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Scary stories have been an integral part of our growing up. In fact, why only growing up? Doesn't a well-represented horror tale send shivers down our spine even well beyond our childhood?
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Singapore -
An online reconstruction of the books that Charles Darwin took on the ship Beagle, has made the library from Darwin’s famed voyage more accessible.
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Amazon.com may soon offer a new "Kindle Unlimited" subscription service for $9.99 per month that gives subscribers unlimited access to over 600,000 titles. What does this mean for new authors?
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“Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Gisele Bündchen do it, so why can’t we do it too?” Some monolingual parents ask when they hear about the Hollywood stars, rich or celebs, for whom it has become trendy to bring up children to be bilingual.
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Leading experts and authors agree that helping children recognize and accept differences at an early age is important, especially via literature.
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"Fault in Our Stars" beat expectations and proved the young female audience is not to be ignored at the box office. Going in it was going to beat "Edge of Tomorrow," but it wasn't close.
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George R.R. Martin is finally writing the long, long awaited next installment of A Song of Ice and Fire which the hit show Game of Thrones is based on. If you donate $20,000 USD to his charities he will kill you off in it!
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Toronto -
Malka Marom's latest book "Joni Mitchell - In Her Own Words" details the intimate interviews she had with Canadian painter/songwriter and artist Joni Mitchell over the decades.
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Toronto -
The Canadian Opera Company will be staging Jules Massenet’s 1910 work 'Don Quichotte' for the first time in its history. Along with being a company premiere, it marks the Canadian debut of the work's celebrated lead vocalist.
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Cambridge -
A 2006 article from the Harvard Crimson about three antique books discovered in Harvard's library bound in real human flesh has resurfaced and is rapidly trending throughout Facebook.
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If you've never been to a public screening of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 cult film “The Room”, you've been missing a wonderful, surreal experience. Few legitimate intentional comedies hurt your belly from laughter the way this terrible flick can.
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Chicago -
The FIRST Divergent movie is great fun and better than the book, but will the final installment result in teen suicides, bad AP scores and a dumbed-down public? Can the sanity of Divergent viewers be saved with a new ending to the series?
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Frankfurt -
German media and publishing giant Bertelsmann said on Wednesday it expected further growth this year after a "gratifying" business performance in 2013."Bertelsmann delivered a gratifying business performance in 2013," said chief executive Thomas Rabe."...
In the Media
by AFP
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San Francisco -
Max Tomlinson, author of "Sendero" (awarded by Kirkus Reviews as the Best of 2012) is back with a new action thriller novel "Lethal Dispatch".
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It seems that school districts are being hit from every direction with financial burdens these days. Everything from the rising cost of textbooks to skyrocketing fuel expenses for buses has brought spending under ever-greater scrutiny.
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A love story that examines modern attitudes about race, a chronicle of the days after Hurricane Katrina and a biography of Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift won National Book Critics Circle awards on Thursday.
In the Media
by Reuters
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, famous for surviving years of rock 'n' roll excess, will release a children's picture book with illustrations by his daughter Theodora Richards, his publisher said on Tuesday.
In the Media
by Reuters
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“Rob Ford might be a genius – if not of the academic variety, certainly of the kind that matters in politics,” Robyn Doolittle writes in “Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story,” her bestselling account of the notorious Toronto mayor's career.
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Dutch writer and comedian Herman Koch's novel "Summerhouse with Swimming Pool" follows hot on the heels of "The Dinner", a study of racism, madness and death in an outwardly respectable middle-class ...
In the Media
by Thomas Escritt (Reuters)
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American author George Saunders on Wednesday won the Story Prize for his best-selling short story collection "Tenth of December," which has been lauded for its formal innovation and keen eye to people's darker aspects.
In the Media
by Reuters
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London -
Publisher Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, said on Friday that net profits rallied last year, but gloomy forecasts and US woes sent its share price plunging.Profits after taxation soared to £538 million last year, from £311 million in 2012, Pea...
In the Media
by AFP
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New York -
US bookseller Barnes & Noble on Wednesday rejected an investment firm's offer for a controlling stake, as it said it was studying options for its troubled Nook electronic books unit.Chief executive Michael Huseby said "we are still studying the pos...
In the Media
by AFP
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New York -
Apple has appealed the verdict in its e-books price-fixing case, saying a US federal judge was "wrong" in ruling that the tech giant stifled competition."Apple's entry as an e-book retailer marked the beginning, not the end, of competition," the compan...
In the Media
by AFP
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American best-selling author Mitch Albom has traveled to the typhoon-ravaged areas of Tacloban City in the Philippines to help rebuild destroyed libraries there in cooperation with National Bookstore, the Philippines' biggest bookstore.
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New York -
An investment firm offered Friday to take a controlling stake in the troubled US bookseller Barnes & Noble, sending the share price soaring.G Asset Management (GAM) said in a statement it believes Barnes & Noble, which also makes the Nook elect...
In the Media
by AFP
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Savannah -
The 2014 festival featured best-selling authors and home-grown celebrities. Fans of writers such as Mitch Albom, the Deen brothers, A. Scott Berg, Melanie Benjamin, and Wally Lamb came to the "Hostess City of the South" to meet their favorite authors.
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Savannah -
On Valentine's Day, Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie and new novel The First Phone Call from Heaven, delivered the keynote address at the 2014 SBF. The festival brings dozens of authors and thousands of book lovers to Savannah each year.
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San Francisco -
A US appeals court on Monday shot down Apple's bid to derail a court-ordered monitor in its e-book price-fixing case.The panel of judges specified, however, that the monitor's job is limited to making sure that Apple has an antitrust compliance program...
In the Media
by Glenn CHAPMAN (AFP)
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San Francisco -
A US appeals court on Monday shot down Apple's bid to derail a court-ordered monitor in its e-book price-fixing case.The panel of judges specified, however, that the monitor's job is limited to making sure that Apple has an antitrust compliance program...
In the Media
by AFP
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Ottawa -
Four major ebook publishers reached a settlement Friday with Canadian authorities to end practices which officials said choked off competition and kept prices high.
In the Media
by AFP
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A selection of books on an alternative lifestyle
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My books for the fall semester and my schedule.
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Scene from Fahreheit 451, 6 minutes form start of the movie.
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Libertarian books (from left to right): "Economics in One Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt, "The Revolution: A Manifesto" by Ron Paul and "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" by Ayn Rand.
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Located at 80 West Portal Ave is the bookshop where printed books are still king, says the shop manager Kevin Atkin.
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Malka Marom
Malka Marom sits with her dear friend Joni Mitchell
photo copyright: Malka Marom
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Screenshot from The Joy of Books
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Increasing price of textbooks on students.
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Book covers of Public Parts and Curation Nation
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Managing editor David Silverberg holding the Kobo eReader, displaying eInk technology. - Via iPhone 3Gs
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Local author Joseph Sutton with his most recent book "The Year The Giants Won The Series" stands outside the Book Shop West Portal.
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Alexandra Guerson
The interior of the Toronto Reference Library
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Libertarian books (from left to right): "Economics in One Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt, "The Revolution: A Manifesto" by Ron Paul and "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" by Ayn Rand.
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Scientific American
The ten best books that will sharpen your mind.
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