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Book Review: ‘American Bulk: Essays on Excess,’ by Emily Mester
In an eye-opening collection, Emily Mester considers why she, and we, seek satisfaction by obsessively choosing, buying and rating the objects we desire.Business - The New York Times - 6 hours ago -
Book Review: ‘Cher: The Memoir,’ by Cher
The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom, with and without Sonny.Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago -
Book Review: 'Believe' takes a curious, not judgmental, look at success of 'Ted Lasso'
“Believe: The Untold Story Behind ‘Ted Lasso,’ the Show that Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts” tells the story of the unlikely success of the hit Apple TV+ seriesEntertainment - ABC News - November 12 -
Book Review: 'Believe' takes a curious, not judgmental, look at success of 'Ted Lasso'
“Believe: The Untold Story Behind ‘Ted Lasso,’ the Show that Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts” tells the story of the unlikely success of the hit Apple TV+ seriesSports - ABC News - November 12 -
The Genetic Book of the Dead by Richard Dawkins review – the great biologist’s swansong
A wonderful but thoroughly conventional celebration of the science of evolution. All things must pass, but some leave legacies. That is the story of life on Earth. Fossilised remains of organisms ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
Book Review: Chris Myers looks back on his career in ’That Deserves a Wow'
There are few sports journalists working today with a resume as broad as Chris Myers, writes AP reviewer Rob Merrill about Myers’ memoir, “That Deserves a Wow.”Sports - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Book Review: Chris Myers looks back on his career in ’That Deserves a Wow'
There are few sports journalists working today with a resume as broad as Chris Myers, writes AP reviewer Rob Merrill about Myers’ memoir, “That Deserves a Wow.”Entertainment - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Book Review: 'How to Think Like Socrates' leaves readers with questions
In “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World,” Donald JEntertainment - ABC News - 5 days ago -
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Pimpinero: Blood and Oil review – road thrills with South American border smugglers
The brutal petrol trade between Venezuela and Colombia in 2012 is the backdrop to Andrés Baiz’s starry if slow-paced tale of brothers navigating the future. It’s called the “ caravan of death ” – ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
How the Taliban are erasing Afghanistan’s women – photo essay
The journalist Mélissa Cornet and the photographer Kiana Hayeri met more than 100 Afghan girls and women in seven provinces, and found resistance and defiance but also despair. Earlier this year, I ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Emily Watson: ‘You have to be a bit of an idiot to be an actor’
The actor on making a ‘cracker’ of a film with Cillian Murphy, the new female-led Dune TV series, and knowing when to give people the shark eyes. The British actor Emily Watson made one of the ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
Book Review: A man searches for meaning in Mike Fu's unnerving debut novel, 'Masquerade'
Meadow is coming up on 10 years living in New York, and he’s still adriftEntertainment - ABC News - October 28 -
Book Review: Sy Montgomery shares ‘What the Chicken Knows’ in new mini hardcover
Why did the chicken cross the roadEntertainment - ABC News - November 4 -
Book Review: 'The Name of This Band is R.E.M.' is a vivid journey through the rock band's history
Peter Ames Carlin writes a cultural history of the rock bank in “The Name of This Band is REntertainment - ABC News - November 5 -
Book Review: 'Those Opulent Days' is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina
”Those Opulent Days” is a historical novel set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, when it was part of colonial French IndochinaEntertainment - ABC News - November 11 -
Book Review: Reader would be 'Damn Glad' to pick up a copy of actor Tim Matheson's new memoir
Actor-director Tim Matheson takes readers behind the scenes of more than a few of his hundreds of credits in the new memoir, “Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.”Entertainment - ABC News - November 11 -
Book Review: Richard Price returns with another portrait of urban America, ‘Lazarus Man'
Richard Price may be the street’s premiere storytellerEntertainment - ABC News - November 11 -
Book Review: A young Walt Longmire battles animal and human predators on Alaska’s North Slope
In 1970, after fighting in Vietnam, young Walt Longmire took a job working security for an oil company in AlaskaEntertainment - ABC News - 6 days ago -
An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted
Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracy. The concept of “elite overproduction” was developed by ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Forest keepers: Arhuaco balance modern and ancient ways – photo essay
As leaders gather in Colombia for the global Cop16 nature summit, photographer Dougie Wallace captures the Indigenous Arhuaco, who are deeply involved in protecting the country’s biodiversity – ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
A life of hard work on the hills of a Welsh valley – photo essay
Photographic reportage exploring the traditions, life and history of upland farmers in Wales, and the modern forces that threaten their generational way of life. Driving out to his mountain farm in ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Lily Collins: I'd love an Emily in London spin-off
The Emily in Paris star spoke to the BBC after making her West End debut, in Bess Wohl’s Barcelona.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
EMILY's List endorses Rep. Mikie Sherrill in race for New Jersey governor
EMILY’s List, a national group that backs Democratic women running for office, endorsed Rep.Top stories - NBC News - 6 days ago -
'The market is right': Former Fed policymaker Mester sees fewer rate cuts next year after Trump's victory
The U.S. Federal Reserve could carry out fewer rate cuts than previously expected next year should President-elect Donald Trump's proposed global tariffs take hold, former Fed policymaker Loretta ...Business - CNBC - November 12 -
Ex-Kentucky officer convicted of using excessive force against Breonna Taylor
Brett Hankison is first Louisiana police officer at scene of raid that killed Taylor to be convicted. A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Ex-detective found guilty of excessive force in deadly Breonna Taylor raid
A federal jury found former Kentucky police detective Brett Hankison guilty of using excessive force in the 2020 Kentucky raid which killed Breonna Taylor. Her death sparked police reform and ...Top stories - CBS News - November 2 -
Excessive drinking inches higher after pandemic increase: Research
Excessive drinking continued increasing in 2022, after rising during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study that was released on Tuesday. The study, published in the Annals ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
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Danish military monitors a Chinese-flagged bulk carrier after undersea data cables were ruptured
The Danish military has confirmed it is monitoring a Chinese bulk carrier that was reportedly in the area where two undersea data cables ruptured in recent days in the Baltic SeaWorld - ABC News - 3 days ago -
John Krasinski is People's Sexiest Man Alive. Emily Blunt plans to keep him in check
John Krasinski may be Sexiest Man Alive in People Magazine's eyes, but he jokes wife and 'Quiet Place' co-star Emily Blunt will make him work for the title at home.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 13 -
Jury convicts ex-Kentucky officer of using excessive force in Breonna Taylor raid
The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.Top stories - CBS News - November 1 -
Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices
UK consumer group Which? finds some everyday items including watches and speakers are ‘stuffed with trackers’. Air fryers that gather your personal data and audio speakers “stuffed with trackers” ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
‘You got it or you didn’t’: the sweat, smoke and sonic excess of the indie scene pre-Britpop
A new photography book captures the ramshackle squats and grimy venues that were a playground for confrontationally uncommercial early-90s bands like My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab and Silverfish. ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
Japanese official warns on ‘excess moves’ in yen after Trump win boosts dollar
Asian currencies under pressure following US electionWorld - Financial Times - November 7 -
England’s excess of errors are costing them dear – and South Africa are up next | Andy Bull
Steve Borthwick called this a ‘young, developing’ team before the defeat by Australia, but the truth is they are not. The English winter is closing in and at Twickenham the temperature is dropping ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
Sneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional challenge | Anne Twomey
A political donor will be able to donate up to $640,000 in a year. How is this taking the money out of politics?. Jack Lang was fond of saying that you should always put your money on ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
The best new books on economics
A sceptical view of the Chinese miracle, how AI could crash the economy — and tips for Rachel ReevesWorld - Financial Times - October 28 -
A Book that Explains the 2024 Campaign
We’re covering America’s working-class majority.Top stories - The New York Times - October 29 -
Analysis: A Budget for the history books
Nick digs deeper into the Budget following his interview with Rachel Reeves.Top stories - BBC News - October 31
