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38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)

Jimmy Connors tells his story: Never predictable. Never, ever boring.

Our latest book reviews:

The Outsider, by Jimmy Connors, review by Mike Doherty

Paris Reborn: Napolean III, Baron Haussman, and the Quest to Build,  by Stephane Kirkland, review by Brian Bethune

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves, by Stephen Grosz, review by Marni Jackson

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout, review by Erinn Beth Langille

In the Body of the World, by Eve Ensler, review by Marni Jackson

A Spoonful of Sugar: A Nanny’s Story, by Brenda Ashford, review by Patricia Treble