1926, mystery writer Agatha Christie really did disappear for 11 days. Was it a hoax? Or did her husband resort to foul play? When Agatha meets Archie on a dance floor in 1912, the obscure yet handsome pilot quickly sweeps her off her feet
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Fifth grade was and remains one of the most memorable school years of my life. I was in one of those experimental classrooms, wherein both the students needing additional help to succeed, including aides, and the “gifted” were together. The dynamics were unconventional, with all-class projects paired with projects given specifically to “gifted” kids to
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by Tish Rabe ; illustrated by Laura Hughes ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2016 Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. The typical firsts of school are here: riding the bus, making friends, sliding on the playground slide, counting, sorting shapes,
The Tonight Show announced a selection of titles for the 2021 #FallonSummerReads book. The books are: Everyone is invited to cast a vote for a book, and the winner will be announced on the show on Monday July 19th. The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon will read the chosen book, inviting viewers to read along with
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by Robert Greene ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1998 The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. Everyone wants power and everyone is in a constant duplicitous game to gain more power at the expense of others, according to Greene, a screenwriter
CBC reports that Megan Follows, who starred as Anne in the 1985 Anne of Green Gables TV miniseries, is narrating the Emily of New Moon audiobooks. The three-book audiobook series marks Follows’ return to the works of Lucy Maud (L. M.) Montgomery whose books are read and beloved by children and adults alike. Emily of
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by Elin Hilderbrand ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2021 From the greenroom of the afterlife—make that Benjamin Moore “Parsley Snips” green—a newly dead Nantucket novelist watches life unfold without her. In her 27th novel, Hilderbrand gives herself an alter ego—beloved beach-novel author Vivian Howe—sends her out for a morning jog, and immediately kills her off.
Smithsonian Magazine reports that Lance Zaal, the owner of Ghost Adventures, which operates ghost tour experiences across the United States, has purchased the house where the Borden murders occurred. The Fall River, Massachusetts house where, in 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered with a hatchet, putting daughter/step-daughter Lizzie Borden in the public eye as
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by Glennon Doyle ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2020 More life reflections from the bestselling author on themes of societal captivity and the catharsis of personal freedom. In her third book, Doyle (Love Warrior, 2016, etc.) begins with a life-changing event. “Four years ago,” she writes, “married to the father of my three children, I
Starting today, the New York Public Library will be giving away free summer book kits tailored to kids and teens. The kits will include books (for keeping, rather than borrowing), activity guides, bookmarks, and more. You can visit your local NYPL branch in order to claim a summer book kit. Availability is limited to one
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Quirky brothers battle a mobster over the future of their family’s hotel in 1950s Los Angeles in Haddad’s novel. The tightknit but contentious Shapiro family has been operating the small Paradise Palms hotel for decades. The property is prime Hollywood real estate, but the hotel business has fallen on hard times. The older sons—responsible David,
Two years of practice were enough to crown a brand-new, history-making winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, won the competition, correctly spelling “querimonious,” “solidungulate,” and the final winning word “murraya” — a type of tree. “Does this word contain the English name Murray, which could be the
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by Suzanne Lang ; illustrated by Max Lang ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2018 It’s a wonderful day in the jungle, so why’s Jim Panzee so grumpy? When Jim woke up, nothing was right: “The sun was too bright, the sky was too blue, and bananas were too sweet.” Norman the gorilla asks Jim why
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