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Book Talk: Preparing for Asia’s golden age
BEIJING, May 20 — There is a new gold rush in the Asia-Pacific: rising incomes and consumer spending by Asia’s fast-growing middle classes that is generating unprecedented opportunities for multinational firms.
If western firms recognise those opportunities in markets for consumer and luxury goods, travel and other services, their strategies ... Read More
The signature and seal of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito are seen on the replica of an official original copy of the Constitution of Japan in Tokyo May 21, 2013. — Reuters pic
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US psychiatry gets makeover in new manual
WASHINGTON, May 19 — The latest makeover to a massive psychiatric tome honoured by some, reviled by others and even called the “Bible” of mental disorders is being released Saturday with a host of new ... Read More
‘Harry Potter’ first edition annotated by author up for auction
LONDON, May 18 — Ever wondered what went through author J.K. Rowling’s mind when she wrote the first “Harry Potter” novel?Fans of books about the boy wizard will have a chance to bid on a unique first ... Read More
Four Nigerians among five shortlisted for writing prize
JOHANNESBURG, May 17 — Four of the five writers shortlisted for this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing are from Nigeria, a first for the prestigious award, organisers revealed Wednesday.The fifth ... Read More
Book Talk: Of apes and atheists - is empathy evolution?
JOHANNESBURG, May 16 — For biologist Frans de Waal, a peaceful species of great ape in Africa is a mirror of humanity and a living argument that empathy and cooperation are far from unique to mankind."The ... Read More
Jeff Kinney, VlogBrother win Children’s Choice Book Awards
LOS ANGELES, May 15 — The author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, Jeff Kinney, has been named the 2013 Children’s Choice Book Award author of the year for “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel,” ... Read More
Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ in hot demand ahead of release
LONDON, May 14 — Booksellers are predicting that “Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown’s latest title “Inferno” will become the biggest-selling book of the year, ahead of its release today.Sales of the book, ... Read More
Premio Planeta winner ‘Riña de Gatos’ published in English
MADRID, May 14 — Eduardo Mendoza’s “Riña de Gatos” [lit. “Cat Fight”], 2010 recipient of one of the world’s richest literary prizes, the Spanish-language Premio Planeta, is now available to anglophone ... Read More
When he was a kid…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Childhood stories. Most people wrote theirs; fewer have drawn theirs. But one thousand words is not easy to write, and a picture does not have to be too detailed to tell a good ... Read More
UK education minister lashes out over ‘Mr Men’ history lessons
LONDON, May 12 — British Education Minister Michael Gove criticised the use of the popular “Mr Men” cartoon figures to teach 16-year olds about Adolf Hitler, saying such play-based learning infantilised ... Read More
Book Talk: ‘The Last Train to Zona Verde,’ Paul Theroux’s African signoff
BOSTON, May 9 – Paul Theroux said his literary goodbye to Africa at a train station in Luanda, Angola, five decades after he first visited the continent as a Peace Corps volunteer.In his new book, “The ... Read More
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