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TV Bets on Vegas Small-screen producers look to Sin City for tales of vice--and a little virtue 64
In such best-selling essay collections as Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris has engaged readers with tales of his North Carolina family and assorted odd jobs. In his latest book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, he covers everything from attending his brother's wedding to selling...
Despite vivid accounts of Eastern wonders relayed by traders along the Silk Road, there was always suspicion in the Occidental mind about whether the fabled bounty of the trade link truly existed. It wasn't until Nicolo Polo and his son Marco returned from their second trip along the legendary...
Although the enduring image of the Silk Road is of treasure-laden caravans snaking their way toward distant and exotic lands, its real and lasting impact upon the civilizations of Asia and beyond is even more wondrous than the wildest tales of its traders. Perhaps it was this aspect of...
Over the next four years, 5 a.m. was when I debated the dogmas of different religions, confessed life dreams over diet Coke and Carly Simon, exchanged tales of family turmoil while doing laundry and watching Scent of a Woman—something about the intimacy of the hour made it...