I spent my first 5 years living in the Vanderveer section of Brooklyn, NY. My very earliest memory in life was of a large stack of Little Golden Books that sat on the floor, next to a big 1950's style sofa.

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Little Golden Books (San Francisco Chronicle)

Those arrested on Bainbridge Island with marijuana in their possession can't be charged with the crime.

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Bainbridge Council Wants More Data on Putting Marijuana Statute on the Books (Bainbridge Islander)

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND —Those arrested on Bainbridge Island for small amounts of marijuana possession aren’t prosecuted under any law dealing with pot.

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Bainbridge Council Wants More Data on Putting Marijuana Statute on the Books (The Kitsap Sun)

The skill with which Ron Rash’s tales are constructed is apparent in “Burning Bright,” a new book of stories.

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Rural Pride and Poverty and a Hen’s Empty Nest (New York Times)

Some of Wales' oldest books saved from being sold

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Rare reads (BBC News)

When Acres of Books, the legendary used and rare book shop that for seventy-four years provided Southern California book lovers and literati with a place to get joyously lost in and became a designated cultural landmark, closed in 2008 the grief was profound.

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California Bookstore Acres Of Books Site To Become Art Center (The Huffington Post)

Former Curator and Assistant Vice President for Library Services Robert Williams has returned to KSU’s library staff to continue supplying the university with his bibliophilic expertise. Williams retired in October 2009

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Curator returns to KSU (The Sentinel)

&$ &$Some best-sellers are not available at your local bookstore. Wang Jing / China Daily&$ &$ Playwright Shi Hang still gets a thrill when he finds hard-to-find books with provocative titles at street stalls - although the pirate copies are often too flawed to finish.

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Some hard-to-find books prove a tantalizing temptation (People's Daily)

Detective Comics No.

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Batman triumphs over Superman as comic fetches record price (Guardian Unlimited)

Several rare early American Jewish books will be auctioned in New York. Among the offerings at next month’s sale by Swann Auction Galleries is an early Jewish-American cookbook and the first Hebrew Bible printed on American soil.

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Early American Jewish books to be auctioned (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)