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...rate, she's written them now - Scholastic has just published the actual Tales of Beedle the Bard, a volume that includes five stories: the three Ron mentions plus "The Tale of the Three Brothers" (which already appeared in full in Deathly Hallows) and "The Warlock's Hairy Heart." Beedle joins Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and, basically, all the movies as one of the minor but undeniable pleasures of the Potter canon. It's a book of meta-fairy tales - fairy tales for people who already live in a fairy-tale world where dragons...
There's more to Beedle than the stories: each one comes with commentary by Dumbledore. These sections are the purest pleasure the book has to offer - Dumbledore has always been Rowling's most extravagantly enjoyable voice, and he's in full cry here, wise and funny, taking shots at the Malfoys and at himself with equal enthusiasm. (You won't find him noticeably diminished or enhanced by his posthumously revealed gayness.) Beedle also comes with amateur but elegant illustrations by Rowling - she's not as good an artist as, say, Mary GrandPré, but then again Mary GrandPr...
...government, though, would only be able to pocket that profit if everyone paid back their mortgage in full, which even in good times is not the case. Historically, about 1% of all mortgages end up in foreclosure. That would mean during normal times this program would end up costing the government 0.2% of all the loans it originates. (Read It's the Housing Market, Stupid...
...their tables. [Le Corbusier] didn’t really have political motives in the sense that he didn’t particularly want to engage in a government; he simply wanted to use any government he could to let him build and let him improve housing. The world is full of architects who are desperate to have more money or more status or to be more important, but I don’t feel that that’s what motivated Le Corbusier. I think that what motivated him was a desire to make the world more visually appealing...
...unlike those droids, Kanye’s always had heart, has always made vital music. These days, his heart resembles the one on the cover of “808s”—desiccated and ailing, it can’t pump enough to power a full LP—but at least it still has the capacity to throb occasionally. So get the man some beta blockers and a Prozac, and let’s hope for the best.—Reviewer Jake G. Cohen can be reached at jgcohen@fas.harvard.edu...