Official: Books burned in Afghanistan extremist Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:51:30 -0800 Muslim holy books that were burned in a pile of garbage at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan had been removed from a library at a nearby detention center because they contained extremist messages or inscriptions, a western military official said Tuesday. New Books From Richard Mason, Lucy Ferriss and Others Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:30:23 -0800 New books by Richard Mason, Andromeda Romano-Lax, Niccolò Ammaniti, Lucy Ferriss, Alexander Masters and Tatiana de Rosnay. Bits Blog: Amazon Pulls Thousands of E-Books in Dispute Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:36:33 -0800 Amazon pulled more than 4,000 e-books distributed by the Independent Publishers Group off its site this week after it failed to exact better terms from the distributor. Lifelong love of books reaches twilight for ?library lady? Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:10:59 -0800 SILVER CREEK ? A love of books and reading turned into a long and fulfilling career for Alice Harford. The recently retired librarian began her journey as a child when her mother made sure she always had books to read. Rare US comic books fetch $3.5m Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:38:33 -0800 A collection of early comic books - including those featuring the debuts of Batman and Superman - is sold for $3.5m (£2.2m) at auction in New York. |
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