NY teacher's Holocaust train rescue project subject of book
Friday, 7 October 2016, 15:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
An upstate New York teacher's effort to reunite Jewish survivors of a Nazi concentration camp train with the U.S. soldiers who rescued them is told in a newly published book. "A Train Near...
Naya Rivera shares why timing is everything in her new book
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 15:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Naya Rivera writes about a number of personal subjects in her new book, "Sorry Not Sorry," but says one of the hardest was the death of her "Glee" co-star Cory Monteith, who died of a drug...
History of slavery in NY examined through runaways notices
Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 15:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
They were field hands, cooks, musicians and blacksmiths. Some were "well made," others lame. A few showed ritual tribal scarring from their native Africa, others bore scars inflicted by their masters....
Dan Brown's next thriller, 'Origin,' coming next fall
Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 15:28
Last update: about 11 years ago
The plot and settings, are, for now, a mystery. Doubleday announced Wednesday that the novel is called "Origin" and is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2017. The story will feature Harvard symbologist...
DJ Khaled book 'The Keys' coming in November
Monday, 3 October 2016, 15:58
Last update: about 11 years ago
The hip-hop producer and artist, radio personality and Snapchat favorite has a deal with Crown Archetype for "The Keys," to be published Nov. 22. According to Wednesday's announcement by Crown,...
Humorist writes a funny valentine to wacky Florida
Sunday, 2 October 2016, 15:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Humorist Dave Barry has made a career of writing about the wackier aspects of life, and especially many offbeat aspects of living in Florida. His latest book is a step toward repaying that debt...
David Freed's 'Hot Start' has sense of authenticity
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 15:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
For a fictional action hero, Cordell Logan, a former military assassin now scraping out a living as a flying instructor in Southern California, is a real softie. He never stopped pining for...
Account of Monet's last work a chronicle of war, too
Friday, 30 September 2016, 15:56
Last update: about 11 years ago
Anyone who has stood before Claude Monet's monumental water lily paintings may recall feeling dissolved into their world of ineffable light and seemingly perfect tranquility. A new book makes clear...
A guide to the history of 'Star Trek'
Thursday, 29 September 2016, 15:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
Authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross follow up volume one, which looked at the history of the original "Star Trek" series, with a new volume covering the behind-the-scenes details of "Star Trek:...
Book Launch: Sociology of the Maltese Islands
Monday, 26 September 2016, 14:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
'Sociology of the Maltese Islands', edited by Dr Michael Briguglio and Dr Maria Brown will be officially launched on Thursday 6 October at the University of Malta, 7pm, GW Hall E. Hon Evarist...