Scholastic makes inroads into Arabic children's book market - Los Angeles Times

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Scholastic makes inroads into Arabic children's book market Los Angeles Times Sensing a business and cultural opportunity, Scholastic carefully translates English-language books like "Heidi" and "The Magic School Bus" to be used at ...

Book review: 'Marks of Cain,' by Tom Knox - Dallas Morning News

Book review: 'Marks of Cain,' by Tom Knox Dallas Morning News His second book plumbs prehistory again, but the Basque region of northwest Spain will not remind you much of Eden. Knox pictures for us a realm of dark and ...

Less than zero: Bret Easton Ellis's sequel misses - Boston Globe

Less than zero: Bret Easton Ellis's sequel misses Boston Globe In outline, Clay, the narrator of the first book, revisits Los Angeles as a jaded, fortyish screenwriter, mirroring his return from New Hampshire for ... "Imperial Bedrooms," a sequel to Bret Easton Ellis's "Less Than Zero"Washington Post all 11 news articles »

Amazon to Introduce Web-Based Book Previews - New York Times (blog)

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Amazon to Introduce Web-Based Book Previews New York Times (blog) It has been a busy week for Amazon's Kindle division: On Monday the company announced that it would start selling new e-books that come ... Price war, iPad reshape young e-book marketMarketWatch Kindle 1.0.0.76480048Washington Post Amazon begins new royalty program for Kindle booksThe Associated Press Xinhua -PC World -Christian Science Monitor all 1,492 news articles »

Arnold Friberg - Salt Lake Tribune

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Arnold Friberg Salt Lake Tribune It is not an exaggeration to say that his 12 illustrations of episodes from the Book of Mormon shaped the mind's eye of countless members of his faith. ... Arnold Friberg, Painter of Historical Scenes, Is Dead at 96New York Times Arnold Friberg: A master at making paint workSalt Lake Tribune Famed LDS/patriotic artist Friberg dead at 96Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune -The Associated Press -BBC News all 288 news articles »

Book review: 'Lyndon B. Johnson' by Charles Peters - Dallas Morning News

Book review: 'Lyndon B. Johnson' by Charles Peters Dallas Morning News In the four decades since Lyndon Johnson left the White House, a generation of Americans has grown up with little sense of this important political figure ... and more »