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The fence is secured with Keep-Safes fingernails, Daughter's first teeth, the umbilical cord that once joined them to protect them from intruders.

In 1967, Caedmon Records released Poems and Songs of Middle-Earth, featuring J.R.R. Tolkien reading his own literary works amidst the rise of counterculture popularity.

Bomer's latest novel, The Stalker, is all about the nastiest, most parasitic kind of survival, portraying an antihero with a sense of entitlement that obliterates those around him.

This memento mori is archly juxtaposed with the narrator's breathless infatuation, which feels as if some great transition was occurring inside me, something was aligning, I could actually feel it.

Clanton's illustrations tend toward cartoony; he used watercolors, ink, leaf pressings, stamps, markers and colored pencils. Really anything he could get his hands on.

Ken Griffin recommended 'Good to Great,' which outlines the keys to running a business, such as building a good team. The book highlights humility in leadership.

Writing a story from a child's perspective creates a lens that filters adult themes through youthful observation, allowing readers to see deeper truths hidden in the narrative.

In 2008, some precepts of the 'rights of nature' movement were enshrined in Ecuador's constitution, helping to protect the country's waterways—a cause for optimism.

The opening lines from Elmore Leonard's "Unknown Man No. 89" introduce a compelling character dynamic, blending striking dialogue with vivid details that paint a larger narrative context.

Durrell's literary output is encapsulated by Mediterranean islands that served as settings where displaced individuals connected amid the remnants of ancient civilizations.

Her latest novel weaves intimacies on an expansive loom of decades, following a found family of immigrants and sparkplug friends in New York City.

Jamie Hood follows up her debut, How to Be a Good Girl, with Trauma Plot, a hybrid of memoir and criticism that deftly excavates how we talk about trauma.

"As it turned out, I liked to suffer, and the depth of one's suffering directly correlated to the degree of one's euphoria at the top."

Sebastian Haffner's manuscript "Abschied," written in 1932, captures young love amidst the rise of fascism, showcasing a blend of hope and impending doom.

Houser's novel A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath will be published October 14, adapted from a 2024 audio fiction series focused on video game development.

256 GB is structured into nine color-coded chapters, allowing the reader to experience different emotional and aesthetic tones through various snapshots of the artist's life.

The novel, Flashlight, embodies the spirit of early-2000s American fiction, tackling familial lies and global issues through the lens of a child's perspective.

"This translation of the Annals of Margam not only preserves the original Latin text but organizes it by regnal years, making it more accessible for readers and historians alike."

The real challenge is that most journalists are good at their specific format; the 500-to-3000-word article but the structure of a book is very different.

Authors have sent an open letter urging publishers to reduce reliance on AI, emphasizing the importance of human narrators and protecting writer's rights.

When a child moves home, it can be hard to meet potential new pals, making it crucial to seize the opportunity for friendship from what's available.

"I know that if I do this, the likelihood of me actually going to the gym increases by 500 percent. My evil brain will accept any excuse to keep me from doing things that are good for me."

"I think for a long time, certainly while I was growing up, indie bookstores were looked at as arbiters of taste."

The festival aims to connect art with health, showcasing authors like Viet Thanh Nguyen and Roxane Gay while facilitating tough conversations and celebrating joyous moments in literature.

Dark Horse is set to release new deluxe editions of the groundbreaking manga Lone Wolf & Cub, featuring larger formats and original right-to-left presentation.

"I'm overjoyed at seeing everything I have (or need) clearly in sight on the sparkling white shelves. I never had enough storage room until now..." - Best customer

Buy three audiobooks for free through a 3-month Audible Premium Plus membership when you're an Amazon Prime member, ending July 31.

The McLoughlin Brothers' Little Folks' Painting Book changed the perception of coloring books, once solely for children, introducing creativity for adults in 1879.

The MCU's latest installment, 'Thunderbolts,' although not a commercial giant, has been celebrated as the highest-rated Marvel film in four years, showcasing engaging antiheroes.

The Lough Kinale Book Shrine highlights Ireland's rich medieval history, featuring exquisite craftsmanship and revealing connections between Irish monks and continental Europe, now showcased in Dublin.

Most people who know of the Arthurian legends know of Le Morte D'Arthur, but few are aware that several hundred other texts exist which broaden the landscape of the adventures of the Round Table knights and of the king and his immediate family.

On the whole, Documenting Warfare is an excellent book, both as a testament to the influence of Anne Curry and in its own right as a volume on the Hundred Years War.