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'The Girl Who Played With Fire' by Stieg Larsson
Already, a nimbus of legend surrounds the story: In late 2004, Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson delivered to his publisher three finished manuscripts -- the opening salvos in a rumored 10-part suspense narrative. Like a latter-day Sjöwall-Wahlöö, the...Tags: Luc Besson, Health and Safety at School, England, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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Scary books: Read any good grimoires lately?
Thanks to their conspicuous use by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the girls of the TV show "Charmed," Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked" and plenty of other prominent pop culture figures, grimoires have become far more familiar to the general public....Tags: History, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, J.K. Rowling , Colleges and Universities, University of Cambridge
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Aug. 30, 2009
++++++++++++++++++++ || Fiction || Weeks on list || || 1. || South of Broad by Pat Conroy (Nan A. Talese: $29.95) A gossip columnist's homage to a close knit group of friends from Charleston. || 1 || || 2. || The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg...Tags: Twilight (book), National Football League, Colleges and Universities, Dave Eggers, Lawyers
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Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan defends his views
Liberal Muslim or closet fundamentalist? Peaceful intellectual or militant in sheep's clothing?
Tariq Ramadan has been called all these things -- and more -- by his friends and foes. Whatever the truth, the Swiss-born Oxford University professor ranks...Tags: Television Networks, University of Notre Dame, Buddhism, Ramadan, Colleges and Universities
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PEN launches online book group with Lispector
Jacket CopyOn July 6, PEN American Center launches its first online book club. The center -- and its friends and fans -- will read Clarice Lispector's "The Hour of the Star," the edition from New Directions Publishing. The book was originally...... -
PASSINGS: David Alexander, James E. Akins, Sumbat Lapajian, Carl Gordon
David Alexander
Longtime president of Pomona College
David Alexander, 77, who brought national standing to Pomona College during a two-decade tenure as president, died Sunday in Claremont after a long battle with cancer, the college announced....Tags: Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Diplomacy, Rocky Carroll, Defense
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Antony Flew dies at 87; atheist philosopher who changed his mind late in life
Associated PressAntony Flew, an academic philosopher who expounded atheism for most of his life but made a late conversion to belief in a creator, has died in England. He was 87. Flew died April 8 after a long illness, according to a notice his family placed in the...Tags: Philosophy, World War II (1939-1945), London (England), Obituaries, Social Issues
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Michael Foot dies at 96; last of the British Labor Party's socialist leaders
Associated PressMichael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labor Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday, officials said. He was 96. Foot died peacefully at his home in north London following a long illness, historian...Tags: United Kingdom, Tony Blair, Adolf Hitler, Gordon Brown, Philosophy
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The Siren's Call: Angels with guns . . . and six-pack abs
Michael Ordoña's recent talk, on The Times' blog Hero Complex, with actor Paul Bettany about his role as Michael the archangel in the movie "Legion" touches on all the militaristic imagery of angels. There's also plenty of that in a gorgeous coffee...Tags: Apple iPod, Genres, Umberto Eco, Genesis (music group), Sony Corp.
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Tony Judt dies at 62; leading historian of postwar Europe
Tony Judt, a leading historian of postwar Europe and outspoken political essayist who also wrote movingly about his struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease, has died. He was 62.
Judt, who was a history professor at New York University, died Friday at his home...Tags: History, Cambridge (England), Lou Gehrig, Europe, Colleges and Universities
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Erich Segal dies at 72; author of 'Love Story'
Erich Segal, a Yale University classics professor whose first novel, the weepy "Love Story," became a pop-culture phenomenon, selling more than 20 million copies in three dozen languages and spawning an iconic catchphrase of the 1970s, died Sunday in...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Johnny Carson, Colleges and Universities, John Lennon, Children
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Oxford lite
OXFORD, England -- Cue the college choir. Roll the "Brideshead Revisited" footage. Lay out the strawberries and clotted cream. And let me begin by saying, ahem, that it's a rich experience, reflecting upon one's days at Oxford. The morning sun through...Tags: Brideshead Revisited (movie, 2008), History, United Kingdom, Bill Clinton, Albert Einstein
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