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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Tim LaHaye, author of “Left Behind” end-times novels, dies
The Rev. Tim LaHaye, coauthor of the “Left Behind” series, a multimillion-selling literary juggernaut that brought end-times prophecy into mainstream bookstores, died Monday. He was 90.LaHaye died in a San Diego, California, hospital, days after having suffered a stroke, according to his publicist Johnnie Moore. Coauthored with Jerry B. Jenkins, the 16-volume “Left Behind” series of novels published by Tyndale House Publishers sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, Moore said, and populariz
July 27, 2016
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Heroine packs a comic punch
“Someone Please Have Sex With Me” By Gina Wynbrandt2dcloud Comics & Graphic Novels (140 pages, $17.95)A girl and her Justin Bieber crush don’t exactly sound like the sort of material that darkly funny comics are made of. But Gina Wynbrandt’s first book takes seemingly innocuous girl culture and transforms it into something humorously abject.“Someone Please Have Sex With Me,” as her slim book is titled (2dcloud Comics & Graphic Novels; 140 pages, $17.95), gathers five stories about a hapless char
July 21, 2016
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'The Big Book of Science Fiction' a portal to endless reading pleasure
"The Big Book of Science Fiction" Edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer; Vintage (1,216 pages, $25)Surprisingly, the literary spirit that haunts Ann and Jeff Vandermeer's massive new anthology, "The Big Book of Science Fiction," isn't Arthur C. Clarke or Isaac Asimov or even H.G. Wells.It's Jorge Luis Borges, the creator of miniature fables of humans grappling with their double-edged longing for and terror of infinity and omniscience. He's represented by a signature story, name-checked in another on
July 21, 2016
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Nick Offerman finds the voice of Tom Sawyer
If you imagine Nick Offerman is a real-life version of Ron Swanson, the mustachioed, macho character on “Parks and Recreation,” think again. Sure, he likes the outdoors, and yes, he has a wood shop in Los Angeles. But those things are connected to growing up in Illinois, not so far, really, from the American heartland portrayed by Mark Twain. And Offerman knows Twain; he’s a big reader.It makes sense, then, that Offerman has just recorded “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” for Audible, the audiobook
July 20, 2016
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Gay Ecuadorian author overcomes barriers and publishes novel
NEW YORK (AP) -- As a deaf and gay student in Ecuador, Cesar Baquerizo was bullied and a victim of societal prejudice.Now, after five years of writing, Pen Name Publishing has released his first novel in English, “A Safe Place With You.”The book talks about homosexuality in Ecuador in the ’80s, when it was illegal.“I want to move readers through my words, so they can put themselves in LGBT people’s shoes and feel like they are there, in the novel, with my characters,” Baquerizo, 30, told the AP
July 20, 2016
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Philadelphia honors children's book illustrator, native son
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Celebrated children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney received some brotherly love Tuesday in his hometown, where he was honored for his career achievements.Pinkney, whose drawings have brought to life more than 100 books, has inspired generations of youngsters, said Kelly Lee, Philadelphia’s chief cultural officer. “His stories and vivid illustrations demonstrate not only his immense talent but also the love and care and sense of responsibility for our children with each b
July 20, 2016
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‘Twilight’ author writes spy thriller ‘The Chemist’
NEW YORK (AP) – “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer's next novel is a thriller, without vampires.Little, Brown and Co. announced Tuesday that “The Chemist” will be published Nov. 15. The company says the book features a former government agent living underground and forced to “take one more case to clear her name and save her life.” “The Chemist” is Meyer’s second book for adults. In 2008, she wrote “The Host.”Meyer’s “Twilight” books have sold more than 150 million copies and were made into a blo
July 20, 2016
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Crime is stranger than fiction
“Murder at the 42nd Street Library”By Con Lehane; Minotaur (320 pages, $25.99)The beautiful and iconic New York Public Library on 42nd Street in Manhattan -- with its stone lions in front, multiple levels and history -- makes a stimulating setting for the launch of what should be a lively series about librarian Raymond “Ray” Ambler. The series is certainly off to a good start as “Murder at the 42nd Library” is fueled by an energetic plot, an evocative setting one can literally get lost in and re
July 13, 2016
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The good, the bad, the difficult
“Dinner With Edward” By Isabel VincentAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill (213 pages, $23.95)Isabel Vincent's marriage was on the verge of ending when a friend introduced her to Edward, a man whose wife had just died. The attraction was immediate. What followed was not a romance -- Isabel was in her 40s, Edward in his 90s -- but a close relationship that can only be called love.In her memoir, “Dinner With Edward,” Isabel -- a hard-nosed, hard-boiled investigative reporter and former war correspondent
July 13, 2016
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Honest observations on farming life
“Dear County Agent Guy” By Jerry NelsonWorkman (207 pages, $14.95)I should have seen this coming, seen that Jerry Nelson's essays about farming weren’t quite what they seemed. I' a farmer’s daughter, and familiar with the irresistible corniness that comes with telling stories about rural life -- the “don‘tcha knows” and the punchlines about winter temps rivaling Siberia -- “and that was just in my bedroom.”Many of the essays in “Dear County Agent Guy” have been published in various farm magazine
July 13, 2016
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‘Hamilton: The Revolution’: How a hip-hop Broadway musical became an American obsession
“Hamilton: The Revolution” By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarterGrand Central Publishing (288 pages, $40)The revolution started with the idea that a hip-hop-Broadway marriage was the perfect vehicle for the story of Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who created America’s monetary system. The genius who came up with the idea and executed it to groundbreaking, earth-shaking, money-making success is Lin-Manuel Miranda, so it should come as no surprise that he gets “Hamilton” in book
July 13, 2016
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Philip Onho Lee captures daily grind of immigrant life in U.S.
“Olympic Boulevard” Philip Onho Lee (Translated by John Cha)Seoul Selection (12,000 won, $10)Philip Onho Lee’s “Olympic Boulevard,” published last month, details the daily joys and sorrows of immigrant life in the U.S. in the ’80s and ’90s.It features a series of vignettes about the life of a first-generation immigrant navigating through the ups and downs of adjusting to a new life in a new country.The story is told from the perspective of Myung Tay, who opens up a dry cleaning store in Los Ange
July 6, 2016
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Nothing disappointing about ‘The Loney’
“The Loney” By Andrew Michael HurleyHoughton Mifflin Harcourt (294 pages, $25)A menacing presence inhabits the Loney, the locals’ name for Britain’s north Lancashire coastline.A small group of Catholic faithful have traveled to the rain-battered seacoast from London on an Easter pilgrimage to visit a fabled shrine in hopes of a miracle cure for one of the travelers. The young man is simple-minded and cannot speak, but he has a pure heart and a deep love for his younger brother, our narrator.As E
July 6, 2016
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Talese will promote new book, backs off earlier comments
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gay Talese has disavowed his disavowal.A day after saying the credibility of his upcoming book, “The Voyeur‘s Motel,” was “down the toilet” because he felt he had been deceived by the story’s primary source, the celebrated author and journalist said he will be promoting it.“I was upset and probably said some things I didn‘t, and don’t, mean,” Talese said in a statement issued July 1 through publisher Grove Atlantic. “Let me be clear: I am not disavowing the book and neither is m
July 6, 2016
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Saint-Exupery’s Spanish civil war press pass found
MADRID (AFP) -- An amateur historian has found the press pass issued to French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery when he covered Spain‘s 1936-39 civil war for several French newspapers, officials said Tuesday.The pass was lost because it was not stored with others given other reporters such as German photojournalist Gerda Taro, the partner of war photographer Robert Capa, Maria Jose Turrion, the assistant head of Spain’s Salamanca-based civil war archives told AFP.Dated April 16, 1937 th
July 6, 2016
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Book probes Ohio’s role as national presidential bellwether
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Just in time for the Cleveland-hosted Republican National Convention this month and as the general election campaign heats up, a new book, “The Bellwether,” examines Ohio’s importance in picking the nation’s president.Every four years, Ohio becomes, to paraphrase its former tourism slogan, the heart of it all, with the candidates, their surrogates and news crews overrunning the state while a seemingly endless loop of campaign ads dominates its airwaves.The stakes couldn’t be h
July 6, 2016
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CNN’s Sally Kohn writing book on civility
NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN political commentator Sally Kohn, who has heard a lot of trash talk in her job, is working on a book about the benefits of civility. Algonquin Books, a division of Workman Publishing, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Kohn’s book is tentatively titled, “Mean: How Being Nicer Than Average Can Save Humanity.” Publication is scheduled for spring 2018.Algonquin said Kohn will draw on conversations with a wide range of experts to explore an increasingly nasty culture a
June 30, 2016
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J.K. Rowling‘s latest tale of wizardry set in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) -- J.K. Rowling's latest tale of wizardry is set atop the mountains in Massachusetts. The second installment in a collection called "Magic in North America" describes a secret wizarding school located at the peak of Mount Greylock in the Berkshires. The story was published Tuesday on Rowling’s Pottermore site.The tale, "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," provides the backstory for the North American school of magic, founded in the 17th century. An orphaned Irish girl sail
June 29, 2016
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[Herald Interview] CICI chief Choi takes modern look at Korean culture
Choi Jung-wha, a professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, has released the English version of her new book, “K-Style: Living the Korean Way of Life,” which delves deep into the evolution of modern Korean living. Through her book, the founder and president of the Corea Image Communications Institute intended to arouse interest and curiosity about all things Korea and the Korean way of life. Choi said her desire to raise international interest in Korean society was first ignited dec
June 27, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Poetry in a world with no answers
When Brother Anthony was teaching English literature at Sogang University in the 1980s, he would frequent bookstores on weekends -- bookstores that were filled with students of all ages sitting on the floor, reading poetry. “They expected to find sincerity in poetry,” he told The Korea Herald last Friday in an interview at his office in Seoul, filled to the brim with books and teapots -- Brother Anthony is a renowned Korean tea enthusiast. “If you’re searching for some kind of in-depth meaning i
June 22, 2016