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Visiting Beijing in midwinter can be very rewarding
26 Jan 2026 09:47 GMT
… earlier years, heavy coal was used for heating, and within the … . Today, coal is no longer used nor other combustible fuels. Most … for various artistic, cultural and book stores. It also boasts several delightful …
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Woodland Pattern arts center moving to Bay View--home to 4 book stores
13 Jan 2026 14:39 GMT
Updated Jan. 13, 2026, 7:20 a.m. CT
With Woodland Pattern cultural center opening this fall in Bay View, it will join a Milwaukee neighborhood featuring five locations that sell books.
Here's a closer look at each operation.
Woodland Pattern
Woodland …
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Busy used book sale helps fund community causes
17 Jan 2026 23:09 GMT
… Club of Sarnia-Bluewaterland’s used book sale, Saturday at DeGroot … at least 300 people made used-book donations over the … Rotary Club of Sarnia-Bluewaterland used book sale at DeGroot’s … up selling are given to used book stores, local little libraries, and …
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How to savor winter in Colorado: book stores, hot springs, moonlight hikes and more
07 Jan 2026 13:37 GMT
Who says you have to hibernate during a Colorado winter?
Well, I do. But not every day. Sure, for some fair-weathered folks (like me) who prefer the other three seasons, when we can golf or garden or go for long, warm-day walks, it’s a great time to get …
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Calgary adds dark fiction to its plethora of niche book stores
05 Dec 2025 18:48 GMT
… Voelpel, Staff Writer
Although romance book stores have been slowly popping up … be the last. Single-genre book stores have been quietly gaining popularity … bigger stores and even resell used books in the future.
“There …
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A Telford author has used the backdrop of Blists Hill Victorian Town in the Ironbridge Gorge for his tenth children's book.
15 Dec 2025 14:00 GMT
"Oh, Oh No... the Boat," is the fifth book in the Barley's Biscuit series written by Roy Bradshaw from Madeley, all of which have Shropshire settings, and has been launched this month.
As with the others, it is an action-based problem-solving …
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Magrudy's book stores celebrate their 50-year success story
01 Nov 2025 19:03 GMT
A bookstore chain that began as a single shop on a dusty Dubai road in the 1970s marked its 50th anniversary this week.
Magrudy’s, now a familiar name to many readers, parents, students and teachers in the UAE, opened its first store in 1975.
Its golden …
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One of the country's most unique book stores, Renaissance Books, is inside the Milwaukee airport
30 Oct 2025 03:10 GMT
… airport, with 95% of them used and some more than 100 … expansion is impressive for a used bookstore that has weathered economic … country's most unique book stores is inside the Milwaukee airport …
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Federal judge rules Texas law mandating book stores rate titles for sexual content unconstitutional
23 Oct 2025 06:19 GMT
Lawyers for book sellers argued that the "READER" Act would have imposed impossible obligations on booksellers and limited access to literature.
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge has permanently blocked the State of Texas from enforcing a law that …
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A 'bittersweet' ending for one of Ottawa's last used book stores
17 Oct 2025 09:36 GMT
Dianne Savoy has been selling used books for decades, but it all started at a new book store in Montreal.
One day a man walked in looking to sell books he didn't want to ship home to England.
"We put out a table full of science fiction second-hand …