Topic: Libraries
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10 best books of May, according to Amazon
Amazon's editors picked these 10 books as the best for the month.
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'The Presidents' Club': 10 stories about relationships between American presidents
From Truman to Obama, 10 stories of friendships and feuds between US presidents.
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2011 fiction quiz: Can you recognize the opening line?
Can you match the opening lines to the titles of the best novels of 2011?
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10 top favorite teen books of 2011
Teenagers vote on their favorite books: here's the top 10.
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14 banned books that may surprise you
The following books may seem quite harmless to most, but they still made it onto a banned books list.
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Latin America Monitor
Mariela Castro's US visit: a win for free speech
The US visit of Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has upset many in both countries due to visa issues and comments on gay rights. But it's deserving of some kudos, writes a blogger.
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Reader recommendation: Prairy Erth
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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10 best books of May, according to Amazon
Amazon's editors picked these 10 books as the best for the month.
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Chapter & Verse
'50 Shades of Grey' won't be coming to some libraries
'We do not collect erotica,' says one staff member at a library where the books will not be stocked.
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The public library as community center: books, latte, yoga
The public library branches out with new ways to bring bodies to the stacks. Nationwide librarians are developing a community center model where visitors can do everything from drink their latte and do yoga, to speed dating and tax preparation – all while getting closer to books.
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Reader recommendation: The Reading Promise
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Chapter & Verse
World Book Night: coming your way, but no room for Amazon
On World Book Night thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe will hand out books, hoping to pass along their own love of reading.
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Chapter & Verse
Vatican, Bodleian Libraries will publish millions of ancient texts online
Works that will be available for perusal will include Gutenberg's Bible, believed to be the first text ever printed.
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'The Presidents' Club': 10 stories about relationships between American presidents
From Truman to Obama, 10 stories of friendships and feuds between US presidents.
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Vox News
Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter? What if it were true? (+video)
In the new movie, 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,' Honest Abe learns that vampires are behind slavery. He gets himself elected president and fights the Civil War to end the fang-toothed scourge.
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Chapter & Verse
Nancy Pearl, the librarian of 'Book Lust,' signs a deal with Amazon
'Why is Nancy Pearl partnering with a predatory company like Amazon?' ask some in the book world.
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Rahm Emanuel and public sector union play hardball over Chicago library hours
Across the US, financially strapped local governments are cutting back on library hours. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has reduced the libraries' week to five days amid a stand-off with a public union.
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Chapter & Verse
Walter Dean Myers chosen as new YA literature ambassador
The prolific author says he hopes to convey to students that reading is a necessity, not an option.
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2011 fiction quiz: Can you recognize the opening line?
Can you match the opening lines to the titles of the best novels of 2011?
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Alexander Graham Bell recordings discovered after 130 years
Alexander Graham Bell went on to invent the telephone, but before he did that he experimented with recording devices. The old disks were considered unplayable until new technology gave scientists the chance to listen to the recordings for the first time in 130 years.
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Chapter & Verse
Why Penguin is worried about the role of Amazon's Kindle in libraries
Penguin Group – citing security problems – has put a hold on the distribution of new e-books to libraries.
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10 top favorite teen books of 2011
Teenagers vote on their favorite books: here's the top 10.
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Chapter & Verse
Taylor Swift donates thousands of books to Pennsylvania library
Reps for the singer told the library she wants to help libraries going through tough times.
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Editor's Blog
What an e-reader can't give you
From the Kindle to the iPad, e-readers are revolutionizing reading. They are handy, instantaneous, and spreading like wildfire. What they will never give you is the pleasure of wandering through the aisles of a bookstore.
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Where have all the people gone?
It's possible to get gas, buy groceries, and make a bank deposit without ever talking to a human being. What are we giving up in the name of automated efficiency? In this polarized political environment, Americans need to interact with each other now more than ever. Chitchat matters.
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Global News Blog
Venezuela finds socialist pride in the arepa
Venezuela has long been proud of its arepas, a snack sold from street kiosks across the country. Now President Hugo Chávez has turned them into a rallying symbol of socialism.
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Decoder Wire
Jobs bill shows why Obama needs friends in Congress
Obama on Thursday exhorted Congress, again, to pass his jobs bill. From start to finish, the president depends on friends in Congress even to introduce legislation, let alone pass it.
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Change Agent
Patrons rally behind resilient public libraries
Even as libraries are facing steep cuts, Americans are using them more than ever – in more ways than ever.
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14 banned books that may surprise you
The following books may seem quite harmless to most, but they still made it onto a banned books list.
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Horizons
Amazon calls press conference for next week. Kindle tablet on the way?
Kindle tablet rumors lurch into high gear as Amazon send out invitations.
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