Books by Percival Everett and the late Alexei Navalny are among finalists for critics circle prizes
Percival Everett’s “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham’s acclaimed ...
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Hope and dread as Israelis and Palestinians await a Gaza truce that may not end their suffering
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — With a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas tantalizingly close, families of hostages in the Gaza Strip are afraid to get their hopes up and agonizing over the unknown ...
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Review: Sailing family hunted sharks but met murderers and shipwreck instead
Capt. Frederick Walker — accompanied by his wife, three adolescent sons and a crew of 24 — left Hong Kong in the fall of 1887, bound for the Midway Atoll, where they intended to hunt sharks ...
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As It Was in the Beginning
Entertainment Today: Watches television shows about people gossiping, fighting, and having sex. Entertainment in 1884: Gossiping, fighting, and having sex. “Black Doves” Offers a Sentimental ...
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Sunday night was a dangerous night
An alcoholic's physical and mental struggle to "stay on the wagon." Published in the print edition of the December 2, 1939, issue, with the headline “Sunday night was a dangerous night ...
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How the Twin Cities Became a Hotbed for Craft Beverage Unionizing
Craft culture—by which I mean the constellation of artisanal, high-end, and niche food and drink so defined by writer Lauren Michele Jackson in her 2017 essay—is not exempt from those forces. And ...