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Leonardo DiCaprio's "Inception" has won a battle of superstar action thrillers over Angelina Jolie's "Salt" at the weekend box office.
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'Inception' trumps 'Salt' with $43.5M weekend
A Cambridge University graduate nicknamed the "Tome Raider," who has stolen more than one million pounds' worth of rare books in his criminal career, has been jailed for 3-1/2 years for his latest theft.
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"Tome Raider" antique book thief jailed again
Thousands of fans of the Middle Ages on Saturday donned their tabards and lowered their visors to relive the heady days of 1410, when a Polish-Lithuanian army smashed the Teutonic Knights.
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Tabards on, visors down: fans relive 1410 Battle of Grunwald
"The Cookbook Collector" (The Dial Press, $26), by Allegra Goodman: Allegra Goodman's "The Cookbook Collector" tells the story of two sisters, Emily and Jess. Emily is the responsible sister; Jess is the whimsical one.
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Review: 'Cookbook Collector' overcooks good story
The tour guide stood in Taiwan's National Palace Museum lobby, waving a tattered green pennant. She was trying to round up a group of Chinese tourists from Jiangsu Province in the first day of a weeklong tour of the island.
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Taiwan welcomes Chinas tourism boom. But Chinese tourists, not so much
China threw open the gates of its secretive Central Party School on Wednesday, offering foreign journalists a rare but carefully scripted peek at the leafy campus where the country's Communist elite are trained.
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Communist Party opens door to secretive school
For years, self-help books have been all the rage. Today more than ever, people are turning to books on attaining success to help them get back on their feet. While these books may seem to be easily lumped together, a recent discovery by Steve Paris, CEO of Orne Publishing, is about to turn the self-help world upside down and it could quite possibly take everything else with it.
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Discovery of Napoleon Hill Book Bound to Change Fate for Millions
A French auction house is selling rare memorabilia of Tintin, the comic strip reporter and globe trotter whose stories have been translated into 80 languages and sold over 200 million books in the past eight decades.
Unhappy with your name? Then spare a thought for those rare Chinese families who surnames mean "zero," "ghost" or even "death."
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Hello Mr. Death! Researcher finds rare Chinese names
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Rare PICASSO 55 YEARS OF HIS GRAPHIC WORK Art Book NR US $99.99 |
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Guitar Sounds of the Rolling Stones song book 1965 Rare US $19.99 |
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Rare early Jesuit book text 1660 Seville No Reserve US $1,000.00 |
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Childrens Fashion Clothing Pattern Book Italy Rare US $.99 |
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Rare Ferrari Official 600 GP Book US $99.99 |
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CUSTER Custers Remains Found and more book RARE US $7.00 |
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Sweet Valley High rare booksTV edition meet twins US $4.00 |
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much RARE CHESS books HUGE collection LARGE lot MANY US $35.91 |
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RARE The ABC Doghouse Children Book 1997 Hardcover US $7.50 |
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Roswell Series Rare Copies 11 books included Must See US $13.50 |
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James Craig Irish Art 1988 Rare book of plates NB US $9.10 |
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RARE 1772 SWEDISH BOOK PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AMERICA ETC US $32.79 |
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Rare book The Sea Shore Kelman Wood 48 colour pictures US $3.12 |
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Paul Verhoeven BLACK BOOK rare dvd DUTCH Jewish WWII US $8.50 |
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Alice in Wonderland Disney Youth Musical 3 Books RARE US $9.99 |
