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Gideon Sunback zipper Google doodle: 10 great books about zippers From picture books to history tomes, here are 10 books about zippers – an invention we couldn't get along without.
Farther AwayThe notably unsentimental Jonathan Franzen offers a clear-eyed defense of sentiment in this essay collection.
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Shakespeare: 10 quotes on his birthday April 23, 2012, marks Shakespeare's 448th birthday, Here are just a handful of the memorable aphorisms sprinkled throughout the Bard's work.
Marilynne Robinson: Why are we so afraid?'Do we never expect to have a bad time?' Robinson asked an audience at Calvin College's Festival on Faith & Writing. 'Every generation or so, something goes haywire. It's human history.'
Jonathan Safran Foer: "I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion"Jonathan Safran Foer spoke on God, prayer, writing, and film adaptations at Calvin College's Festival on Faith & Writing.
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American CityFrom Brooklyn to Philly to Houston: Is the American city of today becoming more like Paris?
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World Book Night: coming your way, but no room for AmazonOn World Book Night thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe will hand out books, hoping to pass along their own love of reading.
Festival of Faith and Writing: the conference that brought John Updike, Salman Rushdie to western MichiganThis year's Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College included Jonathan Safran Foer, Marilynne Robinson, Chimimanda Ngoze Adichie, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Leila Aboulela.
Vladimir Nabokov: 10 quotes on his birthday 10 quotes on author Vladimir Nabokov's 113th birthday.
Jade de Jong: South Africa's answer to 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency'South African author Jassy Mackenzie has created private investigator Jade de Jong – the grittier, South African version of Botswana's Precious Ramotswe.
Children's book promoting veganism gets mixed reception from expertsAuthor Ruby Roth's new book 'Vegan Is Love' discusses how food gets from the farm to the kitchen table.
CowFlorian Werner's book is a bright biography of the animal that's given us so much.
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E-readers are most popular in ... Kentucky?The college town of Lexington, Ky. is the US city in which e-readers are the most popular, according to a new study by The Atlantic.
Fenway Park: 5 new books about the beloved ballpark 5 new books to check out about the fabled stadium
Apple will fight the DOJApple wants the anti-trust case filed against it by the DOJ to be decided 'on the merits.'
A Magnificent ObsessionIn the union of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert he played the leading role – and she was only too glad to have him do so.
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