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In 1905, The Times tried but failed to challenge the agreement by setting up a low-cost book borrowing club. [2] In 1905, following The Education Act, The Publishers Association introduced the practice of deeming school books 'non-net' allowing schools discounts that were not available on other books. There were also agreements in place to ...
2021–2024 book banning in the United States; Location: Parts of the United States, including Florida, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina and Texas: Cause: Democratic backsliding, national conservatism, perceived obscenity, right-wing populism
For example, in the NYPD system, Code 10-13 means "Officer needs help," whereas in the APCO system "Officer needs help" is Code 10-33. The New Zealand reality television show Ten 7 Aotearoa (formerly Police Ten 7 ) takes its name from the New Zealand Police ten-code 10-7, which means "Unit has arrived at job".
Much of the controversy generated by The Da Vinci Code was due to the fact that the book was marketed as being historically accurate; the novel opens with a "fact" page that states that "The Priory of Sion—a French secret society founded in 1099—is a real organization", whereas the Priory of Sion is a hoax created in 1956 by Pierre Plantard ...
Borders (UK) Ltd., also known as Borders & Books etc., was established as a Borders Group subsidiary in 1998, and in 2007 became independent of the US parent company. At its peak after separation from the US parent, it traded from its 41 Borders and 28 BOOKS etc. shops with over one million square feet of retail space, taking around 8% of the retail bookselling market.
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Boden (Swedish: [ˈbǔːdɛn], outdatedly [ˈbûːdɛn]) [2] is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 16,847 inhabitants in 2018. [1] It is part of the larger area around coastal city Luleå some 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast. [ 3 ]
The business was receiving 140 tonnes per week (about 300,000 books) at their depot, purchased from charities at £75 per tonne. [3] In 2009, World of Books won the Worthing Business Award for New Business of the Year. [9] In December 2012, World of Books was ranked in 22nd place in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100. [10]