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Sarah By Kaylene Johnson; out now This surprise best seller about the Republican Veep candidate, which rocketed from 10,000 copies to 350,000 copies in a matter of weeks, is a blend of annoying hagiography ("It is a political Cinderella tale") and revealing detail (she shot her first rabbit at 10). Amid all the fluff, a portrait of a sharp-elbowed politico emerges...
...than drown in each other. In “Albert Wein: American Modernist,” the artist’s versatility, not only in the media he chose but also in the style of the images he presented, comes to the forefront. At his best, Wein manages to blend everything together to create a tempered oeuvre whose elegance and emotion is both a manifestation of joie de vivre and a love letter to life. —Staff writer Denise Xu can be reached at dxu@fas.harvard.edu...
...indexes. "Our emotions are backward-looking, but the market is always about what's going to happen," says David Yeske, a financial planner in San Francisco. So no running for the exits. That said, it may be a good time to see if you're properly diversified--in a blend of stocks, bonds, foreign and domestic securities, big and small companies. One thing that's clear: If there's another hit, there will be little telling where it's going to come from...
...sold millions of records. He’s about as far from a rebel without a cause as you can get. Chinese music critics hail his masterful work (he allegedly doesn’t really write the lyrics) as revolutionary for his (perceived) unique ability to masterfully (they say) blend Eastern and Western musical styles. Party officials in the People’s Republic have a crush on him, too, consistently showering him with praise and commendations for his positive (party-line) music and his exemplary personal life—a life in which, he told China?...
...Sarah is, in the end, a curious blend of Disneyesque prose ("Sarah Heath Palin is at heart a sister, a daughter, and the little girl who learned how to work hard, stand up for herself, and never tell a lie") and careful reporting about the veep candidate's early political life. Despite its often-flowery language, the book is a treasure trove for those hungry for more data on a public figure about whom little is known in the lower 48. No one will be able to close it without marveling at Palin's instant ascent to international fame. Keep...