17 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes You Never Hear While best known for his “I Have a Dream” speech, King’s legacy included much more than that. Memorable words here.
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On Thursday, January 14th, Alan Rickman passed away from cancer and leaves a horrible gaping hole in the entertainment world. As every Harry Potter fan (and casual observer) knows, Rickman was most well known for his role as Severus Snape, the villain-turned-redemptive-hero that plays a central role in the film adaptations. Source: Alan Rickman’s Best Bookish Roles
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New York Times writer Katherine Rosman introduces us to the book area of Bill Gates’s blog, Gates Notes, in Move over, Oprah: It’s the Bill Gates book blog. Gates also writes about issues such as health care and education on the blog, but, according to Rosman, “his book reviews tend to generate the most attention.”
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I had a poor reading year in 2015, managing to complete only 28 books of a goal of 40. But this year I should have more time to read, so I’ve once again challenged myself to read 40 books this year on Goodreads. I set and exceeded that goal in 2013 and 2014, so I’m
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Harper Lee, Marie Kondo, and Jeff Kinney topped the print bestseller lists in 2015 for adult fiction, adult nonfiction, and juvenile books, respectively. Here are the 20 bestselling books of the year in each of those categories. Source: Bestselling Books of 2015
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From a new novel by Julian Barnes to the film of The Girl on the Train, from the most hotly tipped debuts to Henning Mankell’s farewell essays – everything you need to know about the literary year ahead Source: Books in 2016: a literary calendar Calendar contains dates for appearances in the U.K.
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The Books We Loved in 2015 Electric Literature’s Best Novels of 2015 The Best Children’s Books of 2015 The 15 Best Books of 2015 Adam Woog’s picks: The 10 best mysteries of 2015 10 Best Music Books of 2015 The Best Poetry Books of 2015 The Best Books Of 2015, According To O Magazine And
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It’s time to remember the people whom the world of writing and publishing lost in the last year. Here are their names, along with, when available, a link to an obituary and the date of death. Miller Williams, 1/1 Joan Peters, 1/5 Robert Stone, 1/10 John Bayley Alice K. Turner, 1/17 Jack Leggett, 1/25 Colleen
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Even though it’s not quite the end of the year yet, the blogging stat monkeys have delivered their report on how things went here at the Notes in the Margin blog during 2015. I’ll have my own, more detailed report ready early next month, but for now I offer you the stat monkeys’ findings. “In
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It’s not quite the end of the year yet, but since it looks as if I won’t finish any more books in time, I might as well go ahead with my annual list. I had an abysmal year of reading this year, only 28 books. While most other “best books of 2015” lists include books
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