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Book sale to support library summer programs
Crossroads Today - Texas
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EDNA, Texas – The Friends of the Jackson County Memorial Library will host a book sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at 204 Asbeck Lane in Edna. All books and audiobooks will be $1. Proceeds from the sale will support the Jackson County...
Maidenhead United's Early Bird Gold Memberships on sale from Saturday
Slough Express
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June 6, 2025
Maidenhead United’s Early Bird Gold Memberships are set to go on sale from 8am tomorrow (Saturday). The Magpies were demoted to the National League South last season, despite an excellent run in which saw them collect 14 of a possible 18 points on...
Local author publishes book about Christmas Customs in Germany
Uvalde Leader News - Texas
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June 6, 2025
Albert ‘Bert’ Thayer stands with the statue of Saint Boniface in Mainz, Germany. Sabinal resident Albert Thayer has written “Christmas for a Fish Out of Water,” a 24-page illustrated book designed to help U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany,...
Film director Valeriu Jereghi releases a book.
IPN
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June 6, 2025
0 The book “Cinematographic Stories” by Valeriu Jereghi will be launched on Monday, June 9th, at the reading room of the National Library of the Republic of Moldova. The work includes 25 stories inspired by reality, as reported by IPN. According...
The Inquirer published its first edition 196 years ago on this week in Philly history
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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When the Pennsylvania Inquirer was born, there were no electric lights or typewriters. There were no telephones or telegraph instruments or trucks. Yet on June 1, 1829, the first edition of the newspaper rolled off the flatbed press at No. 5 Bank...
Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews
The Guardian
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June 6, 2025
A new tool to quickly identify books that are poisonous to humans has been developed by the University of St Andrews. Historically, publishers used arsenic mixed with copper to achieve a vivid emerald green colour for book covers. While the risk...
Taylor Jenkins Reid on Her New Book ‘Atmosphere’
Town and Country Magazine
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June 5, 2025
The Taylor Jenkins Reid publishing universe is leaving the atmosphere. Over the past decade, Reid has become a one-woman publishing sensation, as her series of sprawling and semi-interconnected historical novels have sold millions of copies and...
Howgate Publishing Celebrates a Decade of Impactful, Practical, and Contemporary Military Books
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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June 6, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Publisher Howgate Publishing celebrates its milestone of 10 years of publishing boutique, selective, contemporary military books Article content Portsmouth, United Kingdom–(Newsfile Corp. – June 6, 2025) – This...
At 88 years old, Mill Valley author publishes 14th book — her memoir
Marin Independent Journal - California
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June 5, 2025
Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen was inducted into the Marin Women's Hall of Fame this year. (Photo by Darryl Kelly of D. Kelly Images) Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen's newest book is "Ever Widening Circles and Mystical Moments." (Photo by Darryl Kelly of D. Kelly...
Centre releases e-book on Modi Government’s achievements over 11 years
The Hindu
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June 6, 2025
“India’s assertion on the global stage has also undergone a remarkable evolution. The success of Operation Sindoor demonstrated a new India — resolute, swift, and sovereign in action...,” said the book. | Photo Credit: PTI The Union Government has...
Hope Civitan Garage Sale Set for Saturday
Hope Prescott - Arkansas
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June 6, 2025
The Hope Civitan Club’s annual garage sale is slated for this Saturday, June 7th starting at 7 a.m. at The Hub in downtown Hope. Proceeds of the garage sale benefit the club’s annual scholarship for a high school senior and other club projects....
Former Gettysburg Times publisher charged in mail theft investigation
Hanover Evening Sun - Pennsylvania
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The former publisher of the Gettysburg Times entered a plea agreement on federal charges of mail theft, court records filed on Thursday showed. Harry Hartman, 54, of Garnet Valley in Delaware County, the Times' former publisher, was charged on...
Issa Rae's Book I Should Be Smarter Now Shares Hard-Won Hollywood Wisdom (Exclusive)
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE can exclusively announce that Issa Rae is releasing a second book of essays, I Should be Smarter Now The upcoming book, published by Amazon Publishing, will include six essays on a range of topics I Should be Smarter Now will...
Princess Diana Was Betrayed by "Monster of Harrods" Mohamed Al-Fayed's Security Guards, Per Shocking New Book
Marie Claire U.S.
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June 6, 2025
Mohamed Al-Fayed, the father of Princess Diana's boyfriend Dodi Fayed, was a major figure in the news at the time of Diana and Dodi's tragic 1997 death. But the late Harrods owner—who died in 2023—has been back in the spotlight after a bombshell...
Yale’s $2.5 Billion Private Equity Sale Tests Its Vaunted Endowment Model
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- Yale University’s $41 billion endowment, led for decades by the late investing giant David Swensen, has been the envy – and the blueprint — for many US universities eager to secure their financial future. Most Read from Bloomberg...
And Just Like That ... We Have Books that Match the Vibe of the Sex and the City Sequel Series (Exclusive)
People - New York
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If you can't get enough of the Sex and the City sequel And Just Like That... — the outfits! The friend group dynamics! The messy relationships! — We've got a selection of books to tide you over from one episode to the next. The PEOPLE App is now...
Interfaith group’s 1950s MLK book remains a teaching tool
South Florida Times
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June 5, 2025
"ONE OF OUR BEST SELLERS": Used over the decades in the Arab Spring uprisings, in South Africa anti-apartheid activism, and in Latin American communities for social justice activities and Bible study. PHOTO COURTESY OF RNS At cross-cultural...
Islam Scholar Publishes First Book
The News-Gazette - Virginia
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Kameliya Atanasova, assistant professor of religion and history at Washington and Lee University, published her first book, “Sufism and Power in the Ottoman Empire: The Writings of Ismail Hakki Bursevi (1653–1725),” by the Edinburgh University...
Charlotte Library collecting books for annual sale
The Citizen - Vermont
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Friends of Charlotte Library’s annual book sale is July 13 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., but the library is collecting books between now and then. Here are collection dates and times. • Monday, June 23, 4-7 p.m. • Tuesday, June 24, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. •...
Slain UK journalist's book on saving the Amazon published
RTL Today
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Three years after UK journalist Dom Phillips was murdered, his widow and colleagues have published the book he was working on to expose illegal destruction of the Amazon and seek solutions to save the rainforest. "I think of him every day," his...