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Arstworld travels to the Paris suburbs to meet the young French-Algerian author Faiza Guene whose novels are taking the literary world by strom.
Plus we explore how opera is taking centre stage in Botswana.
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Biblical scholar Robert Alter argues that the distinctive organizing literary conventions and techniques of the Bible have been lost. He shows how a recovery of these conventions enables us to see more sharply what is going on in the Bible. Series: "Humanitas" [3/2007] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12252]
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An epistolary novel written by a niece and her aunt, THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY tells the story of an unlikely group of people who came to read and discuss books when their island was taken over by the Nazis during World War II.
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Short film by Arden Wohl celebrating the launch of The Saga of Mestre Bimba, published by Capoeira Legados. Tribeca Grand, New York.
Special Thanks to Mestre Acordeon, who generously provided the music for the short film.
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British actor Toby Jones takes on the daunting task of playing the essential American writer Truman Capote in Infamous, which is a slightly different take on the flamboyant writer's life than Capote starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. Toby took painstaking voice lessons repositioning his tongue to get Capote's unique vocal quality down.
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BETs Ultimate Hustler Dashawn Taylor gets interviewd by Dorothy Moore on Behalf of The National Acclaimed Literary Forum. Dashawn discusses his experience on BETs Ultimate Hustler Show hosted by Damon Dash and his new book, From Poverty To Power Moves.
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As the transwarp wave finally nears Cybertron, Dinobot decides to atone for his sins against his Maximal comrades by retrieving the Golden Disk from the clutches of the Predacons. Later, Megatron witnesses the full extent of this Earth artifact's power, which forces Dinobot to make the single most important decision of his existence...
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Welcome to Literary classics with Meg Cabot. Once again, I'm going to help interpret the literary classics for you, using my Madame Alexander dolls, which were given to me by my grandparents throughout my childhood, on my birthday and Christmas. Today's classic is Heidi.