Los Angeles Times: 10 books to read in May, new page-turners from Sedaris, Stockett and more

10 books to read in May, new page-turners from Sedaris, Stockett and more

NPR: If you attend a David Sedaris reading, you're helping him edit

Sedaris says the best part of reading his work to an audience is earning the laughs — or the groans. "A collective groan is fine with me," he says. His new book is The Land and Its People.

David is honored as an ideal king and the forefather of the future Hebrew Messiah in Jewish prophetic literature, and many psalms are attributed to him. David is also richly represented in post-biblical Jewish written and oral tradition and referenced in the New Testament.

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David, second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah and an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the father of Solomon and united the tribes of Israel.

David is born to a man named Jesse in the Judean city of Bethlehem. He is the eighth and youngest son (1Samuel 17:12 - 13, 1Chronicles 2:13 - 15) and the great-grandson of Ruth and Boaz (Ruth 4:17 - 22).