Posts Tagged ‘university’

Baldpate Inn’s vast collection unlocks doors to the rare and unusual

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

The Baldpate Inn has the key to success. It also has the key to Fort Knox and the key to Westminster Abbey.

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Baldpate Inn's vast collection unlocks doors to the rare and unusual

New and noteworthy paperbacks

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The problem with writing about children, Alison Gopnik admits in The Philosophical Baby (Picador, $16), is that "practically everything you say turns out to sound like a greeting card." But that hasn't stopped Gopnik, a philosopher and a professor of psychology at the University of California,...

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Rare treasures, unique finds to be had at MSU Surplus Store

Monday, July 26th, 2010

The sign said "Be the envy of your neighborhood." It was affixed to a green-and-white ice resurfacer - think Zamboni without the trademark - a machine that once crisscrossed the rink at Munn Arena and was now up for sale. Larry Barnum and his grandson couldn't help but dream a little.

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Exhibition of Rare Architectural Drawings by Andrea Palladio Announced

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Plaster model of Villa Rotunda. Model by Timothy Richards, Bath, England. WASHINGTON, DC.- Late Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio (15081580) is considered one of the most influential architects in the Western world.

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University appeals for return of books

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

A UNIVERSITY has appealed for the return of six historic books and manuscripts which have been missing for more than a decade.

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Alabama butterflies radiant, but ‘picture is not rosy,’ expert says

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Sprites of summer growing more rare.

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Alabama butterflies radiant, but 'picture is not rosy,' expert says

Comment on Reinhart and Rogoff: This Time Is Different by aiD_kamikuP

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Not only is 'This time is different', this place is also different. In the land of free and the home of the brave, one can "...spent years investigating wreckage scattered across documents from nearly a millennium of economic crises and collapses. They have wandered the basements of rare-book libraries, riffled through monks yellowed journals and begged central banks worldwide for centuries-old ...

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UA spends $3.5M on rare book collection

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

TUSCALOOSA -- In the dawning of the era of digital books, the University of Alabama is acquiring an impressive assortment of rare books that gives it the largest special collection in the state.

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UGF donates rare books to museum

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The University of Great Falls has donated about 360 titles from its collection of rare and historic Montana and Western history books to The History Museum in Great Falls, museum officials announced Tuesday.

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Alabama news links: University of Alabama spends $3.5 million for rare books; Beauregard woman’s death investigated

Monday, June 28th, 2010

The University of Alabama is spending $3.5 million to acquire a rare books collection, Calhoun County has a new prescription drug assistance program, Pepi Foods announces and expansion, officials investigate a Beauregard, Ala.

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