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December 13, 2013

Friday News: James Bond’s got a drinking problem; Americans value public libraries; Fifty Shades of Grey and sex talk in Romance; Harper Collins digs ebooks; and successful women still fight double standards

JanetPublishing Newsdigital publishing / Fifty Shades / Harper Collins / James Bond / public libraries / sexism22 Comments

James Bond is an ‘impotent drunk’ – So I don’t know whether to be comforted or horrified by this: doctors counted every drink James Bond consumed in the Ian Fleming series and averaged it out, concluding that he had a major alcohol problem. So part of me is happy to ... more >

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