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Kuyper the Mensch
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (261+ words) The single most quoted line in my biography of Abraham Kuyper comes in the Introduction: "Kuyper was a great man but not a nice one." Should my book ever appear in a second edition (ha!), I'd have to modify that…...
Ivaniuk: Work on restoring Kamunikat. org website is underway
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (123+ words) Yaroslav Ivaniuk, head of the 'Kamunikat' project, which combines a Belarusian online library and a publishing house, shared on his Facebook how the portal's restoration is progressing after a large-scale hacker attack. The Kamunikat. org website, which hosts the largest…...
Nonfiction books banned in US schools doubled last academic year: Analysis
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (396+ words) (The Hill) " A new report shows that the number of nonfiction books banned in U. S. schools doubled in the last academic year. PEN America's report released Thursday called "Facts & Fiction: Stories Stripped Away by Book Bans" found that 3, 743 unique titles were…...
Struggle for independence recalls rebels of Crossbarry
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (534+ words) May 8th, 2026 7: 40 AM AUTHORS Diarmuid Begley, Trevor Collins and Nuala O'Farrell have in their new book on the country's struggle for independence kept the voices and spirit alive in the community which they loved so dearly, according to Taoiseach Miche'l Martin....
A Gripping True Story of Courage, Secrecy, and Patriotism
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (417+ words) The Undercover Patriot by Sam Zakaria Blending the tension of a psychological thriller with the authenticity of lived experience, The Undercover Patriot begins with an ordinary encounter that slowly unfolds into something far more complex. Through subtle interactions, coded behavior,…...
Book review: American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV means for the Church and the world by Christopher Lamb
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (525+ words) Friday 08 May 2026 Christopher Hill reviews a reflection on Pope Leo in his global context OF THE writing of books about Pope Francis and Pope Leo, there appears to be no end. Christopher Lamb, an English Vaticanologist who works for CNN…...
Abbey Carbonneau of Book More Women
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (155+ words) This week we welcome back Abbey Carbonneau, the founder, creator, and now executive director of Book More Women " who you may know as the Instagram account and site that uses festival posters as a powerful visual aid to show the…...
Young Poong Bookstore opens donation garden at Seoul Garden Show
5+ hour, 55+ min ago (300+ words) South Korea's Young Poong Bookstore announced on May 8 that it has opened a donation garden and outdoor library at Seoul Forest as part of the 2026 Seoul International Garden Show. The outfit noted that the project combines reading, relaxation, and community…...
Bigotry is Learned Behavior, Not Innate
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (1009+ words) Ron Jacobs is the author of several books, including Daydream Sunset: Sixties Counterculture in the Seventies published by Counter Punch Books. His latest book, titled Reality, Resistance, Rock and Roll is a collection of book reviews written for Counterpunch over…...
This book records the Bhil tribes" resistance movements against Rajputs, Marathas and the British
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (257+ words) Famine diet: Presidents menu for Vietnam leader, UP food list trigger criticism, jokes online Lukkhe review: Some highs in an overly ambitious show about drugs, rap music and crime How three Indian soldiers escaped from Singapore during WWII and made…...