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Carl McColman | 8/17/2018 | Staff
Over the next six months at least three noteworthy books on one of my favorite topics — silence — are scheduled to be published. So I thought I’ve give you a head’s up in case you might be as...
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TVLine | 8/16/2018 | Rebecca Iannucci
Dirty John just made a very mysterious addition to its cast: Living Biblically alumna Lindsey Kraft is set to guest-star on the forthcoming Bravo anthology series in a top-secret role, TVLine has...
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Crisis Magazine | 8/13/2018 | Jonathan Shoulta
Although the George Eliot novel is missing from some iterations of John Senior’s list of 1,000 Good Books, Silas Marner appears in the list as it appears in Senior’s diagnostic book, The Death of...
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Mail Online | 8/12/2018 | Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com
Oscar nominee Alec Baldwin locked lips with his second wife Hilaria Thomas at the 14th Annual Author's Night to benefit the East Hampton Library in New York on Saturday.
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onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com | 8/11/2018 | John RichardsonHere is a book that you need to buy that many in the gun control industry would like to see banned. It is called The Liberator Code Book: An Exercise in Free Speech.
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One America News Network | 8/9/2018 | Staff
(Reuters) – News Corp topped Wall Street profit targets on Thursday, as it benefited from gains at its newly acquired TV network and recorded double-digit growth in its real-estate listings and book...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 8/9/2018 | Brenda Janowitz
Brenda Janowitz is the POPSUGAR books correspondent. She is the author of five novels, including The Dinner Party. Summer is great, but who doesn't love Fall? Is there anything better than curling...
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Business Insider | 8/8/2018 | Mara Leighton, Insider Picks
"[This is] the final volume of Deirdre McCloskey's trilogy. McCloskey is an economic historian who develops a fervent defense of classical free-market liberalism, its values of liberty and dignity...
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TheWrap | 8/8/2018 | Steve Pond
The Platform section of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival will include adventurous films starring Nicole Kidman, Elisabeth Moss, Frank Grillo and Patricia Clarkson, TIFF organizers...
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Business Insider | 8/7/2018 | Meghan Cook, INSIDER
There is probably no one on earth more disappointed in the SyFy channel"s version of "A Wizard of Earthsea" and "The Tombs of Atuan" than the author herself, Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Business Insider | 8/6/2018 | The Conversation
New parenting books seem to pop up all the time. How to do it the French way, the Tiger Mom way, the New Kid by Friday way, or how to just muddle through — the choice can be a little overwhelming.
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NOLA.com | 8/2/2018 | Drew Broach on Google+
After Carlos Bayon was arrested on a charge of menacing U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise in a voicemail message, authorities deemed the threat "credible" and described evidence seized at the suspect's...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 8/4/2018 | Corinne Sullivan
We're calling it now: Crazy Rich Asians is going to be the wildest movie of the Summer. If you haven't already read Kevin Kwan's hilarious trilogy (seriously, what are you waiting for?), the...
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www.christianpost.com | 8/2/2018 | Staff
(Photo: BBC video screencap)Richard Dawkins speaking on BBC's Sunday Morning Live on June 19, 2016. Atheist author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has announced that he's working on two...
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ChurchLeaders | 7/31/2018 | StaffLooking for some must-read books for preachers because you are a preacher/pastor/church leader? I recently asked other pastors in our Facebook group and on my Twitter account what must-read books...
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Popular Science | 8/2/2018 | StaffIt's August, the last full month before Labor Day, which means (despite the back-to-school sales and public longing for fall), there are still plenty of long, hot summer days left for reading.
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Fr. Z's Blog | 8/2/2018 | View all posts by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf →Fr. Ermatinger reminds us that the saints about whom read, impressive figures, were real people just like us. We, too, are called to holiness. Another title from Ignatius Press and George Weigel is...
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Carl McColman | 7/28/2018 | Staff
I love booklists. I find browsing someone’s list of recommended titles is a great way to find a new treasure. This is an admittedly idiosyncratic list of books that I recommend for your...
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dailycaller.com | 7/27/2018 | Staff
An archivist stole millions of dollars worth of rare books from the Pittsburgh Carnegie Library. Gregory Priore, 61, the library’s former archivist and John Schulman, the owner of Caliban Book Shop,...
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dailycaller.com | 7/27/2018 | Staff
Young adult fiction authors in the United Kingdom have become less diverse since 2010, a Friday study reported. Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, the study author from the University College London, found...
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MakeUseOf | 7/26/2018 | Saikat Basu
Hollywood and Disney may be coloring TV and the movies. But thanks to interactive websites with free children’s book and stories, the charm of princely tales and brave knights continues to endure.
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 7/25/2018 | Laura Marie Meyers
Falling in love with a brand-new book is great, but it's extra fun when your favorite page-turners make their way to the big screen. For my monthly POPSUGAR Book Club Instagram series, I shared some...
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Deadline | 7/23/2018 | Patrick Hipes
EXCLUSIVE: Aviron Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to After, the movie adaptation of Anna Todd’s bestselling YA novels that started out on the fan-fiction website Wattpad.
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WIRED | 7/21/2018 | Geek's Guide to the Galaxy
EMILY CALANDRELLI, HOST of Xploration Outer Space and correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, thinks there aren’t enough female science geeks in fiction. She wants to help change that with her...
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IndieWire | 7/20/2018 | Staff
What makes a Stephen King story unique to Stephen King? “He combines horror with humor,” Sissy Spacek said during a Comic-Con panel for her new Hulu show, “Castle Rock.
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Tim Challies | 7/20/2018 | Staff
How do you choose which books to read and review? How do you decide when to give a negative review? How do I decide what books to review? It’s really kind of random, to be honest.
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Business Insider | 7/19/2018 | Chris Snyder
James Trevino doesn't just read a lot of books, he also collects them and turns them into works of art. Who said print was dead? He's is a bookstagrammer, who shares his love of books with his fans...
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TechCrunch | 7/18/2018 | Staff
The New York City Council has voted in favor of a new law requiring Airbnb and similar home-share companies to share data on their users. The company has fought the law tooth and nail, but city...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 7/18/2018 | Karenna Meredith
If you're a voracious reader like me, you're likely never without a book in your back pocket (or backpack, in my case). As soon as I've closed the cover on one novel, I'm immediately picking up...
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CNET | 7/17/2018 | Ben Fox Rubin
US Rep. Keith Ellison on Tuesday raised concerns about "a staggering amount" of neo-Nazi and white nationalist books and e-books being sold on Amazon and asked the company to remove them.
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The Playlist | 7/17/2018 | Charles Barfield
Netflix’s first major push into the comic book filmmaking world by buying the rights to Mark Millar’s Millarworld line of books is finally going to bear some fruit.
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Deadline | 7/17/2018 | Nellie Andreeva
Unforgettable alum Dylan Walsh is set for a recurring guest role on the upcoming 20th season of NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Walsh will play John Conway, a self-made man and major...
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Space.com | 7/17/2018 | Staff
A novelty stationery company has taken note of the approaching 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and has launched a trio of memo books and paper spacecraft models in celebration.
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ChurchLeaders | 7/16/2018 | Staff
This book is one of the most influential books I’ve ever read. The story of how God transformed a struggling congregation of about 25 people into one of the leading churches of our time is pure...
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The Gospel Coalition | 7/16/2018 | Staff
On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Scott Swain—president and professor of systematic theology at Reformed...
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Business Insider | 7/15/2018 | Myelle Lansat
"Having married into a military family, I have developed a deep respect for the values and level of commitment demonstrated by the men and women in our armed forces.
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Euangelion | 7/12/2018 | Staff
From Biblegateway, here is the list I submitted on 5 books to help you understand the Bible better: Michael Bird: This is a hard task; so many good books out there; one’s I’ve learned from and...
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www.oann.com | 7/11/2018 | StaffLONDON (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic felt he was a different player to the Wimbledon winner of old but comparisons were inevitable on Wednesday as the Serb rolled into the semi-finals for the first time...
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Live Science | 7/10/2018 | Staff
If you plan on doing lots of summer reading this year, be sure to keep the safety basics in mind: Always keep your page-turning fingers hydrated; never enter an unfamiliar fictional world without a...
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MakeUseOf | 7/10/2018 | Dann Albright
2018 has been a great literary year so far. Which means there are too many great books to list them all here. So, instead, in this article we’ll focus on the standouts from categories that are...
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TechCrunch | 7/10/2018 | Steve O'Hear
Lodgify, the Barcelona-based SaaS for property owners to manage vacation rentals, today announced it has secured $5 million in Series A funding. Existing backers Nauta Capital, Howzat Partners, and...
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Townhall | 7/8/2018 | Staff
The first meltdown over the Supreme Court was epic. Justice Anthony Kennedy let the Trump White House know shortly after the official end of the 2017 term that he’s out by the end of July.
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www.globaltimes.cn | 7/8/2018 | Staff
Seventeen finalists gathered together, competing to see who could muster the most eloquence and emotion while reading a chapter of Liangjiahe, a book about Xi Jinping's early days in the eponymous...
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Business Insider | 7/5/2018 | Melia Robinson
Silicon Valley investor and once-prolific tweeter Marc Andreessen is back on Twitter with a new avatar — it's a bald Charlie Brown clutching a book — and a summer reading list.
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Mail Online | 7/5/2018 | David Wilkes for the Daily Mail
A village 2nd XI cricketer has batted his way into the record books by hitting 343 runs not out in a 40-over match. Richard Symmonds, a vending machine supervisor, hit 30 sixes – including six...
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wdtprs.com | 7/4/2018 | View all posts by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf →I am thrilled that Angelico Press sent me copies of books by true heroes in our struggle to revitalize our Catholic identity through the reclamation of sacred liturgical worship.
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Business Insider | 7/3/2018 | Shirley Cheng, Fabiana Buontempo, INSIDER
Disclosure: This post is brought to you by Business Insider's Insider Picks team. We aim to highlight products and services you might find interesting, and if you buy them, we get a small share of...
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Truthfeed | 7/2/2018 | Amy Moreno
California Rep. Devin Nunes zinged anti-Trump NBA player LeBron James on Twitter. James recently jumped ship from Cleveland (again) and is now playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Gospel Coalition | 7/2/2018 | Staff
It takes someone who knows and loves the Old Testament as Alec Motyer did to reduce the whole into six such comprehensibly profitable chapters. Surveying these six Old Testament “voices”—history,...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 6/30/2018 | Quinn Keaney
Do you hear that? It's the sound of your beach bag begging you to stuff it with the Summer's best new books. June already blessed us with a ton of great reads, so it's time to take a quick peek...
4 TIPS FOR FEARLESS WITNESSING AT WORK As most Christians earn a living in secular careers, we often struggle with knowing...
Yeahhh… this is exactly the right time to dress our clergy in pastels. Il diavolo non può nascondere la coda. The Devil...
John Piper: This Is Why We Can Be Confident in the Accuracy of Scripture What Christians know about Jesus and the gospel he...
A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE ‘QUEEN OF SOUL’ Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with...
Wherein Fr. Z offers one of the hardest posts he has ever written This foreword was written after I wrote the rest, as...
Russell Moore: Will Complementarianism Survive the #meToo Movement? Russell Moore often addresses cultural movements and...
Are our wild animals growing old gracefully? For most of us, the body's deterioration is an unavoidable part of getting older.
Flashback 1958: Feminist icon Betty Friedan in Harper’s Mag warns of ‘The Coming Ice Age’ THIS is the story of two scientists,...
Key mechanism of DNA replication discovered The team published their results in July in The EMBO Journal, the flagship...
Microfluidic chip for analysis of single cells A few little cells that are different from the rest can have a big effect.
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Cannes Prizewinner ‘3 Faces’ Bought for U.S. by Kino Lorber (EXCLUSIVE) Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. rights to Jafar...
‘Ága’ Wins Top Prize at Sarajevo Film Festival The 24th Sarajevo Film Festival has awarded its top prize to Bulgarian...
Outlander: Season Four Premiere Date Announced by Starz Outlander is headed to the New World. Today, Starz announced the...
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, Dies at 76 “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin, the eruptive singer who reigned atop the...
First Look: Josh O'Connor, Annette Bening and Bill Nighy in UK drama 'Hope Gap' (exclusive) Screen can reveal the first look...
TNT Orders ‘Alienist’ Sequel ‘The Angel Of Darkness’ Limited Series Comments On Deadline Hollywood are monitored. So don't go...
Cat Completely Confused By Owner Disappearing Behind A Sheet! The peek-a-boo game is sweeping the internet where a person...
Statue Tells Person Thanks Who Puts Some Change in the Coffer! Street artist dressed as statue wows crowd with charming antics...
Vintage Cars Driving up a Stream! You'll have to admit, you just don't see this kind of thing everyday!! These are...
Fireworks Exploded All at Once by Accident! This incredible fireworks explosion lit up the night sky like daylight! ...
Planes Skimming Along the Surface of the Water! These planes flying in formation over the top of a body of water! Beautiful...
Racoon Breaks into Bird Feeder in Less Than One Minute! You can't accuse raccoons of being anything less than brilliant in...
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