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THE LONELY GOOSE | Kirkus Reviews
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A Canada goose experiences love, loss, and, once more, joy.
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Dolly Parton Gives $4.5M to Nashville Library | Kirkus Reviews
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The gift will kickstart an early literacy program called Begin Bright.
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WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE | Kirkus Reviews
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A Wallace & Gromit dream is more of a nightmare in this darkly farcical science fantasy in which the moon inexplicably becomes…well, not green, but decidedly dairy.
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A MOST AGREEABLE MURDER | Kirkus Reviews
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A young woman of marriageable age and prospects moonlights as a detective in Seales’ tongue-in-cheek Regency murder mystery.
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Best Science & Tech Books of 2024 | Kirkus Reviews
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Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.
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HOW TO KNOW A CROW | Kirkus Reviews
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A fulsome appreciation of these intelligent, social, nearly ubiquitous corvids.
on Nov 9
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TURNING TO STONE | Kirkus Reviews
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A story of a lifelong love for our “wise old planet.”
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ON OUR WAY HOME | Kirkus Reviews
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A lawyer stuck in a rut receives some crotchety holiday cheer from a mysterious old couple in Florio’s charming Christmas story.
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THE PEOPLE IN THE PLAYGROUND | Kirkus Reviews
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Down in the schoolyard, as Opie (The Classic Fairy Tales, 1974, etc.) presents her impressions of exuberant playground life during the English equivalent of recess. At first, the junior-school scene in the town of Liss that Opie observes once a week for a period of years seems ``uncontrolled...
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WAITING FOR ROBOTS | Kirkus Reviews
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A disturbing look at AI and exploitative labor.
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THE WOOD AT MIDWINTER | Kirkus Reviews
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A much-loved author shares a tale for Christmastime.
on Oct 26
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JEKYLL & HYDE | Kirkus Reviews
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Major launches a new series featuring the world’s most intimately connected detective duo.
on Oct 19
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MARIO MAKES A MOVE | Kirkus Reviews
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Mario is a squirrel who loves his dance moves, from the “Bowling Ball” to “Twirly Ballet Arms,” and his relatives assure him he is amazing.
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THE NATURE OF OAKS | Kirkus Reviews
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Affectionate yet scientifically rich look at an essential ingredient of the environment.
on Oct 17
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4 New Adaptations To Watch in October | Kirkus Reviews
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Look for productions based on books by Amy Liptrot, Renée Knight, Jilly Cooper, and Robert Thorogood.
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Wounded feelings give way to nationalist, supremacist politics in Hochschild’s “what went wrong with Appalachia” autopsy.
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THE LECTURER’S TALE | Kirkus Reviews
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Dr. Faustus toils thanklessly at an august midwestern university in Hynes’s latest dispatch from the culture wars (academic division).
on Sep 27
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A piercing look at the phenomenon of Latino right-wing extremism—not new, but ever more pronounced.
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Set in late 19th-century Appalachia, Schrader’s horror novel follows a former Union Army captain who is forced to confront his nightmarish past.
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The first half of a comprehensive history of the development of Western notions of liberty and freedom. Harvard sociologist Patterson (Slavery and Social Depth, 1982, etc.) goes beyond the usual framework of intellectual history to show how European culture gave birth to, and was itself formed...
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INFORMATION DOESN'T WANT TO BE FREE | Kirkus Reviews
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In his best-selling novel Ready Player One, Ernest Cline predicted that decades from now, Doctorow (Homeland, 2013, etc.) should share the presidency of the Internet with actor Wil Wheaton. Consider this manifesto to be Doctorow’s qualifications for the job.
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20 Best Books To Read in September | Kirkus Reviews
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20 Best Books To Read in September | Kirkus Reviews
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THE UNPERSUADABLES | Kirkus Reviews
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A cerebral ride into the world of the unorthodox.
on Aug 26
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THE HIGHEST LAW IN THE LAND | Kirkus Reviews
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A damning exposé of the rise of “constitutional sheriffs,” a law unto themselves.
on Aug 9
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CITY OF LEAFCUTTER ANTS | Kirkus Reviews
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Bright collages dominated by rainforest greens depict an insect community of “eight million sisters working together.”
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J.D. Vance Under Fire for Tweet | Kirkus Reviews
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The Hillbilly Elegy author drew criticism for a tweet in which he self-identified as a “nationalist.”
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THE TECH COUP | Kirkus Reviews
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An assessment of the current state of the technology sector, which has avoided accountability for decades—but there are signs of change.
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SHE WHO KNOWS | Kirkus Reviews
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A young woman named Najeeba grapples with her place in the world.
on Jul 10
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Elin Hilderbrand Bids Farewell to Nantucket | Kirkus Reviews
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The “queen of beach reads” discusses the end of her long-running summer series and addresses those rumors of returement.
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Six young warrior women are led by the brave Barda in this story from the world of DC Comics.
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THE BOOK OF LOST SAINTS | Kirkus Reviews
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A New Jersey man reckons with his family’s history during the Cuban revolution with the help of a needy and persistent ghost.
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THE CATS OF SILVER CRESCENT | Kirkus Reviews
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An evocative, vintage setting houses a dark—yet adorable—secret.
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WAKE OF VULTURES | Kirkus Reviews
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A fantasy set in a Wild West populated by plenty of vicious monsters—and one unwilling heroine.
on Jun 25
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THE WAR WITHIN | Kirkus Reviews
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Presented as the first-person diary of Hannah Green, 13, during the months of December and January 1862–63, a recounting of what happens to the only Jewish family in Holly Springs, Mississippi, when they were forced to leave. Ulysses Grant, preparing for the second siege of Vicksburg, issued...
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A careful exposé of the libertarian agenda, spearheaded by the Koch brothers, to “impose their minority views on the majority by other means.”
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UNTIL MY LAST BREATH | Kirkus Reviews
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An emotional journey of hope, love, loss, and perseverance by legendary basketball commentator Vitale, with co-author Gleeson.
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Sixteen-year-old Jason Atwood shocked everyone at his Nevada high school by winning the science fair with his highly realistic holograms.
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CHRISTA COMES OUT OF HER SHELL | Kirkus Reviews
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When her famous father returns from the dead, a prickly scientist’s life is thrown into chaos.
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Two academics in the burgeoning field of AI survey the landscape and present an accessible state-of-the-union report.
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THE GHOSTKEEPER | Kirkus Reviews
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In this debut, an unconventional therapist for ghosts with his own emotional baggage helps wayward spirits find closure and peacefully navigate their way to the afterlife.
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ALA Reveals Most Challenged Books of 2023 | Kirkus Reviews
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Seven of the 10 most challenged books contain LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
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EMPATHY UNCHAINED | Kirkus Reviews
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Darling offers strategies for trauma resolution in this nonfiction guide.
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THE LAST ZOOKEEPER | Kirkus Reviews
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Caldecott Honoree Becker’s dystopian imaginings once more find fruit in picture-book format.
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THE BRIGHT SWORD | Kirkus Reviews
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King Arthur is dead—what happens now?
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SAFETY THROUGH SOLIDARITY | Kirkus Reviews
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Two social activists and journalists investigate the complicated layers of persistent antisemitism in society, especially in light of what they consider Israel’s unjust treatment of Palestinians in Gaza.
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LOUDER THAN HUNGER | Kirkus Reviews
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This coming-of-age novel in verse depicts one boy’s harrowing experiences with his eating disorder in the late 1990s.
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