Posts Tagged ‘opinion’

From stick figures to sweet flick (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Jeff Kinney had a clear template when it came time to adapt his wildly successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid children's books to the big screen.

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From stick figures to sweet flick (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

NACS Media Solutions and On Demand Books Form Partnership (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

NMS will market the Espresso Book Machine(R) to the collegiate marketplace and permission academic content.

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NACS Media Solutions and On Demand Books Form Partnership (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

New Comic Auction Site Launches As Comic Books Set Record Prices (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Just as prices for collectible comics are rocketing to new highs with the sales of two comic books for $1 million each, longtime comic collector and roleplaying-game trailblazer Stewart Wieck unveiled a new comic-auction site called GetSlabbed.com.

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New Comic Auction Site Launches As Comic Books Set Record Prices (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Lender putting www.sex.com on auction block (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Sex.com, often touted as one of the most valuable Internet domain names, is due to head to the auction block next week.

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Books open up the discussion (Business Examiner)

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Ola Zuri believes that every child has a right to know that they are loved and accepted for who they are. It was a lesson that was a long time coming for her

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Books open up the discussion (Business Examiner)

On the home front: Growing to eating (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Growing to eating Some books will teach you how to grow a vegetable garden. Some will tell you how to cook the fruit of the harvest. But it’s a rare book that guides you through the entire process, from seed packet to serving dish

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On the home front: Growing to eating (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Privatized transit? Less rare than you’d think (Toronto Star)

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

A discussion of privatized transit service has to look at labour, service and risks to taxpayers, say those who have tried it.

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Privatized transit? Less rare than you’d think (Toronto Star)

Winter temperatures hit more than the pocketbook (Tallahassee Democrat)

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

This winter is going down in Tallahassee record books as the coldest in more than 30 years.

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Winter temperatures hit more than the pocketbook (Tallahassee Democrat)

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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Digital archivists work to save rare books, historical documents (Miami Herald)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The rumors traveled urgently from Haiti: Beyond all the death and wreckage, one of the nation's greatest exports -- its cultural scholarship -- was buried that awful afternoon in January.

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Digital archivists work to save rare books, historical documents (Miami Herald)