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May 31, 2024
The NBA Finals, TikTok Cleaning Products, and Charlotte the Stingray
Ten picks for today, curated by our editors.
 
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Top of Mind
Here's What You Should Know About Donald Trump's Conviction in His Hush Money Trial
The Associated Press
Michael R. Sisak, Jill Colvin, Michelle L. Price and Alanna Durkin Richer
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Investigation
How An Innocent Man's Exoneration Revealed a Rash of Serial Killings
Tampa Bay Times
Christopher Spata
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Conversation Starter
'It's Basically Inaccessible Without a Phone': Are Kids Losing Their Love for Music?
The Guardian
Oliver Keens
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Rabbit Hole
What Is Really Going On With Charlotte the Stingray?
The Assembly
Emily Cataneo
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News You Can Use
The Best Cleaning Products on TikTok (and the Ones You Should Skip)
Lifehacker
Lindsey Ellefson
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"Just Nourishment"
Fuel, Medicine, Pleasure: What Could It Mean to Give Yourself the Food You Need to Keep Going?
Longreads
Krista Diamond
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In Profile
My Lunches with Judith Jones, the Queen of Cookbooks
Taste
Sara Franklin
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Backstory
Before Rockwell, a Gay Artist Defined the Perfect American Male
Collectors Weekly
Hunter Oatman-Stanford
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Hoops
NBA Finals Preview: Everything to Know About Mavericks-Celtics
ESPN
NBA Insiders
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*Grabs Popcorn*
Actually, You Should Say Something If You Hate Your Friend's Partner
Vox
Allie Volpe
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Collection of the Day
Who Decides Which Books Become Bestsellers?
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Bethanne Patrick
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How to Sleep: Try Japan's Kaizen Method to Cure Insomnia and Sleep Anxiety
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Downward to the Earth
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His Make Believe Bride
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To appease his dying mother, who wishes him to be married, Justin hires widow Mouette to be his fake bride. But what happens when their strictly professional arrangement turns into a perfect love match?
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Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning
By Owen Barfield
This classic text explores how we define poetry, what makes a poem resonate, and how a group of words can offer such depth. In a work that inspired T. S. Eliot and C. S. Lewis among others, a scholar illuminates metaphor, verse compared to prose, and more.
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But I Trusted You
But I Trusted You
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“America’s best true crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews) and the legendary New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me chronicles chilling cases in which the ultimate act of evil was carried out by the seemingly most unlikely of perpetrators.
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The Ghosts of Eden Park
The Ghosts of Eden Park
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Live Your Best Life
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It Never Ends
It Never Ends
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An Amish Harvest
An Amish Harvest
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When an accident nearly blinds Amish carpenter Samuel Bowman, widow Rebecca Miller nurses him back to health — but can Samuel find a way to heal his beautiful caretaker’s heart? A moving Christian romance from a USA Today bestselling author.
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The Teacher's Bride
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Ten Women of the Bible Study Guide
Ten Women of the Bible Study Guide
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Scattered throughout the Bible are remarkable women whose lives were dedicated to God’s purpose. Revisit their amazing stories in this inspiring read from a New York Times bestselling author!
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One-Pot Mediterranean Diet
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The Leading Brain
The Leading Brain
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Six Impossible Things
Six Impossible Things
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Ride the Wreck
Ride the Wreck
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Sarah Finds Freedom
Sarah Finds Freedom
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Free-spirited Sarah Forbes has always longed to leave Boston for the Wild West — but will she find freedom as stubborn widower Caine Maxwell’s mail-order bride? Sarah heads to Hope, Montana, in this exciting American historical romance!
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