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Books for everyone on your Christmas list, whether they're addicted to Tumblr or Twitter. - 9 hours, 38 minutes
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I read while traveling, waiting for meetings, in the evening, and especially on vacation. As you can see, I’m still pretty much an old-school print guy, because I like to jot notes in the margins, but I assume I’ll move over to ebooks when annotation features get better. - 1 day, 5 hours
Between this and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norsk people are set for the future. - 1 day, 6 hours
The year’s best books, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. - 1 day, 6 hours
There were mighty tomes from Donna Tartt and Eleanor Catton, pastiches for lovers of Bond and Wodehouse, and a final novel from Iain Banks. We look back at the year's big hitters - 1 day, 8 hours
Find your next great read with our guide to 2013's best books. - 1 day, 8 hours
Monday: Slate staffers pick their favorite books of 2013. Tuesday: The overlooked books of 2013. Wednesday: The best lines of 2013, and the best poetry of 2013. Thursday: Dan Kois’ 15 favorite books. Friday: The Slate Book Review Top 10. At least once a decade, the conversation about poetry gets... - 1 day, 9 hours
My generation is umbilically linked to their mobiles and laptops - so why are we so resistant to ebooks? - 1 day, 11 hours
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Eight passages of raunchy prose are in contention for Literary Review's bad sex awards. Which do you think deserves to go all the way? - 1 day, 19 hours
All across the planet, particularly in more computerized nations, bookstores are disappearing in droves, falling to the … - 1 day, 20 hours
Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids [Rob Elliott] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kids can't get enough of laughter--so they can't get enough of Rob Elliot's hilarious joke books! Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids is an all-new collection of knock-knock jokes that will have kids and kids-at-heart rolling in the aisles. Jokes like
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Ben.
Ben who?
Ben away for a while but I'm back now
This new book from Rob Elliott is poised to reach and even surpass the more than 165 - 1 day, 22 hours
A new book, 'The Library: A World History' by author James Campbell and photographer Will Pryce offers a photographic tribute to the world’s greatest libraries. - 1 day, 23 hours
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