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Book excerpt: "Creation Lake" by Rachel Kushner
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Book excerpt: "Playground" by Richard Powers
The latest novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Overstory" explores artificial intelligence and the race to save the oceans.2 hours ago -
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Book excerpt: "Colored Television" by Danzy Senna
In this satirical novel from the bestselling author of "Caucasia," a writer who can't sell her ambitious book about biracial people in history considers selling out to Hollywood by transforming it ...2 hours ago -
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Book excerpt: "Nexus" by Yuval Noah Harari
The author of the bestseller "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" returns with an examination of the power of intelligence to shape and control civilizations throughout history, and how ...2 hours ago -
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World's largest man-made lake is being parched by drought
Zambia's electricity blackouts have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam with insufficient water to run its hydroelectric turbines.Yesterday -
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Exuberant bums abound on the new Rivals. What a relief | Rachel Cooke
I’m deeply attached to Jilly Cooper, who sent me champagne for my wedding, and delighted that Disney has remained true to her denizens of Rutshire. Having seen a preview of the new TV adaptation ...23 hours ago -
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How Labour promises have left Rachel Reeves with a giant budget headache
Frustration grows with chancellor locked away in Treasury and facing competing challenges for her historic speech. • Labour MPs urge Reeves to spend tens of billions more on ailing public services ...9 hours ago -
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Rachel Reeves’s Budget must rescue Britain from its growth trap
The chancellor’s task is made much harder by structural weaknesses in the UK economy3 hours ago - United Kingdom -
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Four historic Moroccan riads to book now
Go back in time – and get pampered – from Fes to Essaouira via Tangier and Marrakech10 hours ago -
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China cracks down on Communist party officials for reading banned books
Hillary Clinton and Hannah Arendt thought to be among authors of books procured by officials, as Xi Jinping tightens grip on Communist party. When Lam Wing-kee ran his bookshop in Hong Kong, filled ...16 hours ago - China
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Al Pacino on becoming Al Pacino
One of the greatest actors of all time, Al Pacino's life might have turned out very differently, if not for his mother's determination, the faith of director Francis Ford Coppola, or his success at ...13 minutes ago -
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A Halloween skeleton crew
In Oxford, Ohio, critics have made no bones about their distaste for Bill Pyles' Halloween yard decorations. But when one woman spotted the elaborate dioramas of death on her way to her cancer ...25 minutes ago -
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Preserving Palm Springs modernism
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Biden expected to announce more than $600 million for Milton recovery
President Biden is expected to announce more than $600 million to support damaged electrical grids in a visit to Florida.33 minutes ago - Joe Biden -
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Passage: Remembering Ethel Kennedy
"Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley looks back at the life of Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy.36 minutes ago