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Plenty Of Shadows Loom In 'Gathering'

7:00am February 25, 2016

by Tasha Robinson

V.E. Schwab's follow-up to A Darker Shade of Magic picks up with heroes Kell and Delilah adventuring (and sometimes agonizing) in a magical alternate London while danger lurks in the titular shadows.

Then-American Library Association President Carla Hayden holds a pamphlet promoting early literacy as she talks to reporters in 2004.

Obama Nominates Carla Hayden To Lead Library Of Congress

5:30pm February 24, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Hayden is a former president of the American Library Association and is currently CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

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'So As I Was Saying': Frank Mankiewicz's Sons On Their Father's Life, Memoir

5:29pm February 24, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to the sons of the late Frank Mankiewicz, Josh and Ben, about their father's posthumously published memoir, So As I Was Saying: My Somewhat Eventful Life.

The Indecisive Chicken combines the recipes and life stories of eight women from communities across India who now live in Dharavi, a teeming Mumbai slum. Sarita Rai, from a village in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, contributed a recipe for phara

Cookbook Explores Recipes From India's Most Famous Slum

4:06pm February 24, 2016

by Priti Salian

The Indecisive Chicken combines the recipes and life stories of eight women from communities across India who now make their home in Dharavi, a teeming slum featured in Slumdog Millionaire.

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'Hap And Leonard' Creator Needed To 'Burn Bridges' To Make It As A Writer

1:29pm February 24, 2016

Joe R. Lansdale grew up poor in east Texas and worked as a janitor and in a potato field before finding success as a writer. Honky Tonk Samurai is the latest book in his mystery series.

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A Reference Guide To Reference In 'You Could Look It Up'

8:36am February 24, 2016

by Genevieve Valentine

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and directories take on a life of their own in Jack Lynch's new book — a history of reference systems that becomes an examination of the nature of lexicography itself.

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'We've Already Gone This Far' Counts The Cost Of War

7:36pm February 23, 2016

by Michael Schaub

Patrick Dacey's debut story collection follows the people of a fictional Massachusetts town hit hard by war, weather and economic turmoil. Critic Michael Schaub praises Dacey's emotional honesty.

Customers browse books on Chinese politics by Mighty Current, the publisher that has seen five of its booksellers disappear, at a stall set up by political activists in Hong Kong on Feb. 5.

A Chilling Effect As Hong Kong's Missing Bookseller Cases Go Unresolved

6:29pm February 23, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

With the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers still unexplained, their colleagues who publish books about Chinese politics say they feel at risk and unprotected.

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'Doubter's Almanac' Is A Family Saga, Plus Algebraic Equations

10:14am February 23, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Ethan Canin traces the complicated lives of two generations of mathematical geniuses in his new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it an "elegant and devastating novel."

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Sonia Shah is also the author of The Fever and The Body Hunters.

'Pandemic' Asks: Is A Disease That Will Kill Tens Of Millions Coming?

5:40pm February 22, 2016

Author Sonia Shah says that urbanization and air travel put the global population at an increased risk for disease. "Zika is a great example of how new pathogens are emerging today," she says.

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