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Famed YA author Louis Sachar is out with his first novel for adults. Alex Labry/Ace hide caption toggle caption Alex Labry/Ace Louis Sachar, the author of Holes and the Wayside School series, has spent nearly half a century writing books for kids. And he was originally going to continue that streak with his new novel, The Magician of Tiger Castle. …

Eighty years ago this week, the world passed into a terrifying new age. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, mushroom clouds announced that humans not only could slaughter each other in staggering numbers – but now also possessed the means to raze civilization as we know it. Despite its defining nature, this dreadful event that led to the end of WWII …