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Our Nonfiction Views post on Daily Kos on March 31st featured these new nonfiction books: - The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier, by Megan Kate Nelson - The Elusive Body: Patients, Doctors, and the Diagnosis Crisis, by Alexandra Sifferlin - Hollywood vs. Nazis: How the Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles, by Michael Benson - The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence, by Sebastian Mallaby - A Kingdom and a Village: A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow, by Simon Morrison - Recession: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It, by Tyler Beck Goodspeed - The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It, by Arindrajit Dube - Kutchinsky's Egg: A Family's Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss, by Serena Kutchinsky - The Life You Want, by Adam Phillips - The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness, by Arthur C. Brooks - True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink, by Kory Stamper - Nightfaring: In Search of the Disappearing Darkness, by Megan Eaves-Egenes - When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World, by Suzanne Simard - No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene, by Adele Bertei - Arsenio: A Memoir, by Arsenio Hall - Impossible: The Love Affair between Marcel Duchamp and Maria Martins, and the Artwork It Inspired, by Francis M. Naumann

Our weekly post also featured notable new nonfiction of the week, including books by @mkn.bsky.social @serenakutchinsky.bsky.social @korystamper.bsky.social @simonmorrison.bsky.social @meganeaves.com @drsuzannesimard.bsky.social
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How a jeweler's quest to create the world's largest jeweled egg led to his downfall An obsession with making the world's largest golden egg brought down one family's storied jewelry business. NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Serena Kuchinsky about her memoir, "Kutchinsky's Egg."

"It took up three seats in first class, and its ticket was booked under the name Mr. Egg. It went to Tokyo, and then it traveled on to New York, actually, where my father had it in mind that maybe Donald Trump might be the one to buy it..." @NPR. www.npr.org/2026/03/29/n...

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Publishers: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @hachetteus.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

So proud to have this piece about my forthcoming book Kutchinsky’s Egg in @theipaper.com today! amzn.eu/d/0hIoRrJf

10 Booker-nominated books that present a range of experiences of motherhood | The Booker Prizes From loving mothers to estranged families, discover our list of books, nominated for the Booker Prize and International Booker Prize, that cover a wide range of experiences of motherhood

Throughout the Booker library, you will find a range of stories depicting the many faces of motherhood. The mothers in these books may not win the Mother of the Year prize anytime soon, but their impact endures.

Tap below to discover the full reading list.

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My dad made the biggest jewelled egg in the world. The obsession would destroy his marriage, family and fortune The mad venture – which my mother nicknamed ‘your father’s ego’ – would swallow my childhood. Years later I went on a quest to understand what really happened to his glittering folly

5/ My piece in today's
@theguardian.com is the story behind the book. I hope you like it. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

4/ The quest took me from the East End of London to the other side of the world.

3/ For a long time I tried to forget this £7m egg existed. Then I realised I needed to find it - & understand what really drove him to risk everything

2/ He was obsessed with Fabergé. The egg took years, millions, and a jewel heist at dawn to complete. Nobody bought it. The business collapsed. His marriage fell apart. A decade later, he was dead.

1/ In 1990, my dad, Paul Kutchinsky, made the world's biggest jewelled egg. It flew Concorde as Mr Egg, starred on Wogan, and destroyed everything he built. This is that story. 🧵

Excited to see this brilliant extract of my forthcoming book Kutchinsky’s Egg in @theguardian.com - read it!

Lineker leaving BBC early after Zionism ‘rat’ post

He and BBC bosses believe situation has become untenable

Story broken by @theipaper.com on Friday, more info on breakdown of trust here

inews.co.uk/news/media/g...

filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"

Google Maps officially adopts Trump's name change for the Gulf of Mexico for US users As of Monday night, when users in the US search for "Gulf of Mexico" in Google Maps, they are presented with a result for "Gulf of America."

As of Monday night, when users in the US search for "Gulf of Mexico" in Google Maps, they are presented with a result for "Gulf of America."

I’ll miss thinking about you, and remembering your love of silly hats, when this is over… #amwriting

Sunrise through frost…

Chart showing families with children in after-housing-costs relative poverty, by economic status: UK

The proportion of families with children in poverty who are in work has increased over recent decades.

Since 2000, the fraction of families in poverty where the adults are doing no paid work has fallen from 51 per cent to 30 per cent.

Read more: https://buff.ly/4iZATds

I'm looking for small mercies this week so I'll pat myself on the back for the fact that I just successfully folded a fitted sheet for the first time.

Electoral Dysfunction Politics Podcast · 106 Episodes · Updated Weekly

ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION SPECIAL: Jess Phillips: the inside story

@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social talks about the past week, the abuse, the disinformation and we talk about child sex abuse and grooming, the inquiries past and what she wants to happen next

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Meant to be a great walk

Luke Littler says historic World Darts Championship win 'incredible' for his family Luke Littler has opened up on what his record-breaking World Darts Championship win means to him and his family, saying it has been an "incredible journey".

Luke Littler says historic World Darts Championship win 'incredible' for his family

The 50 best TV shows of 2024: No 1 – Shōgun This masterpiece set in feudal Japan had the guts to confound every expectation going. The result was a tense, beautiful game of chess that was just about as perfect as television gets • The 50 best TV shows of 2024 • More on the best culture of 2024 We…

The 50 best TV shows of 2024: No 1 – Shōgun

In the process of writing my first book, I’ve read a lot in the same genre: memoir… here are a few of my top picks from the wealth of brilliant writing I’ve consumed…

Return of the jedi theft/reward poster

In 1983 6 copies of Return of the Jedi were stolen from cinemas around the world (assumed to be turned in to pirate videos) including one from Hastings where thieves broke down the cinema doors. A copy of the original poster asking for information is up for auction with bidding currently at £1400

Trying to put together a list to make sense of what's happening in Syria. I'd emphasize this is a list in process, will be added to, pruned, edited. Lots of fog of war too. But still includes a lot of knowledgable people and gives some sense of what's happening bsky.app/profile/did:...

Chart showing Real spending on childcare provision: England

There's consensus around the need to invest more in childcare, with a major increase announced last Parliament and confirmed in the recent Budget.

Spending in England this year (2024-25) is 41 per cent higher in real terms than a decade ago (2014-15) – up from £5.1 billion to £7.2 billion a year.

UPDATE - Sudden increase in naval activity around the Chinese carrier Yi Peng 3. Two German RIBs are active and another Danish navy patrol boat P525 is back. Plus another Danish RIB has launched.

Love this festive joy from my youngest…