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(1) “The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson; (2) “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum; (3) “The Plains of Passage” by Jean M. Auel; (4) “Foucault’s Pendulum” by Umberto Eco; (5) ‘The “Late Night With David Letterman” Book of Top Ten Lists’ by Letterman et al.; (6) “Weiner Dog Art: The Far Side Collection” by Gary Larson; (7) “Where’s Waldo” by Martin Handford; (8) “The Bonfire of the Vanities” by Tom Wolfe; (9) “Misery” by Stephen King; (10) “The Civil War” by Geoffrey C....

Lever hasn’t found a “hidden” Sade–the Marquis didn’t hide much–but he brings the man closer to us than ever before, and sharpens our sense of his divided nature. The young Sade, born in l740, was raised in a castle complete with dungeons, his mother was mostly absent, his father and uncle were rakes, a playmate’s guardian was a de bauched murderer, and Jesuit schoolmasters may have initiated him into flagellation and sodomy....

For those who missed Part I: a dictator suspected of drug-running is brought to the bar of justice after the United States invades his country, at the cost of $2 billion and hundreds of lives. Some Feds want him convicted, but others believe he will blow secrets at his trial, including details of his past relationship with the president of the United States. Left to languish in a Miami jail, Manuel Noriega starts calling his few remaining allies in Panama....

Since then, many officials, from mayors through presidents, have done so, and recently the large Washington audience at the American Enterprise Institute’s annual Francis Boyer Lecture did so. Wilson, who has recently retired from UCLA, gave Washington, a proudly practical city, a demonstration of the unity of theory and practice. He offered a theory about why America is materially better off but spiritually worse off than it was not long ago....

If you’re considering a multifunction printer, here’s a breakdown of the typical features to help you evaluate your needs. Read on to see if you need an all-in-one printer or if a less-feature-laden printer would be a better choice for you. Printing Consider if your business needs duplex (double-sided) printing. If you want to save paper or print brochures and flyers, duplexing is a must-have feature. Consider your advanced printing needs, such as stapling, folding, hole punching, cover binding, and more....

HANTA VIRUS: Spring cleaning might bring on this sometimes deadly disease, which was found in just four states in 1998 and has now spread to 26. Some of the 28 cases confirmed in 1995, and the 20-plus expected to be confirmed for 1996, have been linked with people cleaning up mouse messes left in their attics and summer cabins. PLAGUE: Yes, new buds mean the Black Death is among us, especially in New Mexico, where about 80 percent of these rare outbreaks occur....

It’s got all the elements for a major publishing event: great drama and ground-breaking historical significance. Sound too good to be true? Yes, say some scholars. The circumstances surrounding Jacob’s manuscript are questionable. The translator, David Selbourne, a former political-philosophy professor at Ruskin College in England, says he got access to Jacob’s manuscript on two conditions: that he keep the identity of the owner a secret and that he keep the original from anyone else....

My Five Most Important Books “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy. It helped me structure my novel “Waiting,” opening it to both the city and the countryside. “The House of the Dead” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. A fictionalized memoir, it taught me how to describe prison life in my novel “War Trash.” “Pnin” by Vladimir Nabokov. It showed me how the distortion and misuse of English could create a style that reflects the struggle of immigrants....

My five most important books An Important Book you haven’t read: There are lots of those. Many books are easier to praise than they are to read. James Joyce’s “Finnegans Wake” is one of those. The book I’d most want my kids to read: “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” by Max Weber. He wrote about status groups. I don’t really expect my kids to read it, but I wish they would....

For example, primary care physicians, the general doctors who see patients for a range of care and check-ups, tend to make less than specialists who work in a particular field, according to a 2020 report from the Medical Group Management Association. If you are considering a physician career, and if money is a key factor in your decision, these top-paying medical specialties may be of interest to you. This article lists the 10 highest paid physician careers based on a 2020 compensation report from the medical network Doximity, which is based on data reported by 44,000 physicians from 2019 and 2020....

With Sony picking up Bungie and various reports suggesting that it is determined to make some successful live service titles - with Destruction All-Stars being a failed attempt at this - it only makes sense to do so with an established IP. Of all its dormant franchises, Killzone joins Insomniac’s Resistance as a perfect live service candidate, as it is easy to imagine its multiplayer being supported for years....

Right now, Monster Hunter Rise is all the rage. It released on Switch two weeks ago and has been no slouch either; Monster Hunter Rise reviews paint the game in a beautiful light, showing how its yet another great entry. However, as the game is exclusive to Switch now with a PC release slated for 2022, many are asking when, and maybe if, a game will release on PS5 and Xbox Series X....

hotel rooms and restaurant seats empty in this peak season. “We originally expected 40,000 tourists in October but the actual number will be half that because of the nuclear test,” says Jang Hwan Bin, an executive at Hyundai Asan, the South Korean firm that operates the tour project. “If this business fails, it would be a tragic loss for not only our company but also the whole Korean peninsula.”...

The bloody trail keeps lengthening, the what-ifs keep mounting up. By the end of last week, the sniper suspects had been linked by law enforcement to 20 shootings (13 dead, five wounded). Muhammad and Malvo apparently began their spree as far back as Feb. 16 with a shooting in Tacoma, Wash., and shot a woman outside a beauty parlor in Baton Rouge, La., on Sept. 23. In addition to the liquor-store shooting on Sept....

Although that Star Wars game has moved to EA Vancouver, for some the closure of Visceral was another sign of the EA curse. After all, a number of high-profile studios have shut up shop under the wing of the publisher over the years, and although it’s likely to happen with such a huge company as EA, some of these closures are well remembered to this day. Here’s a rundown of some of the major studios closed down by Electronic Arts....

A murmur rose as the six-foot Karmapa, dressed in maroon and saffron robes and shadowed by Indian security guards, strode into the hall and sat on a downy, makeshift throne. First the Karmapa politely thanked the few Westerners in the audience for their interest and help in Tibetan affairs. Then he turned to the schoolgirls, many of whom had fled Tibet like him. “Don’t forget your… homeland,” he instructed them in a voice sure and serene beyond its years....

Remember that book “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”? Well, business is from Saturn, journalism is from Jupiter As the media monopoly grows, the culture clash between the two is becoming a source of major discomfort. Yes, some business executives know that they must stress the independence of news (Eisner assured ABC News employees that he wouldn’t tamper with their big shows). And some journalists, once middle-class, are now well acquainted with real money (ABC workers saw the value of their company stock increase by 20 percent in one day last week)....

Buried was one of the DLC maps for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and it is one of the main reasons players consistently call for a Zombies Chronicles 2 expansion to be made. Buried’s unique concept of an old Western town stuck underground instantly made the map unique, and it featured memorable gameplay mechanics like the ghost house and Arthur. Its main quest was also the best of the Victis crew’s by far, and it is clearly one that stuck with Redditor YT_Vrykofen....

The ruling on self-referral is sure to infuriate critics. Studies suggest that when physicians invest in laboratories and X-ray centers, their patients receive more tests and pay higher prices. Last December, an AMA advisory council condemned self-referral as a conflict of interest and urged physicians to abstain. But the association’s policymaking House of Delegates ignored that advice last week, reasoning that if a doctor discloses his commercial interests, patients will weigh his advice accordingly....