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...publisher could craft a more sterling publicity campaign to launch Charles D. Ellis' saga of Goldman Sachs than Wall Street has for the past three months. Proving, yet again, that there's no such thing as bad publicity, the white-knuckle drama being played out in today's market offers a scarily fitting backdrop for Ellis' ambitious and absorbing tale of men (no women), money, ambition and redemption. It is, he writes, the saga of a company and its people "with unusual strengths [whose] aspirations were not on what they wanted to be, but on what they wanted...
...over. This weekend the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival concluded its 10-day grande bouffe of celebrity sightings, endless queues and 312 features. The People's Choice prize, voted by the TIFF audiences, went to Danny Boyle's Bollywood saga Slumdog Millionaire, which will hit real theaters in November. But there are plenty of movies still to consider - some awaiting theatrical release, some hoping for a distributor. Here are five, of varying quality, that you'll be hearing about...
...Shakespeare wrote, to covet honor, then McCain might be the most sinful politician alive. His 50 years of nearly continuous service to his country - in the Navy, as a POW and in Congress - have been a tumultuous and often inspiring saga of a man and his code. McCain languished in prison in Hanoi for years rather than accept a release he considered dishonorable, and he has made his mark in Washington as a kind of honor politician, a crusader who has chosen his battles on the basis of morality rather than ideology. Fighting to limit the influence of money...
Throughout the Twilight saga, there are many different kinds of love between the characters--romantic, paternal, etc. Do you have a message about love that you want the reader to walk away with? -Marissa Parisi BURLINGTON, VT.I never write messages. I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explore is the idea of love. I like looking at my own life and my friends and family and how love changes who you are. It fascinates...
Stand the Storm By Breena Clarke; out now Calling all book clubs! Clarke, whose debut novel, River, Cross My Heart, was a 1999 Oprah pick, scores again with this Civil War--era saga, set in Washington. She tells the deeply affecting story of a family of freed slaves in an evocative, historically rich book that brings the turbulent period alive. The author neither averts her eye from, nor sugarcoats the truth about, the uphill struggle for dignity in this gritty town...