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- Rare J.K. Rowling book goes on display in Tokyo
- TOKYO AFP — Online bookseller Amazon on Thursday gave Japanese fans a glimpse of J.K. Rowling's first book since the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, which it bought for four million dollars. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is one of seven handmade books by the British author. Amazon,...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- "My agent was always telling me to wear more make-up, wear higher
- WHEN you've been to bed with Leonardo DiCaprio, settling down on a sofa to talk to the Sunday Herald isn't likely to count among the most exciting things you have done in your life. Of course, Laura Fraser was only acting when she slipped between the sheets with...
- Research articles 2008-03-16
- Car plan for LBJ Ranch causes rift
- A dust-up in the Texas Hill Country is pitting the daughters of President Lyndon Johnson against former park service employees who call proposals to allow cars onto his ranch a "betrayal" of his wishes when he gave the property to the American people. The dispute comes...
- Research articles 2007-11-29
- Rowling writes first book since Potter finale
- LONDON AFP — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has written a new book, her first since the final best-seller about the boy wizard came out earlier this year, she told BBC radio Thursday. But most fans will not be able to buy a copy of "The Tales Of Beedle...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Ex–White House aide's trial full of political intrigue
- WASHINGTON AFP — Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby goes on trial on Tuesday on charges of perjury in a case that has all the elements of a political thriller. The tale involves a spy's blown cover, the US administration's preparations for war in Iraq and elaborate intrigue among...
- Research articles 2007-01-14
- France's Sarkozy gets comic book treatment
- PARIS AFP — After publishing his own book of political musings, France's interior minister and presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has found himself the star of another work -- a comic book. Through its 150 pages of cartoon drawings and bubble speech, the comic strip traces the life and times of...
- Research articles 2006-11-07
- Children's novel has an aura of 'Da Vinci'
- Debut author Matthew Skelton's world is being rocked by four of the most magical words in publishing: The Da Vinci Code. His young-adult novel, Endymion Spring (Delacorte Press, $17.95), out this week in the USA, has been a huge hit in the UK since it was published last spring. Critics...
- Research articles 2006-08-24
- Cautionary Tale: How Starbucks Lost Its Edge
- Cautionary Tale: How Starbucks Lost Its EdgeRE: Cautionary Tale: How Starbucks Lost Its EdgeNatural occurrence. This happens to any organization as it goes through its life cycle. Can it be reversed? Maybe. If it returns to a management of coffee nerds instead of professional managers or legume enumerators and can...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Lindsay Lohan, Adrien Brody team up for romantic comedy
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Lindsay Lohan and Adrien Brody will join up for a new Cyrano de Bergerac-inspired romantic comedy, "Speechless", to be made by indie-film director Brian Dannelly, the Hollywood press said. Brody will play an introvert who is expected to give a speech at a friend's wedding....
- Research articles 2006-04-28
- Folktale types of the Arab world.(Types of the Folktale in the Arab World)(Book review)
- EL-SHAMY, HASAN, M. Types of the Folktale in the Arab World. A Demographically Oriented Tale-Type Index. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004, xxviii + 1255 pages. Bibliography and sources, registers of tale-types, motifs, and countries, subject index. Hardcover US$75.00; ISBN 0-253-34447-6. PROFESSOR EL-SHAMY presented...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- War and uncertainty. (On Democratic Ground: New Perspectives on John Hart Ely)
- This comment builds on John Hart Ely's concern in War and Responsibility with Congress's duty to investigate the factual predicate for going to war in circumstances of uncertainty. Professor Damrosch argues that Congress should exercise its constitutional power to decide to authorize military conflict with the fullest feasible understanding of...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Scholars From Around the Globe Toast Oz
- Vinograd, Samantha Forward 10-22-2004 In advance of the publication of his new memoir, "A Tale of Love and Darkness," Amos Oz and his writing will be the subject of a three-day conference, a joint venture by the University of Pennsylvania and ...
- Research articles 2004-10-22
- In need of a good summer read?
- Hang with mega-millionaires, beautiful women, powerful male moguls and glamorous celebrities in two new novels based in Manhattan: * Bling by Erica Kennedy (Miramax, $24.95). If you enjoy modern fairy tales laced with sex, some of it very kinky, then Bling should be your poolside companion. The tale...
- Research articles 2004-06-29
- Author's Newbery is no small thrill
- Kate DiCamillo burst into tears when the American Library Association called her at home in Minneapolis Monday to tell her she won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux. DiCamillo is the 83rd children's writer to win this prestigious award since 1922. She joins the ranks of Lois...
- Research articles 2004-01-15
- Two landmark works on the agenda for local music enthusiasts.(Time Out!)
- Byline: Bill Gowen Composed more than two centuries apart, George Frideric Handel's "Agrippina" and Igor Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat" ("The Soldier's Tale") are key works in the history of music. "Agrippina," a 1709 opera, firmly established Handel's reputation and "The Soldier's Tale"...
- Research articles 2003-04-25
- Fun with Mars. (Resources).
- Fun With Mars--The folks at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA have come up with a fun way to pique students' interest in outer space. They've created a fact-filled short story about the perils of an astronaut on Mars. The tale is online in both...
- Research articles 2002-08-14
- The hottest convoy; Plutonium shipments.(Resisting plutonium in South Carolina)(Brief Article)
- Two elections hang on shifting plutonium around HE WILL lie in the road himself to stop them, he says. Jim Hodges, South Carolina's governor, is that determined to block federal plutonium shipments to the Savannah River nuclear-waste site. State troopers have already been rehearsing,...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- The Phantom Link to Iraq
- Did September 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta meet with an Iraqi agent in the months before the terrorist attack? Last fall, the Czech government provided the CIA with intelligence suggesting that just such a rendezvous had taken place. The Czechs claimed that Atta, the ringleader of the hijackers, made a special...
- Research articles 2002-04-28
- RECENT BOOKS ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
- Political and Legal G. JOHN IKENBERRY The Real and the Ideal. edited by ANTHONY LAKE AND DAVID A. OCHMANEK. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001, 320 pp. $45.00. These spirited essays pay homage to a distinguished scholar of diplomacy, Richard Ullman. His writings...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Consumer Watch Column.
- By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 8--Until last week, Anita Kravitz was a satisfied Mellon Bank customer, looking forward to an equally satisfactory relationship with Citizens Bank, the new owner of more than a hundred Mellon Bank...
- Research articles 2001-12-08
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