New Book Examines the Culture That Shielded Sean Combs
Rolling Stone reporter Cheyenne Roundtree's book "Bad Boy For Life" examines how Sean Combs stayed powerful despite decades of rumors and allegations of abuse. Combs is currently…
Topic: Books
Bob Chapek Accuses Bob Iger of a 'Relentless Three-Year Campaign'
Ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek says Bob Iger ran a "relentless three-year campaign" to remove him, in a memoir excerpt that details alleged sabotage from day one.
Charles Spencer's “Swan Song” Revisits Diana's Life and Press Ordeal
Charles Spencer's memoir “Swan Song,” published nearly 30 years after Princess Diana's death, recounts her life, her marriage to Prince Charles and her suffering at the hands of t…
Pettigrew's Slave Trade History Counters Britain's Amnesia
William A. Pettigrew's Britain's Slave Traders shows ninety per cent of enslaved Africans sent to America travelled on British ships, countering calls to move on from the past.
James Marriott's The New Dark Ages: A Grandiose Defence of Reading
Times columnist James Marriott argues smartphones have killed reading and warn of a 'mystical, tribal and autocratic' future. The Guardian finds his polemic lofty but hollow.
Kate Mosse's Autumn Sings a Love-Song to West Sussex
The Labyrinth author's new book Autumn is a love-song to West Sussex, part of a seasons series that began with Michael Morpurgo in Devon and Val McDermid in Scotland.
Kevin Powers on the Books That Shaped Him
The American author recalls the deaths of Old Dan and Little Ann, losing himself in The Stand — and nearly quitting Infinite Jest "a thousand times".
Emily St John Mandel Turns to a Fractured Future America
Mandel's seventh novel Exit Party opens in 2031 Los Angeles and splits into two future Americas: one in civil war, one a surveillance state.
