Monday, November 23, 2009
A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. 2009/11/23 |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
![]() | For a book with such a peculiar and absurd title, Eating the Dinosaur actually contains some truly thought-provoking and hard-hitting points on American society and pop culture. 2009/11/21 |
At first glance, it's easy to tell that this is something unusual. After “reading” through it, you'd probably still come away with a similar feeling. 2009/11/21 | ![]() |
Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya living in the year 2012, is a math prodigy who spends his time playing Go against his computer and raking in profits from online trading. 2009/11/21 | ![]() |
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia's top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist Party official's attempts to rebuild his life, trumping a clutch of Indian writers on the shortlist. 2009/11/19 |
A series of four books presented Tuesday at the Vatican seeks to explain how Michelangelo and other artists translated the Bible into images to produce in the Sistine Chapel some of the world's most renowned frescoes. 2009/11/19 |
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sarah Palin's book is highly anticipated in her home state — but she's no Harry Potter. 2009/11/18 , 1 Comment |
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said. 2009/11/17 |
The pilot who guided his disabled plane to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River says that a new book that underscores the role of the jet's automation technology in the landing is inaccurate. 2009/11/17 |








