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Charles Ferguson: How A Bank Self Destructs

Charles Ferguson | Posted 05.21.2012

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One fascinating question about the financial crisis is how and why the CEOs of major banks could have tolerated behavior that destroyed their own companies.

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Wind in the Flint Hills

Philip Warburg | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Conservation, Sustainable Energy, Wind Energy, Book Excerpt, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Green News

In the Flint Hills of Kansas, rancher Pete Ferrell angered neighbors when he allowed turbines on his land. They preferred looking at pristine prairie; he chose to invest in a sustainable, locally abundant energy resource.

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An Excerpt From John Spooner's 'No One Ever Told Us That'

Posted 04.11.2012

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"I’ve made money writing every year for 45 years," John Spooner told us in a recent interview. "If I don’t have a magazine deal or column or I’m...

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What I Learned From Trying To Make My Good Marriage Better

Elizabeth Weil | Posted 04.22.2012

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I recently spent a year trying to improve my marriage, and among the most effective seventy-three seconds I spent were watching a web video called "Your Life Being Married."

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Excerpt: The Whip

Karen Kondazian | Posted 04.03.2012

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When I first came across Charley's story 20 years ago, my interest turned from curiosity into an obsession. The enigmatic 'Charley' Parkhurst lived 30 years of her life disguised as a man and became one of the great California stagecoach drivers.

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How Success Cost a Small Business Owner His Health Insurance

Richard Kirsch | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Small Business, Health Care, Small Business Health Care, Main Street Alliance, Book Excerpt, Dan Sherry, Politics News

Small business is iconic in America. For years, big business has cleverly used small businesses to be messengers for campaigns financed by corporate America. At Health Care for America Now, it was a lesson that we took to heart.

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The Little Bride

Anna Solomon | Posted 03.11.2012

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My novel, The Little Bride, begins in a basement in Odessa, where 16-year-old maidservant Minna Losk is being given her "Look" - an examination to see if she's sufficiently "fit" (i.e., "virginal") to become a mail-order bride to America.

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PHOTOS: New Book Offers Stunning Images Of Spanish Bullfights

Posted 01.01.2012

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The following is an excerpt from Bullfight: The Pas de Deux by Ricardo B. Sanchez, out now from Glitterati. A bullfight is above all about the demo...

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How To Begin An Affair (Fiction)

Posted 12.04.2011

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I met him in my sister's garden in Enniskerry. That is where I saw him first. There was nothing fated about it, though I add in the late summer light ...

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Exclusive Excerpt From One Day It'll All Make Sense

Common | Posted 12.06.2011

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Perhaps the greatest love of my life is my daughter, Omoye. As she's grown older, the two of us have forged a bond of friendship to go along with that father-daughter love. I love her spirit and her playfulness; it brings out the playfulness in me.

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Best-Selling Author Elizabeth Gilbert Shares An Excerpt From "Marriage and Surprises"

Posted 08.07.2011

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For those of you who are as eager as I am to find out what happens between Elizabeth and Felipe in Gilbert's new book, Committed, here's an excerpt ...

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The Global Brain, Chaos Theory, and the Power of Real-Time Social Media

Beverly Macy | Posted 05.31.2011

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As a connected global society, people are sharing opinions, reviews, thoughts, and movements with one another all day, every day. That in itself is remarkable. We call it the real-time global brain.

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Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Excerpt Of Carol Edgarian's 'Amazement'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Narrative Magazine: People are talking about Carol Edgarian's big-hearted second novel, Three Stages of Amazement--a love story that begins with a mar...

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Who Were The Three Wise Men Of Christmas?

Brent Landau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of all the characters who appear in the Gospel accounts of Jesus' birth, the "Three Wise Men" are by far the most fascinating. Who were these mysterious foreigners? Where did they come from? What was their star? And were there even three of them?

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Faces of America: Mehmet Oz and the Immigrant Story Pedigree

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mustafa Oz arrived in Cleveland in June 1955, unable to speak English and without a friend or family member to guide him. Like most immigrants, his integration relied on the distinctly American magnanimity of strangers.

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Faces of America: The True Dichotomy of Eva Longoria

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is the curious relation among the histories of cultures, families, and individuals that makes the assembly of our virtual families so endlessly fascinating. Here, we examine Eva Longoria.

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TechCrunch Responds To Publisher Backlash After Posting Excerpt From 'The Facebook Effect'

TechCrunch | Michael Arrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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A week ago we posted two excerpts from Fortune columnist David Kirkpatrick's new book The Facebook Effect. We're big fans of Kirkpatrick and have been...

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Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Part 1 of 7

Alice Schroeder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Warren Buffett is never more himself than when he is given the chance to invest in something he wants at a price of his choosing.

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Excerpts from Dick Cheney's Upcoming Book

Beth Armogida | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was hatched on a cold, Nebraska day, January 30, 1941. It was the first of two fateful events for our country that year. The second took place in December.

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Say Hello to Carl Weissner

Jan Herman | Posted 11.17.2011

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The city was cast in a sinister sepia, as in a 1930s gangster movie. 'I should have killed myself when it still made sense,' he thought.

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Waiting for a Twitch

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Malcolm Mc Neill's memoir about his longtime collaboration with William S. Burroughs, Observed While Falling, is just as spellbinding as his show at Salomon Arts in Manhattan.

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