Archive for the ‘Rare Book News’ Category

Oklahoma Set To Elect Its First Female Governor

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Women won in the Democratic and Republican primaries Tuesday, setting up a rare match in November.

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The sea inspired ‘Misty’ and ‘Flipper’ director

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

CHINCOTEAGUE -- In 1961, the Philadelphia Inquirer published a rare full-page tribute to James B.

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The sea inspired 'Misty' and 'Flipper' director

Mars Mission Brings Severed Hand, Weird Sex, to U.S. in Sci-Fi Epic: Books

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

When having zero-gravity sex in a spacecraft crammed with sensitive equipment, astronauts should practice some form of emission control.

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Mars Mission Brings Severed Hand, Weird Sex, to U.S. in Sci-Fi Epic: Books

New and noteworthy paperbacks

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The problem with writing about children, Alison Gopnik admits in The Philosophical Baby (Picador, $16), is that "practically everything you say turns out to sound like a greeting card." But that hasn't stopped Gopnik, a philosopher and a professor of psychology at the University of California,...

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Ansel Adams Pics Bought for $45 Worth $200M?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Rare Photos Could Fetch Millions, But Adams' Grandson Skeptical

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Ansel Adams Pics Bought for $45 Worth $200M?

Insight into colonial past

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Books, we are often told, are an endangered species. Try telling that to the many Australians who collect them with a passion verging on obsession.

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Insight into colonial past

WWE Summerslam Memories: Trivial Facts And History

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

With less than one month before The Biggest Blockbuster Of The Summer, let's go back in time and let's take a look at one of the WWE Big Four's highlights. With 22 editions in the book, the WWE has written a big part of its history at the "Summer Classic", and I invite you to a trivial and historic trip. After digging in the Summerslam history books, I have found many interesting facts.

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WWE Summerslam Memories: Trivial Facts And History

Museums-East Bay Through August 8

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT OAKLAND The Oakland Public Library's museum is designed to discover, preserve, interpret and share the cultural and historical experiences of African Americans in California and the West. In addition, a three-panel mural is on permanent display.

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Museums-East Bay Through August 8

Its All About Government

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Book launching for local Charlotte author; books geared towards history instructors and curriculum coordinators, enthusiasts, archives and collections curators and those who wish to reference patriotism.

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Its All About Government

Craig signs deal for Dragon Tattoo

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Deadline Hollywood reports that Craig's deal has options for him to star in adaptations of the other two books in Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' and 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'.

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Craig signs deal for Dragon Tattoo