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...spine was broken and there was a tear along the front hinge.” In fact, the other first edition copy of “Lolita” that Wronoski sold, which was in better condition, was priced at $65,000. The rare book business is notably complex and clandestine, with a personal flair. “I knew who I thought was the best person to sell the piece to, so I offered it to them,” said Wronoski, referring to the recent transaction. The bookstore features various valuable first edition books, as well...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: “Lolita” Brings Big Bucks to Bookstore | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

Hugo Boss is the most recent big name to make its mark in New York City's Meatpacking District. The newly opened store's concept?to have all Hugo Boss labels displayed under one roof?is a first for the global brand. Distinctive design features include a complex lighting system that reacts to the weather and time of day, and a lattice-like structure that arches above the length of the store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boss's Big Move | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...capable of suggesting several potential explanations. In their report, they theorize that lower childhood IQ might suggest varied levels in brain health that make the subject more exposed to certain mental disorders. The researchers further said that people with lower IQ levels find it more difficult to cope with complex modern daily life, possibly making them more vulnerable to developing psychiatric symptoms. Researchers argue that the findings can be helpful in treating individuals with psychiatric disorders. “Lower childhood IQ was associated with greater severity of mental disorders including persistence over time and having two or more diagnoses...

Author: By Youho T. Myong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scientists Tie Low IQ to Disorders | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...Iranian love affair with yoga is a complex thing, born of many factors. There's the general disenchantment with strict, orthodox Islam and the accompanying pull to alternative forms of spirituality. There are strictures that women face in exercising outside covered, and the appeal of gentle, indoor sport. Add to all that yoga's global fashionableness and Iranians' high rates of anxiety and depression, and you have the first genuinely yoga savvy middle-class in the entire Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should a Pious Muslim Practice Yoga? | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

...policy of information control and management instituted by President Hu Jintao that shuns the authorities' traditional emphasis on suppressing bad news altogether and stresses instead using official media to attempt to control how events like strikes, protests and even natural disasters are reported in China. The complex methods Beijing uses to try and dictate what its populace reads, watches and hears about events in their own country are a key element of how the Communist Party maintains power. But as the world economic crisis deepens and unrest becomes more widespread, the central government has had to tweak how it wages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Taxi Strikes: A Test for the Government | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

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