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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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Why I Hate Debates

Do you want 20 more of them in 2016? Stuart Stevens, Mitt Romney’s chief 2012 strategist, does not.

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We Learn Nothing

Garance Franke-Ruta canvasses CPAC delegates as to why Romney lost.

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In Defense of Ann Romney

Michelle Cottle has a suggestion for her fellow pundits: Cut Ann Romney some slack.

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Jeb Bush calls for revamp of US immigration policy

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush writes in a new book that Mitt Romney moved so far to the right on immigration that it proved “all but impossible” for the Republican presidential nominee to appeal to Hispanic voters last year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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No, I’m Pretty Sure Mitt Romney ‘Gets It’

The Daily Beast’s own Peter Beinart is out today with a rather scathing critique of what he deems Mitt Romney’s failure to get why he lost.

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Romney recalls the ‘ups-and-downs’ in his first post-defeat interview

<!– google_ad_section_start –> In his first interview since losing his 2012 White House bid, Mitt Romney likened his experience as a presidential candidate to an unpredictable and bumpy roller-coaster ride. “We were on a roller coaster, exciting and thrilling, ups and downs. But the ride ends,” Romney said, according to advance excerpts of the interview set to air on Fox News Sunday. “And then you get off. And it’s not like, ‘Oh, can’t we be on a roller coaster the rest of our life?’ It’s like, no, the ride’s over.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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GOP Revival Requires More than Hashtags

I'm about to defend Stuart Stevens, the spearhead of Mitt Romney's disastrous campaign, so please bear with me. Stevens, the author of boneheaded post-election op-eds like this piece of fine art, has a piece in today's Washington Post debating the impact of social media on November's GOP debacle.

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The Ghost of Mitt Romney

His CPAC speech is being billed as a reemergence, but Romney never really left, says David Freedlander.

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What Would Romney Do?

How would Romney have handled sequestration? A revealing thought experiment. By Michael Tomasky.

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Republican Marco Rubio’s response to Obama famous for wrong reason

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What’s Next for Dick Morris?

Fox cast him out over the Romney-landslide fiasco, but we haven’t seen the last of the wily political operator, says Matt Taylor.

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Obama Defends Compassionate Gov’t

The president uses his inaugural address to take a veiled shot at Romney, declaring that Americans receiving aid aren’t “takers.” Howard Kurtz on a thematic speech that stuck to generalities.

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Inauguration Preview: Obama’s 2nd Term

David Leonhardt, the Washington bureau chief, hosts a preview of President Obama’s second inauguration.

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Japan Airlines says that a fire broke out on one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners shortly after it landed in Boston following a flight from Tokyo.

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Big Battles Ahead, Divided G.O.P. Begins Soul-Searching

From Mitt Romney’s loss through the recent tax fight, Republicans have seen the foundations of their strategy called into question, stirring a debate about how to reshape the party.

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What’s missing from the cliff debate: Growth

The deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff” is a small victory for sanity, but what it says about the future is bleak. Washington will lurch from crisis to crisis, kicking problems forward and placing Band-Aids on those that it does address. There are likely to be no large-scale policy initiatives — on tax reform, entitlements, energy policy or even immigration. This is worrying, because beyond the self-inflicted crises of the cliff and the debt ceiling, the United States faces a much deeper challenge.

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Republicans adrift

On Nov. 11, a mere five days after the presidential election, the cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam pushed off from Fort Lauderdale for a Caribbean jaunt. Aboard were nearly 600 emotionally tattered Republicans, most of whom had been expecting a Republican victory of Rovian proportions — surely they had all read Karl’s prediction in the Wall Street Journal — and now were about to cruise 750 miles to nowhere, just like the party they so adored. The Nieuw Amsterdam was 86,000 tons of painful metaphor.

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FiveThirtyEight: Were Obama’s Early Ads Really the Game Changer?

Many post-mortems of the 2012 presidential campaign suggest that Mitt Romney erred by allowing President Obama to “define” him through an early advertising blitz in battleground states. But there is very little evidence those early ads mattered much.

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Public’s view on Mormonism unchanged after Romney candidacy

While a major party, for the first time, nominated a Mormon candidate for president, attitudes in general about Mormonism remained essentially unchanged, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in early December. The vast majority of respondents, 82 percent, claimed they learned nothing…

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News outlets to fight Romney campaign over food, travel expenses

While the election ended over a month ago, relations between news outlets and the Romney campaign may become even more fraught in the near future. Multiple organizations are preparing to file an official complaint regarding large charges billed to them by the campaign for meals and other events,…

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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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