THE LIBRARY SHELF: Going retro: Checking out 1950s bestsellers

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THE LIBRARY SHELF: Going retro: Checking out 1950s bestsellers

The past several weeks, I have been binge-watching a 1950s show I'd heard of but never seen, not even in reruns. “Make Room for Daddy,” aka “The Danny Thomas Show,” which ran from 1953-1961, recently popped up on my Amazon Prime watchlist for the first time. I don't know what made me click
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Two for one

The two have done some joint touring and faculty work in the past: in 2015 they were adjunct faculty in a creative writing summer semester at the University of British Columbia and they have also completed several joint, one-time university visits. “When Memorial approached us about sharing the
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Ivanka Trump's Publisher Likely Lost At Least $220000 On Her 2017 Book

Ivanka Trump's latest memoir on empowering working women is so far a money loser for its publisher, Portfolio, a division of publishing giant Penguin Random House, Forbes has found. From its May 2017 release through the end of the year, Trump's book Women Who Work sold 31,900 copies,
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Best-selling Reagan author to speak at Eureka dinner

EUREKA — Craig Shirley, author of four bestsellers on Ronald Reagan, will be the keynote speaker at a Feb. 2 dinner at Eureka College in honor of the former president's birthday. Reagan, who graduated from Eureka College in 1932, would have turned 107 on Feb. 6. Shirley is the author of
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Atwood sparks backlash over #MeToo concerns

Atwood detailed how many had criticised her involvement in the case of Steven Galloway, the former chair of the department of creative writing at the University of British Columbia (UBC), accused of “serious allegations” in 2016. She described how “the university went public in national media before
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Patanjali Partners With Flipkart, Amazon And Six Other Ecommerce Firms

Founded in 2006, Patanjali Ayurved is an FMCG company that has products across 50 categories such as pantry staples, groceries, nutrition, skin care and toiletries, with haircare and oral care products being the best sellers. During the fiscal year ending in March 2017, the Haridwar-headquartered
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Malvertising & Mobile Pop-ups: What Publishers Can Do

The rapid rise of intrusive and dangerous mobile pop-ups has left the industry trying to find a solution. Here is the story of where these ads came from, what they are capable of, and how publishers can help. Poor Ad Formats: A Long Story In the early days of the internet, when each click of the mouse
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Top 10 SUV models of Chinese brand by December sales

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- According to data released by the China Passenger Car Association, Haval H6 was the best seller among all SUV models of Chinese brands. In December 2017, Haval H6's sales were 55,126 units, falling 31.52% year on year and slightly up 1.9% month on month. The second
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