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Historian takes fresh look at Tudor dynasty (AP)
Monday, March 15th, 2010
AP – “The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty” (Delacorte Press, 640 pages, $30) by G.J. Meyer: Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor. Henry VIII, his six wives and his equally intriguing children are endlessly being reinvented in the popular media. Veritable rock stars of the English monarchy, their lives easily eclipse anything our own celebrity-obsessed, reality show culture can spit out.
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`Texas Tough’ is compelling history of US prisons (AP)
Monday, March 15th, 2010
AP – “Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire” (Metropolitan Books, 496 pages, $30), by Robert Perkinson: As Robert Perkinson points out in “Texas Tough,” his very readable history of U.S. prisons, locking up people is big business. America sends more people to prison per capita than any other country in the world, locking up about one out of every 100 people.
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