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A.B. Poranek, Kate DiCamillo, dragons, a father-daughter trip and more.

A tale for picky eaters and their parents; science experiments to try; and a new YA novel from Holly Black. All new on the New York Times list.

A visual guide that highlights the diverse types, symptoms, diagnoses, and misconceptions of ADHD San Francisco, CA (September 26, 2023)—Chronicle Prism, an imprint of Chronicle Books, publishes today The Mini ADHD Coach: Tools and Support to Make Life Easier, a new book that empowers individuals to fully understand and then master symptoms of ADHD, in their own journey and/or in that of a loved one.

Pet O’Connell tests out children’s books on the appliance of science

With Mud Ride, Mudhoney guitarist Steve Turner shares his life before, through, and after grunge.

Co-artistic directors Kyra Sims and Rob Neill and the award-winning New York Neo-Futurists (NYNF), a collective of writer-director-performers now in their 19th season of writing and performing original work rooted in non-fiction, announce the expanding of the ensemble with four new artists: Amelia Bethel, Brent Whiteside, Maya Carter, and Jezz Chung. These new Neo-Futurists will start working with the company immediately and will each have initial individual five-week runs in The Infinite Wrench...

Portland-via-Seattle musician Steve Turner has led a semi-charmed life. He's made a decent living in the music business without succumbing to substance abuse and without his personal life descending into tabloidy drama. He's had ample time to indulge in his main hobbies—skateboarding, collecting fuzz boxes, and accruing and selling records. Oh, and he played a major role in creating the grunge phenomenon with the bands Green River and Mudhoney without suffering the tragic destinies...

How Mudhoney weathered addiction, business precarity, major-label apathy, and ill-fated encounters with Hollywood soundtrack coordinators to maintain a 35-year career full of musical thrills.

Nathan J. Robinson and Noam Chomsky sell an examination of U.S. foreign policy to Penguin Press, and Princeton UP buys a book about miscarriage from anthropologist Kate Clancy.

Mindfulness — is it just a buzzword or an intentional practice? For those of the opinion that is an intentional practice, theres The Modern Nirvana Oracle, a 50-card oracle deck