The first paperback printed in the U.S. was an edition of The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck printed by Pocket Books in 1938.

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Launching the 40th edition of its Good Beer Guide, Camra revealed that Wales now boasts 52 breweries, helping to push the UK total to 1, 009, the highest number for 70 years.

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All revenue from the paper's final edition will go to "good causes, " he said earlier.

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Despite the sweltering heat waves, our spirits are high at Engadget, and for good reason: it's time for our summer edition of the smartphone buyer's guide.

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It is also a novel that readers are extremely passionate about: it has never been out of print since it was first published, and on a recent edition of BBC Radio 4's A Good Read was described as "one of the most important books ever written".

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"We believe that this sale offers good value for a best-of-British designed, engineered and manufactured limited edition product, " they said.

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Even so, it's good to know that we'll soon have no trouble borrowing Penguin's edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge without having to hop on the subway first.

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Dr. Marisa Weiss, the president and founder of the advocacy group Breastcancer.org, and the author of the forthcoming new edition of "Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer, " said the new study is good news for two groups of women -- those who have lymphedema and those at risk of developing it.

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