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 Actor Kirk Douglas points to the dimple on his chin on a portrait as he arrives at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival´s fundraiser honoring the actor with the inaugural Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film, Sunday, July 30, 2006 in
(photo: AP/Michael A. Mariant)
Actor Kirk Douglas working on e-book
Herald Tribune
| NEW YORK - At age 95, Kirk Douglas is not too old to give e-books a shot. | The legendary actor has an e-memoir coming out in June. | Titled "I Am Spartacus! Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist," the book tells about the Roman epic that came out in 1960 and helped break Hollywood's ban against s...
Three best-selling daily devotional books for Mom
(photo: US DoD / DOD)
Three best-selling daily devotional books for Mom
The Examiner
| Are you still searching for the perfect gift for Mom? Consider giving her a book of daily devotions. A new devotional book can provide a fresh perspective and enliven personal Bible study. Reading a short story based on a scripture verse can lead to a deeper understanding of the text. At times the...
National Book Festival announces lineup of authors
Fresno Bee
| WASHINGTON -- Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year. | T...
New book offers revealing look at Revelation
Kansas City Star
| The remarkable thing about the End of Times is how timeless it is. Harold Camping, the subject of mockery last year with his ever-shifting predictions about the Apocalypse, was only the latest in a long line of hectoring prophets. Every age, every ...
National Book Festival announces lineup of authors
The Miami Herald
| WASHINGTON -- Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year. | T...
A brown butterfly below the wildflower - insect - nature
WN / Aruna Mirasdar
First book on butterflies in city to be launched today
Indian Express
| The first-ever book dedicated to city's little winged creatures — Butterflies of Mumbai — will be launched at Maharashtra Nature Park here on Tuesday. | The book, written over si...
A small child of five year age - India
WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Indian Parents Protest 'B Is For Bomb' Books
National Public Radio
| LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Angry parents are demanding to know why their kids are being taught about bombs and knives at nursery schools in a northern Indian state. | They complain ...
Singapore Airlines Plane spotted thru airport window
WN / Geeta
Jet Airways thwarted Tata plan to float private airline in 1997: Book
The Times Of India
Tweet NEW DELHI: India's civil aviation history would have taken a different trajectory had the Tata group and Singapore Airlines been allowed to float a private airline 15 years a...
National Book Festival announces lineup of authors
Austin American Statesman
| WASHINGTON — Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year...
‘Virgin Suicides’ author Cornwell part of lineup for 2012 National Book Festival in September
The Washington Post
| WASHINGTON — Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote “The Virgin Suicides,” mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall lat...
Education
Two small girls going to school in the village near Pune - Maharashtra - India
(photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Schools will have to ensure RTE from June
DNA India
| All schools in the state, excluding minority-run institutions, will have to implement the norms of the Right to Education (RTE) from June next. For that, these schools will have to accommodate 25% of students from the socially and economically backward classes. | Making this announcement on Wednesday, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said the gov...



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