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September 17, 2019

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending September 15, 2019: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Heads Up!, ...

September 17, 2019

The top 10 books on Apple Books-US

Apple Book charts for week ending September 15, 2019: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher) 1. The Testaments ...

September 17, 2019

Gaming heavyweights raise $17M for new esports network

A new venture backed by many of video gaming's biggest publishers is unveiling a network that hopes to be to esports what ...

September 17, 2019

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending September 13: Fiction: 1. The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan, narrated by Aoife McMahon ...

September 17, 2019

Old-fashioned reporting most compelling aspect of 'She Said'

"She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement" (Penguin Press), by Jodi Kantor and Megan ...

September 17, 2019

Lisa Unger's 'The Stranger Inside' is psychological thriller

"The Stranger Inside," Park Row, by Lisa Unger A woman is forced to confront her past in Lisa Unger's latest psychological ...

September 17, 2019

Benetton makes a splash on the eve of Milan Fashion Week

Benetton has long made waves off the runway with its provocative advertising campaigns. But the storied family-owned knitwear ...

September 17, 2019

Review: Linwood Barclay's 'Elevator Pitch' is vivid story

"Elevator Pitch: a Novel" (William Morrow), by Linwood Barclay It first seems like an accident when a Manhattan office tower ...

September 17, 2019

Heroine yearns to build meaningful life in 'Single Thread'

"A Single Thread: a Novel," Viking, by Tracy Chevalier Violet Speedwell seems an unlikely heroine at the opening of Tracy ...

September 17, 2019

National Book Awards list for translation has global reach

Authors from Asia, Africa and South America are among those on the National Book Awards longlist for translated literature, ...

September 17, 2019

Colson Whitehead among Kirkus Prize finalists

Colson Whitehead's novel "The Nickel Boys" and Kwame Alexander's picture story "The Undefeated" are among the finalists for ...

September 17, 2019

ShowBiz Minute: Ocasek, SNL, Brinkley

Rocker Ric Ocasek's cause of death revealed; "SNL" rescinds cast invitation to Shane Gillis over YouTube video; Hurt Christie ...

September 17, 2019

The New York Times faces questions over Kavanaugh story

Between an offensive tweet and a significant revision, The New York Times' handling of a new sexual misconduct allegation ...

September 16, 2019

The Latest: GOP stands by Kavanaugh, rips NY Times

The Latest on a new allegation of sexual impropriety against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 5:10 p.

September 16, 2019

Race, family and history converge in 'Heaven, My Home'

"Heaven, My Home" (Mulholland), by Attica Locke Race, family and history converge in Attica Locke's second intense novel ...

September 16, 2019

Atwood's 'The Testaments' takes readers on wild ride

"The Testaments" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood wrote her much-anticipated sequel to "The ...

September 16, 2019

Young people's longlist announced for National Book Awards

Laurie Halse Anderson, Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander are among the 10 authors on the young people's literature longlist ...

September 16, 2019

Foner writes timely new book on Reconstruction amendments

"The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution" (W.W. Norton and Co.), by Eric Foner It ...