In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan How do you explain ...
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Roland Allen’s “The Notebook” chronicles the vital role notebooks played in the achievements of luminaries like Erasmus, Charles Darwin and Agatha Christie. “Night Flyer,” about Harriet ...
The author is even-handed but not starry-eyed. Particularly chilling are her accounts of the “punitive” raids against the indigenous people, expeditions even dissenters were expected to join ...
Avid reader Jess Bacon has been finding out if there’s any difference between fiction and non-fiction for deep sleep. Reading is considered one of the best ways to wind down in the evening.
Five Canadian books have made the shortlist for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for nonfiction. The $75,000 award recognizes the best in Canadian nonfiction. It is the largest ...