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George Whitman dies at 98; founder of legendary Paris bookshop
George Whitman, the legendary founder of the Paris bookshop and literary institution Shakespeare & Co., died Wednesday. He was 98.
The Left Bank bookshop was closed Wednesday, and a note on the door said Whitman had suffered a stroke a few months...Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Paperback Writers: Henry Miller's Grecian days
In 1939, with Europe already sinking into World War II, 46-year-old Henry Miller left Paris, knowing that a cycle of his life had come to an end. As an expatriate in Paris he'd found his voice, and published the novels — "Tropic of Cancer," "Black...Tags: Crimes, Delphi Corp, Greece, D.H. Lawrence, World War II (1939-1945)
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'The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri' by David Bajo
The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri
A Novel
David Bajo
Viking: 290 pp., $25.95
Literature transforms. If you are the type to get lost in a book, if the surrounding world comes to a complete halt when you read, if the words on the page come alive, a book...Tags: Death, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Literature, John Fowles
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The Siren's Call: What really happened to the Knights Templar?
The Templars were an elite taskforce -- consider them the Green Berets of the Middle Ages. They were known for their service to the pope, their fierce determination to wrest Jerusalem from the enemy, their great wealth and, like many groups, their...Tags: Crimes, Islam, Portugal, Folklore and Mythology, Freemasonry
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If you go
GETTING THERE Though you can fly into Alexandria non-stop from some cities in Europe and the Middle East, most visitors come from Cairo. And Alexandria is close enough to Cairo not to take a plane. By car: About 21/2 hours—and most limousine or...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Miramar, Restaurants, Cairo (Egypt), Trips and Vacations
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The new old Alexandria
Tribune staff reporterAs the old hotel elevator rumbles upward, its antiquarian wood and brass cage carries me backward. Back to the 1930s when the Cecil Hotel -- staring out at an ancient harbor, a busy square and chic European-style patisseries -- was the gathering place...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Miramar, Christian Orthodoxy, Tourism and Leisure, Cairo (Egypt)
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