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Mark Twain was first encountered by the reviewer as the avuncular, white-haired visage joining the purple-clad Robert Louis ...
We should not delude ourselves, however, about whether these detractors will fall right back in line when it counts. They ...
11. NOT MY TYPE, by E. Jean Carroll. (St. Martin’s) The journalist shares moments from her life and the two trials in which she accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault and defamation. 12.
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 12, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circa ...
Congress and other branches of government must be more informed by their awakened constituents than they fear the president.” — David L King, Erie ...
Biographer Ron Chernow's latest book is titled "Mark Twain" and provides details into the writer's life. From his sometimes ...
A snapshot of popular books.
A pair of very different Southern humorists and a couple of funny scripts with full-cast productions are this month’s ...
In the Book Pages newsletter this week, cookbooks, memories and the work one store is doing to replace what was lost in the ...
F rom "meditations on grief" to "awkward coming-of-age" tales, the best memoirs and biographies "tell someone else's story but ring true to our own life experiences", said The Independent. Covering a ...
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 13, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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Ron Chernow on the life of Mark Twain
Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, not only redefined American literature in the 1800s; he helped create the very idea of what it meant to be an American.