Topic: Charles Dickens
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15 strange comments from 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores'
Here are 15 strange remarks from bookstore customers, compiled by writer and bookstore staff member Jen Campbell.
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3 perfect summer books for Anglophiles
Calling all Anglophiles: Here are 3 new summer titles that will take you to London without requiring you to leave your armchair.
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The 100 best books of all time
How many of these "100 best books of all time" have you read?
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Valentine's Day: 10 literary lessons in love
From 'Much Ado About Loving' by Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly, 10 lessons in love from literary classics.
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Charles Dickens: His 10 most memorable characters
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, here is a tribute to 10 of his most unforgettable characters.
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Reader recommendation: Little Dorrit
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens
Despite a world-renowned father and merry times at Christmas, the lives of the 10 children born to Charles Dickens were anything but easy.
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Chapter & Verse
Amazon's Jeff Bezos as 'Businessperson of the Year': Can the book world learn from him?Fortune Magazine awarded Bezos the title of 'business mind of 2012.'
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Opinion: What superstorm Sandy taught me about the failures of online learning (+video)
When hurricane Sandy closed my campus for a few days, my students and I had to conduct our course online. It was wholly inadequate. Online learning cannot – and should not – replace the real-time dialogue of the in-person classroom.
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Saving Money
21 things you can get for freeOne of the best ways to become richer is to stop paying for things you could be getting for free. Here are 21, from cars to software.
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15 strange comments from 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores'
Here are 15 strange remarks from bookstore customers, compiled by writer and bookstore staff member Jen Campbell.
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Chapter & Verse
What books to assign to a group of inmate-students?Dickens or Denisovich? Mailer or Malamud? This professor agonized over the reading list for a class of prison inmates.
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Modern Parenthood
Bullying facts: Sifting through the hype for a clear pictureBullying facts are not as straightforward as you might think because "bully" has become a buzz word in education. Separating normal childhood development from a serious problem is increasingly difficult as the concept of bullying gets spin from interest groups.
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Chapter & Verse
Why is Paulo Coelho slamming James Joyce?Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho says of Joyce's book 'Ulysses,' 'There is nothing there.'
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3 perfect summer books for Anglophiles
Calling all Anglophiles: Here are 3 new summer titles that will take you to London without requiring you to leave your armchair.
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The 100 best books of all time
How many of these "100 best books of all time" have you read?
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The self-titled album and other creative wonders
Some concise idioms built on the notion of 'self' may be a bit too concise for the Monitor’s language columnist.
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Reader recommendation: Great Expectations
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Russia threatens to take aim at NATO's missile defense shield
At a conference in Moscow convened to discuss the NATO missile defense shield, a fierce point of contention between the US and Russia, efforts to find a compromise reached a dead end.
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Top Picks: 'Agent 6,' alien diplomacy, and more
Gillian Anderson plays a tragic bride in a new 'Great Expectations,' 'American Masters' explores the lives of authors Harper Lee and Margaret Mitchell, master spy George Smiley is brought to life by actor Gary Oldman, and more top picks.
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'Masterpiece' for the masses
Under Rebecca Eaton, dramas like 'Downton Abbey' attract more, and younger, viewers.
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Working out just what a 'piece of work' is
Two contradictory usages of the same idiom prompt the Monitor's language columnist to do a little research.
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The Simple Dollar
Which is more important: Your dream house or a Disney trip?When making big spending decisions, make sure not to sacrifice big dreams for small indulgences.
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Chapter & Verse
In an age of Kindles, Harcourt Bindery sticks to tried-and-true book methodsThe Charlestown, Mass., bindery still makes books by hand, using a 19th-century production model.
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Charles Dickens as journalist
Charles Dickens – the great novelist – was also a journalist in love with the streets.
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Valentine's Day: 10 literary lessons in love
From 'Much Ado About Loving' by Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly, 10 lessons in love from literary classics.
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Charles Dickens: 'Can I have some more?' still resonates (+video)
On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birthday, readers can still relate to many of the themes in his work, including the hunger that Oliver Twist sought to sate.
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Charles Dickens at 200
How would the social reformer who gave us Oliver Twist and Tiny Tim have viewed the 'Occupy' movement and Arab Spring? A look at Dickens's enduring legacy.
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Charles Dickens: His 10 most memorable characters
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, here is a tribute to 10 of his most unforgettable characters.
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Chapter & Verse
Charles Dickens: looking for love in all the wrong placesOn the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens – Feb. 7, 2012 – his best novels remain linked to his many heartaches.
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