CITY BOYS' BASKETBALL OPEN DIVISION First round, Friday Fairfax 79, Narbonne 59 Washington 58, Taft 51 Birmingham 66, Gardena 60 Westchester 81, El Camino Real 48 Consolation semifinals, Tuesday, 7 p.m. #8 Narbonne at #4 Taft #7 El Camino Real at #6 Gardena Championship semifinals, Feb. 16, 5:30... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We've still got a few hours before Black Friday begins in earnest, but the deals are already here. Really, Black Friday deals have been here for the entire month of November. As has been the case for a few years in a row, most retailers including Amazon, Target, Best Buy... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-23 21:00:15 UTC ]
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Nearly 30 years after Amazon started as an online bookseller, products like the Kindle and services like Audible have kept quite an emphasis on reading. Now, in the lead-up to Black Friday (which Amazon also really focuses on), the company is running a massive sale on... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-23 17:00:16 UTC ]
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Ereaders like the Kindle Paperwhite make great gifts — especially when they're on sale. The Paperwhite adds a few perks over the standard Kindle, including a warm backlight, a waterproof build and a larger screen. As part of Amazon's Black Friday sale, it's now $20 off... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-23 15:00:04 UTC ]
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The suit, filed on behalf of six parents of minor children and two students who are over the age of 18 in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough school district, seeks the return of 56 books said to be improperly banned from school shelves. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon started its Black Friday deals early this year, and many Amazon devices are on sale right now. We sifted through the sale and selected standout deals on Amazon Kindles, Fire TV sticks, Echo speakers, and Eero routers. There's also a bundle that combines an Amazon... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-17 15:30:25 UTC ]
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With each passing year, the phrase "Black Friday" becomes more of a misnomer. What was once a day of post-Thanksgiving special offers has become a month of sales promotions from retailers across the web. It's happening again in 2023: Target and Best Buy are already... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-03 16:30:54 UTC ]
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After a long run of record financial results, sales at Simon & Schuster fell 13%, and operating income dropped 35.5%, in the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. Nonetheless, CEO Jonathan Karp is excited about prospects for both the holiday season and life after Paramount Global. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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For a limited time, Amazon is offering an Audible deal on its audiobook subscription with a price of up to 60% off the normal subscription cost. You can cancel at any time during the discounted period and not be committed to a longer subscription. With the discounted Audible... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2023-11-02 15:59:38 UTC ]
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Stephanie Land's second memoir, 'Class,' a sequel to her blockbuster debut, 'Maid,' follows her journey to get an education — and holds readers at a distance. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-31 10:00:21 UTC ]
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Adapting a property like Goosebumps, R.L. Stine’s beloved series of children’s horror novels, for the big (or small) screen in 2023 is a tricky proposition. Each of the sixty-two books in the original run, apart from a handful of sequels, stands alone, so an anthology format, like the one... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-27 08:37:33 UTC ]
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Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2023-10-25 19:50:33 UTC ]
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The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorshipPublisher Penguin Random House has launched a new writing award in the US celebrating freedom of expression in response to a rise in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-24 12:34:56 UTC ]
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There is no better time than Friday the 13th to announce that Abrams and IDW are set to debut new books and comics, respectively, tied to Mattel's Monster High franchise. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Mountains & Plains Indie Booksellers Association's annual FallCon kicked off quietly Wednesday afternoon, but quickly picked up steam Thursday as more than 200 booksellers gathered in Denver to network with each other and to meet authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Friday the 13th of October, no less! Start your Halloween early, if you haven't already, with new outings from James J. Butcher and Benedict Jacka, the adult fiction debut of YA phenom Cassandra Clare, and others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The literary world knows Iowa City as home to America’s first creative writing program and a UNESCO City of Literature, but it’s also a landmark city for cinephiles. In the early 1960s, Refocus debuted in Iowa City as one of the largest cinematography and still photography festivals in the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-29 08:25:20 UTC ]
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Lower trade book sales and costs associated with the creation of its new School Reading Events business resulted in an operating loss in the quarter at Scholastic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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"Amid a growing climate of censorship, school book bans continue to spread through coordinated campaigns by a vocal minority of groups and individual actors and, increasingly, as a result of pressure from state legislation," the report finds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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After Apple's iPhone event and just before Microsoft shows off new Surface devices, Amazon is set to reveal its latest arsenal of hardware. As it typically does every September, Amazon is hosting an event to unveil the goods, only this time it's doing so not in Seattle,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-09-20 14:00:09 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The City’ is a short story about revenge best served cold. Written by the American author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), the story was included in his 1952 collection The Illustrated Man. The story is about a city which has waited twenty thousand years... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-09-17 14:00:52 UTC ]
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