Barack Obama learns the book party lesson: Just say you liked it
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Putin proposes Russian literary canon that’s “scary as hell”
In a waaaay too long essay (in English) for the Russian government newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Vladimir Putin declares that he wants to establish a “Russian Canon” of 100 books that—as a summary… 1 / Read more »
German court blocks British publisher from publishing Mein Kampf in Germany
British publisher Peter McGee, of London-based publishing house Albertas Press, has apparently backed down from his vow to publish excerpts from Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf (see the earlier MobyLives… Read more »
TOP TEN: Survey taken while Republican presidential candidates are out of town ranks Washington “most literate city” in the U.S.
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