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He wrote a string of books about life on London’s streets for young black men including the Crongton series.

A new book, Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid, has just been published in South Africa. Intended for young people but speaking to readers of all ages, the book explores what it was like living through this dark and racist period of segregation.

Newly released documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 are giving curious readers more details Wednesday into Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations but didn’t initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK

A former Meta official’s explosive insider account sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on Amazon

The late princess used her brother-in-law and sister-in-law's split as a learning opportunity for her own breakup.

Letters: Gill Saunders urges a rethink of the ban. Veronica Porter says everything should be done to encourage book ownership

Rapper is honoured for his philanthropic work alongside the likes of John Rutter, Angela Davis and Simon Russell Beale

Other lives: Doctor, publisher and medical activist who flew across the world in his light aircraft

From cringey old classics, to kitsch self-help books, and confusing romance novels, there’s no shortage of paperbacks and hardbacks lining up to take part in the next edition of Extreme Makeover. Or at the very least, get their pages into a better fitting jacket. The post 98 Terrible Book Covers…