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11 Sep

The Fall 2003 University Press Book Sense 76 Top Ten

Here are independent booksellers' picks for the top ten university press titles for the fall. Pads are included in the September White Box mailing, and a downloadable PDF file of the University Press Top Ten is available by clicking here.

For past Book Sense 76 lists, go to http://www.bookweb.org/read/1474.

Many thanks to all the independent booksellers who shared their enthusiastic nominations for this top ten list.

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11 Sep

Boston Rally Protesting Patriot Act Features Local Bookseller

On Tuesday, September 9, an estimated 1,200 to 2,000 people gathered outside Boston's Faneuil Hall to voice their concerns about the USA Patriot Act. The gathering was in response to Attorney General John Ashcroft's stop in Boston during his nationwide tour to drum up support for the controversial act, which allows delayed notification of the execution of search warrants and authorizes no-knock searches of private residences, either physically or electronically.

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11 Sep

BTW News Briefs

GLBA Announces Winners of "Get Caught Reading" Contest

On September 5, the Great Lakes Booksellers Association announced that Betsy Pangle, who shops at Schuler Books & Music in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the winner of its first "Get Caught Reading" Photo Contest. Laurie Rivard, a customer of Butterfly Books in DePere, Wisconsin, was named the runner-up.

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11 Sep

Gail Sheehy Writes of Wounds Still Open at 2nd Anniversary of September 11 Attacks

Gail Sheehy
Photo: Gasper Tringale

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