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Barack Obama's Net Worth Reflects Only A Fraction Of The Nobel Laureate's Profound Influence

Barack Obama, who was elected the 44th U.S. president in 2009 and served as the POTUS for another term, had a net worth of $1.3 million when he assumed the Oval Office in the White House. Now, 15 years later, that figure is estimated to be $70 million.

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You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue review – the birth of Mexico

Real events are compressed into one extraordinary day as Spanish conquistadors penetrate the heart of Aztec civilisation, in a novel of hallucinatory vividness

The Guardian - UK

I took my toddler to Algeria – and we were welcomed warmly everywhere

Our writer discovers ‘a young, exciting and proud nation’ – little known to western visitors – amid Roman ruins and remnants of war

The Guardian - UK

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Rediscovering the role of stepwells in the Deccan

Discover the forgotten stepwells of Telangana & their role in the cultural & social fabric of the region in this book by HDF & Yeshwant Ramamurthy.

The Hindu

Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law banning some books from school libraries and forbidding teachers from discussing LGBTQ+ issues

The Independent UK

Jilly Cooper is made a dame in new year honours list

Bestselling author and journalist is ‘incredibly bowled over’ to receive DBE

The Guardian - UK

New year honours 2024: awards for Shirley Bassey, Mary Earps and Michael Eavis

Author Jilly Cooper and actor Emilia Clarke also honoured

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Scottish university head given rare highest honour in New Year list

A SCOTTISH university principal has become only the 28th person this century to be appointed to the most senior rank of the Order of the British…

The National (Scotland)

Digested week: Taking it in turns, we’ve taught Mum how to WhatsApp

This Christmas week, a sobering realisation, realistic resolutions and the Gammons’ imperial dreams

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A determined rodent’s search for nuts, a guide to Terry Pratchett’s witches and moving stories by adoptee authors

The Guardian - UK

Francis Spufford: ‘It was the sorrow of my life at age 10 that there wasn’t one more Narnia book to read’

The author on learning to read with JRR Tolkien, being in awe of Patricia Lockwood and the comforts of Katherine Addison

The Guardian - UK

Author Calls Kate Middleton 'Strong-Willed' Despite 'Innocuous' Public Image

Royal author Valentine Low says the Princess of Wales is "prepared to fight for what she wants and what she thinks is right".

International Business Times UK

Earthly Delights by Jonathan Jones review – Renaissance mania

The Guardian’s art critic casts a meticulous and joyful eye over western art’s big bang

The Guardian - UK

Albums, tours and Oscar nominations: The Scottish band who have done it all

BEN Please and Beth Porter have just about done it all as musicians. They’ve released 13 studio albums, been on tour and performed

The National (Scotland)

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Thatcher ‘utterly shattered’ by MI5 revelations in Spycatcher, files reveal

National Archives papers show prime minister tried in vain to avoid inquiry over Peter Wright’s memoirs

The Independent UK

Behind Margaret Thatcher’s losing battle to stop Spycatcher publication

‘I am utterly shattered by the revelations in the book. The consequences of publication would be enormous,’ the then PM wrote in a handwritten note

The Hindu

The tricky job of curating the best books of the year

Book editors need the perfect combination of instinct and information

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Need A New Year's Resolution For 2024? Try Taking A Page Out Of Stephen King's Book

If you're looking for New Year's resolution ideas, give this one from Stephen King a whirl.

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The Guardian - AU

The ultimate summer reading list: 15 novels about love, lust and sex to devour

From classic romance to steamy romps to lust and power, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

Tom’s Guide

I used the KonMari method to declutter my house — and it changed everything

What is the KonMari method, how does it work and is it genuinely useful? We put it to the test to find out

The Guardian - UK

Luda by Grant Morrison review – dark arts and drag acts

A drag queen’s hallucinatory journey through a hyperreal version of Glasgow is extremely arch – and a lot of fun

Al Jazeera

In Zimbabwe, a small publisher that helped launch big voices shuts down

In 25 years, the couple-run Harare-based Weaver Press published hundreds of Zimbabwean fiction and nonfiction titles.

The Guardian - UK

My Friends by Hisham Matar review – the pain of exile

This delicate novel explores the bonds between three Libyan men living in London, far away from their homeland

The Guardian - UK

‘Historical reparation’: new bookshops in Europe give voice to female authors

Greta Livraria in Lisbon and Rare Birds in Edinburgh are among the new stores dedicated to women’s writing

Inverse

Medusa? 'Percy Jackson' Changes the Iconic Character in One Controversial Way

The Disney+ adaptation of Rick Riordan's beloved book series just rewrote a major Greek myth.

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