Topic: Don Quixote

Global News Blog Pakistan won't have Musharraf to kick around anymore

General Musharraf was a somewhat benign autocrat who wanted to be like Ataturk; but his return from exile to get elected in the top job, smacks of miscalculation.

10 best comic works in all of literature

A list of the top 10 comic works – books you don't want to miss. 

The 100 best books of all time

How many of these "100 best books of all time" have you read?

1616: The World in Motion

This lavishly illustrated history of the year 1616 is both enthralling and frustrating.

3 new novels grapple with questions of mortality

Three new works of fiction address themes of mortality, including a ghost – in an Anne Tyler novel.

Give the holiday gift with the most staying power

Even the best Christmas gifts lose their luster within a few months. Books have a staying power few gifts can match. I have nothing left from Christmases long past except my childhood books, each still prized. This season, give books. They are our bulwarks against time, ignorance, and barbarity.

Jorge Luis Borges: what made him so good?

Jorge Luis Borges abandoned much that was standard in his writing. And that's what his biographers were forced to do, too.

One priest's crusade against sex tourism in the Philippines

Rev. Shay Cullen's campaign against sex tourism epitomizes faltering efforts to combat the problem in the Philippines and throughout Southeast Asia.

David McCullough talks about "The Greater Journey" and some of his own favorite books

One of the ways that biographer David McCullough learns about his subjects is to raid their libraries.

Entrepreneurs, beware of 'Quixote Syndrome'

An entrepreneur's quest is often driven by single-minded passion. And passion can get in the way of good judgment.

Feds slam New Orleans police over excessive force, racial profiling

New Orleans police officers used excessive force, failed to investigate crimes against women and gays, and engaged in racial profiling, the US Justice Department says in a scathing report.

The Next Three Days: movie review

Russell Crowe stars in this implausible thriller, 'The Next Three Days,' about a college professor whose wife is wrongly jailed for murder and his plan to spring her.

Raisinets recall: a pre-Halloween candy scare

Raisinets recall involves 10-ounce bags sold at Target, Shop Rite, and Don Quixote stores. They may contain peanuts, Nestlé says.

Reader recommendation: Don Quixote

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Kooky? Ahead of his time? The man who would be stateless

Garry Davis renounced his US citizenship 62 years ago and declared himself "World Citizen No. 1." Why would he do that?

The e-book revolution hits North Korea

Perhaps it's still too soon to see iPads in Pyongyang, but North Koreans are reported to be enjoying "a wealth" of e-books.

Is "Double Falsehood" a lost work by Shakespeare?

After years of disparagement, a play named "Double Falsehood" is now being lifted closer to the Shakespeare canon.

A new William Shakespeare play? Long lost play to be published.

Expert says "Double Falsehood" was co-written by William Shakespeare.

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus: movie review

‘The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus’ leaps deep into fantasy and mortality when a magician makes one final bet.

Obama did nothing to deserve Nobel Peace Prize? Hugo Chávez and Mike Huckabee agree!

The choice of President Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize is still being questioned around the world.

Chávez gift to Obama shoots book to No. 2 on Amazon.com

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent was ranked 54,295 on Friday.

Teens and books

Teens are reading. Is that good news or bad?

"Lost in Uttar Pradesh"

A collection of short stories about those who "take a peek at the world."

What haven't you read?

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