Pottermore publishing articles
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From the Publisher: Heavens Can't Wait
I changed my vacation plans and flew from California to Vermont, with less than a day to spare, so I could catch the total solar eclipse on April 8. There was no way I was going to miss the experience. Conveniently, astronomers knew exactly when and where it was going to happen, weather permitting. That meant all manner of planners, from hotel owners to traffic flaggers, had plenty of time to prepare. Decades, in fact. The only requirement was to look up, at the right moment, to behold...
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From the Publisher: Rural Reporter
I've always thought the term "reporter" undersells the job of writing the "first rough draft of history," as Washington Post publisher Phil Graham phrased it in 1963. That the word is so simple — and, frankly, humbling — is a reminder to every journalist who steps into the swirl of current events: Our job is to document what we see, hear and experience as accurately as possible, but, in the end, the story is not about us. We are recording the news, not making it. That said, to be a good...
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Angela Merkel memoirs to be published in November
Freedom: Memories 1954-2021 will cover Merkel’s childhood, political rise and 16 years as German chancellorAngela Merkel will release her long-awaited memoirs in November under the title Freedom: Memories 1954-2021, sketching her journey from life behind the Berlin Wall to the top echelons of power “more intimately than ever before”.Merkel, whose image in Germany and abroad has been tarnished by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will turn 70 in July. She notes that her life can be neatly cleaved...