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Rave NYT Review of "The Riddle of the Labyrinth"

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/boo...

Otto Muehl, Actionist Artist, Dies at 87

Mr. Muehl’s art was sometimes considered a threat to public morality; at other times it was simply considered a threat to public safety.

Haynes Johnson, Journalist and Author, Is Dead at 81

Mr. Johnson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, television commentator and author who spent most of his career at The Washington Post and won wide acclaim for his coverage of the capital.

Steve Forrest, Performer on Film and TV’s ‘S.W.A.T.,’ Dies at 87

Mr. Forrest starred in films, onstage and in British television but was best known for ABC’s “S.W.A.T.,” in which he played Lt. Dan Harrelson.

Leonard Marsh, a Founder of Snapple, Dies at 80

Mr. Marsh was a longtime chief executive of the beverage company, now part of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group.

Rejoice! "The Riddle of the Labyrinth" is published

Six years in the making, the book tells the true story of the race to decipher the mysterious script from the Aegean Bronze Age known as Linear B.

For more about the book, visit any of these pages:

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Ri...

facebook.com/riddleofthelabyrinth

twitter.com/margalitfox

Dr. Joyce Brothers, On-Air Psychologist Who Made TV House Calls, Dies at 85

Dr. Brothers arrived at the exact historical moment when cold war anxiety, a greater acceptance of talk therapy and the widespread ownership of television sets converged.

Alice E. Kober, 43; Lost to History No More

An unknown language in an unknown script, and the forgotten woman who found the key to deciphering it.

Jeanne Cooper, ‘Young and the Restless’ Star, Dies at 84

Ms. Cooper played the fabulously wealthy matriarch Katherine Chancellor for four decades and was the longest-serving cast member of the television soap opera.

Bryan Forbes, ‘Stepford Wives’ Director, Is Dead at 86

Mr. Forbes had a string of screenwriting credits and was also an actor and an author, but he was best remembered for the film that endures as an artifact of high camp and even as a quasi-feminist document.