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“The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China” by James M.

In these days of rage — from hate-tweeting threads to public confrontations — one thing is pretty clear: “Beef" is on the menu. Served up by Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, the new television show created by Lee Sung Jin drops Thursday on Netflix.

“A Living Remedy,” by Nicole Chung (Ecco) In 2018, Nicole Chung published the bestseller, “All You Can Ever Know,” about being put up for adoption by her Korean parents and raised by a white couple in rural Oregon.

Indiana Jones is swinging into the French Riviera.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 9-15 April 9: Actor Michael Learned (“The Waltons”) is 84. Country singer Margo Smith is 81. Actor Dennis Quaid is 69. Humorist Jimmy Tingle (“60 Minutes II”) is 68.

NEW YORK (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown will receive the Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award in May, the nation’s oldest women’s foundation announced Monday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — “Son of a Sinner” singer Jelly Roll was the big winner at the CMT Music Awards, as the rapper-turned-country singer took home three awards on Sunday as an outsider who won over fans with his confessional songs.

TORONTO — Take a look around and it's hard to miss: the more-is-more esthetic of the turn of the millennium is having its comeback.

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood hits such as “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71.

NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin is this year's winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor given previously to Toni Morrison, David Lynch and Roseanne Cash among others.