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Book excerpt: "The Wide Wide Sea" by Hampton Sides
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers," "In the Kingdom of Ice" and "On Desperate Ground," returns with the story of Captain James Cook, and an...
'Gothic crime story for the ages.' Alex Murdaugh's family history explored in new book.
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOne of the most well-known, modern nonfiction writers in South Carolina has turned his attention to...
Captain James Cook and the controversial legacy of Western exploration
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe British explorer who sailed the uncharted Pacific Ocean in the 1700s, and who was killed in...
The week's bestselling books, April 21
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months ago(Los Angeles Times) Hardcover fiction 1. Table for Two by Amor Towles (Viking: $32) A collection of stories from the author of "The Lincoln Highway." 2....
This week on "Sunday Morning" (April 7)
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA look at the features for this week's broadcast of the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy-winner for Outstanding Recorded News Program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
The canonized and vilified Capt. James Cook is ready for a reassessment
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn Hampton Sides' telling, this explorer's final mission, ending with his death on the shores of Hawaii's Big Island, has room for both condemnation and celebration.
This celebrated historian has a long relationship with KC. She’ll return next month
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen Doris Kearns Goodwin heads to Unity Temple on the Plaza next month to promote her latest book,...
James McGrath Morris brings New Mexico writers to the table
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 19—Santa Fe-based biographer James McGrath Morris collects writers like some people collect baseball cards. He frequently lives with the work of a person who fascinates him, spending years ...
Summer books 2024: It’s summertime and the reading’s easy. Or epic. Choose your own adventure
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOne strategy for summer reading — and yes, there are strategies — is to begin a project. Dabble in...
Murdaugh murder books open new windows into SC’s most notorious crime saga
The State via Yahoo News· 3 months agoUp to now the Alex Murdaugh murder saga has been mostly covered by daily journalists, podcasts,...
