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88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
Rutten: Amazon's shameful California tax dodge
At the turn of the last century, as the robber barons' first gilded age lingered on, many Californians came to regard one powerful enterprise as the symbol of oppressive avarice and of big money's corrupt appropriation of the political process.
That...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Amazon Kindle, Referenda, Computer Networking and Internet, Jeff Bezos
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PST, A to Z: ‘Eames’ at A+D Museum, ‘Sympathetic’ at MAK Center
Culture MonsterText is a central component of two Pacific Standard Time exhibitions, both focused on design: “Eames Designs: The Guest Host Relationship” at the A+D Museum, and “Sympathetic Seeing: Esther McCoy and the Heart of American Modernist... -
Former Upton Sinclair home in Monrovia is for sale
The house that social reformer and novelist Upton Sinclair lived in during the 1940s through the '60s has come on the market in Monrovia at $1.5 million.
Built in 1923, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence is listed on the National Register of...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Homes, Human Interest
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Christina Aguilera is selling her Beverly Hills mansion
Christina Aguilera has put her 11,500-square-foot gated mansion in Beverly Hills on the market at $13.5 million.
Set on nearly two-thirds of an acre, the Mediterranean-style home has a grand foyer with a sweeping staircase, a fanciful children's room,...Tags: Chris Mihm, Burlesque (movie) , Cher, England, Los Angeles Lakers
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Partisan rhetoric inflames college board race
A political campaign focused on a troubled community college construction program has suddenly veered into a noisy side battle with cries of censorship, stealth candidates and "tea party" takeover. Scott Svonkin, a senior advisor to L.A. County Sheriff...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Tea Party Movement, Elections
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Upton Sinclair House for Sale
The Daily MirrorPhoto courtesy of Cecilia Farnum, Century 21 The Upton Sinclair House at 464 N. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia has been listed for sale at $1.5 million. The 1923 home was designed by Frederick H. Wallis for L.B. Vollmer (d. 1948), owner...... -
Justin Halpern, the Twitter celeb behind "$#*! My Dad Says," urges kids to read
L.A. Times Tech BlogStudies suggest that consuming short blasts of information has led to Web-induced attention deficit, making today's youth more impulsive and impatient and far less likely to log off long enough to leap into the pages of a good book. So...... -
From the Stacks – 'Dancing Bear' (1968)
The Daily MirrorOut of curiosity, I picked up Gladwin Hill’s “Dancing Bear” at the Southern California Library’s book sale. I never met Hill (d. 1992), the New York Times bureau chief in Los Angeles, but I had heard about him at luncheon...... -
New wave of tainted food in China and how inflation could make it worse
Money & CompanyThree years after China was rocked by a massive tainted-milk scandal, the country has again been hit by a wave of food scares in recent weeks. The list includes diseased pigs used for bacon; noodles made of corn, ink and...... -
Tim Rutten: Paul Ryan's budget blueprint would push the aged into poverty
The hall of mirrors in which our bitterly partisan politics now play themselves out is a curious place. But even by its distorted standards, the reaction to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan's budget blueprint has been odd, particularly the...Tags: Health, Medicare, Personal Income, Poverty, Entertainment
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Astral Weeks: A sci-fi master's beginnings
Special to the Los Angeles Times"I am submitting the enclosed short story 'LIFE-LINE' for either 'Astounding' or 'Unknown,'" Robert A. Heinlein wrote to editor John Campbell in 1939, "because I am not sure which policy it fits the better." The former magazine published science fiction,...Tags: Annapolis, Literature, United States Naval Academy, Cults and Sects, Isaac Asimov
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