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Barefoot Books breaks up with Amazon
Barefoot Books is a small house based in Cambridge, Mass., that publishes children’s book. As of this week, you can call it “The Mouse that Roared.” The people who run Barefoot Books are frustrated with the business practices of...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Arts and Culture, Amazon Kindle, E-Commerce Industry, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Sacre bleu! Proposal to legalize English-language courses at French universities stirs debate
Associated PressPARIS (AP) — In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Francois Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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Short story writer Lydia Davis wins Man Booker Intl fiction prize
ReutersBy Paul Casciato LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis - who has only...Tags: French Literature, Chinua Achebe, Jonathan Franzen, Arts and Culture, Authors
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Short story writer Lydia Davis wins major fiction prize
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis, a professor of creative writing at the...Tags: French Literature, Jonathan Franzen, Chinua Achebe, Arts and Culture, Authors
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Matthew Sharpe's storytelling experiment
In my inbox this week: Matthew Sharpe announces “a little experiment in self-publishing on the Internet”: a series of 12 weekly micro-fictions, under the name “Very short stories r us,” that showcase his idiosyncratic blend of...Tags: High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Education, Arts and Culture
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Don Giovanni: A bad man, a good show
chrisc@herald-mail.comMeet Don Giovanni: An arrogant, tricky, sexually promiscuous nobleman. A good swordsman. An amoral killer. Wealthy beyond belief. Meet a few of his “friends”: the Commendatore, an old and respected nobleman who the keeps peace; his daughter,...Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Genres, Fiction
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'Twilight,' 'Iron Man 3' Lead First Wave of Teen Choice Awards Nominations
ReutersMay 22 (TheWrap.com) - The "Twilight Saga" can look forward to one last hoorah at Fox's Teen Choice Awards this summer. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" leads the first wave of nominees with seven nominations announced on Wednesday. The final...Tags: Criminals, Lea Michele, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki
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When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name?
Reuters* Virus discovered last year has had at least five names * Proposed new name is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome * Could prove controversial given other naming rows By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - For a...Tags: HIV, International Organizations, Epidemics and Plagues, EMC Corporation, Swine Flu
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Cars and cancer treatment pre-occupy terminally ill Iain Banks
ReutersBy Li-mei Hoang LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Terminally ill Scottish author Iain Banks has been talking online about cars, carbon footprints and chemotherapy for treating his cancer in a new update to fans. The novelist, who recently enjoyed a short...Tags: Apple iPad, Biotechnology, Chemotherapy, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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Last call for Orlando Repertory Theatre's 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer'
WHAT: This weekend is the last to see "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the final show in Orlando Repertory Theatre's 10th season. Based on the novel by Mark Twain, this musical version for young audiences was conceived and written by Ken Ludwig of "Lend Me...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music, Mark Twain
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A moving novel about families
"And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead Books, 416 pages, $28.95. Khaled Hosseini is the author of both "Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," which together have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. "And the Mountains...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Arts and Culture, Nabi, Authors
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Group wants atheist books placed with Bibles in Georgia state parks
ReutersBy David Beasley ATLANTA, May 21 (Reuters) - A national atheist group said it plans to donate enough books on its views to be placed in all Georgia state park cabins after the state's governor said Bibles should remain at the vacation properties...Tags: Nathan Deal, State Parks, Government, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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