Topic: George Orwell
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/5/13, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 4/22/13, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 4/15/13, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound*
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10 quotes from George Orwell on his birthday
Writer George Orwell was a man compelled to speak what he felt. Here are 10 memorable quotes to mark his June 25, 1903, birthday.
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Stranger than fiction: Germany-Greece eurocrisis invades the soccer pitch
The political loggerheads between Germany and Greece have defined the European financial crisis. Now, the struggle hits the soccer field in Friday's Euro 2012 quarterfinal.
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Bestselling books the week of 6/21/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Ray Bradbury remembered for sci-fi classic 'Fahrenheit 451' and other literature
Ray Bradbury passed away Tuesday in California, according to his daughter. 'Fahrenheit 451' was produced on rented typewriters.
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Keep Calm Good Reads: on the politics of language, Genghis Khan, and the Beastie Boys
This week's reading list includes a book review on how we use and abuse language, leadership tips from Genghis Khan, and a tribute to the late hip hop master and peace activist, Adam Yauch.
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Editor's Blog The tax man taketh -- and sometimes giveth
From outside, the workings of a big bureaucracy like the IRS seem mysterious and arbitrary. From the inside, it all makes perfect sense. Actually, you could say that about most workplaces.
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Wendell Berry: New Collected Poems
"New Collected Poems" allows the playful, musical side of Wendell Berry's being to shine through.
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Global News Blog A Battle Royale online over origin of 'The Hunger Games'
Some claim that 'The Hunger Games' is a rip-off of the 1999 Japanese series 'Battle Royale.' But the storyline of a death match being employed by authoritarian rulers dates back to the Roman Empire.
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Report: London no safer for all its CCTV cameras
Civil rights group Big Brother Watch has accused Britain of having an out-of-control surveillance culture that is doing little to improve public safety.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/23/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/9/12, according to IndieBound*
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Better World Books' bestseller list: more classics than new titles
Better World Books' 2011 bestseller list: everything from 'The Shack' to 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
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Christopher Hitchens was militant pundit and humanist
He was a most engaged, prolific and public intellectual who wrote numerous books, was a frequent television commentator and a contributor to Vanity Fair, Slate and other publications. He became a popular author in 2007 thanks to 'God is Not Great,' a manifesto for atheists.
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Steve Jobs: Businessman, innovator, visionary
Steve Jobs passed on Wednesday. Steve Jobs was more than Apple's CEO, he helped make computers a household necessity and ushered in the iPod, iPhone and other must-have gadgets. Considered one of the greatest American CEOs of his generation, Steve Jobs' career path was a long, winding road that included several major hurdles.
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Bestselling books the week of 9/1/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 8/11/11, according to IndieBound*
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Amazon's Top 10 fall books
Is there anything good about the end of summer? Yes – the arrival of fall books! For those who can't wait another moment, here are the Top 10 fall book picks from Amazon editors. It's looking like a stellar line-up of autumn reads.
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Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms, by Carmela Ciuraru
Carmela Ciuraru takes a playful look at the history of pen names and the reasons authors use them.
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Bestselling books the week of 6/30/11, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 6/23/11, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 6/16/11, according to IndieBound*
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There Be Dragons: movie review
Plodding and stilted, 'There Be Dragons' tells the story of a Roman Catholic priest and his childhood friend and eventual enemy during the Spanish Civil War.
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Tax expenditures are not loopholes
Millions of taxpayers benefit from tax breaks, like some itemized deductions. Calling such broad provisions "loopholes" or "earmarks" incorrectly characterizes what they really are.
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Jobs, the deficit, and Republican whoppers
Some Republicans are claiming that reducing the deficit will create more jobs. But does that logic actually work?
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Opinion: Before NPR scandal, a warning about 'elite' liberals: compassion turns to coercion
Long before the NPR scandal underscored liberal condescension toward conservatives, Lionel Trilling saw the hidden hope of power that lies in the heart of those who seek to improve society. President Obama has renewed this progressive impulse, limiting our freedom and prosperity.
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