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05.29: War of the Encyclopaedists
2015-04-15 02:02:57| Powells Books Events Calendar
In a superb, rare literary collaboration, two new talents join their voices to tell the story of a generation at a crossroads, and a friendship that stretches over continents and crises — from the liberal arena of Boston academia to the military occupation of Iraq — in an ambitious and electrifying debut novel. Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite's War of the Encyclopaedists (Scribner) is a vital, urgent, and absorbing lament of a new generation searching for meaning and hope in a fractured world.
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When Russia declared war on Greenpeace
2015-04-12 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Frank Hewetson is lying on the upper bunk of a prison cell in the Russian Arctic, waiting impatiently for the Valium tablet to kick in. Hes wearing woollen tights, two pairs of socks, three T-shirts, a pullover, a skull-gripping hat and earplugs. The hot incandescent bulb dangling from a wire above his head has just been switched off by the guards, and Murmansk SIZO-1 isolation jail is stirring. He can hear boots stomping above his head, prisoners thumping the walls in cells down the corridor,...
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The EFF, ESA go to war over abandonware, multiplayer gaming rights
2015-04-09 22:55:40| Extremetech
The EFF and ESA have filed opposing claims with the Library of Congress over the future of multiplayer gaming support. The EFF wants players to have the right to support games after the online servers go dark. The ESA doesn't.
Libya's War Rages, but Eni Keeps Pumping Oil
2015-04-08 18:21:08| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Italian energy giant Eni SpA has emerged in recent weeks as the only international oil company still pumping near capacity in war-torn Libya, helped by protection from militias and tribes secured by its local partners.
'Thrones' actor narrates 'War'
2015-04-05 17:57:52| IT Services - Topix.net
Audible Inc., the world's largest seller of downloadable audiobooks, is getting ready to release a new version of Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," featuring the narration of Aidan Gillen from "Game of Thrones." ( NEW YORK - A new audiobook recording of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" will soon be available with the perfect narrator - the scheming royal adviser Littlefinger from "Game of Thrones."
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