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[Link] FBI Arrests Man For Fraudulently Obtaining Leaks of 100s of Pre-Release Books
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
The FBI has arrested a man who impersonated publishers and literary agents in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of pre-release novels and other books in electronic form.
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[Link] SpiceDAO Roasted for Spending $3.8 Million on Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ Book
Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com
In an embarrassing but predictable turn of events, a group of cryptocurrency investors's bid to purchase one of the few remaining copies of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune adaptation is shaping up to have been a letdown despite actually winning the auction.
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[Link] UK officials still blocking Peter Wright’s ‘embarrassing’ Spycatcher files
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Cabinet Office has been accused of “delay and deception” over its blocking of the release of files dating back more than three decades that reveal the inside story of the intelligence agent Peter Wright and the Spycatcher affair.
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[Link] Mnuchin and Pompeo Discussed Ousting Trump After Jan. 6, Book Says
Read: 17/11/2021 www.vice.com
Two of the Cabinet members closest to former President Donald Trump had multiple conversations about whether to remove him from office using the 25th Amendment, according to a new book released Tuesday.
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[Link] Scholars Cringe at the Term ‘Dark Ages.’ Dan Jones Explains Why.
Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Those who write about medieval history often develop a keen awareness that the narrative is best told when it is made relatable to the modern reader.
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[Link] The name’s not Bond: where next for 007?
Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
It’s been long enough now since the release of No Time to Die, the latest blockbuster in the Bond mega-franchise, to assume that fans of 007 have now seen the film, and that those who haven’t seen it don’t care about knowing the ending.
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[Link] Sally Rooney novels pulled from Israeli bookstores after translation boycott
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Books by will no longer be sold in two Israeli bookshop chains, after the acclaimed writer’s decision not to sell translation rights for her most recent novel to an Israeli publisher.
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[Link] Get Reading: This Is How Books Can Impact Your Mental Health
Read: 3/11/2021 getpocket.com
We’ve long known that we can find comfort, solace and help in the pages of a book, and now research has confirmed that reading can be good for our mental health.
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[Link] Trump Called to Insist His Penis Didn’t Look Like a Toadstool, Press Sec Says
Read: 28/9/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. For a former press secretary who held zero briefings during her 9-month tenure, Stephanie Grisham certainly has a lot to say about the culture of the Trump White House in her new book, namely that it was a pit of sexual harassment.
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[Link] The Weird Strategy Dr. Seuss Used to Create His Greatest Work
Read: 8/8/2021 getpocket.com
Behind the bet that led to your favorite childhood book.
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[Link] It’s OK to Feel Sorry for TIE Fighter Pilots
Read: 27/7/2021 www.wired.com
TIE fighter pilots are often treated as cannon fodder. Fantasy author Django Wexler is a lifelong Star Wars fan and has always wanted to write a story set in that universe.
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[Link] One of the police officers who shot Breonna Taylor is writing a book about it
Read: 18/4/2021 www.indy100.com
Jonathan Mattingly, who was one of three officers who killed Taylor, is writing The Fight for Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy, which will be published by Tennessee-based Post Hill Press later this year.