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Alter Net
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In his new book, Al Gore explores why reason, logic and truth seem to play a sharply diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions and what we can do to change that.
This story was written by Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel,..
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MSNBC
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The Real Deal: Book a land-only trip to Africa and receive 50 percent off your second trip (whether it's your companion's ticket or a subsequent vacation).
When: July 1-Oct. 31, 2008.
The fine print: Local transportation, sightseeing, the services o..
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CNN
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Smart Traveller is a regular segment of CNN Business Traveller where we put new gadgets through their paces and give our verdict. This month, Richard Quest gets to grips with the electronic book, roadtesting the Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle.
Sony's e-..
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MSNBC
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After A. J. Jacobs spent a year reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica for his book “The Know-It-All,” he figured he had the yearlong experiment thing down. How much harder could it be to follow every rule in the Bible? Much, much harder, he soon..
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Alter Net
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Pre-World War II, many couples got married in clothes they already owned. Today, they spend thousands. In her new book, One Perfect Day, Rebecca Mead shows how the wedding industry became so powerful and who it has exploited in the process.
Rebecca Mea..
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thephoenix.com
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There’s no doubt about it: right now, God is on the side of the atheists.
The apostles of unbelief are having their Pentecostal moment. The spirit is upon them, endowing them with the gift of tongues and commanding them to spread the Bad News. Britis..
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Alter Net
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David McCullough's face contorted with anger. "It's outrageous!" he yelled. He sounded like anyone but the mellow, well-measured man of letters who narrated tales of American history on national television. Indeed, the popular author sounded quite overwro..
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Alter Net
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Noam Chomsky speaks about the status of democracy in Iraq, U.S. imperialism over Latin America, and the media's shallow coverage of foreign affairs -- all topics explored in his latest book, Interventions.
Since 2002, the New York Times Syndicate has b..
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CNN
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Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
In these frenzied, media-saturated times, the lure of a simpler past is more powerful than ever.
That may explain the success of "The Dangerous Book for Boys," a deliberately retro tome that has become the publish..
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Alter Net
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Jessica Valenti's new book aims to make women's rights cool again -- to make feminism a lifestyle as well as a movement. Read an excerpt from the book and her conversation with AlterNet.
Editor's Note: An excerpt from Full Frontal Feminism follows the..
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CNN
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Cormac McCarthy, whose novel "The Road" was recently chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her book club, has added another honor: "The Road" won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction Monday.
The Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction was awarded Monday to Lawrence Wrig..
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ABC News
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It may be called "The Secret," but with nearly 4 million copies in print, the country's No. 1 advice book isn't much of a mystery anymore. The DVD version is also wildly popular, with more than 2 million copies sold so far.
The "Secret's" premise is si..
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Alter Net
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Author Laura Sessions Stepp shows unnecessary alarm over college "hookup culture" in her new book.
This Valentine's Day, as conservative groups lamented the supposed death of romance on college campuses due to the popularity of The Vagina Monologues, t..
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FOX News
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Is God a concept for you, or a living reality?”
Not long ago, I heard this question posed by Dr. Tim Keller, during a sermon at the Redeemer Presbyterian Church, here in New York City. Now, that probing question is present whenever I cover religion s..
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ABC News
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In his debut thriller "Black Monday," R. Scott Reiss writes about a virus that is eating the world's oil supply. The book's main character Greg Gillette is an epidemiologist at the CDC must track the virus and try to stop. The following is an excerpt of t..
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New Yorker
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Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Neither Ingrid Bergman nor anyone else in “Casablanca” says “Play it again, Sam”; Leo Durocher did not say “Nice guys finish last”; Vince Lombardi did say “Winning isn’t everythi..
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Alter Net
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In his new book, The Quotable Atheist, author Jack Huberman has collected powerful quotations against organized religion and belief in God from figures such as Richard Dawkins, Phyllis Diller, Frederick Douglass, Michael Moore, Katha Pollitt, and yes, Jer..
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BBC News
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The discovery of a Victorian comedian's private joke book is providing a rare insight into the gags being told to audiences 150 years ago...
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Forbes
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I've been giving away my books ever since my first novel came out, and boy has it ever made me a bunch of money...
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PR Web
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A new book by Dr. Michael Laitman, Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life ($4.95 on www.kabbalahbooks.info), reveals how far the pursuit of happiness has taken us astray in this day and age. Purchases made on the newly la..
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