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Capturing Lara, batsman who launched a thousand strokes (IANS Book Review)
Samachaar
The West Indies dominated world cricket for an era and Brian Lara was one of its greatest legends whose rise and brilliant career have been captured by Clifford Narinesingh in the book "Lara: The Untamed Spirit". | Lara's batting epitomised the West Indian approach to cricket which ensured...
Obese filipina girl take some walking exercise at the park of manila bay, Thursday,January, 22, 2009
(photo: WN / James D.)
Novel helps overweight girls lose weight, gain self-esteem
USA Today
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   Reading Lake Rescue by Annie Bryant was helpful to overweight girls, who identified with the heroine.  KID-FRIENDLY DIET RECIPESBreakfasts: | Snacks: | | | | Side: Lunch and dinner: | | More recipes: | By N...
Lara loves her books
Deccan Chronicle
Lara loves her books | It is a little known fact that Lara Dutta is an avid reader. But the busy actress barely gets the time to read as much as she’d like to. That doesn’t stop her from splurging on books every month though. The actress makes it...
Italy book Fed Cup semifinal berth against Czech Republic
Gulf News
More from Tennis | ...
Toyota resale values lowered by Kelley Blue Book
Yahoo Daily News
| IRVINE, Calif. – The Blue Book value of used Toyotas has been reduced again as the Japanese carmaker's troubles persist. | Kelley Blue Book said Monday it was lowering the resale value of recalled Toyotas for the second time in less than a we...
Hungarian researcher checks a sample as part of the country's swine flu, H1N1 virus research in the lab of the Chief Medical Officer (ANTSZ) in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, May 27, 2009.
AP / Bela Szandelszky
Novel discovery may lead to new swine flu treatments
Zeenews
Melbourne: A young doctor at a Melbourne Hospital has made a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for those most at swine flu risk. | While attending to a 22-year-old pre...
"A picture of Bob Dylan and band in the end of the show in Copenhagen, Denmark april the 2. 2007"
Creative Commons / Jrgen Hans Maltesen
Bob Dylan's song turned into children's book
Newstrack India
| London, Feb 5 (ANI): Veteran singer Bob Dylan's famous track 'Man Gave Names To All The Animals' has been converted into a children's book.  | The 68-year-old star approved ...
Panasonic Corp. said Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, it will slash 15,000 jobs and shut down 27 plants worldwide
AP / Katsumi Kasahara
Panasonic books 3Q profit on better overseas sales
The State
| TOKYO -- Panasonic reported a second straight quarterly profit in October-December, buoyed by restructuring and a slight improvement in sales overseas. | Osaka-based Panasonic Co...
Toyota resale values lowered by Kelley Blue Book
Newsday
| February 8, 2010   | (AP) — The Blue Book value of used Toyotas has been reduced again as the Japanese carmaker's troubles persist. | Kelley Blue Book said Monday it was lowering the resale value of recalled Toyotas for the second time in le...
Toyota resale values lowered by Kelley Blue Book
The Miami Herald
| IRVINE, Calif. -- The Blue Book value of used Toyotas has been reduced again as the Japanese carmaker's troubles persist. | Kelley Blue Book said Monday it was lowering the resale value of recalled Toyotas for the second time in less than a week. T...
Education
President-elect Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008.
(photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
NAVARRETTE: Obama flunking on education reform
The Press Democrat
| Give Obama credit for what he got right. Somewhere along the line, perhaps during his stint as a community organizer, he figured out the three great truths about our mediocre public schools: They're plagued by low expectations; they exist for the benefit of the adults who work there, not the students; and many teachers will resist, with every fib...
Children's Books
Children  - Young Boys  -  Computer Games
(photo: WN / Trigedia)
Publishers of kids books blame it on games, mobiles
DNA India
| New Delhi: With hi-tech computer games, mobiles and TV programmes keeping children hooked to them, publishers are complaining that a lesser number of youngsters are into the reading habit nowadays. | Participants at the 19th World Book Fair say bestsellers like the Harry Potter series and Narnia Chronicles bring back kids to reading only for a br...
Authors
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
(photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
January 21: First book published in America, President Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders
The Examiner
| Maine Fast Fact: In the 1600’s, fishermen from Europe stopped on Damariscove Island, Maine, south of Boothbay Harbor, to salt their fish. | Births:1738: Ethan Allen, American farmer, land speculator, philosopher, politician, soldier and frontiersman during the Revolutionary War1824: Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, American Confedera...



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