Southern California has a new independent bookstore
The Black Cat Bookstore & Cafe in Monrovia opened its doors to a stream of readers, curious book people and pleasantly ...
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Hunt For Rare Literary Wonders And Vintage Treasures At This Giant Thrift Store In Minnesota
A labyrinth of aisles filled with everything from vintage clothing to rare books awaits your exploration. Every visit feels ...
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This Charming Used Book Store In Maine Has Been A Local Institution For Over 40 Years
In Portland, Maine, one such place has been doing just that for over 40 years. Carlson & Turner Antiquarian Books and ...
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Rare book collectors say the monetary value has skyrocketed in recent decades. Few 19th century books command these prices.
The Rauner at Dartmouth is not the only library where the first edition of the Book of Mormon is a popular book. At the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress in ...
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Two young eagle-eyed brothers spot rare one-in-two-million blue lobster ‘Bandit’ in grocery store fish tank
While she waited for the aquarium to reply, she told store employees they might want to hold off on peddling the rare crustacean, which gets its hue due to a genetic defect. “Once we contacted ...
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McNeese Library to host ‘Rare Book Petting Zoo’
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - McNeese State University’s Frazar Memorial Library will be hosting a Rare Book Petting Zoo where students, faculty, staff, and the general public can get an up-close look at ...
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Aquarium rescues blue lobster from grocery store tank
Via Aquarium officials collected Bandit from the store and said he is currently in quarantine and will join the rest of the facility's lobsters in October. Advertisement Rare lobster colors are ...
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Explore Abraham Lincoln’s Life and Legacy Through Rare Copies of Historic Books and Documents
Using books, documents and ephemera, the show follows Lincoln’s rise from a one-room log cabin in Kentucky to the White House. A catalog published by Marquand Books also accompanies the ...
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Rare Diagnoses Change People’s Perception of Medical Risk
Those conditions, I reasoned, were rare. How people think about rare events—especially unwelcome ones such as traumatic medical episodes or distressing diagnoses—seems to vary considerably ...
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Rare and Elusive Australian Bird, Once Thought Extinct for 100 Years, Discovered by Indigenous Rangers and Scientists
Using sound recordings, the team identified the largest known population of the night parrot, a secretive species known as the “Holy Grail of birdwatching” Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent ...
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Museum of the Bible unveils newly dated ‘oldest Jewish book’
Then, following the 9/11 attacks and the US invasion of Afghanistan, the book’s tracks disappeared until 2012, when a rare book dealer photographed it in London. The dealer, Lenny Wolfe ...
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Rare 25p coin sells for 6,800 times its face value
An ultra-rare 25p coin has sold for 6,800 times its face value. The collector’s item – handed out in change to a local man – is the same shape as an ordinary 20p piece. There are thought to ...