Despite a mother's objections ruling that books like Harry Potter substantiate witchcraft, the book was allowed to be kept in Gwinnett County school libraries. Laura Mallory still wants the books to be removed and is planning to appeal to the federal...
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A group of Canadian physicists in Simon Fraser University have created the world's smallest book, measuring only 0.07mm x 0.10mm.The book also has its own International Standard Book Number.
But reading it would be a tough task and may cause a lot of...
Rizzoli has thought of giving a hardcore ode to some sixteen great stylists. Yes, stylists that can make anyone look a lot different. Designers, editors, celebrities name anyone, stylists are needed everywhere. These people have that sixth sense of...
Tired of wasting your money on beauty products that do nothing good for you? Are you a cosmetics freak? If your answer for both of the questions is yes then this book called 'The Beauty Buyble' is just made for you.
And the book doesn't come...
Japan will honor the artists in the comic book field abroad for the first time this summer. The "Nobel Prize of Manga" is another step towards Japan's pop culture tactics. The International Manga Award will be given to a foreign artist, whose work...
Britain's Royal Mail has decided to issue a series of seven stamps, each of which will depict the cover of one of the books of the Harry Potter series. The stamps will be issued on July 17, 2007 just few days before the seventh book goes for sale. The...
Google, one of the world's leading Internet search engine has decided to digitize some 800,000 books and manuscripts lying at the Mysore University in Karnataka. The list for digitization also includes India's first political treaty- the "Arthasastra"...
Lloyd Alexander, a well known figure in the world of children's literature has died due to cancer. He was 83. Alexander died at his home. He has authored some forty books, most of which are fantasy novels. The Chronicles of Prydain has been his most...
The winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books is finally out. Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness won £10,000 award. There were six nominations for the prize. Each of the runner up received £1,000 at the Society's headquarters....
The star of Knight Rider and Baywatch, David Hasselhoff, one of pop culture's successes, is telling some, if not all, about his life in his autobiography. The Hoff portrayed in this book is a Hollywood hero. And it is indeed an amusing book.
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Writer / Director Cecil Castellucci’s first young adult novel, ‘Boy Proof’ came out spring 2005, in the same year, she was named as a Flying Start by Publisher’s Weekly.
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