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Love and time travel: Historical fiction novelist Christine Trent will meet fans during booksigning
marieg@herald-mail.comChristine Trent is a bit of a travel guide — but not in the traditional sense. She might take you to far-off places and breathtaking locales. You’ll meet interesting and influential people and get a glimpse of their lives and careers....Tags: Books and Magazines, Trips and Vacations, Services and Shopping, Travel, Arts and Culture
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Used bookstore chain moving into former Borders building in Hagerstown
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA used bookstore is moving into the former Borders Books & Music building on Garland Groh Boulevard in Hagerstown. Laura Collins, a spokeswoman for 2nd & Charles, said the used bookstore chain is planning to open in Hagerstown by the end of April....Tags: Books and Magazines, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Services and Shopping, Bankruptcy
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Love with a twist of art: Historical novelist will sign books in Boonsboro bookstore
marieg@herald-mail.comYou can’t always judge a book by its author. But if that book is written by Alyson Richman, there’s a good chance the storyline will be woven around art. She has told the tale of a young Japanese man who studied with the Impressionists in...Tags: Books and Magazines, Services and Shopping, Music, World War II (1939-1945), The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Spence Perry: Amazon's gain has been our loss
Some think the end of the bookstore began in Washington County more than 20 years ago when Hatcher’s bookstore burned on West Washington Street. It was a spectacular fire. I learned about it on the road from a picture in the New York Times. It...Tags: Books and Magazines, Interreligious Dialogue, Services and Shopping, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Religion and Belief
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Romance Writers of America names Turn the Page's Janeen Solberg as Bookseller of the Year
marieg@herald-mail.comThere are those who believe bookstores — the ones that offer reading material in the paper and ink variety — will one day go the way of vinyl records. Bookstores will become dinosaurs. Hardcovers and paperbacks will vanish from the...Tags: Books and Magazines, Genres, Services and Shopping, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Washington County Public Schools to look at total electronic adoption
julieg@herald-mail.comThe number of iPads being used in Washington County Public Schools could significantly increase in the next school year, according to Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox. A request for the Washington County Board of Education to approve the purchase of...Tags: Books and Magazines, Services and Shopping, Electronics, Teaching and Learning, Schools
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Four Tri-State-area authors publish new books
chrisc@herald-mail.comA novel about the struggle of good and evil. A memoir recalling self healing after living as a victim of abuse. A children’s story about leaving a treat for Santa on Christmas Eve. And a story collection that includes a lesson on how not to get your...Tags: High School Sports, Books and Magazines, Services and Shopping, Lawyers, Holidays
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From four Iranians, four views of the coming election
TEHRAN -- Elections are scheduled in Iran for June 14, the first presidential balloting since the disputed 2009 vote. Iran’s Guardian Council, an oversight body, is expected to release the list of vetted candidates this week. The Times sought out...
Tags: Books and Magazines, Elections, Services and Shopping, Colleges and Universities, Abusive Behavior
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Neuqua Valley High wins a Grammy, and more
News briefs from Aurora and Naperville. Music program cited Neuqua Valley High School was awarded a Grammy statue and $10,000 last week for being named this year's National Grammy Signature School. The top honor is awarded to one school in the...
Tags: Books and Magazines, Services and Shopping, Teaching and Learning, Music, Common
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Irvine's Whale of a Tale bookstore to move, scale back
A Whale of a Tale Bookshoppe in Orange County will close it doors at the end of May. Owner Alexandra Uhl promises that the children's bookstore will reopen elsewhere in Irvine in the coming months -- but in a smaller location, with fewer hours. In an...
Tags: Books and Magazines, Media Industry, Services and Shopping, Google+, Jamie Lee Curtis
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Amazon to buy book-focused social network Goodreads
Amazon.com Inc., which got its start as an online bookseller, went on to create the Kindle e-reader and has gotten into book publishing, is now pushing into the social side of reading. The world's largest online retailer said Thursday that it had agreed...Tags: Books and Magazines, Sociology, Zappos.com, Services and Shopping, Otis Chandler
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Ex-manager of MSU bookstore admits stealing almost $1.2 million
news@schurz.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A former manager of the Missouri State University Bookstore admits he embezzled more than $1.1 million from the university over a period of more than eight years. Mark Brixey pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to wire fraud, money...Tags: Missouri State University, Services and Shopping, Lawyers, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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