Critical Essay by Clara Thomas
The Diviners is the most comprehensive [of all the Manawaka novels] in its quest and the most complicated in its structure. Morag's journey is epic in its strivi...
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In summer, New York can feel like hell: too hot, crowded with grumps, oppressive. But our city does hide some secret oases, public green spaces that are like secret gardens, secluded and intimate. ...
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There were a few skeptics when tourism officials and business leaders first approached dozens of golf courses along the Sierra's eastern front about pooling their resources to help promote the area...
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Pope Benedict XVI urged a solution to conflicts across the world, especially in the Middle East and Africa, in a Christmas Day address that included an appeal for the poor, the exploited, and all t...
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Beirut (dpa) - The chief of the Lebanese Shiite movement
Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, saluted Saturday his followers in
the ruined southern village of Bint Jbeil and...
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Beirut (dpa) - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, chief of the Lebanese
Shiite movement Hezbollah, on Saturday saluted followers in the
ruined southern village of Bint Jbeil and prai...
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"Relax. There will be no test."That's how Rick Steves' "Europe 101: History & Art for the Traveler" begins.The $24.95 book, just out in its seventh edition from California-based Avalon Travel, ...
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Vatican City (dpa) - The Vatican Monday urged religious tolerance
in a greeting for the Hindu festival of Diwali which many of the
estimated one billion followers of the wor...
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At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the re...
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At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the re...
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Jessye Norman is on a Spiritual mission.The soprano will curate a 20-day festival celebrating black cultural legacy next season at Carnegie Hall, which also will honor the 100th birthday year of co...
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