My friend André de Wet, who has died aged 75, was a photographer with a sharp eye for news pictures and a rare sense of artistry. Born in Cape Town, he was educated at Wellington boys high school, in Cape Province

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André de Wet obituary (Guardian Unlimited)

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)

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)

PAUL Reid should be dead.

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Can apricot kernels keep cancer at bay? (North Queensland Register)

With Over 50 Million Books Sold, John Gray Releases Highly-Anticipated Follow Up (PRWeb Mar 2, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3651274.htm

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Greenleaf Book Group Adds John Gray, Bestselling Author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, To Roster (PRWeb)

CDJapan is an online shop that offers Japanese entertainment products including CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, anime characters, and fashion items.

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CDJapan Launches New Online Bookstore to Offer the Latest Japanese Books, Photo Albums, and Manga Comics Straight From ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

&$ &$Some best-sellers are not available at your local bookstore. Wang Jing / China Daily&$ &$ Playwright Shi Hang still gets a thrill when he finds hard-to-find books with provocative titles at street stalls - although the pirate copies are often too flawed to finish.

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Some hard-to-find books prove a tantalizing temptation (People's Daily)

Detective Comics No.

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Batman triumphs over Superman as comic fetches record price (Guardian Unlimited)

Several rare early American Jewish books will be auctioned in New York. Among the offerings at next month’s sale by Swann Auction Galleries is an early Jewish-American cookbook and the first Hebrew Bible printed on American soil.

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Early American Jewish books to be auctioned (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

(JTA) -- Several rare early American Jewish books will be auctioned in New York. Among the offerings at next month's sale by Swann Auction Galleries is an early Jewish-American cookbook and the first Hebrew Bible printed on American soil.

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Early American Jewish books to be auctioned (JTA)