There’s a scene in Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One in which a magazine’s advice columnist ‘the Guru Brahmin’ (in fact ‘two ...

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In her debut novel, Swedish pop star Annika Norlin spins a tale about a woman who, like Thoreau, seeks a simple life away from the distractions of her former existence ...

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A Utah lawmaker is pushing to overhaul required general education coursework for college students, shifting the focus back, he says, to great books “predominantly from Western civilization” and about ...

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Bookstores worldwide hosted midnight parties for “Sunrise on the Reaping,” the fifth installment in Suzanne Collins' “Hunger Games” series.