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Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (The Christian Science Monitor)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:42:12 GMT
Some books are riveting by the nature of their topic: Fresh biographies about the lives and business acumen of Warren Buffett and Ted Turner, for instance; or a new novel by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature; or perhaps a sordid tell-all penned by ...
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Books for the Obamas (Capital News 9)Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:04:16 GMT
When the Obamas move into their new home on Pennsylvania Avenue, students in Ballston Spa want to make sure the White House is fully equipped. As our Dave Detling reports, students and faculty have a reading list they think will make the next four years more enjoyable.
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Entertainment (The West Australian)Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:31:29 GMT
An Australian librarian has made the long list for a new STG50,000 ($A115,000) literary prize in Britain. John Hughes' collection of fictional essays, titled Someone Else, has been selected as one of the final 20 books competing for the inaugural Warwick Prize for Writing.
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