Ignatz Isaac Bick was a scholar and rabbi in Frankfurt, Germany when the Nazis came to power in the early 1930s. He and his wife Mira saw their chance to leave the country and shipped their possessions to the port of Hamburg, then migrated to England.

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After 70 years, Nazi-looted books returned

From the first familiar sign of stiffness, Leland Smith knows what's coming. An arm or a leg becomes stiff, then numb.

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Teen with illness raises awareness

Curtis Dahlin will present a power point program of rare photos of people and sites that were part of the US/ Dakota War of 1862.

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Pictorial History of the US Dakota War of 1862

Cabot-native Ethan Azarian, now living in Austin, Texas, will give a rare Vermont performance on Saturday in a 7 p.m. concert at the Adamant Community Club.

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Ethan Azarian: Following a tradition home

His legacy is written in the history books of Drifter lore. Pat Ey played with a special group of athletes that made the transition from independent schools to the Virginia High School League (VHSL).

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An Ey for excellence

With the football season opener less than a month away, Fresno State is struggling to sell tickets, balance the books and renew donor trust.

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Fresno State revises game plan for funding athletics

Titan Books has announced the upcoming release of The Art of Hammer, which collects together rare and iconic posters from the Hammer archive. The Art of Hammer is the first ever collection of rare and iconic Hammer film posters, with nearly 300 examples drawn from Hammers own archive and private collections from around the world [Titan Books, Oct 2010, $29.95]! Hammer is almost as well known ...

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Cool Stuff: The Art of Hammer Book

A rare fish was brought into Petersburg in early September 1954. The strange critter was taken by a Petersburg fisherman, Ernest Enge, who was fishing in Chatham Strait.

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Rare prowfish identified in Petersburg in the 1950s

You may remember hearing of the April estate auction of chess books in Buffalo, N.Y. This writer interacted with bidders, at least one of whom spent $10,000 to purchase rare volumes dating back to the 19th century

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CHESS Stephen Dann

A miscellany is a collection of various items, parts, oringredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works.Books of trivia such as Ripleys Believe It or Not, literaryanthologies of essays, short stories or poetry such as Frederick B.Wichmans Kauai Tales, or other collections of information on acertain theme or directed at a certain audience, like the recentlypopular Dangerous Book ...

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