The Green Bible hits bookstores

The Bible has gone green. It is already the most popular book on earth, and now there is a green Bible. It is printed on recycled paper with a soy-based ink, and the 1,000 or so passages that reference the earth or the environment in the good book are highlighted in the...

2 or 3 Things I learned on Argentina's Travel Guide

Had I not featured Vines of Mendoza in a recent post which they subsequently featured in their pages, I might have never heard of Argentina's Travel Guide ('your online guidebook to Argentina'). If I got it right they started publishing in 2006. 10 people contribute to the...

New Books By Alan Greenspan and Naomi Klein: One is Prophetic, One is Pathetic

I recently read a review of Naomi Klein`s book and it sounds like a worthwhile read.   Here is Arianna`s take:"A fascinating dispute on modern economics -- and the dominant role it plays in our politics...

Pack up your reading glasses! Bookstore tourism is here.

Browsers who lose themselves in bookstores are now taking a quantum leap forward. Bibliophiles now clamber aboard tour buses for guided excursions to the best independent bookstores for miles around. "Booklovers...

UK bookstore yanks racist Tintin comic

I grew up reading both Tintin and the Asterix comics. My stepmother's family is European, and the Tintin graphic novels have long been a part of the growing up process in many European households. I was handed...

Harry Potter Spinoff Industry: On Borrowed Time?

Sort of like how the iPod spawned so many lamprey-companies that produce supporting products (cases, clips, docks, etc.), the Harry Potter series has given rise to all manner of support publications, much to the...

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