Thomas Mann

Analysis: McCain choice brings vigor and a solid conservative to the campaign

rgj.com     21 hrs ago   1,348 related          

By LARRY WHEELER and DOUG ABRAHMS • Gannett News Service • August 29, 2008 WASHINGTON — In choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, Sen. John McCain makes history for the Republican party by putting a woman...                    

David Church: Alejandro Jodorowsky

bluegrassfilmsociety.blogspot.com     17 hrs ago   1 related          

(A very reasonably priced box set of Jodorowski's films and soundtracks is now available--see last image.)Alejandro Jodorowskyby David ChurchSenses of CinemaVenerated by cult cinema enthusiasts while dismissed by most...                    

Digested classics: Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

guardian.co.uk     14 hrs ago          

On a spring afternoon in 19--, Gustav Aschenbach, or Von Aschenbach as he had officially been known since his 50th birthday, set out from his apartment in Munich. He needed an impromptu interlude, a dolce far niente The...                    

Nhìn lại Thế vận hội Bắc Kinh - Kỳ 1.

bayvut.com     yesterday          

Olympic Bắc Kinh - hoàn hảo tới bàng hoàng. Bỏ qua những chi tiết đáng tiếc, như việc vận dụng kĩ xảo khi truyền trực tiếp, như chuyện để cho bé gái hát nhép quốc ca Trung Hoa trước toàn thế giới, Olympic Bắc Kinh vẫn...                    

Scarred Hearts by Max Blecher

readysteadybook.com     Aug 28, 2008   1 related          

My review of Scarred Hearts by Max Blecher (translated by Henry Howard) is up on the Independent's website today. The Indy sub's header ("a lost classic that is an uneven mix of Thomas Mann and Mills & Boon") is a more...                    

Ten Questions: Thomas Mann

scotsman.com     Aug 28, 2008          

THOMAS MANN, 27, of Bathgate, is the manager of the Spirit Health Club at Holiday Inn, Edinburgh. 1 What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh? Going to the Tattoo. I remember an Australian tourist giving me a kangaroo...                    

Biden figures to attack GOP

courierpostonline.com     Aug 27, 2008   7 related          

By NICOLE GAUDIANO • Gannet News Service • August 27, 2008 DENVER — From global warming to an unsettled economy and world, vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden's Democratic National Convention address Wednesday will...                    

Dating after 40-year hiatus

msn.com     Aug 25, 2008          

Anne Roiphe writes about life after the death of her husband Anne Roiphe was almost 70 when her husband of 40 years died unexpectedly. Absorbed in reinventing her life in the wake of this loss, Roiphe was caught off guard...                    

Pankaj Mishra on the allure of the dissident writer

guardian.co.uk     Aug 23, 2008          

Reading the obituaries of Alexander Solzhenitsyn I was reminded of Philip Roth, who once confessed to something like envy of writers under communism. Solzhenitsyn himself, suitably long-bearded, seemed to wear Tolstoy's...                    

Agnès Poirier: Know what I mean?

guardian.co.uk     Aug 22, 2008          

Come on, monolingual Brits. Since Tony Blair's decision in 2004 to make foreign languages optional for 14- to 16-year-olds (while claiming foreign languages to be a priority), almost 100,000 teenagers have dropped French; now...                    

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