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Exploratorium Presents New Book 'Forces For Good'

The Exploratorium has been selected as one of America's best nonprofits by a survey of nearly 3,000 nonprofit CEO's and 60 expert interviews conducted for the new book, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, by long-time nonprofit consultants Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant.

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Automotive design: Squaring circle

An article on the new book by Hans-Hermann Braess and Ulrich Seiffert with an interview with Chris Bangle, Director of Design BMW Group.

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Google, Random House 'closer' to book-search deal

Random House, the world's biggest book publisher, is considering joining a ground-breaking book-search project run by Google, once considered an arch-enemy by the paper publishing industry.

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Art Of David Macaulay At Ohio Museum

Beginning October 12, 2007, the Toledo Museum of Art's Canaday Gallery becomes a construction site for a ship, a medieval cathedral, and an entire Roman city. In fact, each of these projects is a book by David Macaulay, Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator of Cathedral, Unbuilding, The Way Things Work, and many others.

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Bishop Museum Releases History Of Coconut Island

Moku o Lo'e: A History of Coconut Island by P. Christiaan Klieger, with contributions from Philip Helfrich and Jo-Ann C. Leong, will be released in November by Bishop Museum Press according to Director Ron Cox. Produced with support from the Edwin W. Pauley Foundation, the book has 288 pages, and is available in both softcover at $24.95, and hardcover at $39.95.

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US bookseller in Simpson book backflip

Barnes and Noble, the world's largest book retailer, has decided to sell OJ Simpson's book If I Did It in its shops, reversing an earlier decision to offer the controversial title only on the web.

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Jorge Vega Wins Platinum Studios' Comic Book Challenge Presented by AT&T

Platinum Studios Inc. and AT&T Inc. announced today the winner of Platinum Studios' 2007 Comic Book Challenge presented by AT&T and distributed on AT&T's three screens, with support from the AT&T Universal Card.

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Illustrated Japanese Books At Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum are jointly organising an exhibition, entitled Illustrated Japanese Books from the 17th to the 20th century to be held in the Van Gogh Museum from 12 October.

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One Sun, One Moon: Aboriginal Art In Australia

A new book published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, celebrates Aboriginal culture, country and community. Aboriginal art is the world’s oldest continuing cultural tradition, celebrating a heritage that is complex, intriguing and continually responsive to historical change and social circumstance. One Sun, One Moon brings together many of the finest Aboriginal artists of our time.

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Dead Lucky: life after death on Mount Everest

If you've ever harboured the secret wish to climb Mt Everest, technology and money have combined to make it possible for almost anyone to get to the top using sherpas, professional guides and oxygen. That's not the hardest part - it's getting down alive that is the real challenge for novices and professionals alike.

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Currency Trading For Dummies

Currency Trading For Dummies® Authored by FOREX.com / GAIN Capital In Response to Widespread Interest from Retail Traders

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Publisher Rizzoli To Release Julius Shulman Book

Prestigious New York publisher Rizzoli International will release the Julius Shulman: Palm Springs book in conjunction with its namesake exhibition at the Palm Springs Art Museum in February 2008.

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