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• Movies no place to learn real history
My view is, if you get your history from movies, you get what you deserve,” said Allan Lichtman, a history professor at American University in Washington, D.C. and the author of several books, including “The Keys to the White House” and ...
• Two teens, two different roads to LPGA
Wie qualified for her first LPGA Tour event at age 12, played in the final group of an LPGA major at age 13 and a year later entered the record books with a 68 at the Sony Open, the lowest score by a female golfer competing against men. Her popularity ...
• Random House to digitize thousands of books
NEW YORK - With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including novels by John Updike and Harlan Coben, as well as several ...
• Rowling is back on bookshelves, and helping others
The Tales of Beedle the Bard' is really a distillation of the themes found in the Harry Potter books, and writing it has been the most wonderful way to say goodbye to a world I loved and lived in for 17 years.” She is hoping Beedle the Bard will ...
• Shanda Plays the Field
I was skeptical two months ago, when Shanda issued a $175 million convertible senior note offering to pay for a $200 million share buyback. China's online gaming pioneer had more than enough cash on its books to pull it off, so why -- ironically ...