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- We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is Heartbreaking https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/19/used-books-stores-donation-fran-lebowitz/ 34 comments
- Law Makes It Harder To Get Books In The Hands Of Kids Living In America's Third Most Illiterate State - Above the Law https://abovethelaw.com/2022/08/law-makes-it-harder-to-get-books-in-the-hands-of-kids-living-in-americas-third-most-illiterate-state/ 43 comments politics
- Republicans Want to Throw the Book at Colorado Teachers Getting Ready to Strike https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/04/colorado-teachers-strike-republican-lawmakers-send-them-jail/ 83 comments politics
- If my job mandates I read leadership books, should I be getting paid/compensated for that time? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/74ha6f/if_my_job_mandates_i_read_leadership_books_should/ 2 comments personalfinance
- Ivanka Trump's new book: I'm a working mom who can't always get a massage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/01/ivanka-trump-book-women-who-work-us-election?cmp=share_androidapp_reddit_is_fun 26 comments politics
- Do you know of any good books or articles about how to get a game noticed? https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/5jln6l/do_you_know_of_any_good_books_or_articles_about/ 6 comments gamedev
- Benitez: "How many titles has Allardyce won? That tells you all. Allardyce is what happens when you get a book in England, his opinion has little value.” http://www.football365.com/news/benitez-how-many-titles-has-allardyce-won 482 comments soccer
- Books and other resources to help with the FIRE mindset (as opposed to the nuts and bolts of getting there) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603848.The_Freedom_Manifesto?ac=1 12 comments financialindependence
- Getting lost in a good book can be good for your health. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2193496/Getting-lost-good-book-help-healthy.html 13 comments books
- A book about letters (alphabet) written in letters (epistles.) Does it get any more wonderfully, literarily nerdy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Minnow_Pea 4 comments books
- Cure your reddit addiction by using weeklyreddit; then get back to reading books. http://weeklyreddit.appspot.com/ 4 comments books
- Wife installs spy-cam to catch husband with lover; gets booked https://m.mid-day.com/articles/wife-installs-spy-cam-to-catch-husband-with-lover-gets-booked/21795150 20 comments india
- The Wire: Every Trick in the Book Employed to Get Beneficiaries to Attend Modi's Jaipur Rally https://thewire.in/politics/modi-jaipur-rally-beneficiaries 4 comments india
- Kapow! James Comey is getting his own comic book. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/26/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-james-comey-is-actually-getting-his-own-comic-book/ 9 comments politics
- Why American Publishing Needs Indie Presses - As books from major publishers get bigger and more expensive, smaller houses are taking risks on more creative, original works. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/why-american-publishing-needs-indie-presses/491618/?utm_content=bufferabb54&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 4 comments books
- Brandon Sanderson Explains Why Superhero Books Are So Hard To Get Right http://io9.com/brandon-sanderson-explains-why-superhero-books-are-so-h-1676777267 12 comments books
- What do you do with your books when you change houses? For a nomadic generation, the question of how to look after–or get rid of–a personal library is a recurring anxiety. http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/feb/18/moving-books-change-houses-personal-library 151 comments books
- Banned Books Week: Getting Past Masturbation References and Cursing in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian http://manuredujour.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/banned-books-week-getting-past-the-cursing-and-masturbation-in-the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indian/ 4 comments books
- Fauci says Trump's attention span is a "minus number", only cares about getting re-elected: Woodward book https://www.newsweek.com/fauci-says-trumps-attention-span-minus-number-only-cares-about-getting-re-elected-woodward-1530746 293 comments politics
- Judge: John Bolton Endangered the U.S. and ‘Potentially’ Committed Crimes, But He Gets to Publish His Book https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-john-bolton-endangered-the-u-s-and-potentially-committed-crimes-but-he-gets-to-publish-his-book/ 41 comments politics
- Soon, Online Booking for Train Tickets to Get Costlier Due to Service Charge https://www.news18.com/news/india/soon-online-booking-for-train-tickets-to-get-costlier-due-to-service-charge-report-2264051.html 12 comments india
- Manchester United are now ready to accept an offer in the region of €12m in order to get Darmian off their books in the next transfer window. [Gazzetta dello Sport] http://www.insidefutbol.com/2019/04/30/claim-from-italy-manchester-united-settle-on-matteo-darmian-asking-price/418366/ 5 comments soccer
- Here is my business plan: write a great book, get a lot of word of mouth and popularity, then remove all the content and print blank pages in the new version but people will still buy it at higher price. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/7nk0pm/here_is_my_business_plan_write_a_great_book_get_a/ 8 comments btc
- Are there any books (or films) written by a former Nazi explaining why they did the things they did, or more intriguingly, how the rest of their lives were? I want to get an insight into the minds of someone like that. (X-post from r/books) https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/743jsk/are_there_any_books_or_films_written_by_a_former/ 11 comments germany
- Your favourite books in Ruby, JS, Design... which could help to get a grip. https://pragprog.com/book/ltp2/learn-to-program 6 comments ruby
- Not a programmer? Want to learn Cocoa & Objective C? Here's a free book to get you started. http://www.cocoalab.com/?q=becomeanxcoder 15 comments apple
- Undiscussed during Banned Books week: "What about actual books that dare not even get ordered by sanctimonious bookstores or libraries?" http://feralhouse.com/undiscussed-in-banned-books-week/ 6 comments books
- Prison Censorship Should Be a Bigger Discussion in Banned Book Week | As a nation, people aren’t ready to confront their own bias against those incarcerated (even for non-violent offenses), and advocates get labeled “radicals” or “hippies.” https://www.themarysue.com/prisons-banned-book-week/ 48 comments books
- I’m Edward Slingerland, and I just wrote a book about how getting DRUNK has shaped civilization. I’m here to talk about the evolutionary roots of humanity’s appetite for intoxication. AMA! https://www.edwardslingerland.com/ 56 comments books
- Baltimore has this awesome place to go and get thousands of free books every weekend; do any other places like this exist around the country/world? http://www.bookthing.org/ 12 comments books
- When my sister was younger she came home from school one day and demanded I take her to the library so she could get books on sign language. http://lovegivesmehope.com/view/love/721 12 comments reddit.com
- Skype is getting Cortana and crazy bot messaging. You'll soon be able to use Skype to books trips, shop, and plan your schedule, just by chatting with Cortana. http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11332424/skype-cortana-bot-interactions-messaging 2 comments technology
- Hey Reddit: Sean Hannity's new book, "Conservative Victory" has over 30 falsehoods, smears and distortions. Let's Amazon-Review-Bomb his book with negative reviews so that this piece of trash doesn't get any more money off of Lies! http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=utf8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2F0062003054%3Fie%3Dutf8%26ref_%3Dsr%5F1%5F1%5Fcm%5Fcr%5Facr%5Ftxt%26showviewpoints%3D1%26qid%3D1271624933%26sr%3D8-1&tag=chambook-20&linkcode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 23 comments politics
- Rightwingers attacked school librarian who defended books. She’s suing them for defamation. Conservatives said the worst they could about librarian Amanda Jones when she defended her library's books. She's not letting them get away with it. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/rightwingers-attacked-school-librarian-defended-books-shes-suing-defamation/ 808 comments politics
- [NY Post] Sasha Banks future projects: I’ve been definitely booked and busy and you can definitely see me in a lot of shows, not Star Wars because I can’t say anything. You know Disney can get me. But yeah, you can definitely see me in things in the future. https://nypost.com/2021/10/15/sasha-banks-talks-wwe-smackdown-becky-lynch-bayley-acting/ 23 comments squaredcircle
- [C++][short] copying this "class" definition from my book and its implementation, i really like the way it does what it does and the usage of new, but cannot run it on VS. get told to use strcpy_s instead and cannot figure out how to implement it... https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/cvhktv/cshort_copying_this_class_definition_from_my_book/ 6 comments learnprogramming
- [Duffy] Belichick was just asked if he’ll write a book when he retires. “Yeah, I don’t know..:I’m just trying to get ready for the Rams and that’s a full-time job.” Pauses. “Would you buy one?” https://twitter.com/kevinrduffy/status/1090716323322216456 782 comments nfl
- The Bankers' New Clothes (book): "Banks are as fragile as they are not because they must be, but because they want to be-and they get away with it. Whereas this situation benefits bankers, it distorts the economy and exposes the public to unnecessary risks." http://bankersnewclothes.com/ 9 comments economy
- [Auto] Garage offered $250 for otherwise good condition car with dying engine. Quoted wholesale book value of $3500 less the cost of a replacement engine. Is this a fair price? Would I get more by selling it to scrapyard? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6tohl7/auto_garage_offered_250_for_otherwise_good/ 15 comments personalfinance
- My father, born into terrible poverty, has written a book reflecting some of the darkest and twisted things from his childhood. His publisher has challenged him to get 10,000 followers. Take a look and follow him if you like his stuff, or just if like helping out a fellow redditor http://onejohnmitchell.com/ 27 comments books