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Book Review: Michael Luo tells the harrowing story of Chinese exclusion in America

Book Review: Michael Luo tells the harrowing story of Chinese exclusion in America

The history of Chinese immigrants in America has always been about much more than one particular ethnic group.
Book Review: ‘Beach House Rules’ is delicious high end Southern chick lit

Book Review: ‘Beach House Rules’ is delicious high end Southern chick lit

Charlotte Sitterly and her 14-year-old daughter, Iris, are suddenly shut out of their comfortable life in an upscale coastal community in North Carolina.
Book Review: 'Charlottesville' a dramatic account of deadly 2017 rally and history behind it

Book Review: 'Charlottesville' a dramatic account of deadly 2017 rally and history behind it

Decades before the violent Unite the Right rally in 2017 in Charlottesville that drew white nationalists protesting the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, the city was targeted by a white supremacist who hoped to ignite a race war.
Book Review: Desi Arnaz biography highlights triumphs of Lucy’s favorite foil

Book Review: Desi Arnaz biography highlights triumphs of Lucy’s favorite foil

Once a second banana, always a second banana when in the shadow of a brighter star. For musician and actor Desi Arnaz, that shadow belonged to Lucille Ball, his wife and co-star on the ground-breaking 1950s sitcom “I Love Lucy.
Book Review: A diary sends a woman on a quest to solve the cold case of 6 missing Black girls

Book Review: A diary sends a woman on a quest to solve the cold case of 6 missing Black girls

At age 13, Sydney Singleton discovered an old photograph tucked away in a drawer in her paternal grandmother’s guest room. It was a portrait of a Black girl just entering her teen years — a girl who looked a lot like Sydney.
Book Review: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s ‘Atmosphere’ plays out amid the 1980s politics of NASA

Book Review: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s ‘Atmosphere’ plays out amid the 1980s politics of NASA

Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid? Consider these lines between the two central characters of her new love story, “Atmosphere,” set in the 1980s as two NASA astronauts in the space shu
With 'Atmosphere,' Taylor Jenkins Reid leaves the Evelyn Hugo-verse behind and travels to space

With 'Atmosphere,' Taylor Jenkins Reid leaves the Evelyn Hugo-verse behind and travels to space

Taylor Jenkins Reid recalls a moment writing her new novel, “Atmosphere: A Love Story,” set against NASA's robust 1980s shuttle program, where she felt stuck. She went, where she often goes, to her husband to talk it through.
Sen. Cory Booker expands upon historic Senate floor speech for new book, 'Stand'

Sen. Cory Booker expands upon historic Senate floor speech for new book, 'Stand'

NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon his historic Senate floor speech from last month into an upcoming book. “Stand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday.
Book Review: 'April 1861' captures drama that occurred before Civil War's first shots

Book Review: 'April 1861' captures drama that occurred before Civil War's first shots

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America." His latest book covers the period of time that nearly led to its disintegration.
Book Review: A detective banished defies orders not to investigate a murder in 'Nightshade'

Book Review: A detective banished defies orders not to investigate a murder in 'Nightshade'

Detective Sergeant Stillwell of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been banished from the homicide division.
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