Amazon in a rare evening launch revealed its third-generation Kindle reader. The new hardware is 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the model it replaces but is better in nearly every way. It uses a new E Ink Pearl display with 50 percent better contrast and 20 percent faster page turns but can now last for up to a month with wireless off on battery, twice as much as before, and for ...

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Chris Ramos, of Bronx, NY, carries an armload of books through the stacks Friday July 23, 2010 on opening day of the Pequot Library's 50th annual book sale.

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Pequot book sale always on the bestseller list

» by Nina Achmatova The three tomes, which are waiting for a translator, are about the birth and development of three churches in Beijing, Tianjin and Harbin. The Chinese government does not recognise the Russian Orthodox Church.

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07/21/2010 17:19 RUSSIA CHINA Three rare books about the Russian Orthodox Church in China found

Urban chicken-farmers-to-be might want to check out some of these books before taking the plunge.

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Books can help with urban chicken farming

Its a rare All Star hedge fund manager and technology analyst who can also design both computer chips and write software programs. But what about a successful ex Morgan Stanley semiconductor analyst and president of a $1 billion hedge fund with five years of experience as a chip designer and programmer at AT&T Bell Labs who is also the author of four well received non-fiction books, a ...

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Keen On: Andy Kessler Explains How We Got Here, And How Tech Can Save Us

Keeping a used bookstore open these days is getting harder than ever. Broward has fewer than a half-dozen secondhand bookstores still in business and they face an uncertain future. Not only has the Internet stolen potential customers who can buy books at bargain prices online, but also the growing popularity of e-books and digital readers, such as Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook ...

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Used bookstores in Broward offer bargains and more

I have nothing but respect and admiration for Prince. Hes the funkiest musician alive today, and the man can still, at 52 years old, dance rings around most younger entertainers. He writes, sings and plays from a rare and special place, and the number of influences running from his head and heart, through his voice and fingers, and into our lives is nothing short of spectacular

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Many of us dream of writing the next big summer best-seller. But at a recent event, a top literary agent delivered a dose of reality to Boston-area writers looking to get published.

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So You Wanna Be A Writer?

Vibal Foundation, Inc. (VFI) and the De La Salle University Academic Publications Office will launch four e-books tomorrow, 4 p.m., at the Ariston Estrada Hall in the La Salle's main campus in Manila. read more...

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Vibal Foundation, DLSU to launch e-books on local culture, traditions*

William Jacques, 41, systematically pilfered 13 volumes of a 19th century botanical encyclopaedia from the Royal Horticultural Society's library, a court heard.

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Cambridge graduate 'stole rare books worth £40,000 by hiding them under his tweed jacket'