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Biography: Cory Booker, elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey, in 2006, came by his civil-rights activism at an early age. His parents, Cary and Carolyn Booker, were among the first black executives at IBM. Booker was born in Washington, DC, but grew up in Harrington Park, a mostly white suburban town in northern New Jersey [...]

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October 12, 2010

Tom McCarthy Favourite To Win Man Booker Prize

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The winner of this year's Man Booker prize will be announced later with Tom McCarthy's C the 8/15 favourite to win. His book, the story of one man's [...]

October 13, 2010

Howard Jacobson's 'Finkler Question' Wins The Man Booker Prize

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(Paul Hackett - Reuters) By Ron Charles By Howard Jacobson Howard Jacobson's comedy about anti-Semitism, "The Finkler Question," won the $79000 Man Booker [...]

October 13, 2010

Booker Prize Goes To The Outsider

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And anyway, wasn't it published in three parts in the Paris Review, suggesting it is not one piece, but three and therefore ineligible for the Booker? [...]

October 12, 2010

Newark Mayor Cory Booker's School Reforms May Not Improve Student Performance ... -

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Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerNewark Mayor Cory Booker, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and NJ Gov. Chris Christie make their official announcement [...]

October 12, 2010

Matthew Hooton Wins Not The Booker Prize

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Okay, so winning the Not the Booker Prize is not like, well, winning the Booker, but we're sure Victoria, BC author Mathew Hooton is pleased as punch anyway [...]

October 12, 2010

10:50 Am: Clarksville Homicide Suspect Kills Himself In Indiana

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Homicide suspect Chauncey Booker Dickerson, 23, was pulled over by Indiana State Police, and as they approached the vehicle he shot himself, according to [...]

October 13, 2010

Man Who Took Own Life Wanted For Tenn. Murder

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Chauncey Booker Dickerson, 23, was pronounced dead at the St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point, said Sgt. Ann Wojas of the Indiana State Police. [...]

October 12, 2010

The Man Booker Prize And Its Like Are Keeping Literature Afloat

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The nights are drawing in and it's book prize season – Nobel, Man Booker et al. This is the moment in the year, as the Flat draws to a close and as the [...]

October 12, 2010

Notes From New Sodom: The Booker And The Bistro De Critique

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But the question is: What are we going to point to as the stuff that should have won the Booker, the works of SF that prove to the outside world how good SF [...]

October 12, 2010

Room Leads Booker Sales Race, But The Slap Outpaces The Rest

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Sales of the rejected Booker longlisted books have outsold the final six shortlisted titles by a measure of almost two to one, with The Slap easily the [...]

October 12, 2010

Not The Booker Prize: And The Winners Are ...

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Deloume Road and The Canal have polled the same number of votes in the final round of the Not The Booker prize. It was never going to be straightforward, [...]

October 13, 2010

Homicide Suspect Is Apparent Suicide Today On US 41

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Early this morning Clarksville Tennessee Police Department put out a Be On the Lookout for a Chauncey Booker Dickerson, 23, driving a 2005 dark gray Pontiac [...]

October 12, 2010

Small Batch | Booker's


In 1992, Booker Noe introduced his own signature bourbon, Booker's® True Barrel Bourbon. Inspired by a 200-year-old tradition, Booker's is the first bourbon [...]

October 12, 2010

Booker Rising


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October 13, 2010

Jacobson Wins Booker Prize

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LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- British author and columnist Howard Jacobson won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel "The Finkler Question" Tuesday, it has been announced. [...]

October 12, 2010

Irish Author In Race For Booker

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Irish author Emma Donoghue’s novelRoomis among six novels shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize which will be announced in London later this evening. [...]

October 12, 2010

Booker (TV Series 19891990) - IMDb


Created by Eric Blakeney, Stephen J. Cannell. Directed by Mario Azzopardi, Bill Corcoran. With Richard Grieco, Carmen Argenziano, Katie Rich, Marcia Strassman. Dennis Booker, an ex [...]

October 13, 2010

Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson Shocks Favourites With The Finkler ...


The book, which follows the friendship between three mature Jewish men - two of whom have been recently widowed, was hailed by judges as 'profound and wise'. [...]

October 13, 2010

Man Booker Books | Gossip Blender

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The latest gossip and news written in the BBC News - Entertainment & Arts reports The shortlisted authors for the prize, won by Howard Jacobson More. What do you think of this gossip about Man Booker books have your say below. [...]

October 13, 2010

The Finkler Question By Howard Jacobson Winner Of 2010's Man ...

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Howard Jacobson has been crownd the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize with his novel, The Finkler Question. The book is an exploration of friendship, loss, love, and what it is to be Jewish in. [...]

October 12, 2010

Now Appearing: The Booker Comes To Yeovil

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It was a debate (probably more accurately a discussion) on the Man Booker Prize shortlist organized by the Yeovil Community Arts Association. Each of six panelists had one of the shortlist to read and review, then the topic was thrown [...]

October 13, 2010

Booker Prize Winner Announced


Tools: Email Print Text SizeShare attached img Retweet imgHoward Jacobson, Booker Prize winner 2010 - Source: ReutersThe winner of united of literature's. [...]

October 13, 2010

Comic Novel Wins Man Booker Prize | New Zealand News, Business ...

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British author Howard Jacobson was picked as the surprise winner of this year's prestigious Man Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel The Finkler Question .Jacobson beat favourite Tom [...]

October 12, 2010

THEY CALL ME THE BOOKER MAN.: It's My Totally Epic 100th Post Pawty!!

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the booker man: welcome to my bloggie! i'm a gregarious yellow labradude livin' in sunny south carolina. i was born on november 8, 2008. i love a good adventure, fetching my ball, chewing on bones, and playing bitey face with my fur [...]

October 13, 2010

Pro Wrestling Digest Blog Archive Booker T & Jerry Lynn On OWW ...

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Booker T & Jerry Lynn on OWW Radio tonight! . Tonight on OWW Radio, Alan Wojcik hosts three LIVE interviews with Booker T, Kayfabe Commentaries' Sean Oliver, and Jerry Lynn! . . You can listen LIVE on our website www.owwradio.com as [...]


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