NEW YORK--Books and authors mattered in 2021, sometimes more than the industry wanted.A 22-year-old poet became a literary star.... The enthusiasms of young people on TikTok helped revive Colleen Hoover's “ It Ends With Us, ” and other novels released years earlier.... And that's what we're seeing with fiction," she said. With Donald Trump no longer in the White House, sales for political books dropped nearly 25%, according to BookScan....

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More than 60 percent of mid-market businesses in the North West have claimed that Brexit has made the so-called ‘Brand Britain’ stronger, in new research carried out by financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP.... However, more than 50 percent of the businesses that took part in the study claimed that the decision to leave the European Union has had a negative impact on trading overall. And, 65 percent of the organisations said that they were well prepared for any short-term effect of Brexit aft

Last month, Russia held its long awaited “Syrian National Congress” in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, which pursued the ambitious goal of providing an umbrella platform for a wide spectrum of Syrians – including players not currently participating in the Geneva talks. While the Congress was initial

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