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Long Beach's Casita Bookstore owner Antonette Franceschi-Chavez announced over the weekend that her shop is looking to downsize after facing financial hardship in 2025 that led to a near 20% drop in sales....
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The Guardian » 6 days ago
The science writer pragmatically shows how optimism can bring about real improvements in everyday life and change in the wider worldCan optimism influence events in your life? Does fate smile upon those who see the glass as half full? The science writer Sumit Paul-Choudhu...
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The Guardian » 6 days ago
The novelist on how The Rainbow made him want to write, the strange genius of Penelope Fitzgerald and finding comfort in TintinMy earliest reading memory
Sitting on the sofa with my mum reading Mabel the Whale by Patricia K...
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LA Times » 22 hours ago
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction....
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Her voice soundtracked the 60s and 70s, but the revolution silenced her. The legendary singer finally has her say, in this uneven memoirIf you ask any Iranian to name the most important female pop star in our country’s history, they’ll say Googoosh. Nobo...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Shroud-chewers, lip-smackers and suckers populate this fascinating study of ‘the unquiet dead’ across the centuriesThe word “vampire” first appears in English in sensational accounts of a revenant panic in Serbia in the early 18th century. One case in 1725 concerned a rec...
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction....
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LA Times » 1 week ago
Is your Spotify Wrapped a bluff? While digital algorithms track our listening, an analog "book stack" offers a deeper look at our intentions. From Timothy Snyder to Hans Fallada, here is how one writer used a year of books to navigate a year of political and environmental upheaval...
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LA Times » 3 weeks ago
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction....
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LA Times » 3 weeks ago
Hosts from 'Glamorous Trash,' 'Celebrity Book Club' and 'Good Noticings' sifted through hundreds of celebrity memoirs to find 2025's gems. Standouts include works from Tina Knowles, Keith McNally, Maria Shriver, Jeff Miller and Christie Brinkley....
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