Posts Tagged ‘lifestyle’

Rare book on Supreme Court snubbed by National Book Store? (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Ramos: National Book Store has right to choose what books to carry MANILA, Philippines – The first book that provides an eye-popping look into the closed world of the Supreme Court almost never made it to print and has been snubbed by a major bookstore.

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Comics good as gold (Marlborough Express)

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

THE PEOPLE pounding the pavements above are oblivious, but under the streets of central Auckland lies a vault holding comic books of such worth that they have been brought out of their secure holding only three times in the past eight years.

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Comics good as gold (Marlborough Express)

Pieces of rare biblical manuscript reunited (3news)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday.

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US$1m for Superman comic (Straits Times)

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

NEW YORK - A RARE copy of the first comic book featuring Superman sold on Monday for US$1 million (S$1.4 million), smashing the previous record price for a comic book. A 1938 edition of Action Comics No.

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Dalai Lama , Desmond Tutu speeches are hot tickets (Miami Herald)

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Hot tickets this week: appearances by two of the biggest names in religion and human-rights activism. South Florida gets a rare treat with separate visits by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu . Both will speak to thousands this week at Nova Southeastern University.

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Ogdensburg girl fights rare illness (New Jersey Herald)

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

OGDENSBURG -- The 10-month old baby girl giggles and squirms in her father's arms as her mother disconnects the feeding tube, which remains in her left nostril until the next meal. This is how Maya Gordon drinks her formula, how she receives proper nutrition four times a day.

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A million library books to be sent down the mines (Macclesfield Express)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

ONE million books from Manchester's Central Library – including valuable volumes dating back to the 15th century - are to be put into temporarily storage with many going deep underground in the Cheshire salt mines.

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Gramophone to e books (Hindustan Times)

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Sixty years on, it has kept pace with the times. The rows of books have increased with years and old gramophone records occupy the pride of place with DVDs, writes Manoj Sharma .

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Latest Sport News: Murray magic books final spot (Gazette Live – Teeside)

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Andy Murray believes he is in the form of his life after he booked his place in the final of the Australian Open with a four-set win over Marin Cilic.

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Crawford girl to be honored by firefighters (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

CRAWFORD — A 12-year-old Crawford girl with a rare disorder will be honored for her courage and determination next month by the Nebraska State Volunteer Firefighters Association.

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