Bookstores in the News

Letters: Hitting the Books (New York Times)
To the Editor: In "In Summer, Hitting the Books, Not Just the Beach" (Feb. 3), I was exhausted just reading about summer programs where high school students can take college courses or SAT prep courses or perform community service to meet their schools? service requirements or to enhance their college applications. What ever happened to the good old days when summer vacations were for fun?.

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Roundup: Books kids can read while growing up to be president (USA Today)
To mark Presidents Day on Monday, USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer looks at four children's books about presidents and politics, real and imagined.

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Lawyer: Firm let workers take books (The Patriot-News)
A former forklift operator at a Hampden Twp. distribution firm is headed for trial on charges that he made more than $22,000 selling stolen books on eBay.

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BEAVER COUNTYGrowing With Books (The Beaver County Times)
Growing With Books is an early-childhood literacy project in Beaver County aiming to provide two free books each year to children from birth through age 5.

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Donating Books by the Truckload (WestportNow)
Westporter Katje Donovan unloaded the back of her pickup truck Friday afternoon, and delivered to the Westport Public Library a collection of culinary books that were left over from the tag sale of her friend, Pat Powers, a well-known caterer from Weston.

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Blind kids 'lose out over books' (BBC News)
Blind and partially-sighted children face long delays in getting the school books they need, a charity warns.

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Library giving away books (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Friends of the Kenton County Public Library is giving away books, unsorted and in boxes, on February 22 and 23. . Books will be available on Friday, February 22 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 23 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. while supplies last.

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Top author puts pen to 'concept' books deal (Yorkshire Post Today)
YORKSHIRE vicar turned best-selling author GP Taylor has signed a "seven-figure deal" with a major American publisher for a new series of books. (16/02/2008 08:38:02)

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Muslims destroy YMCA, Christian books (WorldNetDaily)
In the latest attack on Christians in Gaza, 16 Palestinians forced their way into the YMCA library, stole everything but Christian books and then burned down the building.

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HANOVER: Books for breakfast (York Daily Record)
Local storyteller Patty Hegberg will combine books and food in a new program, "Books for Breakfast" at 10:30 a.

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