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The greatest legacy a leader can bequeath is to etch his name in gold in the hearts of his people", Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The evil that men commit, says the world's greatest bard writing in English, lives after them.
Another story about those fun Central Asian dictators and their books, as Farangis Najibullah writes about Uzbekistan: Authoritarian President Publishes Tome On 'Morality'.
The richest prize awarded over the past few days is ... the Sophie Kerr Prize, awarded annually to a Washington College senior and worth -- this year -- $67,481.
It's an awkward name (though nowhere near as bad as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award ...) but the NSW Premier's Literary Awards (that's New South Wales) do offer good money, and they've now handed out this year's batch.
They've announced the winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prizes, but the title of the 'Overall Best Book'-winner likely won't be familiar to either UK or US audiences.
HarperCollins will publish American on Purpose in the fall of 2009. Book will follow Ferguson's journey from a small town in Scotland to the U.S., with stops along the way as a punk rocker, a dancer, a bouncer and a
Ron Paul's new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto will debut at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Needless to say, Ron Paul fans are ecstatic. And even though Senator McCain is the Republican nominee, Congressman Paul still pulled