Topic: United States
Former British prime minister Tony Blair said he was "desperately sorry" over the deaths in the Iraq war, in extracts released Tuesday from his memoirs. Blair said he was "sorry for the lives cut short", but maintained it was right to remove ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For most of his life, Tchicaya Missamou's warrior training made him into a killing machine. Now, he is using his skills to help Americans get fit. Missamou's memoir, "In the Shadow of Freedom," recounts his childhood in Congo ...
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Faced with a life-threatening situation, would you leave behind a loved one to save yourself? This question fascinated British writer and journalist Nigel Farndale for about 25 years, ever since he heard of an acquaintance who had scrambled ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. independent bookstores are discovering how to flourish despite the growth of electronic books with some even looking to form an alliance with a formidable competitor -- Google. The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, which represents bookstores in ...
As a woman, her lover for her life to create a perfume, a fragrance industry for some success stories; her cosmetics kingdom ruled by her name is still firmly in control; EsteeLauder, Origins, MAC ... ... the United States for half of ...
Cuba's iconic former leader Fidel Castro says his childhood struggle against unjust authority turned him into a rebel and revolutionary, in extracts of his upcoming autobiography published online Thursday by Cubadebate.com. "I wasn't born a politician, although as a young child I ...
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Being hit by two hurricanes within the space of nine months had such a profound affect on American author Alex Kava that she used the experience as the basis for her latest novel. "Damaged," Kava's eighth psychological suspense ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Bertelsmann's Random House, the world's biggest book publisher, expects electronic books to contribute more than 10 percent of its U.S. revenue next year, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday. Chief Executive Markus Dohle told German magazine Der ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lonely Planet, publisher of the popular travel guides, launched interactive e-books for the iPad on Monday for popular European destinations. E-books for Italy, Spain, France, Great Britain and Ireland, each containing more than 3,000 hyperlinks and imbedded points ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Star Trek" actor Clifton Collins has joined the cast of NBC's highly anticipated fall drama series "The Event." Collins will play Thomas, a key player in the show's secret conspiracy who will come into conflict with the ...
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