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The New York Times Book Review – November 3, 2024

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (November 3, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Recipe For Living’ – In “Be Ready When The Luck Happens”, the TV chef Ina Garten asks, “How easy is that?”. Not very.

6 New Books We Recommend This Week

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Book Club Conversation Space: García Márquez Memories

Share your memories of reading García Márquez’s books here.

4 Smart, Riveting New Crime Novels

Our columnists on new books by John Banville, Kate Christensen under a pseudonym and more.

Culture, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Previews, Reviews, Society

The New York Times Magazine-Nov. 3, 2024

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (November 2, 2024): The 11.3.24 Issue In this issue, Jim Rutenberg on the potential for an election certification crisis in the weeks ahead; Amanda Taub on the game theory of democracy; Ariel Lown Lewiton on her grandparents’ protest pin collection; and more.Read this issue

How Will White Women Vote? It’s a Question With a Fraught History.

White and Black women have joined together to power progressive causes — from abolition to civil rights — but it’s a tenuous alliance.

What if A.I. Is Actually Good for Hollywood?

It’s already powering remarkable visual innovations, like in the new movie “Here.” But boosters think that’s just the beginning. By Devin Gordon

A Brief History of Messy Elections

Three times the results were disputed after the votes were in.

Financial, Investing, Magazines, Previews, Retirement, Reviews

Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine-Nov. 4, 2024

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE (October 26, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Secret to Walmart’s Success’…

Walmart Is on a Winning Streak. How the Walton Family Keeps the World’s Biggest Retailer on Track.

Beyond bricks and mortar: Walmart’s executives and family owners quietly share a bond that helps the grocery and retail giant thrive, year after year.

What the Election Means for Companies and Sectors

We size up the likely impacts on the auto industry, energy, healthcare, industrials, regional banks, and technology.Long read

Move Over, Banks. Alternative Asset Giants Plunge Into Private Credit.

Lending from asset managers has quadrupled over the past decade to nearly $2 trillion in assets.

News, Podcasts, Politics, Stories

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

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Monocle on Saturday (November 2, 2024): With the US election just three days away, producer and investigative journalist, Hannah Cogan, joins Vincent McAviney for a look through a selection of US election stories. They’ll discuss the post-election legal challenge, a documentary on the burnout of US election officials, protest art and more.

Plus: Monocle’s senior foreign correspondent, Carlota Rebelo, and US editor, Christopher Lord, on their experience speaking to people on the ground in Atlanta, Georgia, including former city councillor Kwanza Hall.

Nature, Photography, Views, Wilderness, Wildlife

Outdoor Photography: Karen Cooper ‘Fall 2024’

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Books: Literary Review Magazine – November 2024

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Literary Review – November 2, 2024: The latest issue features ‘The Making of Handel’s Messiah’; Another Side of Plath; Legends of El Cid; Germany Stalls and Smiley Returns…

Oratorio of Oratorios – Freya Johnston

Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah By Charles King

Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen

What in Me is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost By Orlando Reade

Nazis, Porn & Punting

Tom Sharpe: A Personal Memoir By Piers Brendon

Architecture, Design, Home Design, Homes, Videos

Architecture: RIBA House Of The Year 2024 Shortlist

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RIBA Architecture (November 1, 2024): The Hall by TaylorHare Architects is shortlisted for RIBA’s House of the Year 2024.

Situated in the Kent Downs, this Grade II listed 16th century residence has been extensively and sympathetically refurbished into a sustainable home. Interiors have been both restored and modernised, with finely crafted detailing and considered new interventions that work in harmony so that the historical compliments the contemporary.

The house is an exemplar of green living, while simultaneously restoring the surrounding listed outbuildings and adding a pool, pool house, tennis court, stable block, and a new lake. The end result is a demonstration of how to extend the life of a historic building, while creating elegant living spaces for the future. Presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the House of the Year is a prestigious annual award for the best example of a one-off house designed by an architect in the UK, celebrating excellence and innovation in home design.

Astronomy, Magazines, Science, Space, Technology

Space/Science: Astronomy Magazine – November 2024

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Astronomy magazine (November 1, 2024) – The latest issue features “Everything we kno about the Sun’….

Bringing the Sun to light

The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.

For thousands of years, humans have worshipped the Sun. Our ancestors built monuments and temples to it, and used it to mark the annual cycle of seasons. For ancient Egyptians, their most important god, Re, was the personification of the Sun itself.

Today, we are no less in thrall to the wonders and mysteries of our nearest star. We’ve made strides in understanding its major systems and answered many questions about how it produces energy. But the Sun is far from an open book,

November 2024: What’s in the sky this month? Mars and Jupiter are improving, while Uranus reaches opposition

Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere observers this month.

News, Podcasts, Politics, Stories

News: Air Strikes Across Israel-Lebanon Border, Ceasefire Talks Continue

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Monocle Radio Podcast (November 1, 2024): As strikes and rockets continue to fire across the Lebanon-Israel border, there is still a sense of optimism about a ceasefire in the region. Hannah McCarthy joins Emma Nelson to discuss the situation.

Plus: Andrew Mueller details the rigorous arguments of bloviating real-estate huxters, William Yang gives us the latest on Taiwan’s record-breaking typhoon and Rebecca Tay explains why Christmas is getting creepier.