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...There's plenty of canon fodder on the lists. Zane, who's the books editor at the Raleigh News & Observer, has done a statistical breakdown of the results, so we know, for example, that Shakespeare is the most-represented author (followed by Faulkner, who ties with Henry James; they're followed by a five-way tie, which you can read about for yourself). But I'm more interested in the dark horses, the statistical outliers, which lay bare the secret fetishes and perversions of the literati. Douglas Coupland puts Capote's unfinished Answered Prayers at number one, blowing right...
...players debuted. Satellite radio was the story in 2000. So what are the coolest new tech toys bowing in at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show CES, this week's digital smorgasbord? Here's a breakdown of the most interesting novelty gizmos...
...little device plugs into a port below your car's dashboard and presents a red, yellow or green light to let you know if there's something wrong with the vehicle's electronics. It won't tell you if your tire pressure is low or give you a detailed breakdown on all of the car's systems. But it will give you a quick sense of what the problem is likely to be, if there is one, and even estimate how much it should cost for an appropriate...
...iShares fund allows participants to spread their investments across 25 of China’s largest companies. Each participant’s stake in the fund is distributed across the entire portfolio. Barclays discloses the company-by-company breakdown of the fund’s investments on its Web site...
...sake of his listeners then for the sake of his own mental health. “9,” the Irish thirtysomething’s sophomore release is alternately dense and minimal, forcing the listener to conclude that Rice is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. With despairing melodies and broken-hearted nostalgia permeating nearly every track, “9” might as well be a suicide note...