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Safari Books Online Wins 2012 Blue Drop Award for Best Marketplace Website Built with Drupal Safari® Books Online , the on-demand digital learning library for technology, digital media and business professionals, today announced it was awarded the 2012 Best Marketplace Website Built with Drupal by the Blue Drop Awards during its inaugural season. finance.yahoo.com
15 Books by Popular UFC Stars to Add to Your Reading List Riding the wave of fame means appearing in movies and writing books about your life story. Here are 15 books written by popular UFC fighters, a cut man and a referee (with help from ghost writers and editing teams, of course) to add to your reading list or buy as a gift for the UFC fans on your list. sports.yahoo.com
Teen Books Feature R-Rated Language A significant portion of books geared toward teens contain curse words strong enough to earn a movie an R rating, new research finds. news.yahoo.com
A connection between people and books What’s so enticing about books? Hundreds of people, including men, women and children line up to search for books every day, whether at small book sales or the nearest Barnes and Nobles. This past weekend the Hamburg Public Library held its annual book sale at the Hamburg Middle School for the seventh year in a row. Past book sales were held in front of the library and in the Hamburg Municipal ... berksmontnews.com
Digital media brings erotic books out of the closet It seems like yesterday that women's erotica was something to be read in private under the sheets. But no more. news.yahoo.com
Books With 140 Characters At 64,000 members and counting, the Twitter-based reading group 1book140 is a global concern. www.nytimes.com
Should College Students Be Forced To Buy E-Books? McGraw Hill claims it can cut the cost of college text books as much as 60% if all students are required to buy e-books and the cost is billed through the college bursar. www.forbes.com
Books Held by Kings Eamon Duffy Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination an exhibition at the British Library, London, November 11, 2011–March 13, 2012 British Library An angel appearing to the Magi, from The Queen Mary Psalter , circa 1310–1320 A reader climbing the great staircase of the British Library’s modern premises near St. Pancras Station in London is confronted suddenly by that wonderful building’s ... www.nybooks.com
Books offer a seat at Nelson Mandela’s table What do you feed a man who spent decades eating prison food in the name of freedom and reconciliation? It was an intimidating question Xoliswa Ndoyiya wasn’t sure she knew how to answer. www.newsabahtimes.com.my
Is It Time To Rate Young Adult Books for Mature Content? A new report finds that nearly all young adult bestsellers contain at least some profanity. www.usnews.com
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