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"One City, One Book": What's Laredo, Texas Reading?

Pro 8 News | Posted 12.08.2011

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Two titles have been selected for the third installment of Laredo's "One City, One Book". This year's campaign will feature the very first fictiona...

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Book For The World To Read? Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' Launches One Book One Twitter

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 01.02.2012

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Last year Edinburgh residents tackled Arthur Conan Doyle's dinosaur adventure The Lost World, last month Dubliners were taking a collective look at Th...

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What If Everyone On Twitter Read The Same Book?

Jeff Howe | Posted 12.12.2011

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What if everyone in the world read the same book? We have the ideal technology at our fingertips--Twitter. All we need now is the book.

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Seattle Can Do It, So Can Chicago: Why Can't Boston Pick A Book To Read?

Boston Globe | Sam Allis | Posted 12.08.2011

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Chicago has one. So do Malibu and San Diego, Denver and Poughkeepsie, Seattle and Philadelphia. Somerville does too. What they share, along with hu...

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