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Chances are, you've heard Julia Whelan's voice. She's the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors including Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry, Michael Crichton, V.E. Schwab and Kristin Hannah.

LONDON (AP) — Indian author Kiran Desai, who won the Booker Prize and then didn’t publish a novel for almost two decades, is up for the award again with her long-awaited follow-up.

NEW YORK (AP) — A long-rumored and “unapologetic” memoir by Sen. John Fetterman will be released this fall, his publisher said. Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced on Wednesday that “Unfettered” is scheduled for Nov. 11.

NEW YORK (AP) — A comic novel about a cynic's struggles to connect with others has won a $10,000 award named for a widely-respected author and editor, the late Gabe Hudson.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare public outburst on the Senate floor Tuesday, New Jersey Sen.

The cities of ancient Mesopotamia were oases for travelers trying to escape the sun’s heat. Urban shade was created by the buildings themselves with homes constructed close together and next to alleyways less than 5 feet wide.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. An Inside Job by Daniel Silva (Harper) 2. The Hamptons Lawyer by James Patterson & Mike Lupica (Little, Brown and Company) 3. State of Retribution, A First Family Novel by Marie Force (HTJB, Inc.) 4.

LONDON (AP) — Indian author Kiran Desai, who won the Booker Prize and then didn’t publish a novel for almost two decades, is up for the award again with her long-awaited follow-up.

After the shattering conclusion of “Not Quite Dead Yet,” author Holly Jackson addresses her readers this way: “... and breathe. Sorry. I know that was intense.

Most wars begin with a unilateral act. Americans fired “the shot heard round the world” in Lexington in 1775 , the Germans invaded Poland in 1939, and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.