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...literature concentrator friend taking three languages because she thinks it’s cool, and it is. But coolness comes with a price: doing homework and functioning in three languages. I’m taking a class whose reading list is 12 novels. That is, with some adjusting for Penguin vs. Norton editions, approximately 3,426 pages, or War and Peace times two and a half. I have enjoyed every single one of them—but getting them read before Tuesday lecture is often one of the hardest parts of my week. And I don’t know...
...Republic senior editor and Harvard College Visiting Lecturer on English and American Literature and Language James Wood and Smith College English Professor Michael Gorra, who both contributed introductions to Penguin Books’ centennial commemorative release of two of Graham’s most famous novels, presided over the centennial ceremonies...
...penguin out of cardboard or foam board and duct tape a dowel to the back. It’s like making a penguin sign...
...there would be no confronting Kobe about his anger and selfishness. And no championship trophy. In The Last Season (Penguin; 288 pages), the man who coached nine NBA champions in Chicago and Los Angeles describes the turbulent year that ended his career as leader of the Lakers. While the book is a hoot for basketball fans, Jackson's experiences also offer lessons for anyone dealing with chaos at home or work...
...Marriage has changed more in the past 30 years than in the previous 3,000," says historian Stephanie Coontz, author of a forthcoming history of marriage, to be published by Viking Penguin in May 2005. The tradition of the bride's parents' financing the nuptials, she notes, derives from the old dowry system, in which parents were essentially reimbursing the husband or his family for agreeing to take on the task of supporting their daughter...