University introduces Bengali language, literature courses this semester (The Cavalier Daily)

This semester, the University debuted Bengali language and literature courses to College students for the first time. Bengali is the primary language of Bangladesh and the …

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University introduces Bengali language, literature courses this semester (The Cavalier Daily)

Gabriel García Márquez masterpiece tops poll of world literature (Guardian Unlimited)

One Hundred Years of Solitude has most shaped world literature over the past 25 years, says survey Gabriel García Márquez’s seminal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude is the piece of writing that has most shaped world literature over the past 25 years, according to a survey of international writers.

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Gabriel García Márquez masterpiece tops poll of world literature (Guardian Unlimited)

Feds seize ammunition from NC terror suspect (AP via Yahoo! News)

Federal investigators have searched the home of a North Carolina terrorism suspect, seizing counterterrorism literature, ammunition and portable electronics.

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Vachana literature convetion (The Times of India)

Experts in Vachana literature will attend a state-level convetion in the city.

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Author Chinua Achebe puts pen to page after 20 years (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Chinua Achebe, the grandfather of modern African literature, first began telling stories as a means to reaching the truth. Fiction, he knew, could sometimes strike deeper than real life.

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Theater review: Devil is in the details in Theater Oobleck’s telling of Faust legend (Chicago Tribune)

Lurching and pacing a narrow path across the basement of the Chopin Theatre, Faustus — that great adventuring malcontent of literature and stage — has come to say a few final words.

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Theater review: Devil is in the details in Theater Oobleck’s telling of Faust legend (Chicago Tribune)

Being a bad guy can be good for career (CNN)

In film and literature, the villains are the most entertaining characters. We root for good to triumph over evil and we’re connected to the protagonist, but we’re most interested in the bad guy.

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Being a bad guy can be good for career (CNN)

YALSA to launch teen literature blog, seeks member manager (American Library Association)

CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will launch a new blog focused on young adult literature in 2010.

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New Inpro/Seal Literature Is Valuable Source Of Bearing Protection Information, Valuable Tool For Plant Maintenance … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Inpro/Seal Company, the world’s largest producer of industrial bearing isolators, has published literature that provides a detailed overview of its Bearing Isolators and Bearing Isolator-based shaft seals. The literature is written in easy-to-understand language and should prove to be a useful tool for plant maintenance and operations people.

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Wynn Macau’s Hong Kong IPO raises $1.6 billion (Market Watch)

Wynn Macau, the casino operation headed by Steve Wynn in the former Portuguese colony on China’s southern coast, raises $1.6 billion in its Hong Kong initial public offering, after pricing the shares at the higher end of what was indicated in marketing literature.

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