Book Review: ‘The Miraculous From the Material,’ by Alan Lightman

In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder.

Science - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Killing Time by Alan Bennett review – senior moments full of wit and style

The author employs his pitch-perfect repertoire of satirical skills in his first book for five years – a novella about the residents of an upmarket care home during the pandemic. Alan Bennett, now ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

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 - November 19

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+ series

Entertainment - 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+ series

Sports - 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 - November 18

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 - November 18

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 J

Entertainment - ABC News - November 19

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 days ago

Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion

In 2019

Entertainment - ABC News - November 11

New York Times Book Review Book Club: ‘Small Things Like These,’ by Claire Keegan

In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Small Things Like These,” a meditative Christmastime novella about a man confronting a local horror.

Top stories - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Alan Rachins, Emmy-nominated actor from 'L.A. Law' and 'Dharma & Greg,' dies at 82

Rachins died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of heart failure, his family confirmed in a statement to The Times.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 4

Argentine star fintech Ualá wins fresh funding from Allianz and Alan Howard

Latest fundraising values company at $2.75bn following one of biggest VC rounds in Latin America in recent years

Business - Financial Times - November 11

Hundreds of books pulled from Florida school libraries

A 35-page list outlines the hundreds of books removed from library shelves in Florida's 73 school districts.

Best books of 2024: from our own stable

Books by FT journalists and editors

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Book Review: Sy Montgomery shares ‘What the Chicken Knows’ in new mini hardcover

Why did the chicken cross the road

Entertainment - 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 R

Entertainment - 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 Indochina

Entertainment - 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 storyteller

Entertainment - 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 Alaska

Entertainment - ABC News - November 18

Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection

“This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” is the debut story collection of the British author Naomi Wood

Entertainment - ABC News - 4 days ago

Book Review: 'Dead Air' tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

“Dead Air: The Night that Orson Welles Terrified America” by William Elliott Hazelgrove is a history of the 1938 radio adaptation of “War of the Worlds.”

Entertainment - ABC News - 4 days ago

That Librarian by Amanda Jones review – one woman’s brave fight against book banning

A small-town US librarian’s lively account of her battle with a group of far-right censors reveals the toll it took on her health. Amanda Jones’s story is awful – and important. A school librarian ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

The right book can inspire the young readers in your life, from picture books to YA novels

It’s holiday season, but that doesn’t have to mean waiting in long lines for big sales to buy the hottest toy or newest game system for the kids in your life

Entertainment - ABC News - November 20

Trump win boosts book sales from "The Handmaid's Tale" to "Hillbilly Elegy"

Dystopian classic "The Handmaid's Tale" was popular throughout Trump's first term, along with George Orwell's "1984."

Politics - CBS News - November 8

Martha Stewart prepares dishes from her 100th book

In 1982 Martha Stewart published her first book, "Entertaining." Now, the lifestyle entrepreneur has released her 100th, "Martha: The Cookbook," which contains some of her favorite recipes. She ...

Jamie Oliver pulls children's book after complaints from Indigenous Australians

The 400-page fantasy novel is accused of stereotyping Indigenous Australians.

Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries

“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison

Entertainment - ABC News - November 12

Florida education officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, among books pulled . Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books ...

World - The Guardian - November 13

Hundreds of books pulled from Florida school libraries: Officials

Hundreds of books were removed from shelves at Florida schools, according to a list compiled by the state’s Department of Education for the 2023-2024 school year. The list shows more than 700 ...

Politics - The Hill - November 13

Cop29 week one diary: from fossil fuel colouring books to Ronaldinho

Keir Starmer gets a warm welcome, a vegan burger costs the earth, and cop29.com makes a point. Many countries are offering treats at their Cop29 pavilions: the UK’s has a coffee bar; Georgia’s has ...

World - The Guardian - November 16