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Man Booker Prize: 6 nominees on the shortlist
These six novels made the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize. Which will win?
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London 2012 Olympics: 5 best venues
The sports are the centerpiece of the London 2012 Olympics, but where they take place has been a big part of the spirit of the Games. Here are five of London's best and loudest venues.
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3 of the best summer 2012 novels
Old crimes come back to haunt characters in three of the summer's best novels.
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'Bring Up the Bodies': 5 other portrayals of Anne Boleyn
One of history's most divisive personalities, Anne Boleyn has taken the spotlight again in Hilary Mantel's new novel "Bring Up the Bodies. Here are five other portrayals of the queen in pop culture.
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Vatican Secret Archives: 6 of the most intriguing documents in church history
One hundred documents held in the Vatican’s Secret Archives are now on display in Rome for the first time. Read our list here of six standouts.
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Kate Middleton criticized by Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize winner (+video)
Kate Middleton was verbally attacked by Hilary Mantel, the first Briton to twice win the coveted Man Booker prize for fiction. In her attack, Hilary Mantel described Kate Middleton as 'a shop-window mannequin, with no personality.'
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Chapter & Verse Hilary Mantel wins the Man Booker Prize for 'Bring Up the Bodies' (+video)
Hilary Mantel is the first woman and only Briton to win the Booker Prize twice.
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Chapter & Verse Hilary Mantel and Will Self pull ahead in Man Booker Prize race
The winner of the prestigious Man Booker literary prize will be announced in London on the evening of Oct. 16.
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Man Booker Prize: 6 nominees on the shortlist
These six novels made the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize. Which will win?
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Chapter & Verse Hilary Mantel's Tudor novels coming to TV
Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies' will be adapted into a BBC miniseries.
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London 2012 Olympics: 5 best venues
The sports are the centerpiece of the London 2012 Olympics, but where they take place has been a big part of the spirit of the Games. Here are five of London's best and loudest venues.
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Forget the Greeks, British ideals undergird the modern Olympics
From rowing to fencing to equestrian to sailing, the London Games represent a return to many sports' roots. More broadly, the Olympic ideal is founded on ideas that emerged in England nearly two centuries ago.
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3 of the best summer 2012 novels
Old crimes come back to haunt characters in three of the summer's best novels.
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'Bring Up the Bodies': 5 other portrayals of Anne Boleyn
One of history's most divisive personalities, Anne Boleyn has taken the spotlight again in Hilary Mantel's new novel "Bring Up the Bodies. Here are five other portrayals of the queen in pop culture.
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The Monitor's View: Diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
As Britain celebrates the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth's 1952 ascension to the throne, it can also assess her legacy in balancing the monarch's duty as 'supreme governor' of the Church of England with being head of state.
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Top Picks: Paul Rishell's old country blues, a new novel on the Tudors, and more
Ronald Reagan offers advice for all bridegrooms, PBS airs the documentary about soldiers on the battlefield and at home, 'Hell and Back Again,' and more top picks.
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Vatican Secret Archives: 6 of the most intriguing documents in church history
One hundred documents held in the Vatican’s Secret Archives are now on display in Rome for the first time. Read our list here of six standouts.
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Top Picks: Examining the Wild West, an opera on Anne Boleyn, and more
'Moneyball' features a great performance by Brad Pitt, jazz duo Charlie Haden and Hank Jones release a beautiful collection of hymns and spirituals, a video shows breathtaking views of Ho Chi Minh City and the traffic inside it, and more top picks.
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Kate Middleton: New succession rules could make her mother of Britain’s next queen
Kate Middleton could be the first British royal in centuries to see an eldest daughter become Queen instead of a younger brother. Under the century-old tradition of male primogeniture, if the eldest child was a girl she would only become queen if none of her younger siblings were boys. Now, with the assent of 16 countries in the Commonwealth, girls will be just as eligible as their brothers, meaning the eldest child will always ascend to the throne. The change in law, which is expected to soon be formalized in the British parliament, also lifts a ban on Catholic heirs – a move British Prime Minister David Cameron and Catholic leaders have praised. Here are five would-be queens who were leap-frogged by their brothers for the throne:
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Girls rule: 300 years of British royal gender discrimination ends
British royal succession rules set in 1700 favored sons over daughters. Commonwealth leaders Friday agreed to drop the royal gender discrimination.
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Top 100 most wanted out-of-print books of 2011
The 2011 report from Bookfinder includes a book on sweater designs from the Tudor royals and a pancake cookbook.
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Top Picks: Tea with Jane Austen, Soviet students, Lord of the Rings hi-def, and more
The importance of tea in Jane Austen's England, the final generation of students under the Soviet system, Lord of the Rings out on Blu-ray, and more recommendations
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6 great books about British queens
And here you thought your wedding was a bit on the stressful side. At least you're not Kate Middleton, whose every step – especially any misstep – will be broadcast live to the world. It won't get any easier if she ever becomes the consort of the king. On the bright side, she's marrying a handsome and energetic young man. Then again, Henry VIII's first queen did the exact same thing. As for the five that followed her, well, as the old rhyme puts it: "Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived." As she figures out her strategy to keep her position (and her man), "Waity Katie" might be wise to sit back and read these instructive books about Henry VIII's queens. This time around, let's hope only the lessons roll, with everyone's heads staying right where they belong.
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10 top royal love stories
Our fascination with the romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton is nothing new. The world has always loved a royal love story and a stack of books from over the ages proves that to be true. Here are 10 of the most interesting.
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Catherine of Aragon, One 'Quietly Fierce' Queen
In an immensely readable new biography of Catherine of Aragon, Giles Tremlett tells the story of the Spanish queen who changed the course of English history.
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Teaching personal finance in high school
Should students learn about mortgages, pensions, insurance, and social security in the classroom, instead of having to figure them out as adults?
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In Pictures: Natalie Portman's roles
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Pope terror plot broken up with six arrests by British authorities
Pope terror plot allegedly involved five street cleaners who were picked up by police before dawn Friday in London. A sixth individual, implicated by authorities in the pope terror plot, was arrested later in the day.
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Pope Benedict XVI travels to Britain this week, where indifference and outrage awaits
Pope Benedict XVI is making his first papal trip to Britain, beginning Thursday. Britons interviewed expressed a range of emotions about Pope Benedict XVI and his visit, ranging from anger to indifference.
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Top picks: Daffy Duck toon classics, Maine's culinary delights, music for Haiti, and more
Classic Daffy Duck toons out on DVD, mouthwatering 'Fresh From Maine' cook book, 'Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti' CD, and more top picks.
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