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20 of the smartest nonfiction titles for summer reading
Some of this summer's best books will introduce you to Machu Picchu, hippie physicists, Parisian walks, and a serial imposter. And that’s just the nonfiction.
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Good Reads: Dissecting Iran assassination plot, a broken America, and Qatar's rise (video)
Newspapers are picking holes in an alleged Iranian assassination plot against a Saudi diplomat, while George Packer offers up a sharp analysis of a US that can upgrade its iPhones but can't fix its bridges. And what's up with Qatar?
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Everett Ruess: two new biographies
The story of Everett Ruess – the young explorer of the American West who vanished in the 1930s – remains an unsolved mystery to this day.
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20 of the smartest nonfiction titles for summer reading
Some of this summer's best books will introduce you to Machu Picchu, hippie physicists, Parisian walks, and a serial imposter. And that’s just the nonfiction.
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Stocks close higher as commodities gain
The Dow rose about 80 points, the S&P 500 rose about 11 points, and Nasdaq rose about 31 points. At closing, stocks were near session highs.
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Editor's Blog
Middle East: Beautiful to behold, wrong to romanticize
The powerful images and beliefs associated with the Middle East bring out the romantic and the radical. What's needed is practical peacemaking.
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In Pictures: Louisiana oil spill
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The Square: movie review
Like pulling wings off flies, ‘The Square’ weaves together familiar noir themes with perfect execution.
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Egypt salvages its modern treasures
With Cairo in transition, collectors scramble to save a fading era.
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Bright Green
Are climate-change deniers guilty of treason?
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Bright Green
West Virginia names coal as its official state rock
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Bright Green
EPA expected to act on CO2 emissions
In an interview with the Times, Lisa Jackson, the new EPA administrator, said that she has asked her staff to prepare documentation for an "endangerment finding" under the Clean Air Act, to determine whether or not carbon dioxide is a pollutant that poses a threat to public health and welfare.
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The top 10 most expensive books sold on AbeBooks.com in 2008
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Bright Green
Why is Wal-Mart lobbying against carbon-offset guidelines?
Why is the mega-retailer so afraid of having offsets defined?
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Bright Green
McCain's climate triangulation
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Presidential campaigns have climate change on agenda
Both leading Democrat and Republican candidates vie to show they can tackle global warming.
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Presidential campaigns have climate change on agenda
Both leading Democrat and Republican candidates vie to show they can tackle global warming.
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