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The most expensive book of all time? What makes this $50 million Hebrew Bible so special?

In May, Sotheby’s headquarters in New York will be hosting the auction of what could be the most expensive book of all time: a bible estimated up to 50 million dollars. It is said to be one of the oldest in the world, an example of a book unlike any other.…

The Conversation

ACT UP slams new AIDS denialism book

ACT UP NY penned a letter to the publishing company, emphasizing the harm of HIV/AIDS misinformation and denialism

Salon

Book of the Week: Terfs, and other haters

This week's anti-trans rally is straight out of the right-wing playbook

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Norma Foley says it will not 'be acceptable' for primary schools to ask for voluntary contributions for book money

Education Minister Norma Foley has announced that funding worth €96 per child will be provided to every school to provide books, copy books and workbooks to all primary school children.

Irish Mirror

Waco: American Apocalypse — what happened during the Waco Siege?

The Netflix documentary Waco American Apocalypse has finally started streaming, and WTW dives into what actually happened. Here’s what we know.

WhatToWatch

Great Expectations review: Even with the infusion of sex and violence, it’s hard to feel excited about this new take on Dickens

The desire to sex up Victoriana is predictable and lazy, and demonstrates an odd lack of imagination

The Independent UK

What Satyajit Ray thought about book-to-screen adaptations

Satyajit Ray was not only one of the most eminent filmmakers in the world, but also a writer, illustrator, music composer, polyglot, and polymath! His films have stood the test of time, and his writings-- both fiction and non-fiction-- attract readers' attention even today. Particularly his non-fictions, which give a…

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'Shameful stunt': SNP MSP slammed for 'pro life' motion on baby loss book

AN MSP has been accused of a “shameful stunt" after lodging a motion saying “some people do not consider that a baby is a baby prior to 24…

The National (Scotland)

60 minute masterclass: A guide to sustainable investing with Professor Alex Edmans

Sort the facts from the fiction and learn how your savings can have a positive impact, with a global authority on the topic, Professor Alex Edmans

The Guardian - UK

Springsteen, Kaling, Louis-Dreyfus Among 22 Honored by Biden

President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals — and then stole the show himself with a quip about seeking reelection. Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling and Gladys Knight were among the 22…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kate Middleton ‘had to take fertility test’ before she married Prince William, new book claims

The unusual protocols the Princess of Wales faced have been discussed in a new royal book.

GoodToKnow

Conservative group demands to know if Prince Harry admitted drug use on US visa application

The Heritage Foundation think tank wants California-based royal’s application published

The Independent UK

Woman who learnt to read and write at 39 now best-selling author with 27 books

Karen Woods, 53, quit school at 15 and only learnt to read and write after a promotion at work - just months later, she wrote her first novel

Daily Mirror

Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond review – how the rich keep the poor down

A Pulitzer-winning sociologist argues that the United States’s gross inequality is no accident

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‘It’s been a wild ride’: funk legend Sly Stone announces memoir

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) will ‘cover all aspects’ of the musician’s life, including his battles with drug use, and is set for release this September

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh and Not Now, Noor! by Farhana Islam.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Künstlers in Paradise,' by Cathleen Schine

FICTION: A Jewish grandmother revisits her youth among Hollywood émigrés — including an interlude with Greta Garbo — during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Review: 'Empress of the Nile,' by Lynne Olson

NONFICTION: Lynne Olson's ninth book of history profiles a fiery Egyptologist who led an international campaign.

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Review: 'Old God's Time,' by Sebastian Barry

FICTION: A potent, unusual crime novel about an ex-cop whose misfortunes mirror those of his homeland.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The yin and yang of springtime, which brings equal measure of light and shadow

Ecclesiastes was on to something. While an exuberant ephemerality is at the heart of the ancient book, its boiled-down truth is one we hum in our heads for good reason: for everything there is a season, a time for every matter under heaven.

Tribune News Service

Rebecca Makkai keeps readers guessing in ‘I Have Some Questions for You’

"I Have Some Questions for You" by Rebecca Makkai; Viking (448 pages, $28)

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Review: 'Poverty, By America,' by Matthew Desmond

NONFICTION: The Pulitzer Prize winner has a bold way of looking at — and solving — poverty.

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Review: 'Ghosts of the Orphanage,' by Christine Kenneally

NONFICTION: A harrowing exposé of child abuse and torture in Catholic orphanages of the 20th century.

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No one shows up at book tour stop in Atlanta, but author’s story has a twist

ATLANTA — Jamar Perry sold thousands of copies of his first children’s book, “Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms.”

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Laurie Hertzel: 10 books set on the Minnesota North Shore

Mid-March might not be the best time to go Up North, but it's a great time to read about being Up North.

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