Posts Tagged ‘opinion’
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
The oldest item in Yale Law School's rare book collection is a 1,000-year-old fragment of a medieval manuscript bound inside an Italian guidebook for notaries. The newest is a bobblehead doll depicting William H. Rehnquist, 16th chief justice of the United States.

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Bobbleheads of justice (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Over four million copies of this trickster tale have sold worldwide since its publication in 1999 and with good reason. It is imaginative and magical as well as being beautifully written and illustrated.

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Once upon a time: The best children's books, from bedtime stories to help with potty training... (Independent)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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Lender putting www.sex.com on auction block (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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