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Author Ann Patchett and book critic Carlos Lozada outline their top books of 2018. Photo by Getty Images

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It’s not too late to put these 2018 books on your reading list

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Ann Patchett says baking can teach us a lot about being present. Photo by Getty Images.
Opinion: The secret to being fully present

Author Ann Patchett says "admitting that I’m incapable of multitasking was an important first step."…

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Arts Mar 12

British fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies at age 66

Terry Pratchett, author of more than 70 books including the popular Discworld fantasy series, has died at his home, his publisher said Thursday.

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Bestselling authors share their favorite books of 2014

What did our favorite authors read this year? Jeffrey Brown asks novelist Ann Patchett and business writer Daniel Pink for their top recommendations of 2014, including a young adult novel written in verse and a book about humanity’s place in…

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Authors Ann Patchett and Daniel Pink talk what makes a great book

Ann Patchett, author of “This is the Story of a Happy Marriage” and Daniel Pink, author of “To Sell is Human,” sat down with Jeffrey Brown in Washington’s Politics and Prose bookstore to talk about the factors that make a…

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Why Washington — not Lincoln or FDR — had the hardest job of any U.S. president

By Margaret Warner

George Washington isn't the sexiest of American presidents in our public imagination, nor the most accessible. Perhaps we are all too weighed down by the "father of his country" image, the cherry tree myth, his powdered wig and bone-and-ivory (no,…

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At Book Expo, publishers and authors confront changing industry

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The online revolution has disrupted the traditional bookselling business over time. From the publishing industry’s annual trade show, Jeffrey Brown reports on how authors and publishers are adapting to new platforms, small startups are pushing their titles and independent bookstores…

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Apr 06

Author and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen is dead at 86

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Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen died at his home on in Sagaponack, N.Y. of leukemia on Saturday. He was 86. Matthiessen was known as a novelist and non-fiction writer as well as for his work as an environmental activist and American…

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