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December 10, 2021

Why Did the Beatles Break Up?

The four Beatles-John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr-changed music forever in a relatively brief timespan, bursting onto the scene in 1963 with "Please Please Me" and recording their last albums, "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road," in 1969. But why did the most influential band of the 20th century break up within seven years of releasing their first album? Many trace the breakup of the Beatles to the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, on August 27, 1967. Exhausted from their extensive tours, during which they couldn't hear themselves play over the roar of their fans, the Beatles decided to stop performing live in 1966. Over the course of 1968, '69 and '70, the Beatles spent hundreds of hours in often contentious business meetings at the headquarters of their label, Apple Records. The group's eventual dissolution came during one such appointment. Lennon officially told McCartney and Starr that he was leaving the group. Learn more and check out these titles

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Books on the Air

An overview of talked-about books and authors. This weekly update, published every Friday, provides descriptions of recent TV and radio appearances by authors and their recently released books. See the hot titles from the media this week.

This Week's Bestsellers

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Jacquelyn Mitchard was born in Chicago. Her first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was published in 1996, becoming the first selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club and a number one New York Times bestseller. Mitchard grew up the daughter of a plumber and a hardware store clerk who met as rodeo riders. She is a Distinguished Fellow at the Ragdale Foundation and a DeWitt Clinton Readers Digest Fellow at the Macdowell Colony. She has taught in MFA program for Creative Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Miami University of Ohio and Western New England University and was speechwriter for Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala during the first days of the Clinton administration and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An avid Italian cook, she lives on Cape Cod with her husband and their nine children. Check out her books here.

Must-Read December Children's Book Releases

While December might be a slower month for new releases, there are still so many excellent December children's book releases. Check them out here

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.-John Lennon

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