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BOOKS

Career stuck in neutral? Networking might change that 

Caitlin Riley, a rare books specialist, poses with one of the first editions of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien which was discovered in a home library of a cleaned-out house in Bristol.
Lifestyle

Rare ‘Hobbit’ first edition auctioned for £43,000

Kamala Harris had announced on Wednesday that she would not run for governor of the state in 2026, but according to US media, a 2028 White House run is not out of the question.
International

Kamala Harris to detail 2024 presidential run in new book

Before the Book Society most Britons believed, as H.G. Wells put it, “that it is extravagant and wrong to own books”. Even well-to-do readers used lending libraries to borrow desired titles.
Lifestyle

Before Oprah’s Book Club, there was the Book Society

When so many books, films, music and media are vying for our ever-precious attention and leisure time, a quick glance at an aggregate rating or sample critique is often all it takes to dash a potential reader’s interest.
Lifestyle
LIFE & CULTURE

Amazon’s Goodreads is forgetting why it even exists

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump go head-to-head in a trade war that has global ramifications.
Arts & Design
BOOKS

Here’s why Trump’s tariffs won’t work

(FILES) British writer Frederick Forsyth poses for a portrait before an interview with AFP in London on September 13, 2016. 'The Day of The Jackal' author Frederick Forsyth has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness, his literary agents Curtis Brown said, June, 9. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Lifestyle
OBITUARY

The Day of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth dies, aged 86

A book is still the best technology to convey the nuanced complexity of the world.
Opinion & Features

How to be a great thinker

A bank employee poses with USD 100 notes in Taipei on May 6, 2025. The dollar rose in Asia on May 6 fuelled by hopes for trade deals to avert Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, while equities mostly rose as investors await the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG / AFP)
Arts & Design
BOOKS

Chasing money? Read this before you burn out

hymombooks - Books for Mother's Day. Credit : PHOTO: PENGUIN/COMO
Lifestyle
BOOKS

Mother’s Day gift guide: Books for every kind of mum

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