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'Poorly Made' Looks at China's Export Manufacturing Industry

NOW Magazine | September 14, 2009

Hired as a middleman for Western importers and Chinese manufacturers, Paul Midler unveils the schemes concocted by China's factory owners to make a profit from inferior goods in this investigative travelogue.

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Tags: Paul Midler, Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game, China, nonfiction, economic issues, manufacturing

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John Irving is Once Again in Full Control of the Narrative in 'Last Night In Twisted River'new

In his latest book, Irving entertains with the grace of a novelist who knows how to be funny without hitting the reader over the head.

NOW Magazine | David Silverberg | 11-16-2009 | Fiction

Tags: John Irving, Last Night In Twisted River, fiction

Clever Invention by Kodak Takes Aim at Fraudulent Goodsnew

Traceless uses a colorless, odorless powder infused in an ink. A covert security marker is deposited on each item through thermal transfer, a process commonly used to print barcode labels. Kodak's proprietary reader can then scan a product and determine if the ink has been applied, letting the retailer know if the product is authentic.

NOW Magazine | David Silverberg | 12-12-2008 | Tech

Tags: computers & technology, counterfeit goods, Kodak, Traceless

New Website Replaces TV News Anchors with Virtual Avatarsnew

Sorry, news anchors -- you might soon have to share your job with avatars. A virtual news technology is turning heads by quickly creating news stories and commentary, no humans required.

NOW Magazine | David Silverberg | 11-10-2008 | Tech

Tags: media, web culture, computers & technology, Northwestern University, avatars, news anchors, News At Seven

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Mark Twain Minus the N-Wordnew

Can’t anybody teach anymore?

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 01-05-2011 | Books

Tags: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn

Bourdain Spills the Beansnew

Anthony Bourdain talks about other celebrity chefs and his current projects.

NOW Magazine | Steven Davey | 09-16-2010 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw

Lydia Kwa’s 'Pulse' is a courageous piece of fiction.new

It’s always pleasurable to read a novel set in Toronto, but the key to Pulse is Kwa’s spare yet evocative prose.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 04-02-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Lydia Kwa, Pulse (Book), Books, Pulse

'The Amazing Absorbing Boy': Trinidad to T.O.new

When his mother dies, comic-book-obsessed Sammy leaves Trinidad to live with his strangely distant dad in Regent Park. Everything about his new city fascinates the teenager, and he dives into his experience with eyes and ears wide open.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 02-05-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Rabindranath Maharaj, The Amazing Absorbing Boy

'Global Warring': The Geopolitics of Climate Changenew

The Earth is warming. Fact. Weather patterns are changing. Undeniable. We’re all in a heap of trouble. Uh-huh. And we’re all doing our best to deal with it. Nope. According to Montrealer Cleo Paskal, the world governments are snoozing while the world boils.

NOW Magazine | Patrick Lejtenyi | 01-29-2010 | Nonfiction

Tags: Cleo Paskal, Global Warring, environment, climate change, global warming, geopolitics

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