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23 of the best new and upcoming cookbooks/food books for the holidays
A list of the best new and upcoming cookbooks to diversify your own culinary repertoire or offer as holiday gifts.
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Presidential debate: 7 defining moments in history (+video)
From Ronald Reagan’s one-liner, “There you go again,” to Al Gore’s heavy sighs and eye rolls, zingers and mannerisms can define a presidential debate even more than the candidates’ positions on critical issues. Here is a look back at seven defining debate moments.
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4 noteworthy new novels: What happens when a past love reappears?
These four new novels all feature the specter of a past relationship.
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'Downton Abbey': 10 highlights from the new book
A new book about "Downton Abbey," released before the season 2 premiere on Jan. 8, provides insight into the show.
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'Downton Abbey': catch up before the season 2 premiere
Whether you missed the first season and want to start watching now or just need a refresher, here's what happened at Downton Abbey last season.
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Bill Clinton looms large at Obama’s party
His prime-time speech Wednesday is an opportunity to heal a Democratic rift.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Sigur Rós's latest album, a look at modern Chinese architecture, piano pop for fans of Keane, and more.
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A California financier emerges as one of the nation’s most prolific philanthropists
Bernard Osher, called the ‘quiet giver,’ donates large sums to education and the arts.
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Six picks: recommendations from the Monitor staff
Behind Churchill's public face, a ramble through Britain's backroads with Robbie Coltrane, a novel about Cuba pre-Castro, and more.
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YouTube offspring create niche sites
New user-driven video sites add sophistication as they target select audiences.
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Six picks: recommendations from the Monitor staff
A crab-boat saga, Marvin Gaye on PBS, a LEGO-building website, and more.
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Wright brings race issue back to '08 race
Obama's former pastor launched a public-relations blitz.
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Race rears again in campaign
At least it's being wrestled with in the open as Obama's former pastor speaks out.
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Monitor Picks
Five things we think you'll like this week, including a Domingo concert without the expensive seats, the return of Botswana's answer to Miss Marple, and a TV show of dance choreography inside national parks.
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Monitor Picks
Five things we think you'll like this week, including Julie Andrews's self-guided tour of 'Home,' autobiography, travel host Michael Palin's new adventures with vampires, and justified hulu.com hoopla.
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Into It: Jean-Michel Cousteau
What the underwater documentarian is reading, watching, and listening to.
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New on DVD
'My Kid Could Paint That' asks some halfway-hard questions about a 4-year-old artist named Marla Olmstead, 'The Power of Forgiveness' examines the recuperative effects of forgiveness.
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Pakistani militant attacks persist, test new leaders
Key Taliban figures in the tribal belt remain at large despite 20,000 troops' efforts.
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Return to Swat Valley
In a FRONTLINE/World joint project, reporter David Montero talks about meeting a reclusive Taliban cleric, known as the "Radio Mullah."
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Lunar eclipse to occur Wednesday night
Beginning on the West Coast at 7pm, the earth's shadow will bathe the moon in a red or orange tinge.
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Monitor Picks
Five things we think you'll like, including Martin Amis's peek inside a Russian Gulag, a TV documentary on Australia's parrots, and films to remember Heath Ledger by.
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Monitor Picks
Five things we think you'll like, including a TV compendium of Jane Austen, a food show for adventurous travelers, and a 24/7 guitar tutor of your own.
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