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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 2/15/2019 | Corinne Sullivan
Is there anything better than the sort of nail-biting, spine-tingling book that keeps you reading all night and still thinking about the story long after you finish? You may think there's nothing...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 2/14/2019 | Corinne Sullivan
There's no denying that the endless supply of true crime programming Netflix gives us is totally nightmare-inducing, but if you want a really good scare, we suggest picking up a true crime book...
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TVGuide.com | 2/11/2019 | Lindsay MacDonald
Lucy Liu isn't wasting any time lining up her next gig now that Elementary is officially coming to an end after Season 7. CBS announced today that Liu would lead the new CBS All Access dramatic...
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The Daily Signal | 2/11/2019 | Staff
Virginia Allen is an administrative assistant in the Communications Department of The Heritage Foundation. Amalia Halikias and Josh Bansal entered Yale University in 2011 and 2012 as two liberal...
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spectrummagazine.org | 2/7/2019 | StaffEditor’s Note: This annotated bibliography was created by Kendra Haloviak Valentine and is shared here with permission. Click on the titles for more information about each book. Bauckham, Richard.
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TVGuide.com | 2/7/2019 | Amanda Bell
Things are about to get intense on The Expanse as the sci-fi series heads to Amazon Prime Video for its fourth season. In a video posted to the show's official Twitter feed, actor Burn Gorman...
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WIRED | 2/7/2019 | Laura Mallonee
Google Books contains more than 25 million volumes, disembodied like spirits from their spines. They were digitized by data entry workers who flip the pages for machines, working so quickly their...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 2/6/2019 | Brenda Janowitz
Brenda Janowitz is the POPSUGAR books correspondent. She is the author of five novels, including The Dinner Party. Polar vortex, we are so over you. Thank you, next.
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TVOvermind | 3/21/2012 | Tom
Taking a story from a book and putting it on the big screen is a process that many people have done throughout the years. In fact in the 70s as in any other decade it almost seems as though the...
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Urban Faith | 2/19/2017 | Candace Howze, Urban Faith Contributing Writer
As Black History Month commences, here are a few must-have books from Black authors, spanning time periods, themes and genres. However, one thing they have in common is critical acclaim and a strong...
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Tim Challies | 2/5/2019 | Staff
I get a lot of books in the mail and once a month or so like to sit down and tell you about some of the especially notable ones. So here they are: the new and notable books for February.
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TVOvermind | 3/21/2012 | Tom
Movies based on books rarely ever get translated 100 percent but the upside is that they get made all the same. In the 90s there were some truly interesting stories that made it to the big screen...
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Anxious Bench | 2/5/2019 | Staff
“Unfortunately,” wrote historian Jemar Tisby last year for The Witness, “it seems that apart from an intentional effort otherwise, Black history is often lost in the mists of time.
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TVOvermind | 3/21/2012 | Tom
Books that become movies in any decade are subject to a lot of changes, a great deal of difference between the book and the movie, and of course are bound to be heavily scrutinized by fans that want...
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/Film | 9/3/2019 | Ben Pearson
A few days ago, Marvel announced that they would be producing a Star Wars comic series that takes place on Batuu, the Outer Rim planet that will be the home of Disneyland’s and Walt Disney World’s...
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Eidos | 1/31/2019 | Staff
The Bioshock series of games are better entertainment than most movies and more thoughtful than most novels. Let’s get this out of the way: the acting in the three Bioshock games is not The Passion...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 1/31/2019 | Corinne Sullivan
Diverse literature is more essential than ever in today's current climate. Books are some of the best tools for developing tolerance and empathy, and few books are as rich and nuanced as those...
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PEOPLE.com | 1/31/2019 | Staff
Ruthie Ann Miles continues to soldier on in the wake of tragedy. The Tony Award winner has booked her first gig since the car crash that took the life of her 5-year-old daughter and the loss of her...
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The Federalist | 1/31/2019 | Nathanael Blake
Marie Kondo has a point about books. The Japanese tidiness expert has become a cultural sensation with a Netflix show in which she helps people organize and declutter their homes.
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TVLine | 1/30/2019 | Ryan Schwartz
The Big Bang Theory has finally found a role worthy of Star Trek‘s Captain Kirk. CBS on Wednesday announced that William Shatner is set to guest-star in an upcoming Dungeons & Dragons-themed...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 1/30/2019 | Amanda Prahl
It's been decades since Ted Bundy terrorized campuses and young women across the country in what has come to be known as one of America's most prolific and gruesome crime sprees in history.
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wdtprs.com | 1/29/2019 | View all posts by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf →As you know, Summorum Pontificum affirms that priests and those obliged to say the Office, can use the traditional, pre-Conciliar Breviarium Romanum. A while back I answered a query about use of the...
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NewsBusters | 1/25/2019 | Staff
Is the New York Times book review truly a haven of centrism and neutrality? Lara Takenaga had a cozy, criticism-free talk with Book Review editor Pamela Paul (Times Book Review editor since 2013)...
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Eidos | 1/26/2019 | Staff
Read enough books, listen to enough smart people talk about those books and certain obvious truths are hard to remember. Teach a freshman class in college and sometimes the younglings remind you of...
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Variety | 1/24/2019 | Danielle Turchiano
The world of Gilead is expanding even further in the third season of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” with Christopher Meloni and Elizabeth Reaser joining the cast in guest starring roles.
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TMZ | 1/24/2019 | Staff
The author of "13 Reasons Why" claims he was expelled from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators over false allegations of sexual harassment ... this according to a new lawsuit.
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TVGuide.com | 1/23/2019 | Liam Mathews
Break out the chocolate pudding, because Coral's back! Chandler Riggs — best known for playing Carl Grimes on The Walking Dead — will be joining ABC's family drama A Million Little Things for a...
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The Cripplegate | 1/15/2019 | Website
Reading is perhaps the greatest tool God gives us to aid us in our sanctification. The Bible is the greatest book, and without it, we couldn’t be saved. It should be the bread and butter of our...
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ChristianityToday.com | 10/19/2018 | Staff
READ THIS ISSUEBuilding on the Black Church’s Bible LegacyCan Anger at God Be Righteous?Who Owns a Woman’s Body? Not Who You Think. Get the best from CT editors, delivered straight to your inbox!...
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Euangelion | 1/19/2019 | Staff
Nottingham, UK: Inter-Varsity, 2006. McGrath defines doubt as not scepticism or unbelief, but as a mixture of questions and uncertainty, something that is “a permanent fixture of the Christian...
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E! Online | 1/17/2019 | Staff
This clarification should spark serious joy for some booklovers. No, Marie Kondo does not want you to throw out all of your paperbacks. The author and breakout Netflix star of Tidying Up With Marie...
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TechCrunch | 1/17/2019 | Staff
The style transfer craze kicked off by an app called Prisma a couple of years ago led to a tsunami of painterly selfies flooding social feeds for several months, as we reported at the time, before...
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www.oann.com | 10/2/2017 | Staff
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Hitachi Ltd said on Thursday it has decided to freeze a 3 trillion yen ($28 billion) British nuclear power project and will consequently book a writedown of 300 billion yen.
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The Cripplegate | 1/15/2019 | Website
Reading is perhaps the greatest tool God gives us to aid us in our sanctification. The Bible is the greatest book, and without it, we couldn’t be saved. It should be the bread and butter of our...
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Anxious Bench | 1/15/2019 | Staff
To its credit, Patheos encourages those who read blog posts also to read books. But last month Beth noticed that women were absent from recent Patheos Book Club selections aimed at this particular...
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TVOvermind | 3/21/2012 | Tom
When you hear the name John Grisham a lot of people will automatically think of a court room setting and a high-priced lawyer trying to make the case that will elevate their career or set an...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 1/14/2019 | Andrea Reiher
Non-book readers may be wondering just what is to become of Roger (Richard Rankin) and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) on Outlander this season and into the future. The pair have had quite the tumultuous...
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Unsettled Christianity | 1/14/2019 | StaffThis is an older book, but given that it is a consideration of some of the giants of pre-WWII anthropology, and that is part of what I want to focus on, I guess it is alright.
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Carl McColman | 1/14/2019 | Staff
A reader named Andrew wrote to me and asked this question: What do you think the key books are in the Christian tradition on spiritual transformation? How about a top ten? Another reason for asking...
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E! Online | 1/13/2019 | Staff
Remember when book clubs were a thing? Not long ago, before social media was what it is now, we were big on books and reading. We mean, what else were we going to do with our free time? We're not...
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POPSUGAR Entertainment | 1/12/2019 | She Reads
It's always fun to read books by authors with established careers and a long list of books to their name, but any true book-lover can agree that there's something exciting about being one of the...
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spectrummagazine.org | 1/11/2019 | StaffEmily Bastien is nine years old and working on her third book. Her first two books, collections of short stories about being brave and having faith, are being read by kids and parents around the US...
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CareyNieuwhof.com | 2/28/2014 | Staff
So you’re a reader, but which books can give you the unique insight you need to make sure not only that the organization you lead is healthy, but that you and your team stay healthy.
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TVLine | 1/10/2019 | Andy Swift
Netflix is taking its subscribers into the Grishaverse. The streaming service announced today that Eric Heisserer (Bird Box, Arrival) will adapt two of Leigh Bardugo’s best-selling fantasy book...
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Tim Challies | 1/9/2019 | Staff
I get books. I get lots and lots of books. As you well know, once a month or so I like to try and thin the pile a little bit and distill it down to the ones I think may be of most interest to people...
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ChurchLeaders | 1/8/2019 | Staff
I wonder if you have ever noticed that Christian books authored by women tend to be written for women, while Christian books authored by men tend to be written for both men and women.
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The Aquila Report | 1/8/2019 | StaffEveryday Glory: The Revelation of God in All of Reality by Gerald McDermott was largely inspired by the influence of Jonathan Edwards who, as McDermott notes, “believed that every last bit of the...
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Variety | 1/7/2019 | Danielle Turchiano
Mark-Paul Gosselaar had just finished “Pitch,” Fox’s one-season baseball drama in 2016, when he took the role of Brad Wolgast in the network’s adaptation of “The Passage.
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The Gospel Coalition | 1/7/2019 | Staff
As parents, we are our children’s first theology teachers. Like the women at the tomb on Easter morning, we run fearfully and joyfully to tell the people we love, “The tomb is empty! Christ has...
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Catholic News Agency | 1/4/2019 | Staff
Denver, Colo., Jan 4, 2019 / 04:47 pm (CNA).- It’s probably a little late for retrospectives, but if you’re planning your 2019 reading list, here are six great novels and memoirs I read in 2018.
The latest megachurch campus: In prison? The latest megachurch campus: In prison? Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church in...
What Is Baptism In The Holy Spirit In Psalm 51, David is in spiritual anguish. He is buckling under the weight of his sin, both...
4 Habits That Help People Become Like Jesus There’s no such thing as instant spiritual growth; it’s a gradual process of...
Are your devices bad for your kids? Are your devices bad for your kids? The omnipresence of digital and smartphone technology...
Photos of the Week (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the...
SBC Pastor: Denomination Has ‘moral obligation’ to Fund Database When the Houston Chronicle published its expose piece on the...
How income and attitudes affect greenhouse gas emissions The higher the income of individuals living in Switzerland, the higher...
The smallest skeletons in the marine world observed in 3-D by synchrotron techniques Coccolithophores are microscopic marine...
Study on measles transmission in China have implications for controlling the epidemic worldwide Despite widespread vaccination,...
Land Heavier Payloads on Mars. Aim for the Ground and Then Pull up at the Last Moment In the coming decades, a number of...
Is hemp the same thing as marijuana? There's been a lot of discussion about hemp recently, since the 2018 Farm Bill made it...
Chrissy Teigen asks Kim Kardashian how Kenny G entered and exited elaborate rose arrangement It was an incredible romantic -...
'Bond 25' pushed to Easter 20 The North American release of the twenty-fifth James Bond film has been pushed from February 14,...
What Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club Gets Right About The Hotel Business You may think that it has been a long time since you had...
The Academy Reverses Controversial Decision: All 24 Oscars Categories Will Air Live During Show Following protests from...
Academy relents on Oscar TV show plan Facing a growing tide of industry complaint over its plan to present four awards during...
Descendants 3: Get Scoop on Disney Channel Threequel, Plus Teaser Video With all due respect to Frozen 2, our anticipation...
Raccoons Keep Calm and Carry On! These cute raccoons appear to be waiting to be fed with the front one looking to keep every...
Rare "Dumbo" Octopus! This octopus fans out its tentacles as if showing off while having its picture taken!
Subway in 1905 - New York City, NY! This short glimpse into the past reveals a time radically different from today.
This Turkey Gives Out Hugs! This turkey has a great strategy for avoiding being a Thanksgiving dinner - just give another way,...
Tornado Coming in Laramie! This classic stovepipe in Laramie is causing some havoc as it continues on its way looking very...
Short, But Torrential Downpour in Nevada! This microburst drops lots of water on the Nevada landscape!
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Husband of NHS nurse who died of cervical cancer speaks of his pain Hollywood Declares the Real National Emergency: Trump Trump’s emergency declaration is legal and needed to protect America – Here’s why Colin Kaepernick's NFL collusion settlement is potentially 'in the $60 million to $80 million range' Trump says he 'didn't need to' declare emergency but wanted 'faster' action