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Coffee-table books
Art Nouveau
Norbert Wolf
Prestel, $75
The Art Nouveau movement covered it all — decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising and more — and this book seeks to restore the movement's prominence in the discussion of modern art....Tags: Architecture, Colleges and Universities, Johnny Cash, Ansel Adams, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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PASSINGS: John Wood, Charles L. Gittens
John Wood
Award-winning British actor
John Wood, 81, a British actor who won a Tony Award in 1976 for his role in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's "Travesties," died Saturday in his sleep inEngland, his agent announced.
Best known for his...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Jane Eyre (movie), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Sherlock Holmes (movie)
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Fall Sneaks list
SEPT. 9
All's Faire in Love
A college football star has to make up for his many absences by working at a Renaissance fair, where he falls for an aspiring actress. With Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer and Matthew Lillard. Written...Tags: Casey Affleck, Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds, Charles Martin Smith, Joel Edgerton
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That bad attitude? Blame the birth month
If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...Tags: Polio, Colleges and Universities, Dietary Supplements, Allergies, Immune System
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Poets drop out of T.S. Eliot Prize competition over politics
Tribune NewspapersTwo poets who were shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize dropped out of contention last week, voicing concerns over its sponsor. Aurum Funds, an international financial firm, recently signed on for a three-year sponsorship of the prize; the company's...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mutual Funds, Poetry, Awards and Prizes, Finance
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Christa Wolf dies at 82; celebrated German writer
Christa Wolf, one of Germany's most celebrated writers for her depictions of life in the former communist East, but who was later damaged by revelations she collaborated with its secret police, has died. She was 82.
Wolf died Thursday in Berlin,...Tags: Christa Wolf, Politics, Political Systems, Berlin (Germany), Berlin Wall's Fall (1989)
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German author Christa Wolf has died
Jacket CopyChrista Wolf, a significant voice in German literature, has died.... -
PASSINGS: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Jeno Paulucci, Walter Doniger, Lynn Margulis, Irving Elman
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigerian secessionist leader in '60s
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, 78, a millionaire's son who led Nigeria's breakaway republic of Biafra during the country's civil war that left 1 million dead, died Saturday in a London...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Boston, Biology, Obituaries, Nigeria
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Happy birthday, Naguib Mahfouz
Jacket CopyDec. 11 is Naguib Mahfouz's 100th birthday. Mahfouz is the only writer from the Arab world to be awarded the Nobel literature prize. His work has been reprinted in a 20-volume set from American University in Cairo Press.... -
Tom Williams resigns as Yale football coach amid Rhodes scandal
The Fabulous ForumTom Williams resigned as the Bulldogs coach Wednesday as the university continues to investigate whether he lied on his resume about being a Rhodes candidate while attending Stanford.... -
Getty Museum hires Timothy Potts as new director
Culture MonsterThe Getty Museum's Jim Cuno announces his decision to hire Timothy Potts as his new museum director, effective in September.... -
Timothy Potts' past and the Getty's future
Culture MonsterChristopher Knight looks at what Timothy Potts' appointment as director might mean for the Getty Museum's art collection...
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