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Stores, banks join book-sharing economy

Chinaisembracinganeraofsharingeconomy.Aftersharedbikes,sharingbooksarethenexttrend.Thebook-sharingprogramatSanxiaokouXinhuaBookstoreinHefei,capitalofEastChina's

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U.S.: To Kill a Mockingbird taken off Mississippi school reading list

ToKillaMockingbird,HarperLee’sclassicnovelaboutracismandtheAmericansouth,hasbeenremovedfromajunior-highreadinglistinaMississippischooldistrictbecausethelanguage

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Star authors en vogue at Frankfurt book fair

MargaretAtwood,DanBrownandNicholasSparksareamongthebignamesdescendingonFrankfurtthisweekastheworld'soldestbookfairglamsupfortheInstagramgeneration,hopingtowowth

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Hillary Clinton's 'What Happened' has sold more than 300,000 copies

Nearlyayearafterherstunningpresidentialelectionlossin2016,HillaryClinton'sbooksharingherperspectiveonthehistoricaleventhassoldmorethan300,000copiesinthecombined

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Trump hits back at Clinton, with a golf ball, on Twitter

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumponSundayretweetedadoctoredvideoofhimselftakingagolfswingandhittingformerDemocraticpresidentialrivalHillaryClinton,whothenstumblesasshebo

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China: Borrow a book and buy it later

Bookstoresareusinganewapproachtogetpeopletoread,andbuytheirbooks.Ninebookstoresrecentlyjoinedabook-sharingprograminHefei,capitalofeastChina'sAnhuiProvince.After

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'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is back in 5th Millennium book

LisbethSalander,theandrogynousheroineandtattooedcomputerhackerfromtheMillenniumseries,issettogripreaders'imaginationsagainasthefifthvolumehitsthebookshelvesonTh

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Lord of the (female) Flies criticised

Planstofilmanall-femaleversionofLordoftheFlieshascomeunderfireonsocialmedia.ManyhavepointedouttheythinktheoriginalWilliamGoldingbookwouldnotworkwithgirls.Thesto

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Amazon China Rankings reveal readers' favorites in mid-2017

AmazonChina,oneofthecountry'sleadingonlinebooksellers,haspublishedseveralrankingswhichshinealightonChinesebookworms'favoritereadsinthefirsthalfof2017.Paperbackv

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Hillary Clinton releases book about 2016 presidential election defeat

HillaryClinton,theformerDemocraticpresidentialnominee,isreleasingabooktitled"WhatHappened"inwhichsheopensuponherstunning2016electiondefeattoherRepublicanrivalDo

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China's Xinhua Bookstore looks to profit from the sharing economy

To propel itself forward in the Internet era, the state-owned Xinhua Bookstore has launched what it calls a "first-of-its-kind" online book sharing platform in one of its branches, offering a free book lending service after previously struggling to convince readers to pay up for its books.

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China's Xinhua Bookstore looks to profit from the sharing economy

TopropelitselfforwardintheInternetera,thestate-ownedXinhuaBookstorehaslaunchedwhatitcallsa"first-of-its-kind"onlinebooksharingplatforminoneofitsbranches,offerin

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Beckham mocked for 'terrible' photographs

BrooklynBeckhamisbeingmockedonsocialmediaforhis"terrible"photographsand"evenworse"captions.TheeldestoftheBeckhamchildrenpublishedhisfirstphotographybook,WhatISe

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Young woman fatally shoots boyfriend in failed YouTube stunt

AMinnesotawomanwaschargedwithmanslaughterafteraccidentallykillingherboyfriendwhenaYouTubestuntwentwrong,accordingtolocalnewspaperStarTribune.MonalisaPerez,19,fi

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China Gaokao 2017: the 'world's toughest' uni entrance exam questions?

As China's college entrance exam, or otherwise known as Gaokao, kicked off on Wednesday, around 9.4 million high school student have just finished Chinese, the first part of the test in the morning.

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China Gaokao 2017: the 'world's toughest' uni entrance exam questions?

AsChina'scollegeentranceexam,orotherwiseknownasGaokao,kickedoffonWednesday,around9.4millionhighschoolstudenthavejustfinishedChinese,thefirstpartofthetestinthemo

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Hollywood raids bookshelves in search of good stories

Hollywood has always adapted the classics but film and television's voracious appetite for new material now has film-makers raiding the bookshelves like never before.