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Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner Natalie Dykstra Mariner Books/An Imprint of HarperCollins ((March 2024) “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Pablo Picasso According to her official biography, “Mrs. Jack…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Thomas L. Friedman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and obtain subscription information, click here. Illustration Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters * * *…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a brilliant article wriiten by Cal Newport and featured in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Tim Enthoven * *…
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Here is an excerpt from article written by Andy Greenwald for The New York Times, published on Nov. 30, 2023, and updated on Dec. 5, 2023. A wildly prolific son of Texas, Larry McMurtry was a tangle of contradictions. Here’s…
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I treasure each “Morning” alert from The New York Times. Here is the latest. To check out all the material, sign up for free alerts, and obtain complete NYT subscription information, please click here. * * * Today I’m handing…
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Here is a brief excerrpt from an artic le by Adam Grant for The New York Times. Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This essay is adapted…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Steven Johnson for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about special subscription rates, please click here. Credit: Photo illustration by Cristiana Couceiro…
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The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 Jonathan Healey Knopf (April 2023) A lively examination of “grubby politics” in the 17th century In Chapter 5, Jonathan Healey quotes a ceremonialist’s observation, “Where DISORDER is, there’s confusion, where…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by A. J. Liebling for The New York Times (June 23, 1944). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * *…
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Larry David’s Rule Book for How (Not) to Live in Society
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Wesley Morris, published in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Giacomo Gambineri * * * He’s…
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