Go to Amazon yourself and look up Simon's books -- what a treasure trove.
Meanwhile shares of peers such as Borders Group fell 6.7%, Books-A-Million 2.4% and Amazon.com 2.5%.
Orphan books - of which there are thought to be five million - are titles where the authors cannot be found.
One early exhibit is filled with children's books -- education reform was to be a major first term priority.
The government isn't just having trouble balancing its books--staying in power is also starting to look like an issue.
But picking them instead of fourth-quartile losers such as Bombay Co. or Books-A-Million is largely a matter of luck.
Douglas Adams died in 2001, having written five of the enduringly popular Hitchhiker books - still inaccurately dubbed a trilogy.
They pulled pages from eight different books--six in Aramaic and two in Greek--and did their best to erase the original writing.
The book became a best-seller, was published overseas and licensed to Books-On-Tape. (It was rented and sold from 1985 to 2005).
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There are get-rich-quick books, estate-planning books, trend books and the beat-the-market tomes.
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In 2009, Global Action Week will focus on youth and adult literacy and lifelong learning with the slogan "Open Books - Open Doors".
Or when the shares of Books-A-Million, a retailer, rose tenfold within three days on the back of an upgrade to its existing website.
Keep in mind that you're not actually downloading the books -- so your mileage will vary, depending on the quality of your Internet connection.
His total earnings are much higher because his books -- "Dreams from My Father, " and "The Audacity of Hope" -- continue to attract buyers.
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Psychiatrists, therapists, self-help books - everyone recommends good "sleep hygiene", regular exercise, structured social activities and, above all, taking your medication daily and on time.
"We also are happy with the interesting mix of books - five first novels and two novels by former winners, " the former MP added.
Regular makeovers every 15 years or so -- which can extend to rewriting the old books -- have sustained her popularity with generations of young readers.
Part of Darwin's personal library of hundreds of books -- many of them packed with the scientist's notes in the margins -- is already online.
Among his come-ons: giving hires a chance to publish their software development ideas as well-distributed trade books--and paying them a fat bonus for their labors up front.
The story begins with the spread of "mental health parity" laws, which are on the books--with varying amounts of teeth and specificity--of 34 states and the federal government.
Mr McKeever was the author of two books - Give Me Shelter and Give Me Heroes - and was working on a third book Give Me 28 Days.
The spokesman said the city expected the program would continue on under the leadership of the New York City Imagination Library Books-from-Birth Foundation, which took it over last fall.
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PalFest collected more than 1, 500 books -- including copies of an anthology of extracts from works by festival participants -- which were distributed to cultural centers and university libraries.
The maths study examined the availability of resources at home - such as books - with pupils in South Korea, Norway, Sweden and the US being the best equipped.
On the home front, a house-cleaning robot is much desired, as is a searching contraption that would find lost keys and books--sort of like Google, but for the physical world.
After much research, we found a letter dated May 12, 1912 from Henry James to Edith Wharton , thanking her for a package containing two books- one was Chateaubriand .
Nothing that will happen over the next ten years can undo the way the past decade's digitization of entertainment--movies, music and books--has made it difficult or impossible to control its dissemination.
Stutzman and Wheeler said they felt "duped", "cheated" and "betrayed" following the Winfrey TV interviews, which showed the books - billed as as inspirational true-life memoirs - were filled with untruths.
Now the committee is planning to ask for more information from Andersen - who were WorldCom's auditors as well as having done disgraced energy firm Enron's books - and from WorldCom.
Remember, public companies legally have two sets of books--one set for the tax man and a better-looking set for shareholders, and these are based on what they report to the tax man.
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