In the following essay, Chait explores the use of mythology in two novels by white South African authors—André Brink's Cape of Storms and Mike Nicol's Horseman—in te...
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Biologists will switch on satellite trackers strapped to the backs of 11 female leatherback turtles on Monday, starting what conservationists have dubbed the "Great Turtle Race" to raise awareness ...
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Stockholm (dpa) - Ill health prevented British writer Doris
Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Literature Prize, from delivering
her Nobel lecture in person Friday, but her m...
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Francis Joyon broke the around-the-world solo sailing record Sunday, finishing in 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, 6 seconds — more than 14 days faster than Ellen MacArthur's 2005 journey.The 5...
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More than 815,000 vessels have passed through the Panama Canal since it opened in 1914. It has influenced world trade routes and spurred global growth.The canal has also created a class of dry bulk...
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Lynne Cox has done more grueling ocean swims than anyone on Earth.She's covered the English Channel twice, the Bering Strait and the frigid waters off Antarctica.But had you been in her school's gy...
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