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The Baby-sitters Club(R) Is Back With a New Novel and Re-Issues of...
... of preadolescence... Martin gets children to read." Time magazine wrote, "Adventures in baby-sitting... must-read literature for preteen girls," and Parents magazine praised, "Girls can't get enough of The Baby-sitters Club... aren't these the kinds ... Comment?
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... they didn't know about Dr. Seuss. Here's the first... Dr. Seuss rhymes with another epic figure in children's literature: Mother Goose. Coincidence? No. "I just want to know what her problem is," victim Anthony Clark, 22, said this week. "People ... Comment?
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... celebrity magazines in peace. Then she confesses, gleefully, "I don't know where Paraguay is." So much for world literature, geographic literacy and the Fair Trade movement. The dumbing down of America is so complete that the Republicans, with a ... Comment?
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... reality, "because evidence that would be acceptable on CSI doesn't exist in the British court room. "As always, literature is a part of art and it mimics real life, but it's also slightly behind the curve." Sir Ian says that the "Nova Scotia effect" ... Comment?
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... in the last round. White: Michael Healey Black: Chiedu Maduekwe 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 There is a vast amount of literature on the French advance, of course; but it still counts as a sideline compared to the alternatives 3.Nc3 or 3.Nd2. 3a c5 4.c3 Nc6 ... Comment?
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"It is impossible to imagine Chicano literature without the migrant farworker" Tomas Rivera Prior to Tomas Rivera's groundbreaking novel, searching for a literary work with the ability to portray the life of migrant farmworkers with such precision and haunting reality would have been time and energy hard spent. Comment?
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Open Letter finds mission in translation
But none of this seems to deter Open Letter Books, a small, year-old press here affiliated with the University of Rochester that publishes nothing but literature in translation. Comment?
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Bath trio in New Year's Honours
... the inspiration for the movie Babe - and The Queen's Nose, has been made an OBE for his services to children's literature. The 87-year-old, who was born in Bitton and now lives at Queen Charlton near Keynsham, has been writing books for more than 30 ... Comment?
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Book | A Mind at Peace by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
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The Festival was established as an annual forum for followers of Turkish and international literature. Comment?
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Addictive effects of caffeine on kids being studied
... high and low consumers, was surprising. "These data are novel and they add to the small, but growing, body of literature on caffeine use in children and adolescents." She speculates these sex differences could be based on the effect of circulating ... Comment?
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Hop Scotch: Best Books of the Decade Unshelved
... wandering through Lisbon - he recognizes her by her walk. She's been dead for 15 years. Berger remains one of literature's great nomads. Moving from city to city, meeting or remembering people from his past, this is his most visionary writing of the ... Comment?
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Government book scheme 'appeals to lowest common denominator'
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... sense to encourage young people to read but the government of all people should be encouraging them to read great literature of which we've got a huge amount. "Clearly it's trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator and recommending popular ... Comment?
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Four titles for readers who like a thrill: Village of the Ghost Bears , Murder on the Cliffs , Typhoon and The Disappeared . Comment?
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River Tree Arts announces winter/spring classes
... music. Individual instruction is always available. For preschoolers, there is an extensive program of art, literature, dancing and enjoying music designed for fun and creative expression for ages 2 to 5. River Tree also offers unique birthday ... Comment?
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welcome to ------------------------- ...
... as outside the mainstream in terms of lifestyle and politics. Books with sex and scandal are our bestselling literature. Serious subjects like politics, economics, history and the like involving our people seem to be missing in our everyday ... Comment?
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Melamine: the plastic that looks like china
... , where shoppers can browse the collection. There is tableware inspired by jewelry, ocean life and classic literature. "What looks more Jane Austen-y than a handsome guy in a green-rimmed plate? I mean, come on," she says of her Equestrienne ... Comment?
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OnMedia: The best television shows of the decade
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... in a story that's really less about the mob and more about the dark side of all families. "The Sopranos" is TV as literature, and we'll be studying it for decades to come. The runners-up include HBO's "The Wire" and "Six Feet Under." The former ... Comment?
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Humans and Dogs in Wuthering Heights
About a month ago I posted a bleg in which I asked whether or not anyone knew of any critical work which looked at Wuthering Heights in relation to contemporary lore and literature on feral children. Comment?
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... more. A certain elegance of language, a sense of style is lost. The ultimate result, some critics fear, is that literature as we know it, and even literacy, will move from the center of culture to the periphery, becoming an odd little elite cult, ... Comment?
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Are Male And Female Adolescents At Different Risk For Caffeine Addiction?
... high and low consumers, was surprising. "These data are novel and they add to the small, but growing, body of literature on caffeine use in children and adolescents." She speculates these sex differences could be based on the effect of circulating ... Comment?
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