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In a digital age, the bookshop is still a land of discovery

Source: The Scotsman, Nov 9 2012, 9:56pm CST

THERE are books everywhere – piled on shelves to the ceiling - arranged on top of the filing cabinets – there’s even a glass-topped desk supported on a towering pile of worn-out paperbacks. Inside the offices of Canongate ...

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Amazon Local: Free Voucher to Purchase Select Kindle Kids’ Books for $2 Each

Source: Swag Grabber   |   May 21 2013, 7:59am CDT

AmazonLocal is offering a . Make sure to grab this one now if you have a Kindle! This voucher will be automatically applied to your Amazon.com account; please do not place your Kindle ebook order until you have ...

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Loch Shin and Ben Assynt turbine plans get go-ahead

Source: The Scotsman  |   May 21 2013, 7:48am CDT

The turbines have been approved by Highland Council. Picture: TSPL TWO controversial windfarms which critics claim would “blemish” part of the nation’s most important wild countryside have been given the green light by Highland coun ...

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"As Fellini said: ‘Basically I am an optimist because the great myth of the person who tells another person a story won’t disappear that quickly. There will always be someone who feels the need to tell a friend one of his ideas or one of his dreams’."


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Iain Banks updates fans in new blog

Source: The Scotsman  |   May 21 2013, 7:31am CDT

AUTHOR Iain Banks has revealed his latest medical news, as well as his progress through the thousands of messages of support he has received and his purchase of a high-powered sports car, in his latest blog post. In the latest post on his ...

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Free Voucher To Get Kids Kindle Books For Only $2

Source: Saving the Family Money   |   May 21 2013, 7:03am CDT

This voucher will be automatically applied to your Amazon.com account; please do not place your Kindle ebook order until you have received an e-mail from Amazon Local confirming that your voucher has been applied. The credit may not apply to or ...

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Ryder Cup ticket tout warning issued

Source: The Scotsman  |   May 21 2013, 6:50am CDT

RYDER Cup organisers are warning that ticket touts may already be targeting next year’s major golfing clash between Europe and America in Gleneagles by selling “illicit” corporate deals which will not allow gol ...

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Parents warned not to give children alcohol

Source: The Scotsman  |   May 21 2013, 6:50am CDT

POLICE in Scotland are warning parents not to buy alcohol for their underage children after an increase in drunken incidents involving young girls. Girls as young as 12 have been found “slumped and unresponsive” in streets and parks by ...

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Andy Murray Cromlix House plans hit heritage snag

Source: The Scotsman  |   May 21 2013, 6:45am CDT

ANDY Murray’s new hotel has hit a snag after conservation groups raised concerns about his refurbishment plans. The tennis ace bought Cromlix House in Kinbuck, five miles from his home town of Dunblane, Stirlingshire, in February for £1.9 million. The wo ...

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Gary Mackay talks of appearance in The Thirty Nine Steps

Source: The Scotsman  |   May 21 2013, 6:40am CDT

EASTER Road, or to be precise, an old church hall off Easter Road, is where Gary Mackay made his stage debut. The actor, who attended Leith Walk Primary and Drummond High, was eight at the time. “My mum and dad were ...

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NPR Top Stories: Book News: Stephen King's New Bogeyman? Digital Publishing

Source: Cascade Public Library   |   May 21 2013, 6:40am CDT

Stephen King holds a special pink Kindle given to him at a 2009 unveiling event for the Amazon Kindle 2. Stephen King holds a special pink Kindle given to him at a 2009 unveiling event for the Amazon Kindle 2. The daily lowdown on books ...

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