Philip Hoare's top 10 whale tales
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Top 10: There is more to whale-based literature than just Moby-Dick, writes the celebrated social historian
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Leviathan or, The Whale, By Philip Hoare
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Philip Hoare is obsessed with whales. Not only that, he's obsessed with a fictional character, Captain Ahab, obsessed with a fictional whale, Moby-Dick; plus he's obsessed with the writer, Herman Melville, who created that landmark of American literature.
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Identifying the Value of Advertising Networks
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
By Hoare, Michael Ad networks are hard to define properly and those promoting them have muddied the waters with confusing jargon. It's no wonder that marketers are confused and wondering how best to allocate adspend.
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Top ten: whale tales
Campaign for the American Reader (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Social historian and author Philip Hoare named a top ten list of books about whales for the Guardian. One title on his list:In The Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick A gripping account of the whale ship Essex, which was attacked by an enraged bull sperm whale and whose shipwrecked survivors resorted to cannibalism. The story inspired Moby-Dick, although the dialogue from the original 1821...
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When does the row-back from McCain begin?
Aaronovitch Watch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... that "C-List wingnuts say what A-List wingnuts think" is entirely applicable to Decency; Kamm, Hoare, McShane etc and even Cohen are always careful to avoid stating the more ludicrously appalling and/or unpopular planks of their political philosophy in so many words, but the Harry's Place comments section can always be relied upon to say it for them. I actually agree with ENGAGE that the...
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Council pays rent to the Lotto rapist
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Exclusive: Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare is raking in cash by renting out office space to a council.
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'I'm in love with the lottery rapist... and he's a total gentleman', says his cleaning lady
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The ex-wife of a police officer has revealed she is in love with 'lottery rapist' Iorworth Hoare and wants to spend the rest of her life with the serial sex attacker who won a £7.2 million jackpot.
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Tigers maul the Taipans
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
EBI Ere has led Melbourne to a commanding 101-77 victory over Cairns in their NBL clash at the Cairns Convention Centre.Ere finished with a game-high 24 points for the defending champion Tigers, while fellow import Rod Grizzard added 19 and Stephen Hoare 15. Larry Abney tallied 19 points for the home side, backed up by Martin Cattalini's 17 and 11 to former Tiger Dave Thomas. Melbourne started...
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