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Book review: The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston

Church Times · July 10, 2025

SHORTLY after the death of the well-known author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), a trunk-load of her personal papers were consigned to a bonfire. A friend, noticing the smoke, hosed down the bonfire, extracting the charred manuscript of this...

[Review] In the Province of the Dragon

Sydney Anglicans · July 9, 2025

In the Province of the Dragon: The Flower Mountain Quartet, Volume 3 – A Pioneer Deaconess in Southern China from the Boxer Uprising to the Communist Insurgency by Robert and Linda Banks (Pickwick Publications) Readers of Australian Christian...

Book sale, wine tasting, Lawrence City Band’s summer finale and more events

Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas ·

photo by: Mike Yoder In this file photo, the Lawrence City Band performs June 4, 2014, in South Park. Friday, July 11 Trinity Vintage & Garage Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St. Continues Saturday morning. Summer Book...

Book review: Discipleship: Start This Way and Discipleship: Walk This Way by Guy Donegan-Cross

Church Times · July 10, 2025

THE Church of England aspires to seeing all believers “envisioned, resourced and released to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in the whole of life” (Vision and Strategy). Most dioceses similarly highlight the fostering of discipleship among their...

Bookface Sip & Swap with Dr Gillian Shirreffs to raise funds for Beatson Cancer Charity

GlasgowWorld · July 10, 2025

Book lovers are invited to a special Bookface Sip & Swap on Saturday 25th October, taking place at Saints of Ingram in Glasgow from 3–6pm—a relaxed afternoon of swapping books, sipping drinks, and raising money for Beatson Cancer Charity. This...

Review: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLEY BROWN at PORTHOUSE THEATER

BroadwayWorld ·

Few realize that when reading a Peanuts comic strip, watching a television show based on the writings of Charles M. Schulz, or seeing the theatrical YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, a version of which is now on stage at Porthouse Theatre, that...

Book review: The Catholic Reformation: A very short introduction by James F. Kelly

Church Times · July 10, 2025

USE of the term “Catholic Reformation” to describe the renewal of Roman Catholicism during the 16th and 17th centuries has been ascendant in recent decades. This is a welcome development: the older label “Counter-Reformation”, was pejoratively...

Book review: The Monastic World: A 1,200-year history by Andrew Jotischky

Church Times · July 10, 2025

AROUND the year 270, a 20-year-old Egyptian heard the Gospel read in church in which Christ advises a rich young man to sell his possessions and give the money to the poor. This was Anthony, one of the earliest monks, who followed these...

Author Maureen Cullen has a natural gift for the short story

The Herald (Scotland) · July 10, 2025

Havoc Shore contains 21 short stories, the majority set in or around 1963, nearly all of which were shortlisted or longlisted in literary competitions, a reflection of their consistently high quality. Cullen made quite an impression with her debut...

Author Carson to speak in Seaford

Cape Gazette - Delaware ·

New York Times bestselling author Dr. Ben Carson will speak at 7 p.m., Friday, July 18, in the Seaford High School Madden Auditorium as part of a free program sponsored by MERIT in conjunction with the American Cornerstone Institute. To learn more...

Authorities ID man shot by law enforcement at Frazee rest stop Wednesday evening

InForum - North Dakota · July 10, 2025

FRAZEE, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has named Todd Ole Burris, 36, of Bemidji, as the suspect who was shot by law enforcement at the Frazee rest stop in Otter Tail County Wednesday evening. As of late Thursday afternoon,...

Pakistan Embassy launches book authored by Om Charan Amatya

The Rising Nepal ·

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 9: The Embassy of Pakistan organized the launching ceremony of book on Pakistan’s Buddhist heritage in Nepali language, titled Pakistanka Boudha Sampadhaharu authored by eminent scholar Om Charan Amatya. Bhim Prasad...

Book Review | ‘Golden State: The Making of California’ by Michael Hiltzik

Santa Barbara Independent - California · July 10, 2025

Credit: CourtesyThe first time I really noticed the bumper stickers on the cars in front of me was when I began driving, in the late 1970s. One of them, which appeared frequently in my hometown of Sacramento, read, “Welcome to California. Now Go...

Book Review: ‘The Presumption: Racial Injustice in the United States’ explores how the legacy of slavery still haunts

South Florida Times · July 10, 2025

“The Presumption: Racial Injustice in the United States” PHOTO COURTESY OF BLOOMSBURY.COM In 1982, Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs. Just three years later, in 1985, the tragic cocaine overdose of promising Black athlete Len Bias shocked the...

Author of new Biden book details 'fierce' effort to insulate Biden on campaign trail

Fox News ·

Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Josh Dawsey detailed the "fierce" effort by some of former President Joe Biden's top aides to insulate the president while on the campaign trail on the "Politics War Room" podcast on Thursday. NEWYou can...

Book Review ‘Butterflies and Moths of India on stamps’

The Morung Express ·

M Lokeswara Rao I.F.S (Rtd) Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force (Rtd) Nagaland Butterflies and Moths are integral components of life on Earth, they contribute significantly to its rich biodiversity. Having likely...

Book chronicling intrigues that dominated the ascension rites of 21st Olu of Warri to be launched August 19

Fresh Angle ·

A book which reportedly captures the inside story, intrigues and power-play that “dominated the ascension rites” of “the 21st Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III CFR” will be launched Tuesday, August 19 by 12 noon at Aghofen, Olu...

Book Review: Against the Red Sky

Independent Book Review · July 10, 2025

Against the Red Sky by Kristen Illarmo Genre: Young Adult / Science Fiction / Thriller ISBN: 9798998691003 Print Length: 353 pages Reviewed by Elizabeth Reiser Planet Earth is in turmoil. Water shortages, rising temperatures, and pandemics are...

Booking.Yeehaw! Riding the Booking.com Ranking Reshuffle Rodeo

Hospitality Net · July 10, 2025

The guest review score is a critical KPI for accommodation providers, influencing everything from OTA visibility to guest trust. So when Booking.com announced a major update to how these scores are calculated, the hospitality industry...

Author Eowyn Ivey to speak at Fairbanks library

Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska ·

The Fairbanks Library Foundation will host award-winning Alaska author Eowyn Ivey for its July Alaska Author Night at 6 p.m. July 16 in the TOTE Auditorium at Noel Wien Library. Ivey will read from her books, answer questions and sign copies of...