Isabel Allende

Autopsy Confirms Ex-Chilean President Committed Suicide

AP | EVA VERGARA | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Chile, Salvador Allende, Isabel Allende, Patricio Guijon, La-Moneda-Palace, 1973-Chilean-Coup, Augusto Pinochet, Patricio Bustos, World News

SANTIAGO, Chile — A scientific autopsy has confirmed that Chilean President Salvador Allende committed suicide during the 1973 coup that toppled...

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Radio's Rare Class Act Achieves Ratings, Book Success

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Npr, Kqed, John Updike, Norman Mailer, Barack Obama, Isabel Allende, Media News
Bill Mann

Michael Krasny has probably interviewed more famous and celebrated authors than anyone, ever. Amazingly, he's done it on a sharply devalued medium, radio.

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Ilan Stavans' Magnum Opus: After 13 Years, The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature Is Here

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Carlos Williams, Cypress Hill, Richard Rodriguez, Junot Diaz, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Amherst College, Gus Arriola, Ricky Martin, Hernando De Soto, Loveline, Isabel Allende, Ilan Stavans, Magnum Opus, Resurrecting Hebrew, Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, Spanish, Spanglish, Literature, Latinos, Latin America, Octavio Paz, Telenovela, Amherst, Anthologies, Books News
Joshua Kors

I make my books for elite audiences, mainstream audiences, families in the barrio. That's not a contradiction. It's a full life.

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National Book Festival Begins Tonight In DC

chicagotribune.com | Amy Guth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Festival, Barack Obama, Hardcover Mysteries, Michelle Obama, Books, Baldacci, Isabel Allende, Obama, Books News

The National Book Festival activities will begin this evening in D.C. with President and Mrs. Obama serving as honorary chairs of the week-long festiv...

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Author Isabel Allende Visits Trapped Miners' Families

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trapped Chilean Miners, Trapped-Miners, Author Isabel Allende, Isabel Allende Miners, Isabel Allende, Trapped Miners, Chilean Miners, Mine-Safety, Chile's Miners, Books News

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The two Isabel Allendes joined Chile's president Sunday in a visit to the mine where a team of hundreds is working to res...

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Reviews, Book Review, Isabel Allende, The Lake Shore Limited, Books, 13 Bankers, Simon Johnson, Pearl of China, Sue Miller, Books News

Did you miss any of the big book reviews this weekend? Catch up on them with the highlights below. "The Lake Shore Limited," Sue Miller The New York ...

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5 Literary Hook-Ups I'd Like to See

Caroline Hagood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gravity's Rainbow, The House of the Spirits, Woody Allen, The Catcher in the Rye, Marisha Pessl, House of Leaves, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Thomas Pynchon, The Bedwetter, Jorle Luis Borges, Sarah Silverman, Joseph Heller, J.D. Salinger, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Catch 22, Mark Danielewski, Isabel Allende, Without Feathers, Ficciones, Books News
Caroline Hagood

Which writers would you like to see get it on?

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Indies Choice Book Award Finalists Announced

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kate DiCamillo, Independent Bookstores, A.S. Byatt, Literary Prizes, Colm Toibin, Wolf Hall, BookExpo America, Michael Chabon, Stitches, Isabel Allende, Libba Bray, The Children's Book, Best Books, Books, Indies Choice Awards, Aba, Mary Karr, Books News

The ABA (American Booksellers Association) announced the finalists for the Indies Choice Book Awards on Monday, which are chosen by any and all indepe...

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Self Esteem Booster: Stand Up For Peace!

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Letting Go, Peace Day, Human Spirit, Isabel Allende, George Bernard Shaw, Appreciation, Affirmations, Self Esteem, Self-Esteem, Healthy Self Esteem, The Giving Life, Video, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

On this coming Peace Day, I invite you to stand tall in the value and worth that you are as a human being, even for a few moments during the day. Celebrate and esteem yourself.

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Getting Inspired by the Women's Foundation of California

Nour Akkad | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: One Million Women for Women Campaign, Women, Dolores Huerta, Video, Kathy Goodman, Isabel Allende, Women's Policy Institute, Karen Bass, Madeline Albright, Women's Foundation of California, Carla Christofferson, Healthy Living News
Nour Akkad

One woman creating change is inspiring, but an entire organization of women creating change is groundbreaking.

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Isabel Allende, Loung Ung and the Power of Memoir

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Isabel Allende, Women, Cambodia, Loung Ung, Media, Women and Media, Feminism, Omega Institute, Darfur, Khmer Rouge, Healthy Living News
Marianne Schnall

At an upcoming Women & Courage conference Isabel Allende and Loung Ung will demonstrate that the most direct and powerful way to comprehend human suffering is through compelling, first-hand accounts.

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