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Book Review: ‘Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters,’ by Yevgenia Nayberg

New York Times 01 May 2026
Eleven-year-old Genya plays the pretending game as she crams for an art school entrance exam in Chernobyl’s wake ... .
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Book Review: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Daily Gate City 30 Apr 2026
Step into the vibrant, intricate world of “The Henna Artist” by Alka Joshi — a novel that doesn’t just tell a story; it draws you fully into it ... .
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Book Review: ‘Cave Mountain,’ by Benjamin Hale

New York Times 30 Apr 2026
Benjamin Hale’s book “Cave Mountain” connects the brief disappearance of his cousin in 2001 to a grisly true-crime story in 1978 ... .
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Paycom Center tops list of burial wishes for Oklahoma sports fans

The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2026
Chet Holmgren breaks down how OKC Thunder swept Phoenix Suns in NBA Playoffs. Chet Holmgren had 24 points and 12 rebounds as the OKC Thunder defeated the Phoenix Suns 131-122, completing a four-game sweep in the first round of the NBA Playoffs ... The No.
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Grit, Spit and Never Quit: A Marine’s Guide To Comedy And Life'

Finger Lakes Times 29 Apr 2026
In his autobiography “Grit, Spit and Never Quit,” Marine Corps Lt. Col. Rob Riggle, an Emmy Award-nominated American actor and comedian, explains, “I sometimes visualize my life like a military map. To achieve my dreams and goals, I have to ... .
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Book Review: ‘Prophecy,’ by Carissa Véliz

New York Times 29 Apr 2026
In “Prophecy,” Carissa Véliz explores how generative A.I. relies on prediction, enriching Big Tech while making the rest of us less safe ... .
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Book Review: “Japanese Gothic,” by Kylie Lee Baker

New York Times 29 Apr 2026
In “Japanese Gothic,” a 21st-century college student and a 19th-century samurai find themselves occupying the same house ... .
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Book Review: ‘Aside From My Heart, All Is Well,’ by Héctor Abad

New York Times 29 Apr 2026
The worldly men of the cloth in Héctor Abad’s new novel find divinity both inside and outside the church ... .
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Book review: Surfing Taiwan, fact and myth

Taipei Times 29 Apr 2026
It’s a coffee table book of photos and almost 60,000 words of text describing his trips from 1992 to the 2010s to 28 rather atypical surf locations ... Like many of the chapters in his book, documentation ...
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Book Review: ‘Family of Spies’ hooks reader from first page

Lincoln Times-News 28 Apr 2026
When a friend shares about a good book they read, you might think, “Maybe I should read that book.” When a second friend tells you about the same book a week or two later, it makes you think, “Perhaps I ... .
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Book Review: ‘Project Maven,’ by Katrina Manson

New York Times 28 Apr 2026
In “Project Maven,” Katrina Manson shows us how close we are to artificial intelligence picking targets and dropping bombs without human input ... .
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Book Review: ‘The Hothouse’ and ‘Death in Rome,’ by Wolfgang Koeppen

New York Times 28 Apr 2026
The German writer Wolfgang Koeppen’s postwar trilogy crackles with life and unsparing details of a broken society ... .
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BOOK REVIEW: PTO power struggles turn deadly in new dark suburban thriller ‘Valley of the Moms’

The Berkshire Eagle 28 Apr 2026
Hannah Selinger’s ‘Valley of the Moms’ is a smart, dark summer read centered on privilege and murder in an elite Massachusetts town ....
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Poisoned Ivies'

The Washington Times 28 Apr 2026
"The left-wing monoculture of the university today has an immiserating effect on intellectual life," Rep. Elise Stefanik writes in her new book, "Poisoned Ivies." ... .
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Book Review: How reality and fiction bleed into each other

CyprusMail 28 Apr 2026
What’s most impressive about Lerner’s book is that despite the obvious preoccupation with abstractions, he never takes us away from the human ... This is a very short book in which very little actually happens.

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