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The Not-So-Life-Changing Magic Of Self-Help Books

Jan 30, 2020
Are self-help books actually helpful? That's the question Kristen Meinzer sought to answer in her upcoming book, How to Be Fine: What We Learned From Living by the Rules Of 50 Self-Help Books.
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The Code Switch Holiday Book Guide

Dec 20, 2019
A book is still a perfect gift. So, because we're betting that some people have a bit of the procrastinator in them, here's a Code Switch gift to you: Our list of books that stuck with us this year.
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An engraving dating from the 19th century depicts passenger pigeons, once one of the most common birds in North America but now extinct because of overhunting and deforestation.
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When We Love Our Food So Much That It Goes Extinct

Sep 23, 2019
A new book explores how overhunting and habitat destruction have left us with only a fraction of the foods that existed a century ago, and the changes that are needed to preserve our culinary variety.
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San Diego Forgives $2 Million Worth Of Library Overdue Book Fees

Apr 11, 2019
On Tuesday, city officials announced they will pardon 130,000 residents who have incurred overdue charges on borrowed books.
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The Joy (And Fear) Of Making 'Kindred' Into A Graphic Novel

Feb 10, 2017
Nearly 40 years after it was published, Octavia Butler's time-travel novel Kindred has been adapted for a modern audience as a graphic novel. But reinterpreting the masterwork was a daunting task.
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The Two-Way
Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative columnist and Internet personality, confirmed that he has a book deal with Simon & Schuster, saying on his Facebook page: "They said banning me from Twitter would finish me off. Just as I predicted, the opposite has happ
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Simon & Schuster Will Publish Book By Breitbart Editor, Despite Criticism

Dec 30, 2016
Some Simon & Schuster authors are outraged over plans to publish the book by Milo Yiannopoulos, widely known for his attacks against actress Leslie Jones on Twitter.
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Gay-straight alliance school bus at Seattle Pride, 2008.
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For LGBTQ Students, Author Says, Safety Is 'Not Enough'

Jul 14, 2016
Safety for LGBTQ students is critical, but inclusive policies shouldn't stop there, author Michael Sadowski argues in his new book.
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Harry Potter Fans Rejoice! New Book From The Wizarding World Coming This Summer

Feb 10, 2016
The book, called Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II picks up the story of Harry and co. where the series epilogue left off. It will comprise the script of a play of the same name.
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The Kids' Book 'A Fine Dessert' Has Award Buzz — And Charges Of Whitewashing Slavery

Oct 30, 2015
In a long discussion on Twitter, one critic called the illustrations "candy coated images of slavery." The illustrator says these images have been taken out of context.
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Letters To The Teacher Celebrate A 40-Year Career

Sep 27, 2015
Molly Pollak was a middle and high school teacher. When she retired this year, former students gave her a book filled with their letters. It reads like a textbook for great teaching.
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History: A state in full

May 27, 2015

Michael Green delivers a Nevada history that finally gives Las Vegas its due — and doesn’t shrink from the state’s dark side.

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Hickey On Drugs, Art And Leaving Las Vegas

Oct 08, 2013

Art critic Dave Hickey left Las Vegas in 2010, and announced his retirement from art criticism last year in The Observer. But he's back, with a new book of collected essays

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American Gypsy

Jul 06, 2012

Oksana Marafioti was 15 when her family moved to Hollywood.  She’d grown up in Russia, touring with the family’s band of gypsies across the Siberian tundra.

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Tony Ciaglia: From Brain Injury Survivor to Serial Killer Pen Pal

May 09, 2012
Tony Ciaglia was a teenager at summer camp, when a boating accident landed him in a coma.  He spent the next few years relearning how to walk and talk, and navigating a world of medications and teen bullies.
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Married to Comedy (Literally) [Rebroadcast]

Dec 01, 2011
Brian McKim and Traci Skene are both successful comics, with 40-plus years of stand-up laughs between the two of them.  They also happen to be married.
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The Short, Short Hitchhiker

Nov 03, 2011
Richard Menzies was driving down a Nevada road in 1976 when he passed a hitchhiker.  And that's when Richard Menzies did a double take: the hitchhiker had no feet.
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Friendly Fallout 1953: Stories Behind the Bomb

Oct 26, 2011
Nevada's history is steeped in the nuclear tests that exploded across the desert in the 1950s.  Nevada author Ann Ronald imagines what life must have been like for the scientists, military, ranchers, and other locals in her book, Friendly Fallout 1953.
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Stu Michaels: Life as Wynn's Security and the President's Bookie

Sep 08, 2011
Stu Michaels was a former New York City detective who had tracked the Son of Sam killer, when he moved to Las Vegas and found himself heading casino security for Steve Wynn.  From picking prostitutes out of a crowd to shopping with Michael Jackson, to lending Bill Gates money, Stu shares a cadre of celebrity-rich stories.
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Stu Michaels: Life as Wynn's Security and the President's Bookie

Aug 24, 2011
Stu Michaels was a former New York City detective who had tracked the Son of Sam killer, when he moved to Las Vegas and found himself heading casino security for Steve Wynn.  From picking prostitutes out of a crowd to shopping with Michael Jackson, to lending Bill Gates money, Stu shares a cadre of celebrity-rich stories.
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Timothy O'Grady

May 04, 2010
Author Timothy O'Grady left the United States shortly after he graduated from college in the 1970s. He moved to Europe and never moved back.
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Raw Edges

Apr 14, 2010
Phyllis Barber had to confront some difficult decisions about her marriage and her life as a Mormon. She details those sometimes painful processes in her new memoir Raw Edges: A Memoir.
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Blue Vegas

Mar 05, 2010
P. Moss has published a new book of "only in Las Vegas" short stories.
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The War on Drugs

Feb 19, 2010
The United States has only 5% of the world's population but it uses 60% of the world's drugs. That number alone is enough to suggest that we have no chance of winning the war on drugs or so argues Dr.
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The Value of Nothing

Feb 19, 2010
Economist Raj Patel writes in his new book that we have placed too much trust in the market value of everything. And that has had detrimental effects on our democracy as well as our economy.
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Comstock Lode

Feb 05, 2010
Nevada's first boom was in Virginia City just before the Civil War. Author Dennis Drabelle has written a new history of the big silver boom.
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