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Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Author of Eerie Children’s Tales, Dies at 87 [14 Oct 2014|02:01am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/books/zilpha-keatley-snyder-author-of-eerie-childrens-tales-dies-at-87.html

Ms. Snyder had three Newbery Honor Books in the early 1970s, but she was probably best known for the dystopian utopia in the Green Sky Trilogy.
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Warburg Institute Threatened by Funding Woes [14 Oct 2014|02:08am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/books/warburg-institute-threatened-by-funding-woes.html

The Warburg Institute is under financial pressure from its host, the University of London, and there are worries that it will be broken up or absorbed by another institution.
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In 'Cosmigraphics,' Our Changing Pictures of Space Through Time [14 Oct 2014|02:47am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/science/space/in-cosmigraphics-our-changing-pictures-of-space-through-time.html

Over thousands of years, humans have tried to represent the universe in graphic form, whether in manuscripts, paintings, prints, books or supercomputer simulations.
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Bookends: Do We Read Differently at Different Ages? [14 Oct 2014|02:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/books/review/do-we-read-differently-at-different-ages.html

Daniel Mendelsohn and Pankaj Mishra discuss whether we read differently at various stages of life.
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In 'Cosmigraphics,' Our Changing Pictures of Space Through Time [14 Oct 2014|02:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/science/space/in-cosmigraphics-our-changing-pictures-of-space-through-time.html

Over thousands of years, humans have tried to represent the universe in graphic form, whether in manuscripts, paintings, prints, books or supercomputer simulations.
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Books of The Times: John Berryman Is Reconsidered in 4 New Books [14 Oct 2014|05:03pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/books/john-berryman-is-reconsidered-in-4-new-books.html

Several new books include works of, and details about, the poet John Berryman, who would have been 100 this year.
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Australian’s P.O.W. Novel Wins Man Booker Prize [14 Oct 2014|11:30pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/business/media/richard-flanagan-wins-man-booker-prize-for-tale-of-world-war-ii-pow.html

Richard Flanagan, who was honored for “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” is the third Australian to win the prize.
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