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In a word: Maudlin
Each week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar — another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: MAUDLIN You have no doubt seen it in a... -
Demise of Borders recalls the end of Remington's
The news that Borders, the nation's second-largest book chain, is giving up the ghost and closing its doors after 40 years came as no real surprise to anyone. The Wall Street Journal observed last week that Borders' exit was the "'first major casualty of...Tags: John Dos Passos, James Joyce, Ogden Nash, Roland Park, Charles Street
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Save with your library card
Maryland libraries rank among the best in the country. You pay for them. Now get your money's worth. The movies you rent. The books you buy for $25 and $35 apiece. The video games costing $50 and more. Barney DVDs. They're often at the library, in most...Tags: Movies, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Baltimore County, Malcolm Gladwell, DVDs and Movies
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
Tags: Lone (music group), Minority Groups, Gunter Grass, Jane Austen, G8
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Feedback: If you could dine with an author, who would it be?
Definitely Christopher Fowler, who writes the "Peculiar Crimes Unit" and "Bryant & May" series. He has such a great sense of humor and knows so much about the history of London. His books are so much fun to read.
— Rena Gorman, Aurora
I would...Tags: Movies, Entertainment Events, Literature, High Fidelity (movie), Nobel Prize Awards
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Fudakowski makes helming debut: 'Secret Sharer' lensing in Thailand
VarietyLONDON -- British producer Peter Fudakowski is making his directing debut with "Secret Sharer," which is shooting in Thailand. The $5 million feature is a contemporary love story, inspired by Joseph Conrad's early 20th century novella of the same name...Tags: Movies, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Thailand, MTV (tv network), China
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News flash: Russia remains Russia
Tribune Media Services"Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul, and that's resignation." -- Joseph Conrad There are some wonderful oxymorons in history -- like the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither holy nor Roman nor much of an empire. Our own times can...Tags: Political Systems, Russia, China, Communist Party, Vladimir Putin
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Joliet man, 20, allegedly beats mother and leaves her for dead
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsBail was set at $1 million this afternoon for a 20-year-old Joliet man who allegedly beat his mother with a baseball bat Monday morning and …... -
Millennium nears Katherine Heigl thriller: 'Grey's Anatomy' star would topline and produce 'The Follower'
Tribune Media ServicesMillennium Films is in negotiations to acquire Tony Giglio's new spec script "The Follower," which Katherine Heigl is in talks to topline and produce through her Abishag banner. Plot details have not been revealed, but the script is described as a...Tags: Science, Jason Statham, Samuel L. Jackson, Physiology, Garry Marshall
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Reflections on a Christmas recital
My mother taught piano lessons. In 1930 she had her own radio show in Monongah, W. Va. Under her tutelage, I mastered “Chop Sticks,” “Heart and Soul” and just about any doo-wop melody. Years later, I was the darling of every dive...Tags: Music, Concerts, Rudyard Kipling, Holidays, Thomas Carlyle
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Tablets: Downloadable classic books are in abundance
Let's say you're getting, or giving, a new tablet or an e-reader (iPad, Kobo, Nook or Kindle Fire) for the holidays. Here's an idea for what to do with it: Load it first with free books. Thanks to Project Gutenberg, as well as the cultural gift known as...Tags: Apple iPad, Henry Fielding, Daniel Defoe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Benjamin Franklin
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Review: Juan Gabriel Vásquez's 'The Secret History of Costaguana'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Secret History of Costaguana A Novel Juan Gabriel Vásquez Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean Riverhead: 287 pp., $26.95 "The Secret History of Costaguana" is an intricately detailed, audacious reframing of "Nostromo," the classic 1904...Tags: History, University of Paris, England, Epidemics and Plagues, Journalism
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Dec 6, 2011
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Dec 8, 2011
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Dec 4, 2011
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Aug 7, 2011
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