Promoting books usually involves print advertising and touring authors. There is a move now to attract readers using a different medium. Publishing houses including Harper Collins are trying out book trailers, think movie trailers but for literature....
In Vail Arizona, outside Tucson, a new school with a new idea: no textbooks, instead, every student at Empire High School, all 330 of them, has a loaner laptop for the year. While other students might read in books, Empire students will read on their...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 01 March 2007 watch Jesus Tomb report Academy Award-winning director James Cameron is at the center of a controversy that strikes at the heart of some of Christianity's fundamental beliefs. Cameron has made a document...
By Karem Sa'id Cairo 04 February 2007 The 39th Cairo International Book Fair has wrapped up its two-week run, and organizers say its two million visitors make it the world's largest book fair. Scholars, students and book worms flock to the Internatio...
By George Dwyer New York City, NY 25 January 2007 watch Kite Fighting report Throughout much of Asia, kite fighting has been a popular activity for generations. Now a bestselling novel by an Afghan-American author has stirred new interest in the spor...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City, NY 08 September 2006 watch Sept 11 NYPD Detective September 11th, 2001 was a day that changed the world. For one New York City police detective who moonlights as a still photographer, it was a day that changed his ca...
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Section 47 Books Have you any idea how many different kinds of books there are? No, I don’t. But I’m sure you are going to tell me. Well, I don’t know exactly. But I do know there are a lot. For...
我们已经给大家讲过两个以"书",也就是book这个字为主的习惯用语。今天我们再来给大家介绍两个。我们要讲的第一个就是 to close the books. To close the book...
在这次节目里我们要给大家介绍两个以"书"这个字为主的习惯用语。大家都知道"书"在英文里就是book. 我们每天都会听到或看到许多各地发生的事情,有的...