Clooney’s ‘Boys In The Boat’ misses British Olympic triumph (Image: Getty) Exclusive – It’s the Chariots of Fire-style true story of a scrappy working class team of rowers from Washington state who beat posh and privileged Ivy League university rivals to qualify for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where they overcame immense odds to win gold. … Read more
Many of us discovered our love for reading through young adult books. They were truth-tellers, examining themes like friendship, loss, puberty, mental health, and sex in ways that gently let us know we weren’t alone in our thoughts or experiences. Now, to revisit those books is to return to a time when life seemed both … Read more
Minnesota bookbinder gives old books new life – CBS News Watch CBS News If there’s such a thing as a hospital for damaged books, it would be this bookbinder in Minnesota, one of the few left in the U.S. that still binds books by hand. John Lauritsen has the story. Be the first to know … Read more
Professor unveils the life of the first African American woman to write a novel – CBS News Watch CBS News In 2003, scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. helped publish what’s believed to be the first novel ever written by an African American woman. That book, drawn from a manuscript dating back to the mid-1800s’, was … Read more
A Letter which had been used to show that Admiral Lord Nelson backed the slave trade is a fake, according to the author of a new book. Chris Brett, chairman of the Nelson Society, argues it was the work of plantation owners. They were trying to piggyback on the reputation of the Trafalgar hero to … Read more
The biggest fight of the generative AI revolution is headed to the courtroom—and no, it’s not about the latest boardroom drama at OpenAI. Book authors, artists, and coders are challenging the practice of teaching AI models to replicate their skills using their own work as a training manual. The debate centers on the billions of … Read more
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