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Alive: The Final Evolution Books 4-8 » Manga Worth Reading

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:46 +0000

This similarity to X-Men offers the chance for Alive to have crossover appeal to American comic book fans, especially superhero fans. Further contributing to this appeal, the artwork in Alive is also comparable to the art found in most …

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Why Aren't Students Reading Travel Books? – Travel Blog – World Hum

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:23:07 +0000

Students read more fiction than nonfiction.

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Book Review: WordPress In Depth, The Dark Horse Among WordPress …

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:21:24 +0000

When I was initially offered the possibility to review WordPress In Depth by Bud Smith and Michael McCallister (@workingwriter), I was sceptic. First the title.

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Giving up book shopping | Books | guardian.co.uk

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:52:07 +0000

Toby Lichtig: My purchasing habits are out of control, so I’ve decided to renounce the charms of Amazon and concentrate on stuff I’ve already bought.

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Mercedes Lackey

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:44 +0000

velvet elevator posted a photo: I pulled all my Missy books out to shoot for a Farktography contest, and while they were they I counted them.

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On so-called "insta-books" and their alleged faults | Samizdata.net

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:28 +0000

It is an interesting argument made here that so-called “instant books “, written in the aftermath of some crisis or big event, can be easily overturned by subsequent events, debate and analysis.

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America's 40 worst books. 'Gatsby'? Really? | Jacket Copy | Los …

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:59:34 +0000

The American Book Review has taken stock of literature and come up with its Top 40 Bad Books . The list targets some big, popular favorites — F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby,” Richard Yates’ “Revolutionary Road,” the …

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Penguin Imagines The Future Of Books On The iPad – PSFK

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:01:43 +0000

Penguin gives us an imaginative look into the potential of books on the iPad.

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At the U. of Minnesota: “E-books Cheaper, But Still Popular …

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:40:25 +0000

At the U.

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Are E-Books a Revolution? « Conversational Reading

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:12:46 +0000

My vote for most utterly awful, Microsoft-ish “feature” to yet be applied to digital books has to be text that knows its being read and pops up with annoying citations when it thinks you don’t understand something.

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