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  • The Kingmaker's Daughter - Philippa Gregory
    Spies, poison, and curses surround her…. Is there anyone she can trust? In The Kingmaker’s Daughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a novel of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of Edward IV of England. The Kingmaker’s Daughter is the gripping story of the daughters of the man known as the “Kin […]
  • Inferno - Dan Brown
    In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code , Angels & Demons , and The Lost Symbol , Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harro […]
  • Guilty Wives - James Patterson & David Ellis
    No husbands allowed Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. F […]
  • French Silk - Sandra Brown
    Like the city of New Orleans itself, Claire Laurent is a vibrant beauty laced with a mysterious elusiveness. The founder of French Silk, a fabulous lingerie company, she has fought hard to make it a worldwide success. Then a TV evangelist attacks French Silk's erotic sleepwear as sinful. And when he is killed, Claire becomes the prime suspect. District […]
  • And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
    An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns , has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just […]
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  • Lone Survivor - Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson
    On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs rem […]
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  • An Invisible Thread - Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski & Valerie Salembier
    An Invisible Thread tells of the life-long friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy, and how both of their lives were changed by what began as one small gesture of kindness. When Laura Schroff brushed by a young panhandler on a New York City corner one rainy afternoon, something made her stop and turn back. She took the boy to […]
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  • She Left Me the Gun - Emma Brockes
    "Quite simply an extraordinary book... it’s basically the perfect memoir: a riveting, authentic tale elegantly told." --Sunday Telegraph (UK) A chilling work of psychological suspense and forensic memoir, She Left Me the Gun is a tale of true transformation: the story of a young woman who reinvented herself so completely that her previous life seem […]
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  • Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg
    Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In  Lean In,  Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achievin […]
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  • Mom & Me & Mom - Maya Angelou
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.   For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian […]
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IMF chief Christine Lagarde escapes charges for now

<!– google_ad_section_start –> IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges but was named an “assisted witness” after French prosecutors questioned her for two days over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Parties vie to control Indonesian soccer, seeing it as key to election victory

<!– google_ad_section_start –> More than 60,000 people packed into Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on a recent Saturday night to see the national soccer team play. Another 100 million tuned in to television to watch the match, underlining the appeal of soccer in Indonesia where attendance rivals the top English and German soccer leagues. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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French prosecutors to grill IMF chief over 2007 payout

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Prosecutors will grill IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday as they investigate whether she should be charged in connection with a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as French finance minister. Lagarde has downplayed the investigation, but the stakes of the probe are huge for both her and the International Monetary Fund. Criminal charges against Lagarde, 57, would mark the second scandal in a row for an IMF chief, after her predecessor Dominique Strauss-Kahn, also from France, resigned in disgrace over an alleged assault on a New York hotel maid. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Ahmadinejad says will challenge ally’s ban from election

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would take up the ban of his close aide from the June 14 presidential election with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian media reported. Iran’s electoral watchdog on Tuesday disqualified Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Ahmadinejad’s former chief of staff, and moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running in the vote, eliminating two powerful and potentially disruptive candidates and leaving the field dominated by hardliners loyal to Khamenei. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Iran to list approved presidential candidates

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Iran’s June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday when the Guardians Council releases the approved list of candidates who have passed muster under the vetting process. The unelected council, controlled by religious conservatives appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, must ensure that all candidates meet certain conditions before being allowed to stand. These conditions include being faithful to the principles of the Islamic republic and its official religion. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Human rights issues niggle as US firms eye Myanmar

<!– google_ad_section_start –> T-shirts bearing images of President Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off busy Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon. It is a reminder of the history made in November when Obama became the first sitting United States president to set foot in Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. A return trip to this former pariah state does not seem to be on Obama’s immediate itinerary. But US firms are on their way. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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France legalises same-sex marriage

<!– google_ad_section_start –> France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage on Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who steered the legislation through parliament, has said the first gay marriages could be celebrated as early as June. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Estrada returns to political power with Manila mayoral win

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Former Philippine president Joseph Estrada was proclaimed the new mayor of Manila yesterday, his first elected post since he was ousted in an anti-corruption revolt 12 years ago. Estrada, 76, capitalised on his movie-star popularity, particularly among the poor, and promised to reverse urban decay of the historic city along Manila Bay. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Ex-Philippine president elected mayor of Manila

<!– google_ad_section_start –> MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former President Joseph Estrada was declared the winner of Manila’s mayoral election on Tuesday, his first ballot victory since his ouster in a 2001 anti-corruption revolt and a possible prelude to a return to higher office. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Ex-Philippine president leading in race for Manila

<!– google_ad_section_start –> MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was leading in the vote-count for mayor of Manila on Tuesday in what could be his first elected post since he was ousted in a 2001 revolt on corruption charges. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Last-minute entries shake up Iranian presidential poll

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Iran’s presidential race has entered a new, unpredictable phase after two game-changing politicians, both out of favour with the country’s leaders, signed up as candidates in the final minutes of a five-day registration period. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Chinese air their cases by petitioning White House

<!– google_ad_section_start –> BEIJING (AP) — The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive online discussions over whether the culprit may have eluded punishment because of Communist Party connections. Chinese looking for justice found another way to keep the issue alive. They took it to Washington. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Iran’s former president Rafsanjani has registered candidacy for June presidential election

<!– google_ad_section_start –> TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s former president Rafsanjani has registered candidacy for June presidential election. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Iran diplomat’s arrest due to ‘misunderstanding’

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Iran’s foreign minister said he believed the detention of a former diplomat linked to the country’s reformists was caused by a “misunderstanding” and defended the man’s record, Iranian media reported. Bagher Asadi, who was a senior diplomat at Iran’s UN mission in New York before becoming a director at the secretariat of the D8 group of developing nations in Istanbul, was arrested mid-March in the Iranian capital, sources told Reuters this week. It was not clear where Asadi was being held, who arrested the 61-year-old diplomat or on what grounds, the sources said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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DPP’s Chiu Yi-ying’s kick on justice minister’s door causes political stir

<!– google_ad_section_start –> While Chiu Yi-ying, of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, could face a lawsuit, analysts said her action could best explain why Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has been able to avoid becoming a lame duck, despite mounting criticism of his administration. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Barack Obama gets laughs at correspondents’ gala

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Accustomed to the role of target, President Barack Obama exacted a light-hearted revenge on his tormentors in the news media and Congress with a joke-filled riff at the capital’s premier star-studded gala. Obama took smiling aim at Rush Limbaugh, Michele Bachmann, Marco Rubio, Sheldon Adelson, Rand Paul, former president George W. Bush and Fox News, as he addressed the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Tobacco tycoon Horacio Cartes elected president of Paraguay

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Horacio Cartes, a Paraguayan tobacco magnate, faced various challenges during his presidential bid. He was pressed to explain why anti-narcotics police officers seized a plane carrying cocaine and marijuana on his ranch in 2000; why he went to prison in 1989 on currency fraud charges; and why he had never voted in past general elections. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Arrest Warrants Issued For Leaders of Venezuelan Opposition Party

Luisa Estella Morales, the Supreme Tribunal chief in Venezuela, has issued arrest warrants against Henrique Cabriles, the loser of Sunday's presidential election, and members of Voluntad Popular for instigation to commit crimes.

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US senators unveil immigration reform bill

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Son of ex-Senegalese president held in probe of US$1b assets

<!– google_ad_section_start –> The flamboyant “super minister” son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade was detained in Dakar as police investigated his assets, valued at more than US$1 billion, his lawyer said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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  • Ancient Greek History - Audio - Donald Kagan
    (CLCV 205) This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period. Students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars. This course was recorded in Fall 2007. […]
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  • Mindful Meditations - UCLA
    Our mission is to foster mindful awareness through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society. Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindful Awareness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost th […]
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  • Single Variable Calculus - Prof. David Jerison
    This introductory calculus course covers differentiation and integration of functions of one variable, with applications *Note: Lectures 8, 17, 27, 33 were the exams and therefore have no videos. […]
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  • Mindful Meditation at the Hammer - UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
    Meditation at the Hammer sessions are led by Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC, and by guest leaders. Each week has a different theme, and usually includes some introductory comments, a guided meditation, some silent practice time, and closing comments. Each session also offers a new daily life practice for the week. […]
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  • Hands-On Python Tutorial - Chapter 1 - Loyola University Chicago
    Hands-On Python Tutorial - Chapter 1 Loyola University Chicago Genre: Computer Science Release Date: May 16, 2011 […]
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  • Masters of Photography - National Geographic Live
    Step behind the camera with top-flight photographers. […]
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  • Wired Study Tips - Texas A&M University - Dwight Look College of Engineering
    These tips entertain and inform college and college-bound students on topics such as test taking and maximizing your memory. […]
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  • Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - Eric Grimson, John Guttag
    This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The cla […]
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  • Harvard Thinks Big - Harvard University
    Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED conferences— a collection of all-star Harvard professors each speak for ten minutes about something they are passionate about. The goal of the even […]
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  • Programming Methodology - Mehran Sahami
    This course is the largest of the introductory programming courses and is one of the largest courses at Stanford. Topics focus on the introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. Programming Methodology teaches the w […]
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  • Calculus Revisited: Calculus of Complex Variables, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra - Herbert Gross
    This course gives an introduction to Complex Variables, Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. […]
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  • Arming the Donkeys - Dan Ariely, Professor of Behavioral Economics, Duke University
    Duke economist and New York Times best-selling author Dan Ariely ("Predictably Irrational") is your host for a weekly series of informal one-on-one chats with researchers in social and natural sciences. […]
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  • iPad and iPhone Application Development (HD) - Paul Hegarty
    Updated for iOS 5. Tools and APIs required to build applications for the iPhone and iPad platform using the iOS SDK. User interface designs for mobile devices and unique user interactions using multi-touch technologies. Object-oriented design using model-view-controller paradigm, memory management, Objective-C programming language. Other topics include: obje […]
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  • Science and Cooking - Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science
    This public lecture series discusses concepts from the physical sciences that underpin both everyday cooking and haute cuisine. Each lecture features a world-class chef who visited and presented their remarkable culinary designs: Ferran Adria presented spherification; Jose Andres discussed both the basic components of food and gelation; Joan Roca demonstrate […]
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  • Electricity & Magnetism - Prof. Walter Lewin
    In addition to the basic concepts of Electromagnetism, a vast variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Lightning, Pacemakers, Electric Shock Treatment, Electrocardiograms, Metal Detectors, Musical Instruments, Magnetic Levitation, Bullet Trains, Electric Motors, Radios, TV, Car Coils, Superconductivity, Aurora Borealis, Rainbows, Radio Teles […]
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  • Machine Learning - Andrew Ng
    This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning and statistical pattern recognition. The course also discusses recent applications of machine learning, such as to robotic control, data mining, autonomous navigation, bioinformatics, speech recognition, and text and web data processing. Topics include: supervised learning (generative/discriminati […]
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  • The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 - Audio - David Blight
    (HIST 119) This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or […]
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  • Introduction to Algorithms - Prof. Erik Demaine Prof. Charles Leiserson
    This course teaches techniques for the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, emphasizing methods useful in practice. Topics covered include: sorting; search trees, heaps, and hashing; divide-and-conquer; dynamic programming; amortized analysis; graph algorithms; shortest paths; network flow; computational geometry; number-theoretic algorithms; polynom […]
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  • OCW Scholar: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - Prof. John Guttag
    This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The cla […]
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  • Linear Algebra - Prof. Gilbert Strang
    This is a basic subject on matrix theory and linear algebra. Emphasis is given to topics that will be useful in other disciplines, including systems of equations, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues, similarity, and positive definite matrices. *Please note that Lecture 4 is unavailable in a higher quality format. […]
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