Posts Tagged ‘philadelphia’
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
After juggling his business of selling rare books for more than 25 years, John W. Wronoski will be closing the doors to his bookstore in Harvard Square on Sept. 25.

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Lame Duck Books To Close Shop
Tags: books, business, cambridge, college, lame-duck-down, philadelphia, Sports, virtual, wronoski
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
It's one of those rare books that needs no introduction. Harper Lee didn't want it to have one, either. In writing the foreword to her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee noted:

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Annette John-Hall: 'Mockingbird' still sings
Tags: book, business, entertainment, movies, news, opinion, philadelphia, race, return-submit, smtk, Sports, television, video-games
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Colts president Bill Polian understands why the NFL decided to move its umpires into a safer location. Hey, he even voted for it.

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Polian: Problems with umpire are solvable
Tags: article, bill-polian, colts, entertainment, new-orleans, peyton-manning, philadelphia, polian, Sports, super-bowl, tickets, washington
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Rare is the pitcher who hits .400 in a season

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Rare is the pitcher who hits .400 in a season
Tags: article, baseball-cards, final-standings, history, minor-leagues, mlb, news, news-archive, philadelphia, regular-season, search, spring-training, video
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
On the strength of the popular Kindle, Amazon says it now sells more e-books than hardcovers. What's being lost is the messy tactile narrative of how books are made manifest and cling to our lives, as "The Hobbit" did to mine.

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Amazon e-book tipping point: Is the death of books upon us?
Tags: Amazon, books, death, environment, innovation, kindle, library, money, opinion, philadelphia, search, walter-rodgers
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Wigginton all smiles after All-Star debut

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Wigginton all smiles after All-Star debut
Tags: final-standings, history, math-ceil, minor-leagues, mlb, mobile, news, philadelphia, regular-season, search, section, video
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
We've officially had two perfect games this season, and really we've had three. How shocking is that

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Six Rare Baseball Feats That Have Occured Twice in a Season
Tags: article, bleacher, bleacher-report, cancel, college, facebook, major-league, mlb-history, philadelphia, philadelphia-phillies, rankings-list, report, roy-halladay, season, seattle
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
Enjoy Your Money! How to Make It, Save It, Invest It and Give It Speaks to Generation Y and Nets Multiple Awards The US Review of Books announced May, 2010 that Enjoy Your Money!

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Personal Finance Book Targets Recent Graduates and Nets Eric Hoffer Award
Tags: accounting, country, financial, management, marketing, microsoft, philadelphia, travel
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
The depressing joint on Pico and La Cienega Blvd known as The Mint rarely books bands that will rock your socks off. I blame the chairs. Any place that calls itself a music venue and has chairs and tables on the dance floor, is sure to be a subdued affair.

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Trampled By Turtles @ The Mint, 4/22/10
Tags: 12-recommends, advertising, bluegrass, business, chicago, duluth, london, mobile, our-cities, parking, personal, philadelphia, summary, toronto, turtles
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
In a rare exhibition on this side of the Delaware River, the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators (PSBI) is currently displaying its members exquisitely crafted works in the Medford Leas community buildings art gallery.

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Medford Leas hosts rare exhibition of botanical art
Tags: breaking-news, flower, local-sports, maple-shade, medford, medford-leas, news, philadelphia, photo-galleries, record
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