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Discover TV treasure
Life, Published on 08/09/2014
» Discovery Channel cameras rolled as the deep-sea recovery team Odyssey Marine Exploration successfully recovered approximately 48 tonnes of silver bullion from the World War II shipwreck Gairsoppa — the deepest and heaviest cargo recovery in history.
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The Murakami machine marches on
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/09/2014
» Haruki Murakami had an epiphany during a baseball game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo in April, 1978. He was 29 and the game was between the Yakult Swallows and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. When player Dave Hilton hit the first ball into left field, Murakami was struck by a sudden realisation that he was going to write a book. He started writing that day.
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An inspiring life
Life, Published on 08/09/2014
» Thanadda Sawangduean, a former sex-worker-turned-writer, is an exemplar of how writing can transform one's life. The former prostitute and ex-convict rose to fame in 2012 when she won the Chaommanard Book Award for her first book and autobiography, Chan Kue Eri: Kap Prasopkarn Tang Daen (My Name Is Eri: My Experiences Overseas). Income from books and various writers' society have helped Thanadda, also known as "Ning", to step away from her former profession. Ning subsequently penned three books for the Chan Kue Eri series and now writes columns for magazines. She is trying to launch a radio talk show. She dedicates her spare time to charity and holds workshops for prisoners. She also guides sex workers who wish to quit the profession. Thanadda chats with Life about her reading list.
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Total war
Life, Published on 08/09/2014
» Founded in 753 BC, Rome was ruled by kings until 500BC. A republic for five centuries, governed by wealthy families represented in the Senate, with the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC and the defeats of Brutus and Mark Antony, Octavian donned the crown as Emperor Augustus. In 476 AD barbarians look over.
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