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He was trying to mix fact and faith, science and sorcery, into one palatable, if volatile, brew.

magazine, People, Newsday, and the Washington Post. A long-standing member of the Writers Guild of America, he has taught and lectured at colleges and universities nationwide, including the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also served as visiting lecturer in literature at Claremont McKenna College for

had lost himself in his true home: the beautiful, and infinitely consoling, realm of thought alone.

nationwide, including the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also served as visiting lecturer in literature at Claremont McKenna College for six years. A native of Evanston, Illinois, Masello

taking the samples, we'd be better off. The drill could get snagged." Slater knew she was right, but it was

How long, he wondered, could such a thread endure in a world filled with scissors? CHAPTER NINE Wally was the superstitious sort, and although he was always glad to have a little extra money for overtime, he wasn't

the knife out and searching for the old woman in the

Miss Rand clearly states that there are only two choices in the construction of political systems: a system that respects individual rights—or all those systems which violate them.

The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order.

But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media.

The repetition of "serious" emotion is, in fact, a favorite comic device.

In 388 B.C. Plato urged the city fathers of Athens to exile all poets and storytellers. They are a threat to society

The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.

Stocks or other paper assets were inconsequential, since they cost us money and never put any money in our pockets.

ogni vero editore compone, senza saperlo o anche sapendolo, un unico libro formato da tutti i libri che pubblica

Having me in the dining-room was almost the equivalent of having a Raeburn on the walls; I was classy, I was heavily varnished, and I offended nobody.

I saw no reason why hell should not have, so to speak, visible branch establishments throughout the earth, and I have visited quite a few of them since.

Although blaming traffic for being that late seemed almost comical to him, he held back from calling her on what he imagined was a passive-aggressive stunt.

Revenge was a powerful emotion, and its presence dulled the anxiety

romantic rendezvous you promised in the coffee shop? I don't have much time; I've got to get back to the CAT scanner.

Why do you have Peerless insurance? Why don't you have your official NYC insurance? I mean, you were a policeman for years, right? I still have my Adolpho's plan. It's really terrific.

Supply and Why We Are Increasingly at Risk (Basic Books, 1997; Penguin, 1998).

George snapped irritably. "But the circumstances