Ancient Jewish Book Discovered in NY 80 Years After It Was Looted
An ancient Jewish text has been discovered and returned 80 years after it was looted from a Hungarian seminary during the occupation of the Nazis in 1944.
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Peter James's bestselling Roy Grace books in order
Read on for all of Peter James's Roy Grace books in order. When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But, as the service progresses, Taylor notices ...
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Bauman flag redesign shows City Hall floating into Milwaukee like a cruise ship
Bob Bauman, who voted against that motion ... He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn ...
The Boston Globe20d
Rare Colonial New England coin up for auction, expected to fetch $1 million
Mary Yacovone, the society’s curator of rare books and visual materials, said the threepence is the rarest American coin to be rediscovered in recent memory. “It’s one of only three examples ...
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Torontonians can get rare books for as low as $2 at Toronto’s free-entry book sale this weekend
The Treasures Book Sale at Beeton Hall is happening this weekend from Sept. 19 to Sept. 21 with thousands of rare, collectible, vintage, and first edition books starting from $2. There will also ...
The New York Times20d
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Our recommended books this week include two substantial new ... Krasznahorkai’s work offers, to a degree rare in contemporary life, one of the central pleasures of fiction: an encounter with ...
Los Angeles Times20d
Rare September rain due in Southern California, with some areas under flood watch
An unseasonable shift in weather is bringing the chance of showers and thunderstorms across Southern California, prompting some concerns about flooding as temperatures also drop well below average ...
Daily Record20d
Rare first edition Robert Burns poetry book sells for more than £60,000 at auction
A rare first edition of Robert Burns' poetry has fetched over £60,000 at an auction, exceeding expectations. Lyon & Turnbull announced on Thursday that the coveted Poems Chiefly In The Scottish ...
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How Saskatchewan is producing rare earth minerals on a global scale
According to the provincial government, Saskatchewan is now the first jurisdiction in North America to produce rare earth metals at a commercial scale. The province said this a major step in ...
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Toronto Reference Library is having a rare book sale with items as low as $2
The sale also promises those who show up a vast array to look through, with the total number of books reaching into the thousands. The rare book sale says all proceeds from the event will go ...
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Rare partial lunar eclipse of harvest supermoon delights UK stargazers
A partial lunar eclipse of a supermoon was visible across the UK and other parts of the world in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A supermoon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to ...