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WSJ.com – Buying electronic books on the Internet is easy — but so is taking them away. That became clear last week when Amazon.com Inc

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Buyer's E-Morse: 'Owning' Digital Books | Library Stuff

AP – The federal government’s most secure prison has determined that two books written by President Barack Obama contain material potentially detrimental to.

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Supermax prison: Obama's books objectionable | Library Stuff

TIME – Browsing the shelves at some local libraries can seem like an anthropological expedition, a revealing window into how we once lived. Because libraries.

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Awful Library Books | Library Stuff

About the The good study guide: “Whether you are an experienced student or just starting out this book will stimulate, guide and support you. It will make you think about yourself and how your mind learns. And it will change forever the …

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Study, modern working practices, social work – and other new books …

BB – BB pal Tara McGinley spotted these delightful planter kits, called Honbachi, from Japan, containing the plant, soil, and a hollowed-out book .

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Books as Planters | Library Stuff

NYTimes.com – The Justice Department confirmed on Thursday that it was conducting an antitrust investigation into the settlement of a lawsuit that groups.

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U.S. Confirms Inquiry Into Google Books Deal | Library Stuff

This is the third installment of our “ books that changed the world” series. Be sure to read the previous two so that you don’t think we have missed important books off the list. If you can think of books that are not on any of the three …

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Another 10 Books That Changed The World – Listverse

John McIntyre notes on his blog that you should rush over to Grant Barrett’s “The Lexicographer’s Rules,” where he has made a free PDF download of his book The Official Dictonary of Unofficial English available. …

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Common Sense Journalism: Books worth noting (one free)

Boing Boing – A teenager asks Yahoo! Questions whether maintaining a lending library in his school locker is illegal (as opposed of merely in contravention of.

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Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in his her locker …

Proof there is still life after one retires as a newspaper book -review editor. Support to the debonair Mr.

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Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Two books …