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5 notable new books that are all over the map (in a good way)

These books confront readers with the recent past and distant future, bring them to southeastern Africa and an alternative Japan, and bedeck their pages with subversive cartoons and lush landscapes.

April 15, 2025
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Rebecca McCarthy is the author of "Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers."

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Athens author pens biography of her mentor, beloved author Norman Maclean

Athens writer Rebecca McCarthy's biography of author Norman Maclean chronicles both her personal experiences with him and what she learned about his life through research.

November 19, 2024
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Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1917..

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New biography dives into the troubled life of literary 'genius' Carson McCullers

A new biography of renowned writer and Georgia native Carson McCullers takes a deep dive into the author's troubled life and brilliant mind.

April 25, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Britney Spears, left, joins Madonna for a guest appearance during one of Madonna's Los Angeles tour dates in 2008.

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Madonna and Britney Spears: It's them against the world

Two new books chronicle the lives of two pop idols, Madonna and Britney Spears. The way each came to stardom — and what happened to them after — illuminates why their paths have been so different.

October 28, 2023
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Walter Isaacson, left, and Michael Lewis are authors and friends from New Orleans. Their new books are about billionaire Elon Musk and fallen crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried respectively.

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As Walter Isaacson and Michael Lewis wrote, their books' heroes became villains

What happens when the hero you plan to write about becomes a villain in much of the public's eye? We asked bestselling authors Michael Lewis and Walter Isaacson about Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk.

October 18, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Colonel Robert L. Scott Jr. in his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk in 1943.

'Double Ace': The Life And Legend Of WWII Pilot Robert Lee Scott

Brigadier General Robert Lee Scott was a boy from Waynesboro, Georgia who went on to become a World War II hero. He was an American fighter pilot who...

September 23, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Amanda Art

'A Thousand Naked Strangers' Chronicles Wild Life Of One Atlanta Paramedic

Author Kevin Hazzard worked as a paramedic for Grady Hospital in Atlanta for ten years. His job sent him into peoples’ homes to rescue them from...

April 14, 2016
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