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Book Review: 'Challenger' is definitive account of shuttle disaster and missteps that led to tragedy

Book Review: 'Challenger' is definitive account of shuttle disaster and missteps that led to tragedy

When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over a minute after its launch in 1986, it pierced the dreams of millions about who watched the tragedy unfold live on television.
In new memoir, Tom Selleck looks back at the hard years that made him a star in 'Magnum, P.I.'

In new memoir, Tom Selleck looks back at the hard years that made him a star in 'Magnum, P.I.'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger seat when he and two friends go airborne in his mom's red Chevy Corvair, tumbling off Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.
Books about Indigenous life shortlisted for Amazon Canada First Novel Award

Books about Indigenous life shortlisted for Amazon Canada First Novel Award

TORONTO 鈥 Four books about Indigenous life are among the finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.
'Who Owns Outer Space?' wins Donner Prize for best public policy book by a Canadian

'Who Owns Outer Space?' wins Donner Prize for best public policy book by a Canadian

TORONTO 鈥 A book about the legal implications of developing outer space has won the $60,000 Donner Prize.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch co-authors book on laws. 'Over Ruled' to be released Aug. 6

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch co-authors book on laws. 'Over Ruled' to be released Aug. 6

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have a book out this summer on a subject he has commented upon often 鈥 the volume of laws in the U.S.
John Vaillant鈥檚 鈥楩ire Weather鈥 wins $25K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

John Vaillant鈥檚 鈥楩ire Weather鈥 wins $25K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

OTTAWA 鈥 John Vaillant's bestselling book about the Fort McMurray wildfire has won the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is Colm T贸ib铆n鈥檚 'Long Island,' the sequel to 'Brooklyn'

Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is Colm T贸ib铆n鈥檚 'Long Island,' the sequel to 'Brooklyn'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Colm T贸ib铆n's 鈥淟ong Island,鈥 the Irish novelist's follow-up to the prize-winning immigrant tale 鈥淏rooklyn,鈥 is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick.
Bestselling author Carley Fortune studied what makes a good romance novel

Bestselling author Carley Fortune studied what makes a good romance novel

TORONTO 鈥 Carley Fortune's books are written with an editor's eye for detail.
Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger鈥檚 penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships

Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger鈥檚 penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships

Who means more to you 鈥 your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly Dancyger explores the powerful role that female friendships played in her chaotic upbringing marked by her parents鈥 heroin use and her
Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks'

Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks'

Usually when I see a book described as an 鈥渁mbitious debut鈥 I read it as a cop-out. Isn鈥檛 a debut inherently ambitious? What does that even mean? 鈥淭he Skunks鈥 is what that means. And Fiona Warnick makes it look effortless.
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