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‘29 Gifts’ is a gift of inspiration for reader
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Last Updated: 4:05 PM 03/04/10 - If you like reading a book for content, then you will really like this book, “29 Gifts” by Cami Walker.
Cami was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis one month after getting married. (Full Story)
Libraries up in down economy
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Last Updated: 4:12 PM 02/26/10 - Every semester for the past three or four years, more and more students come by my office and ask me for the ISBN — the publication number — for the following term’s books. (Full Story)
Books librarians like can lead to beloved authors
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Last Updated: 1:57 PM 02/18/10 - In the middle of January while children are settling back into classroom routines after the Christmas holidays, many of America’s librarians gather in major a U.S. city for their midwinter convention. (Full Story)
Dourado’s ‘60 Second Leader’ is a quick read
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - Phil Dourado lets you know everything you need to know about leadership in one-minute bites through “The 60 Second Leader.”
You can finish this book in an evening of reading. (Full Story)
UGA's Dooley set for stop in Albany on book tour
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - Georgia coaching legend Vince Dooley will be in Albany at the mall on Tuesday between 4-7 p.m. to talk to fans and sign copies of his new book. (Full Story)
Set aside a couple of days for ‘The Lost Symbol’
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - Many of us enjoy reading a good book for escapism.
We look for a book with a good plot, a “who done it” that we can’t figure out until the last minute, a book with a secret where the good guys are people like us or our friends (or at least what we would like to be seen as). (Full Story)
Dooley: ‘Albany is the heart of the Bulldog spirit’
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - Georgia coaching legend Vince Dooley, who will be in Albany today between 4-7 p.m. for a book signing, is eager to share what he feels are the 34 greatest moments in Bulldogs football history with Southwest Georgians. (Full Story)
Officials kick-off Big Read festivities
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - Month-long event starts with music and distribution of books at Albany Municipal Auditorium.
Ethan Fowler, education writer (Full Story)
Drawing on a dream
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - An Albany native is putting her family’s stories into picture books for children. (Full Story)
Preserving Albany’s history
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Last Updated: 8:52 AM 02/15/10 - A Putney man’s new book recounts the final 20 years of Albany’s Turner Air Force Base. (Full Story)
‘Christmas List’ is cozy read with attractive cover
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - I have a confession to make. I’m not proud of what I’m about to tell you, and it’s taken me a long time to admit it even to myself, but… I judge books by their covers. (Full Story)
Read books before giving them as gifts
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - They say it is the thought that counts.
Some people are really good gift-givers, have a knack for knowing just the right thing to give someone. (Full Story)
A variety of books highlight November holidays
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - In Jackson’s picture book, a grandmotherly woman arrives at the door bearing a pie, which she promptly eats, “a Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she’ll die.” (Full Story)
Fans turn out in droves Tuesday for Dooley book signing at Albany Mall
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley meets and greets football fans from all corners of Southwest Georgia on Tuesday during his book signing at the Albany Mall. (Full Story)
Author Janisse Ray to speak at Moultrie library
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Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/12/10 - MOULTRIE — South Georgia author Janisse Ray will return to the region next week for a lecture and book signing at Moultrie-Colquitt County Library Auditorium.
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