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Epson Stylus NX430 Small-in-One All-in-One Printer Review: Compact, No Frills, Great Output
This home MFP is compact and simple, and produces excellent output; but pricey inks and a lack of duplexing features make it best for low-volume, PC-only use...

Battle of the authors' sexes continues - The Guardian

The Guardian

Battle of the authors' sexes continues
The Guardian
Slate.com crunched the numbers, finding that of the 545 books reviewed by the New York Times between June 2008 and August 2010, 62% were by men, and of the 101 books that received two reviews in that period 71% were by men.

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The New York (Mayor's) Review of Books - New York Times

The New York (Mayor's) Review of Books
New York Times
Indulging in a tale of make-believe is rare for a time-is-money workaholic whose regular literary diet consists of periodicals (The Economist, The Financial Times, Aviation Week), political histories (EURœThe Power Broker,EUR by Robert A. Caro), .

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The New York (Mayor's) Review of Books
"Indulging in a tale of make-believe" is rare for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but the New York Times notes he actually recommended two spy mysteries this week by John LeCarre: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy . Of the latter, he said, "It's 600 pages, it's mostly description, there is almost nothing that happens. But it's fascinating!" "Virtually the only ...

Game Changers: Upon further review EUR¦
Three baseball insiders consider 10 game-changing proposals..

Book Review
Unbounded enthusiasm for life Michael Ondaatje (2011) The Cat's Table: A Novel. London, Jonathan Cape and Houghton, Johannesburg, 293 pages, Paperback, P209. ISBN 978-0-224-09362-0. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk...

Book Review - Mmegi Online

Book Review
Mmegi Online
Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk. Michael Ondaatje's seventh novel is The Cat's Table. The previous one, five years ago, was Divisadero (Mmegi, 22nd February 2008) about a street in San Francisco United States of America) and the people growing .

Edmund White's Body Language - New York Times

Edmund White's Body Language
New York Times
But with his latest, EURœJack Holmes and His Friend,EUR White delivers something rare: a novel that above all else leaves its readers intimately familiar with its characters' bodies. EURœJack Holmes and His FriendEUR contains plenty of dialogue, .

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Theatre review of 2011
A look back at some of the theatrical events in London which made the headlines in 2011..