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When faced with mortality human beings react as differently as there are ways to die. In the face of death, Warren Zevon refused to be anyone except himself.

B. B. King's newest release, One Kind Favor, finds the legendary blues guitarist pondering his mortality amid tracks about life and love.

Roman Polanski's classic defies detective film conventions with its artistic integrity and its emotionally satisfying story

As a junior with tons of upside and the ability to both protect the passer and clear a path for the back effectively, Andre Smith is the top tackle in this year's class.

Clearly influenced by Marilyn Hacker, a successor to Frank Herbert's Dune, the story of poet Rydra Wong tied with Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon for the SFWA's prize.

Celebrities can have an important role in AIDS awareness,

Free Will Tarot relies on a an intutive psychological theory that may lend validity to an old and superstition-ridden practice.

Adam Roberts' fascinating novel Polystom starts with the narrator climbing into his propellor-driven aircraft and flying to the moon.

The West Wing, created by Aaron Sorkin, has had more political effect than a TV drama can support.

Two passionate poems by Arthur Rimbaud and D.H. Lawrence; love and lust, gleaned from the summer season; the glory of uninhibited abandon.

Having ticked junkies, angels and zombies off his list British filmmaker Danny Boyle turns his attentions to the forgotten children living on India's roughest streets.

The Knights Templar emerged from the first Crusader army in order to protect Christian pilgrims moving from the Mediterranean ports to the holy city of Jerusalem.

Taken from today's headlines, Robert Harris' The Ghost is a tale of intrigue and deception, and the addictive nature of power.

There Will Be Blood's title, which does not directly allude to anything in the film, makes a number of associations which attempt to comment on the action in the film.

Giulio Ulivi, an Italian inventor and engineer born in 1881, was either a charlatan or someone whose discoveries could have changed the course of World War I.

While many argue that Poe did not intend the story to be an allegory, looking at the elements of the story as pieces in an allegory is an easy way to understand it.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays and it is still one of the most widely performed. But what are the elements that make up this famous Scottish tragedy?

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton belonged to an elite group of writers like Allen Ginsberg, Robert Lowell, and Sylvia Plath, who refused to disguise their demons.

Rebellions and physical confrontations were ways in which slaves fought against the power of the Master to regain some sense of control over their lives.

Holiday weight gain is not inevitable.

In this, one of his final novels, Jack Kerouac confronts the dualities of pessimism and optimism, attempting to locate the tangible mid-ground

"Cloud Atlas" is a masterful series of six inter-related tales that span generations and continents to illustrate the basic human condition.

The Rum Diary was written by Hunter S. Thompson in 1959, and finally published in 1998. A film version, starring Johnny Depp, is in production.

Charles Cohen waited five years to buy DCOTA. He got his chance in June 2005, when founding owners, Danto Investment Company, finally agreed to sell.

Father of modern Chinese Literature weaves brilliant imagery with modern anecdotes in his portrayal of early twentieth century China.

This article reviews the American Geriatrics Society book, Doorway Thoughts: Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults.

The North East England Mining Archive and Research Centre (NEEMARC) is an archive of records relating to the coal mining industry in Northumberland and Durham.

Fictional accounts of earthquakes can be found in many settings, including the future. The following novels explore scientific, spiritual and human aspects of quakes

French Baroque painter Georges de La Tour depicted the famed conversion of Mary Magdalene in four different works.

The Moths and Other Stories takes readers on a journey through the lives of women of various ages in Chicano culture and how tradition collides with modern life.

Daniel Goldhagen's cornerstone work displays an over generalization of the German people in order to blame every German citizen for the Holocaust.

In House of Clouds, Thompson weaves a masterful story about women who love one another during the American Civil War, and the devastating personal loss due to the war.

Alliance Atlantis' Before Tomorrow (Le Jour Avant le Lendemain) tells a powerful story, but its execution doesn't quite match its ambition. 5/10

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is out on DVD March 4th. Despite stars Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, and Jason Bateman, the Film Lacks Magic.

An English county council has recently warned families that payday loans, which can rack up interest rates close to 10,000%, are no answer to the credit crunch.

Civil War, Battle of Antietam, Robert E. Lee, George McClellan

Concepts like the self and self-actualization are examined as they relate to personal growth in individuals.

Algernon Charles Swinburne's A Forsaken Garden likens a neglected cliffside garden, ravaged by the passage of time, to the loss of innocence, love and life.

The majority of forest fires could be avoided by one easy solution that lies within the grasp of most people, and that is the simple application of common sense.

A Nigerian woman discovers the highs and lows of domestic life in colonial times.

The first war in a series of conflicts which led to Rome's dominance of the mediterranean, but how did it start, and why?

Beneath Yellowstone lies an immense supervolcano. Should a volcanic eruption occur, it would almost certainly result in nuclear winter and an immense loss of life.

Discover some of the important historic and symbolic reasons Easter is celebrated in springtime.

A description of the show's progress and the special features in the box set.

Philip Larkin's "This Be The Verse" which opens "They f*** you up, your mum and dad", is a careful and ironic comment on the problems of both family life and and poetry

Parents may need to prepare tweens for the inevitability of staying home alone. Review the family rules and provide a checklist in order to keep kids safe in the house.

Sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor creates fantastic works on the bottom of the sea. Find out more about the vision and philosophy that guides his work.

Once a screenplay's ending has been found, the screenwriter can use the third act to guide them in the crafting of the entire script, including the build up to the end.

A powerful ending comes from drafting a third act that answers all of the story's questions and follows logically from the events leading up to it, but with a twist.

Booker Prize winner, John Banville, writes an intimate, personal travelogue about the magical city of the Czech Republic - Prague - in 'The Writer and the City' series.