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Anderson Cooper has a 2-book deal, first expected in 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Anderson Cooper has a two-book deal and plans to collaborate with historian-novelist Katherine Howe. Harper announced Tuesday the 51-year-old CNN anchor and "60 Minutes" correspondent will work on two books of nonfiction with Howe, who specializes in novels about witchcraft, including "The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs" and "The Physick Book of...

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Narcissa Whitman
Dr. Whitman was affected strongly by the Indians’ search for religion. In 1835 he joined a party which ascended the Missouri River into the Rocky Mountains. He returned with two Indian youths, to urge increased missionary efforts.

March 14, 2019 at 6:00 am

Through Narcissa Whitman’s story, this Pacific Northwest author asks herself what it means to be a ‘woman of the West’

Narcissa Prentiss Whitman was one of the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains, and later became one of 13 people killed in the...

March 13, 2019 at 1:22 pm

Amazon pulls 2 books that promote unscientific autism ‘cures’

Amazon’s removal of the listings came after several internet companies said they were taking steps to limit the reach of pseudoscientific health information.

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March 13, 2019 at 9:06 am

Amazon removes books that promoted an autism ‘cure’

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has removed books from its website that promoted "cures" for autism, the latest major company to try to limit the...

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March 13, 2019 at 6:00 am

Paperback Picks: books by Gloria Steinem, Jonathan Evison and more VIEW

Among this week’s half-dozen Paperback Picks are a charmer of a novel by Bainbridge Island resident Evison and a 25th anniversary edition of Steinem’s best-selling...

“Lost Children Archive,” by Valeria Luiselli.

March 12, 2019 at 7:00 am

In Valeria Luiselli’s innovative new novel, a family road trip collides with America’s refugee crisis

"Lost Children Archive" begins as a family journey from New York to the Southwestern desert. What comes next is a brilliant and shocking examination of...

March 12, 2019 at 6:17 am

‘Mockingbird’ author compared hometown to Elvis’ Graceland

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee railed against her Alabama hometown for trying to exploit her success in a letter...