The Beatles First Official Book In 20 Years
The Beatles haven’t put out an official book since 2000, but that’s changing now with the release of The Beatles: Get Back in 2021. The book will be about the last album they made, Let It Be, and is based on over 100 hours of studio sessions’ conversations that were transcribed. “The book documents January 1969, with friction building in the band as they recorded music for an intended TV special – George Harrison walked out of the sessions at one point and John Lennon described them as ‘hell’.”
The DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Over Bolton’s Memoir
After the Trump administration was unsuccessful in blocking from publication former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir, The Room Where It Happened, they have opened a criminal investigation. According to three sources the Department of Justice has issued a subpoena for the publisher, Simon & Schuster, in relation to communications related to the memoir.
You Can Search 1.5 Million Newspapers With This AI
The US Library of Congress continues being awesome. They have released an AI, Newspaper Navigator, that allows you to search for images through 1.5 million historical newspapers. You can easily search starting with a keyword, narrow your results with a time period and state, and download the image you want while also having the option of reading the article it came from and the newspaper issue.
Obama’s Presidential Memoir (Volume 1) Is Coming!
Former President Barack Obama’s memoir A PROMISED LAND will be published on November 17, 2020.