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Mother's Day 2013: 10 best books
Mother's Day 2013: 10 best new books for all kinds of moms
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10 best books of January, according to Amazon's editors
Amazon editorial director Sara Nelson shares her thoughts about the Amazon staff picks for the 10 best books of January 2013.
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The top 25 celebrity baby names of all time
Many celebrities are creative people, but seldom does their creativity get more free rein than when they’re naming their own offspring. From Beyonce and Jay-Z's firstborn Blue Ivy to Frank Zappa's daughter's avante-garde moniker Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen, there are plenty of unusual names.
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'One for the Books': 5 stories from Joe Queenan's exploration of his life as a reader
Writer Joe Queenan, a voracious reader, looks back on his life as a bibliophile in his new book 'One for the Books.' Here are five of his stories.
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Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools
Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
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Going the extra mile
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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Europeans eye U.S. models to ease school segregation
A diverse area in Amsterdam weighs assigning students based in part on race, class, and parents' education level.
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How Clinton and Obama boosted feminism, civil rights
The primary contest helped both of the historical causes, though some tensions erupted.
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Cricket's new wicket: American high schools
The first league, which has its championships next week, is fully subscribed by teens from the far reaches of the former British Empire.
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The writer as a child
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Verbal Energy: Ampersands at risk, & a boxing snowman
Hipsters may seen the plus sign as a cool way to say 'and,' but we're not buying it.
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Antigang group turns New York thugs into college students
Council for Unity youth leaders counsel elementary, junior, and senior high school students on how to resolve conflicts without violence.
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Rabbi Harold Schulweis rallies help for the oppressed abroad
He has inspired thousands to take action against inhumanity in the 3-1/2 years since founding Jewish World Watch.
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'Cloning' comes to trees in new preservation push
To keep natural history alive, a New York program tries grafting ancient giants.
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In the Bronx, a class with conservation at its core
At the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, the zoo is more than a field trip – and fieldwork covers topics from temperate forests to river turbidity.
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Folk etymology comes to the suburbs
People mishear words in ways that make sense to them.
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How to untangle the politics of Super Tuesday primaries
Clinton, Obama, McCain and Romney compete for 42 percent of all delegates.
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In this mystery, a pig plays a leading role
Joseph Caldwell’s whodunit is light on chills and thrills, but heavy on Irish charm
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In this mystery, a pig plays a leading role
Joseph Caldwell's whodunit is light on chills and thrills, but heavy on Irish charm.
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Green roofs start to sprout on urban homes
Low-maintenance sedum cuts energy costs as well as greenhouse gases. Roofs are costly, though.
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