Doris Lessing

                   

A founding father of the web says it's come a long way, but its potential for worldwide change...

guardian.co.uk     Aug 17, 2008   2 related          

The internet is still very young. This reflects that in a very short time the internet has had a profound impact on the way we live, so it's hardly surprising that some people have expressed scepticism of its effects. During...                    

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The internet shrinks your brain? What rubbish

almendron.com     Aug 14, 2008   5 related          

By David Aaronovitch (THE TIMES, 13/08/08): Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature are entitled to grand pronouncements, or else what is it for? So Doris Lessing, last winter, anathematised the entire internet, declaring...                    

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Doris Lessing Mines Gold In 'Alfred & Emily'

reverbiage.com     Aug 12, 2008   1 related          

Audio for this story will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET Dorris Lessing imagines alternate lives for her parents (pictured above) in Alfred & Emily. All Things Considered, August 12, 2008 · In a note of explanation in her...                    

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Books About the Olympics

opinionjournal.com     Aug 10, 2008          

ESPN's Jeremy Schaap says these books on the Olympics are pure gold 1. The Complete Book of the Olympics By David Wallechinsky Unlike baseball, football and boxing, the Olympics has generated only a small catalog of books --...                    

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I GENITORI DI DORIS LESSING

videojournalist.blogs.it     Aug 10, 2008   5 related          

DA NYTIMES They May Not Mean to, but They Do By CARYN JAMES ALFRED AND EMILY By Doris Lessing. Illustrated. 274 pp. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. $25.95. As an adolescent, Doris Lessing looked at her parents sitting on the...                    

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Joker’s 20 on 20 -- Ad Broad --

adssuck.blogspot.com     Aug 8, 2008          

Recently I stated that I’d be doing a series of blogger interviews… here’s the first one and it’s for Ad Broad. If you need a brief intro as to who Ad Broad is, try to imagine a professional who had to literally work through...                    

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Harry Potter prequel sets new record

guardian.co.uk     Aug 9, 2008   13 related          

The commercial wizardry of Harry Potter has conquered new territory with a fillip to a type of book which often keeps publishers and their accountants awake at night - a collection of short stories. Notorious for selling fewer...                    

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New from Nobel winner Doris Lessing

monstersandcritics.com     Aug 8, 2008          

By Jessica Schneider Aug 8, 2008, 10:35 GMT There are currently no comments for this article. Alfred and Emily I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children...                    

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Gloomy autumn on way for French writing

guardian.co.uk     Aug 8, 2008          

France's literary output will be down in every sense this year, with fewer titles published and grim subject matter prevailing Avid readers across France are gearing up for "la rentrée littéraire", the deluge of new novels that...                    

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'The Shooting Party': Isabel Colegate's Literary Mark

washingtonpost.com     Aug 7, 2008          

Thursday, August 7, 2008; Page C01 An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past. Among the many books by these writers that I have read, a particular favorite is...                    

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