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Book lover’s web: Exploring the world of books online

Discovering new books online is a challenge, which several companies are trying to address. By Shubhangi Shah Amazon, the trillion-dollar multinational conglomerate that now deals with e-commerce, cloud computing, streaming services and artificial intelligence, started in...

Book Talk: Avni Vyas, Emily Carr at Tombolo Books

Poet Gloria Muñoz hosts a discussion and signing by “Little God” author Avni Vyas and illustrator Mimi Cirbusova, along with poet Emily Carr (”Name Your Bird Without a Gun”), at 7 p.m. June 15...

This novelist and construction worker wrote his book “Teenager” on his iPhone

Bud Smith, 40 ans, a écrit son roman "Teenager", (Vintage Books) une histoire d'amour adolescente Bonnie and Clyde-esque - sur son iPhone mostly while sitting in his work truck, a Chevy Silverado 2500.

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair hosts book fair directors from across Arab world

ABU DHABI, 26th May, 2022 (WAM) -- The 31st Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF 2022) hosted the latest meeting of book fair directors from across the Arab world. The 19th Meeting of Arab Book...

What sci-fi books should I read?

Sci-fi books: Speculative fiction has long attracted teens and young adults—the lure of the unknown and magic. From space opera to hard sci-fi, from military science fiction to post-apocalyptic and dystopian, and from magical...

Publishing house not allowed to take part in Hong Kong Book Fair, sets up book show for Hongkongers instead

A publishing house known for supporting local creative works and not shying away from tomes on political issues has said that the organizers of the Hong Kong Book Fair have rejected its application to...

A renowned comic book artist at both DC and Marvel Comics, Comic Book Artist, has died

George Pérez, the beloved and influential comic book artist and writer known for his vital work on titles like Wonder Woman and The New Teen Titans, has died at the age of 67.

Andrea Canepari presents his publication ‘The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia’ in Rome

The American University of Rome is proud to host Andrea Canepari as he presents his latest publication, "The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas"

“Codex Gigas” – is the book weighing 75 kilograms devilish?

The Codex Gigas is the largest illuminated manuscript of the Middle Ages. In addition to religious texts, encyclopedic, medical knowledge, and color illustrations, this book contains an image of the devil on a full...

What’s in your attic? These rare books and curios are worth millions of dollars

How much would you pay to own a piece of history? Starting today at the Park Avenue Armory, the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is once again in person after a two-year pandemic pause....

Investigating a book of the dead in ‘The Unwritten Book’

It’s a characteristically wild effort that defies genre distinctions, flits from the profound to the mundane with fierce intelligence and searching restlessness

Ukrainian culture and books: Libraries around the world are helping to safeguard them

Librarians and libraries around the world play a role in preserving and sharing Ukrainian culture and his history.

Report Finds ‘Alarming Spike’ In Book Bans In U.S. Schools

USA: Rising school book bans threaten free expression and etudents’ First Amendment Rights

David Peace: ‘Publishers should be less risk-averse’

David Peace, 55, is the author of 11 novels, including The Damned Utd, made into a film with Michael Sheen in the lead role as Brian Clough, and the Red Riding Quartet, set amid...

‘Little Book of Joy’ children’s book coming this fall

A picture-book edition of a bestseller co-authored by the Nobel Peace Prize winners the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be published this fall.

Benefits of reading books: Why you should read every day

ARTICLE by Thomas J Law What Are the Benefits of Reading Books? Here are 10 benefits of reading that illustrate the importance of reading books. When you read every day you: Gain valuable knowledgeExercise your brainImprove your...

Schools nationwide are quietly removing books from their libraries

Hull looks for books for her students at a public library in Lancaster County, Pa. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Kyle GranthamKyle Grantham LANCASTER, Pa. - Samantha Hull was on vacation when...

Take a Book, Share a Book

Little Free Libraries have been offering complimentary books in Rhode Island for years. Now more than 100 charming wooden boxes are propped up on posts or fences outside local homes, schools, businesses and churches...

‘Freedom Libraries’ aim to transform prisons, 500 books at a time

USA: he libraries are meant to provide beauty, access to literature and cultivate a community space in prisons nationwide. “All of these books carry a kind of history with them,” Betts, 41, said. “And some...

If you will it, it is no book dream – review

Susan Shapiro believes you are never too old to publish. I am living proof. After decades dreaming of being a writer, I read The Byline Bible, took her online class and followed her technique....

March 13th: The Birthday of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard

As reported on the official Scientology news site, Hubbard once remarked that there are only two tests of a life well-lived: “Did he do what he intended?” and “Were people glad he lived?” The site...

Mississippi: Assistant principal fired over book choice

ByThe Associated Press - March 12, 2022, 9:51 PM JACKSON, Miss. -- An assistant principal in a Mississippi school district has been fired after he read a children's book to a class of 2nd graders...

The religious intolerance and the prudent hand of the secular state (2)

From the book "Atheistic Delusions" by David B. Hart It is even more significant that some of the great early theorists of modern science and the scientific method believed in magic and were therefore often...

Santa Barbara Company ABC-CLIO Bought by U.K. Publisher

In a December deal which received little local attention, longtime Santa Barbara book and database publisher ABC-CLIO was acquired by London-based Bloomsbury Publishing. The $22.4M sale ended the family-owned company’s 65-year history (and 60...

The roadblock I kept running into when I was trying to find books for my Black children

I was a child bookworm. When I was a young girl, my parents read to me religiously, and after learning to read myself, if I wasn't playing sports, I almost always had my face...
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