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May 14, 2012
Bitfest @ Tiffany’s
from AP via Crain’s New York Business
Breakfast at Tiffany’s to enter the digital era
An e-book version of Truman Capote’s novella will be released this week for the first time. Other Capote classics will also debut in digital form, including In Cold Blood.
(AP) - Welcome, Holly Golightly, to the digital revolution.
Vintage Books announced Monday that Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman [...]
Breakfast at Tiffany’s to enter the digital era
An e-book version of Truman Capote’s novella will be released this week for the first time. Other Capote classics will also debut in digital form, including In Cold Blood.
(AP) - Welcome, Holly Golightly, to the digital revolution.
Vintage Books announced Monday that Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman [...]
Published on May 14, 2012 12:53
May 13, 2012
O Leica 2.8
from Reuters via Yahoo! News
Leica camera auctioned in Austria for record $2.8 million
VIENNA (Reuters) - A rare 1923 Leica went for 2.16 million euros ($2.8 million) at an auction in Vienna at the weekend, making it the most expensive camera ever sold, the auctioneer said.
An anonymous buyer won the bidding battle for the German camera, [...]
Leica camera auctioned in Austria for record $2.8 million
VIENNA (Reuters) - A rare 1923 Leica went for 2.16 million euros ($2.8 million) at an auction in Vienna at the weekend, making it the most expensive camera ever sold, the auctioneer said.
An anonymous buyer won the bidding battle for the German camera, [...]
Published on May 13, 2012 14:16
May 11, 2012
Carroll Shelby Gone
from AP via AZCentral.com
Legendary racer Carroll Shelby dies at 89
by Nomaan Merchant - May. 11, 2012 04:27 PMAP
Decades after a heart condition forced him to retire from racing, Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars. Well into his 80s, the legendary car designer spent hours testing his last Mustang Shelby GT500, which sets a new record [...]
Legendary racer Carroll Shelby dies at 89
by Nomaan Merchant - May. 11, 2012 04:27 PMAP
Decades after a heart condition forced him to retire from racing, Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars. Well into his 80s, the legendary car designer spent hours testing his last Mustang Shelby GT500, which sets a new record [...]
Published on May 11, 2012 14:31
May 9, 2012
Vidal Sassoon Gone
from The Washington Post
Vidal Sassoon dies; hairstyling trendsetter popularized wash-and-go
By Adam Bernstein, Published: May 9
Vidal Sassoon, the British-born hair-care magnate who built a global enterprise of salons and hair products and helped liberate women from time-consuming beauty parlor coiffures by popularizing a wash-and-go approach to hairstyling, died May 9 at his home in Los Angeles. He was [...]
Vidal Sassoon dies; hairstyling trendsetter popularized wash-and-go
By Adam Bernstein, Published: May 9
Vidal Sassoon, the British-born hair-care magnate who built a global enterprise of salons and hair products and helped liberate women from time-consuming beauty parlor coiffures by popularizing a wash-and-go approach to hairstyling, died May 9 at his home in Los Angeles. He was [...]
Published on May 09, 2012 11:24
May 4, 2012
MCA Gone
from The New York Times
`CH-CHECK IT OUT’
One Goat, on Account
To the Editor:
I had the great pleasure of reading your unsolicited critique of the “Ch-Check It Out” music video [”Licensed to Stand Still” by Stephanie Zacharek, May 16]. It took some time to get to me, as it had to be curried (sp?) on goatback through [...]
`CH-CHECK IT OUT’
One Goat, on Account
To the Editor:
I had the great pleasure of reading your unsolicited critique of the “Ch-Check It Out” music video [”Licensed to Stand Still” by Stephanie Zacharek, May 16]. It took some time to get to me, as it had to be curried (sp?) on goatback through [...]
Published on May 04, 2012 22:14
May 3, 2012
Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio
from MediaBistro’s GalleyCat
Self-Published Author Lands Book Deal After 125 Years
By Jason Boog on May 3, 2012 3:23 PM
125 years after it was first self-published, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio by naturalist and artist Genevieve Jones will be published by Princeton Architectural Press.
Inspired by viewing John James Audubon‘s The Birds of America collection, the 29-year-old author wrote [...]
Self-Published Author Lands Book Deal After 125 Years
By Jason Boog on May 3, 2012 3:23 PM
125 years after it was first self-published, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio by naturalist and artist Genevieve Jones will be published by Princeton Architectural Press.
Inspired by viewing John James Audubon‘s The Birds of America collection, the 29-year-old author wrote [...]
Published on May 03, 2012 23:37
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