Planting sun-loving annuals in shade will yield fewer flowers, and ignoring spacing requirements often leads to plant disease and other growth problems.
At that time young adult novels were the place where there were books about female main characters who were feeling big emotions and experiencing love—romantic love and friend love—and navigating a world that felt familiar.
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Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
8 Jan. 2026
Every month was this parcel of books written by some of the most important names in fiction, and then all these new voices.
From pamphlets to periodicals to local newspapers, the printed news created this country.
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Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.
That storied history will continue now that the 54-year-old publication is being acquired by Noisy Creek — the media company that bought alternative weeklies in Seattle and Portland, Oregon — The Stranger and the Portland Mercury.
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Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
Susan Orlean’s memoir promises insight not only into her start at alt-weeklies, her journalism, and her brilliant narrative nonfiction works, but also provides a blueprint for how to live a creative life.
Conditions such as space adaptation syndrome — an ailment characterized by vomiting and vertigo that is experienced by many astronauts during their first hours in microgravity — only came into focus after years of research and revelations in academic journals.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Photos, Videos, Journals, and Scrapbooks While old photos, journals, handwritten notes, and other personal archives may not mean much to you at the time, check with family members to see if anyone wants to be the keeper of memories.
While Star Wars has historically borrowed its tone from B-movies and swashbuckling serials, Rogue One brought a new, more serious approach to its subject matter.
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Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Nov. 2025
The franchise subsequently expanded with serials for radio and film — including Universal’s 1939 serial starring Buster Crabbe — as well as NBC’s Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, multiple comic and novel adaptations and a lucrative merchandising run.
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