A new provincial law requires public libraries to pull and restrict items with โgraphic visual depictions of sexual acts.โ Librarians argue the mandate opens the door to censorship.
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Sarah Meilleur is the chief executive of Calgary Public Library, the largest of Albertaโs 221 municipal library boards.
The ecologist Eric W. Sanderson surveys the historical landscape of New York in a new book that, at 900,000 words, is as massive as the city it chronicles.
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Eric W. Sanderson, a man in his habitat, told the story of Manhattan more than a decade ago. His new book, โBefore New York,โ takes the measure of the city in full, from its earliest days.
Home to tales inspired by the likes of โHarry Potterโ and โHeated Rivalry,โ the archive was taken down after โan intrusion,โ one of its founders said. It could be down for weeks.
Italians canโt get enough of โRomanzo Criminale,โ a best-selling novel that has been made into a hit film, a bigger hit TV show and now, an opera.
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โRomanzo Criminale,โ an opera based on the best-selling novel, at the Maggio Musicale theater in Florence, Italy, this month.
The new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from Gulf state leaders to Trumpโs son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.
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The U.A.E. president Mohammed bin Zayed and President Trumpโs son-in-law Jared Kushner, in 2026.