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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 1h

“It is not an exaggeration to say I have thought about THE TORTOISE'S TALE almost every day since I first read it. ... Propulsive, moving, and bursting with life, THE TORTOISE'S TALE will break your heart and then heal it again.”
—AMY JONES, author of Pebble & Dove

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 17h

VLADDY!

Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 17h

Springer dinger

Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 17h

Blue Jays 🧢

Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 17h

Lets go Blue Jays

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss launched her own path to stardom with the argument "it is oppression to dislike me for being bad" and now we will get to see what an entire media ecosystem built with that philosophy looks like

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 1d

Doctor/Author Monica Kidd on Canada's Measles outbreak thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-...

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus

A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

Protein Powders & Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

"...tests of 23 products found that more than two-thirds of them contain more lead in a single serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day"

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 2d

"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut. THE TORTOISE'S TALE is at once a powerful meditation on survival and humanity, and a moving life story from an incomparable narrator."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN,USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part

Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations Christine Estima! LETTERS TO KAFKA is on The Globe & Mail's must read list for the fall!
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Here are 61 books to add to your must-read list this fall

New memoirs from Margaret Atwood and Arundhati Roy, buzzy fiction by Mona Awad and more notable reads this season

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 6d

These beauties arrived!
THE TORTOISE'S TALE by Kendra Coulter is Magic.

“This quiet but beautifully written debut will resonate particularly with animal lovers and readers . . . Written in an unhurried prose, Magic’s perspective offers meditations on love, nature, beauty, and cruelty."
—Booklist

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 7d

So pleased to be able to announce the deal for SALT-SLICKED by the incredibly talented Kudakwashe Rutendo (who is currently in Europe filming!). It's incredibly affecting and important, you will love it!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 7d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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James G @orth.ca · 7d

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 10d

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 8d

Great interview with River Selby about HOTSHOT in The Spokesman Review!
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

River Selby looks at inequality, gender structures on fire line in debut memoir 'Hotshot'

When Ana first became a hotshot, she was barely surviving, struggling with hard drugs, an eating disorder and low self-worth. This is the person River Selby wrote the book “Hotshot” for – their 20-yea...

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 8d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8d

SUPERMAN IS IN THE BUILDING

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Brent Maguire @bmags94.bsky.social · 8d

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has homered in the first three games of the series. It's already 2-0 Blue Jays in The Bronx.

Man, he is incredible right now.

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 8d

Two covers one book!
THE TORTOISE'S TALE is coming to the US and Canada in November - with different covers.
Which one do you like better?

“[A] charming debut…Readers are in for a treat.”
—Publishers Weekly