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When Hugh Mangum was growing up in Los Angeles, his Texan father showed off his barbecue skills in their backyard nearly every weekend. It became a ritual for the family to patiently tend to the fire.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� This year's winners of the Gotham Book Prize celebrate New York City as experienced on foot, bus and train.

A heartfelt presentation of small-town American life and the joys and struggles that go with it, 鈥淗ome of the American Circus鈥� centers on Freya who, at 30, must move back home and deal with the house her parents left her.

TORONTO 鈥� A book about Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has won the Donner Prize for public policy writing.

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A long-awaited musical from playwright Tomson Highway, a '90s take on "Macbeth" and skateboarding stunts are among the spectacles bound for the National Arts Centre.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� 鈥淛ames Bond鈥� creator Ian Fleming didn't need to write about Cold War intrigue to consider the ways people scheme against each other.

Mari McGavin is on the run from a powerful religious cult and her controlling husband, fleeing with her young son back to the tiny island in Maine where she grew up.

From the murder of a Neanderthal-like man to the infamous Lizzie Borden, 鈥淲hack Job: A History of Axe Murder鈥� provides a sarcastic, witty and quirky look at the history of a rather simple tool often found at the scene of a crime: an axe.

Do we get to choose who we love? For Sylvie, the protagonist of Adelaide Faith鈥檚 鈥淗appiness Forever,鈥� the answer is surely an emphatic 鈥淣o.