I’ll be honest—it took me a moment to understand this book. We are immediately thrown into an opulent “year-turning” party: buffets of food, swirling gowns, a mysterious grandfather clock slowly ticking down the hours until the new year. Our protagonist, Kembral Thorne, is at the party while on maternity leave from her job as a
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Bangkok’s prime Grade A office buildings have seen vacancy rates spike to 26.3%, signaling a growing oversupply in the market. Nevertheless, Frasers Property Limited, under the leadership of Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi, is optimistic that the ongoing US-China trade tensions will boost demand for office and industrial properties across Southeast Asia. With a $3.6 billion investment in
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World is the latest offering from botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, one of the great Anishinaabe peoples of the Great Lakes. This slim but powerful volume continues the work of her previous books, including Gathering Moss and the New York Times
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Curling up with a hot cup of tea can do wonders. Not only is tea extremely comforting (sleepy-time tea fans unite), but it’s also packed with a myriad of health benefits. That said, certain blends may be better for certain things, such as better sleep, increased energy, or just general de-stressing. With that in mind,
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Debutiful is a website and podcast focused on helping readers discover debut authors through interviews, excerpts, recommendations, and more. They’ve released a list of their top debuts of the year, including “debut-ish” authors who debuted in a new genre this year but may have published books previously. The full list includes 42 titles. Here are
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UPDATED: Storming 63 international box office markets in its opening frame, and before domestic enters the arena this coming week, Paramount and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II has debuted to an estimated $87M. This is within our pre-release projection, and also marks the biggest overseas start for a Ridley Scott-directed film, as well as Paramount’s best
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A hotly anticipated debut novel, complete with a princely advance and a dreamy move to Los Angeles, equals lifelong success, right? Not quite. Books flop, money dries up and the city’s bright lights conceal both its dark underbelly and what those in the limelight will do to stay famous. Pip Drysdale’s marvel of a thriller,
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The Alabama songwriter recently released Midnight Gasoline, his first album in more than a decade Country singer Jamey Johnson was arrested in Tennessee’s Williamson County over the weekend, according to Nashville TV-news outlet Newschannel 5. “We can confirm that Jamey Johnson was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 17 in Williamson County. The incident is still under investigation,”
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Nobel Peace Prize nominee Michael Daly III will be a guest on “Secrets of the Stage” hosted by Quinn Lemley on Sunday, November 24th, 2024. “Secrets of the Stage” is a tv show on MNN. Watch as Quinn Lemley pulls back the curtain and interviews artists, entrepreneurs and creators to discover their process “behind the
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