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15 Oct

2003 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

The 20 finalists for the National Book Foundation's 2003 National Book Awards (NBA) were announced on Wednesday, October 15. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 19, at a ceremony hosted by novelist Walter Mosley at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in midtown Manhattan.

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15 Oct

With the Race to the World Series in Full Swing, Michael Lewis Talks Moneyball

The game of baseball is a statistician's dream. Every aspect of the game is recorded, tracked, and dissected to find out what creates success -- including the one figure that some experts consider the most significant these days: money. While big-market teams, with payrolls to match, dominate the post-season baseball landscape on a yearly basis (read: New York Yankees), it would seem the small-market teams, with their no-name players, shouldn't stand a chance.

Enter Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane.

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14 Oct

Memorial Service Scheduled for Pat Kirby Sado

A memorial service will be held for Pat Kirby Sado on Thursday, October 23, at 4:00 p.m. at the Juilliard School's Morse Hall, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, located on the northwest corner of West 65th St. & Broadway in New York City.

Sado, a long-time bookseller, died suddenly on September 19 at age 56.

For more on the life of Pat Kirby Sado, click here.

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14 Oct

DBC Pierre Wins 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

On Tuesday, October 14, Australian-born author DBC Pierre was named the winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his first novel, Vernon God Little, published in the U.K. by Faber & Faber and in the U.S. by Canongate.

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