Nigel Wyman, Gardners' head of business development for the UK for the past seven years, has been appointed as sales and marketing director.
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Jul 01 2020 Yesterday, a New York judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking publication of a book by President Trump's niece until a hearing on July 10, the New York Times reported. The book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump, is scheduled to be published by Simon & Schuster on July 28. The hearing July 10 is intended to decide whether the book violates a nondisclosure agreement Mary L. Trump apparently signed in 2001. Source: Shelf Awareness More News Stories
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