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In Savannah tonight to give keynote for the 2014

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The Latest From MitchAlbom.com: Mitch Albom to Visit the Philippines

National Book Store is hosting Mitch in the Philippines on February 22 and February 23. 

February 22, 2014
2:00 p.m.
National Book Store
Glorietta Activity Center
Makati City
February 23, 2014
2:00 p.m.
National Book Store
Ayala Center Cebu
Cebu City

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From the Detroit Free Press: Why the Beatles are still simply the best

Why the Beatles are still simply the best

This past week marked the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." There were TV specials and nostalgic articles. And if I were in my teens today, I might ask, "What's the big deal?"

It's a fair question. To you, young person, this must seem like your parents (more likely your grandparents) waxing on about something that is totally outdated, like rotary phones or customer service.

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Will be in the Philippines in 2 weeks. It's my first visit and I'm really looking forward to it! Let me know in the comments if you're planning to come and say hi.

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Hey past and future readers of The First Phone Call from Heaven: if you purchased or will purchase a new hardcover copy of the book from Amazon, you can now get the Kindle ebook version for $2.99 (for a limited time). Click here to see if your past purchase qualifies: https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/ep-landing-page?ie=UTF8&ref_=k_mtchbk_eb_f. For those who would like to toggle between the print version and ebook, it’s a pretty good deal.

From the Detroit Free Press: BOOMTOWN!

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. The first snap of Super Bowl XLVIII sailed over Peyton Manning's head and landed in his end zone. He trotted to the sideline already trailing by two points - having never touched the ball!

The idea, to beat Denver, was to keep Manning off the field.

It wasn't supposed to be Denver's idea.

Instead, the best offense in football was chased into the small type of this Super Bowl story by its own mistakes and the vaunted Seattle Seahawks defense, which was so overwhelming, it shut down traffic better than Chris Christie.

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At #SB48, the view of celebration from press box. Too bad for Peyton Manning, a good guy. But Seat. defense incredible! Game was over on first play.

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NEWARK - At #SB48, here's how halftime show looks form press box. It's way better than the game so far!