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...BOOK EXCERPT...
Europe first encountered the Philippines in 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan claimed the archipelago for Spain?and ended up dead after a battle with local chieftain Lapu Lapu. Jessica Hagedorn's Dream Jungle starts with an excerpt from a contemporary account of Magellan's Philippine visit, which describes comely native women clad in nothing but thin strips of bark "before their privies," suggesting that conquest can be inspired as much by lust as God and king...
...humble beginnings offer lessons for any entrepreneur. Like many rookie proprietors, actor Paul Newman and his sidekick, the writer A.E. Hotchner, had a good product (the actor's homemade salad dressing) but lacked the experience to launch it in the hotly contested world of packaged goods. In this excerpt from the forthcoming Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; $22.95), the two recount their experiences in trying to get a business off the ground...
...someone who has studied President Reagan since his first year in office, I am not surprised to see that his letters reveal what many of us have known all along [BOOK EXCERPT, Sept. 29]: Ronald Reagan was always his own man, a man of principle who believed in a better tomorrow. Much of the analysis and opinion about his presidency in the past 15 years has been clouded by partisan thinking. I am confident that in time the depth of Reagan's vision will be confirmed by historians. BRETT KOTTMANN Centerville, Ohio...
...acclaim and acceptance in the literary world Lahiri has garnered, her presence seems to belie it. After being introduced by Wordsworth Books’ William Corbett, Lahiri walked onstage with the quiet poise that is so common in her writing. Before reading an excerpt from Namesake, she commented on her own experience in Cambridge so many years...