Foreign governments lavish gifts on White House A bamboo bicycle valued at $1,060 from The Philippines ... a golf bag price priced at $7,750 from then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy ... a number of shirts, pens, sculptures and rugs. Foreign gifts to President Obama and his family totaled $243,970.96 in 2011, according to a Yahoo News analysis of a report from the State Department. More
$1 Billion Gift Gives Met a New Perspective (Cubist) In one of the most significant gifts in the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the philanthropist and cosmetics tycoon Leonard A. Lauder has promised the institution his collection of 78 Cubist paintings, drawings and sculptures. More
Google sells Frommer's guides back to Arthur Frommer Arthur Frommer, the avuncular, erudite travel icon who 57 years ago inspired a generation of cost-conscious Americans to pack their bags with Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, is taking back control of his travel guidebook brand from Google and intends to resume publishing Frommer guidebooks. More
Book Buzz: Give the gift of books this holiday season Take a look at today's top book and publishing news... Find a beautiful coffee-table book for anyone on your list with USA TODAY's Jocelyn McClurg's guide, from Monumental Venice to Rolling Stones 50. And for the aspiring cooks in your life, check out Carol Memmott's cookbook suggestions and read a recipe from each of the books. More
R.O. Kwon's 6 favorite books that are full of wisdom R.O. Kwon is the best-selling author of " The Incendiaries ," a 2018 novel that was a National Book Critics Circle finalist. Her acclaimed new novel, " Exhibit ," follows two women artists who explore ... 06/3/2024 - 7:01 pm | View Link
Exclusive: Laurie Devore's ‘The Villain Edit’ Excerpt Makes Your Favorite Reality Dating Shows Look Tame Promise. Listen, we're all frantically trying to get every single spoiler we can possibly get our hands on when it comes to the upcoming seasons of our favorite dating shows. Hiatuses are super hard ... 06/3/2024 - 6:01 am | View Link
Why Favorite Things Matter: Digging Deeper In Job Interviews Instead, I ask about their favorite things—favorite food, favorite song, favorite book, favorite leader, favorite quote, favorite color, favorite movie, favorite poem, etc. It sounds superficial—but ... 06/3/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
Create a Custom Cookbook Filled With Your Favorite Recipes for Only $23 Snag one while it’s on sale.Growing up, my favorite home-cooked meals were the ones my dad threw together with absolute ease. He’d scrounge through the fridge with only a few key ingredients and ... 06/2/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Essential Reading for Pride: PEOPLE Picks Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Books For Adults These are the essential LGBTQ+ books to read for Pride month and beyond, including fiction, nonfiction, romance, thriller and memoir ... 05/30/2024 - 3:01 am | View Link
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
When Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was murdered in September 2022, he became the ninth U. S. journalist to be murdered in connection with their work in 30 years.
German is much more than a statistic, though.
In “The Last Story: The Murder of an Investigative Journalist In Las Vegas (WildBlue Press), German’s colleague Arthur Kane delves into the reporter’s professional life, the police investigation into his death, and the evolution of Las Vegas and news media over recent decades.
“It was important to me to get the story out there,” said Kane, an award-winning investigative journalist who worked at The Denver Post for seven years.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Pay Dirt,” by Sara Paretsky (Wiliam Morrow)
“Pay Dirt,” by Sara Paretsky (Wiliam Morrow)
V. I. Warshawski is in a bad place. Depressed because of a death (one that occurred in a previous mystery) and a separation from her boyfriend, she agrees to attend a ball game in Lawrence, Kan., with a goddaughter and her friends.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?