by Shane English | Jan 27, 2016
PARIS —Like many of the bouquinistes, the booksellers who line the banks of the Seine in the French capital, Bernard Terrades is a bit brusque. Terrades specializes in thrillers, and he speaks in the clipped, precise patois of the literature he sells. And he regards...
by Cesar Bustamante | Oct 8, 2014
BAD HERSFELD, GERMANY — There’s a labor battle festering on the outskirts of this quaint city, dotted with old stone churches and houses that date back to the 15th century. Every few months for the past year, 400 or more workers have walked off their jobs at two...
by Cesar Bustamante | Oct 8, 2014
LONDON — Andrew Cecil couldn’t look more uncomfortable. It’s Nov. 12, 2012, and Cecil, Amazon.com’s director of public policy in Europe, is being grilled by the Public Accounts Committee in the House of Commons in Parliament. Charred may be a better word. When one...
