Books to Take You to Tokyo and Beyond, Ava Gardner’s Many Loves and Gatsby Lived Where?

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10 Books to Introduce Readers to Japan’s Vast and Beautiful Capital City of Tokyo — The Guardian

Lee Server’s Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing Explores the Actress’s High Profile Love Affairs — Vanity Fair

Wanderlust Got You Down? Try One of These 10 Books Recommended by Professional Travelers — Forbes

Reading Updates From Your Favorite Celebrities — Us Magazine

12 New Releases With Political Themes to Keep Your Mind Open and Perspective Growing — The New York Times

“Romancing the Drunk” or How Our Desire to Emulate Great Writers Has Led to a Misguided Idolization of Their Self-Destructive Lives — BookTrib

TED Speakers Reccommend These 62 Awesome Books Written by Black Authors — TED

The Powerful Tool of Fantasy: A Song Below Water Explores the Dilemmas of Black Girls in America Through Magical Metaphors — Here & Now

Richard “Deej” Webb Posits That Westport, CT, Inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby not Great Neck, Long Island — BookTrib

In These Uncertain Times, Travel Books and Novels Provide Immense Comfort — The Daily Herald

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