This course would decimate his book and supply budget, if, of course, the check arrived in time for the beginning of the semester, which in his experience wasn't a given. Facing the dismal prospect of paying a small fortune for a textbook and falling behind in the course, the writing was on the wall.
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Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) The number of books published in 2017 saw growth compared with a year ago, while books on major social issues have driven up sales of books in the humanities, literature and novel categories, according to a report on Taiwan's 2017 publication trends released Tuesday by
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While self-publishing unit Createspace is onto its second round of layoffs that saw elimination of almost 200 jobs from the South Carolina-based Amazon subsidiary, in Las Vegas, Amazon-owned footwear seller Zappos has asked around 30 people to leave the company. Also Quidsi, the subsidiary
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… civic organizations, labor unions, dissident movements, student groups, book publishers, newspapers, other media, etc”, said Blum. U.S. Libertarian congressman Ron Paul argued several times against funding the NED by the U.S. government, saying the NED “has very little to do with democracy.”.
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DETROIT (AP) — A southeastern Michigan nonprofit group working to build understanding among teens from varying backgrounds through creative writing is launching its first Summer Writing Camps. One Earth Writing says it's teaming up with the Wayne State University-sponsored C2 Pipeline program
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — A Malaysian newspaper has sparked strong criticism from the public after it published a biased checklist on certain traits of the LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) community. The Sinar Harian daily newspaper recently published an article suggesting that
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Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer is writing a book about his life and relationship with the president. According to a proposal shopped to multiple publishers and obtained by The Daily Beast, Michael Cohen's book will likely be titled Trump Revolution: From The Tower to The White House,
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