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Review: Digital tech advances, AI spur hacking of society

Review: Digital tech advances, AI spur hacking of society

“A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend Them Back” by Bruce Schneier (W.W. Norton & Company) Hacking is universally understood as the exploitation of a software vulnerability by a malicious actor.

Yiyun Li's 'The Book of Goose' among PEN/Faulkner nominees

NEW YORK (AP) — Yiyun Li's novel “The Book of Goose” and the debut work “Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell are among 10 nominees on the long list for one of the top literary prizes, the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

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US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria Books) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.
At last: Streisand memoir 'My Name is Barbra' coming Nov. 7

At last: Streisand memoir 'My Name is Barbra' coming Nov. 7

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand's very long and very long-awaited memoir, a project she has talked about for years, is coming out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will release “My Name is Barbra” on Nov. 7.
Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing

Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing

NEW YORK (AP) — Months after being stabbed repeatedly as he prepared to give a lecture, Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye, struggles to write and, at times, has “frightening” nightmares.
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard writing book on leaving Democrats

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard writing book on leaving Democrats

NEW YORK (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic representative from Hawaii who clashed often with her party and eventually left it, has a memoir coming out Oct. 10.
Julie Andrews teams with daughter on new picture book

Julie Andrews teams with daughter on new picture book

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest picture book collaboration between Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton was inspired by an unusual musical performance in Spain.
Review: 'Looking for Jane' is gripping, historical, relevant

Review: 'Looking for Jane' is gripping, historical, relevant

“Looking for Jane” by Heather Marshall (Atria) Gripping from the moment it begins, Heather Marshall’s novel “Looking for Jane” is getting a well-deserved re-release to hit the post-Roe v. Wade United States market.
'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua writes first novel, 'The Golden Gate'

'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua writes first novel, 'The Golden Gate'

NEW YORK (AP) — Amy Chua, the Yale Law School professor and author sometimes known as “Tiger Mom," has written her first novel. “The Golden Gate," a murder mystery centered around a wealthy family in Berkeley, California in 1944, will come out Sept.
Review: Detective work in bio leads to real Mickey Spillane

Review: Detective work in bio leads to real Mickey Spillane

“Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction” by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor (Mysterious Press) In fiction an “unreliable narrator” can't be trusted as he or she spins the story at hand.
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