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Banned books celebration promotes freedom of expression

"By Cynthia Henry Inquirer Staff Writer Friday will feature some unusual story times at local libraries, when passages from...

created by RayBanBro66 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Can you feel peak oil yet?

Jim Kunstler is sensing something in the air. Could it be the symptoms of peak oil?" We're in a strange collective psychic bubble. We'd like to forgetabout all these troubling rumors of hardship and...

created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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National Library Week: April 13 - 18, 2008

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Crowdsourcing the Writing Process

Last year, I had the opportunity to participate in the experimental 'meta-crowdsourcing' projectAssignment Zero, with Jay Rosen, Wired, and the folks at NewAssignment.net, which undertook to explore all of the...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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End of the story for book shop

" ONE of Northampton's last independent booksellers, Kingsthorpe Bookshop, is closing down after more than 30 years. Owner Robert Webb said he had started looking for a new buyer last year in the run-up to his retirement and has now revealed the Harborough Road shop had been...

created by liamssoft | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Book Price Wars Limit Diversity

"Christmas should spell bonanza for the book trade. But as consumers increasingly load up their trolleys with heavily discounted volumes at supermarkets, booksellers are warning that there could be dire consequences not only for independent bookshops, but for publishing as a...

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Islamic fears kill off children's thriller--Censorship Alert

"A LEADING children's publisher has dumped a novel because of political sensitivity over Islamic issues. Scholastic Australia pulled the plug on the Army of the Pure after booksellers and librarians said they would not stock the adventure thriller for younger readers because...