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How do you get to ‘Sesame Street’?

Posted by admin on January 12th, 2009

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”Sesame Street” may not be a real place, but tell that to some of the people Michael Davis met when researching and talking about his new book, ”Street Gang.” For two generations, the fictional block of brownstones inhabited by curious children, friendly adults and some odd-looking Muppets has helped shape childhood education.

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* Books on radical Islam stoke fears around Indonesia

At a small, back-street bookstore, the young employees, wearing matching green skullcaps and sporting wispy chin beards, stock books with titles like Waiting for the Destruction of Israel and Principl…   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Author flies 600 miles on Christmas Day to handdeliver Amazon book

Posted by admin on January 10th, 2009

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A respected author flew 600 miles on Christmas Day to handdeliver a copy of his book after promising an Amazon buyer nextday delivery.   RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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Author’s Guild Says Kindle’s Text-To-Speech Software Illegal

Posted by admin on January 6th, 2009

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Mike writes ”The Author’s Guild claims that the new Kindle’s text-to-speech software is illegal, stating that ”They don’t have the right to read a book out loud,” said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild. ”That’s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law.” Forget for a moment that text-to-speech doesn’t copy an existing work. And forget the odd notion that the artificial enunciation of plain text is equivalent to a person’s nuanced and emotive reading. The Guild’s claim is that even to read out loud is a production akin to an illegal copy, or a public performance.” of this story at Slashdot.
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Obama’s tough love to clear
debt

BARACK Obama has accused Wall St of seeking an easy way out of the financial crisis but promised ”tough love” to cleanse the industry’s debt-laden books.   RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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New Books on Hitler and Christianity and America’s Holocaust, Abortion (Christian News Wire)

Posted by admin on January 1st, 2009

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MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 11 / Christian Newswire / — Athanatos Publishing Group is releasing its first two books and they have an uncanny similarity in themes. “Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible” discusses the true ideological sources of Hitler and his belief system.


Madrid, Rio officially hand over 2016 Olympics bid books to IOC a day ahead of schedule (WQAD Moline)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) Madrid and Rio de Janeiro organizers submitted their official bid books Wednesday for the 2016 Olympics, a day ahead of the deadline.

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