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NBA Champ's Secret Weapon: a Presidential Biographer

ESPN explores how Pulitzer winner Robert Caro is an unexpected influence on Oklahoma City

(Newser) - You wouldn't peg an NBA powerhouse as a bunch of bookworms, but here we are. ESPN reports Sam Presti, the championship-winning general manager of the methodical Oklahoma Thunder borrows from Robert Caro, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Lyndon Johnson. Presti discovered Caro years ago, first referencing him publicly during...

Stephen King Adds His Clout to Anti-Amazon Letter

Authors think Jeff Bezos is using bully business tactics

(Newser) - Stephen King, Nora Roberts, and Robert Caro are among the hundreds of authors who have added their names to an online letter criticizing Amazon.com for restricting access to works published by Hachette Book Group. The letter, initiated by Hachette author Douglas Preston, urged Amazon to resolve its standoff with...

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