A rare book by America's most famous bird artist, John James Audubon, billed as the most expensive in the world, is going under the hammer in December alongside a first edition of Shakespeare's plays.

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World's most expensive book to go under the hammer

With over 200 stalls lining the banks of the river Seine, Paris' antique booksellers or bouquinistes are a familiar feature of the city landscape, and one that can trace its history back more than four centuries.

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Paris bouquinistes face clampdown over souvenirs

Biotech company Genzyme Inc rejected an $18.5 billion buyout offer from French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA on Monday, setting the stage for a protracted and potentially hostile takeover battle.

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Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer as long battle looms

Titan Books has announced the upcoming release of The Art of Hammer, which collects together rare and iconic posters from the Hammer archive. The Art of Hammer is the first ever collection of rare and iconic Hammer film posters, with nearly 300 examples drawn from Hammers own archive and private collections from around the world [Titan Books, Oct 2010, $29.95]! Hammer is almost as well known ...

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Cool Stuff: The Art of Hammer Book

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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Amazon unveils third-gen Kindle, adds $139 Wi-Fi only model

A nature reserve northeast of Calgary that is home to a rare bird is growing by about 130 hectares, thanks to a Canada Day gift from the country's largest non-profit land conservation group.

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Nature reserve grows for Canada Day

A Chinese city shaken by one of three back-to-back attacks on schools stepped up security and urged its citizens to "trust the government" Saturday, a day after parents of the injured children protested outside a local hospital.

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China city goes on defense after school attack

APPCON⢠2010 attendees will have an unprecedented opportunity to meet and learnâlive and in-personâfrom some of the most highly respected authors and experts in the programming and mobile App development industry as John Wiley & Sons, publishers of the highly regarded Wrox® line of books, CDs and other educational materials for programmers, has signed on as a sponsor, co-chair and organizer of ...

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Wiley-Wrox Signs on as Sponsor of Hello World Pre-Conference Session at APPCON(TM) 2010

Online rare book seller Alibris said this morning that it has joined Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com's online marketplace. Alibris, which sells new, rare, and used books, said that Buy.com will feature its catalog of books through Buy.com's web site

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The man she married is French, her four children were born in France and she speaks French with only a trace of her native Arabic tongue. Faiza Silmi contends her clothes — a head-to-toe robe and filmy tissue covering her face — are the reason France has denied her citizenship in her adopted land.

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France moves closer to banning full Muslim veil (AP via Yahoo! News)