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Updated: 24 Feb 20:34
Gaddafi says Bin Laden to blame
24 Feb 20:06
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi tells state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests racking his country.
Two UK dead in New Zealand quake
24 Feb 20:02
One of two Britons killed in the earthquake that devastated the city of Christchurch in New Zealand has been named by the Foreign Office.
Saudi held on Texas terror charge
24 Feb 19:10
US authorities say a Saudi student sought to make a bomb and prepared a list of targets including former President George W Bush's house.
Survey to ask 'is the UK happy'
24 Feb 18:32
People will be asked how satisfied they are with their lives in a new survey measuring the happiness of UK citizens.
Inmate charged over prison murder
24 Feb 17:55
An inmate at Full Sutton prison near York is charged with the murder of convicted child killer Colin Hatch, police confirm.
Books of The Times: Wife on the Rebound, Husband on the Edge
02 Mar 23:00
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Carol Edgarians turbulent, furiously compelling second novel deals with the complicated lives of a San Francisco couple.
One Way to Encourage Checking-Out at the Library
02 Mar 22:32
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Libraries across the country host literary speed-dating events in an effort to attract young professionals.
Books of The Times: Thinking the Unthinkable Again in a Nuclear Age
02 Mar 22:29
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Ron Rosenbaum makes the case that we are entering a new nuclear era in How the End Begins.
A Chefs Life, With Scars and All
02 Mar 16:41
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Gabrielle Hamilton, the owner of the East Village restaurant Prune, has written a heady rush of a memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter.
Children's Books: Underground Figures and Overachievers
02 Mar 06:17
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Shane W. Evans introduces young readers to the Underground Railroad; and Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee capture the accomplishments of a range of heroes and heroines.
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Updated: 03 Mar 04:06
In 'Pym,' A Comic Glimpse Into Poe's Racial Politics
02 Mar 17:08
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In his new book, Pym, fiction writer Mat Johnson plays with the premise of Edgar Allan Poe's only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Poe's novel was a "master text of anxious white fright," says Maureen Corrigan, and Johnson's clever book shines new light on the material.
Without Intervention, Lions Heading For Extinction
02 Mar 16:32
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The worldwide lion population has declined a staggering 90 percent in the past 50 years. In their documentary The Last Lions, conservationists Beverly and Dereck Joubert track the giant hunters across Bostwana and warn that without intervention, lions may soon go extinct.
Three Gutsy Heroines To Celebrate Women's History
02 Mar 13:59
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For the contemporary woman, feminist classics don't always do the trick most of us believe there's more to life than marriage or madness. To kick off Women's History Month, author Stephanie Staal suggests three books about mold-breaking heroines, sure to inspire your inner feminist.
Take 'Blood, Bones & Butter,' Add Poignancy And Wit
02 Mar 13:00
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Gabrielle Hamilton wanted her restaurant, Prune, to be a place where a waiter would bring you a meal "that you didn't even ask for when you arrived ... undone by your day in the city." Her captivating memoir carves skillfully into longing and meaning as it relates to food.
'The Paris Wife' Dives Into Hemingway's First Big Love
01 Mar 21:25
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Paula McLain's new novel, The Paris Wife, tells the story of Hadley Richardson, Ernest Hemingway's first wife and companion during his Paris years. Hemingway and Richardson were blissfully in love until he left her for her best friend.
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Two Roads Diverged
Two Roads Diverged
The world buried two former presidents this week. The fates of the two could not have been more different.
One, a humble man, sought to serve his country as a statesman for over two decades, never seeking higher office. Unprecedented events thrust him into the Oval Office. Ford walked softly and lead by example through one of the most difficult times in a nation's history.
The other, a despot, seized control of his nation and made himself into an earlthy deity, living above the law of humanity and dying in the same manner.
A servant and an overthrown king, one deeply loved and admired, the other, an object of international fear, disgust and condemnation. We are a poorer world for the loss of one and better for the vile lessons of the other.
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