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Simon Tofield's New Book Takes Web Video Hit 'Simon's Cat' Offline, Into Bookstores
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cats, books, environment, pets )

Cher
- 21 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
We're big fans of the online video phenomenon that is Simon's Cat, an animated series that follows a troublesome-but-lovable kitty who bears a striking resemblance to some real-life cats we know. Our colleague Charles Solomon has the details on the
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Big Cats Pose for Purr-Fect Pics
Offbeat  (tags: big cats, studio portaits, wild animas, books, big cat studio )

Simone
- 12 days ago - thesun.co.uk
DEADLY big cats look more like domestic pets in a stunning new book of feline photographs. Carefully pieced together over a year 'Big Cat Studio' lets readers get up close to ocelots, leopards, pumas, lynx, lions and tigers. The cats were
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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Releases First-Ever Atlas of the Patagonian Sea
Offbeat  (tags: wildlife, books, first ever atlas, patagonian sea, interesting )

Simone
- 25 days ago - zandavisitor.com
Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife International have released the first-ever atlas
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Jonathan Safran Foer and Eating and Killing Animals
Offbeat  (tags: animals, eating, killing, books, environment, protection )

Cher
- 26 days ago - animalrights.change.org
I haven't read Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals yet. I don't know when I will, given lack of time, but I have seen a head-spinning number of reviews of and reactions to it lately. I get the impression, from these reviews and reactions, that there
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50 Must-Read Novels From the 20th Century
Offbeat  (tags: Literature, Books, Comunity, Writers )

Sophie
- 30 days ago - onlineaccrediteddegrees.org
Literature, as with all forms of creative expression, is a highly subjective art. This list intends to blend highly recognized and celebrated works with those that may have gone overlooked by those outside the literary community...
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Dogs Abandoned By Humans That Are Now Helping Humans
Offbeat  (tags: environment, animals, dogs, rescued, books, protection )

Cher
- 37 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Available on November 1, 2009 is a new book from animal adoption activist Elise Lufkin, the author of Found Dogs: Tales of Strays Who Landed on Their Feet, and Second Chances.
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Kitten in Wigs Coming to a Cofee Table Near You
Offbeat  (tags: books, kittens, dressed up, wigs, bizarre. odd, pictures )

Simone
- 68 days ago - phillyburbs.com
Julie Jackson with She, along with photographer Jill Johnson, dresses her Siamese cat Boon up in specially designed wigs and snaps fashion shots of the fierce feline. The result is both surreal and hysterical. Jackson creates the wigs herself and
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50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read
Offbeat  (tags: Books, Internet, eBook, Education, Literature )

Jollygirl
- 199 days ago - onlinecollegedegree.org
The following books are excellent examples of great literature that has become banned or challenged in an attempt to shield the public from what some see as inappropriate.
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Instruction Manual for Life   video
Offbeat  (tags: film animation, dogma, free thinking, books, belief system )

Blue
- 322 days ago - youtube.com
Instruction Manual for Life
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100+ (Kosher) Sites Offering Great Literature for Download
Offbeat  (tags: Books, Free Download, Literature, Kosher, eBook )

Jollygirl
- 332 days ago - bachelorsdegreeonline.com
Reading a book is fun, but when you forgot it at home, are bored at work or are just curious to get a sneak peek at whatever you ordered from Amazon, online book sites can be handy too. Check out these 100 free sites to find great literature for download.
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From 'Black Beauty' to 'The Underneath': 132 Years of Great Children's Books About Animals
Offbeat  (tags: animals, books, nature )

Horselove
- 353 days ago - petconnection.com
That's the potential great children's books have: to influence how we see the world as adults. The best children's books about animals also make us think about science and nature, and our place in the natural world.
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100 Awesome Search Engines for Bibliophiles
Offbeat  (tags: Bibliophiles, Books, Internet, Web, Resources )

Jollygirl
- 422 days ago - matchacollege.com
Whether you want to find a great deal on the latest thriller or do some extensive research for a school project, these 100 search engines and web tools can help to point you in the right direction, saving you time that can be better spent reading.
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Eco Fashion Contest!
Offbeat  (tags: environment, Fashion trends, fashion, clothing, books, interesting, off-beat, women )

Gaby
- 495 days ago - whiteapricot.com
Check out this great contest that I found! You can win the new Gorgeously Green book signed by the author and a T Shirt!!
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FAHRENHEIT 451......Film
Offbeat  (tags: Dictatorship, oligarchy, polititians, control, naziism, illegals, invasion, books, doc, film, movie )

Victoria
- 586 days ago - sundancechannel.com
Working for the first time in color and in English, Francois Truffaut directs an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel about a future where the printed word is banned and firemen burn books. Oskar Werner plays a fireman who is slowly seduced by for
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30 Incredibly Odd Book Titles
Offbeat  (tags: humor, comdey, books, bizarre, off-beat, unusual, odd )

Liono
- 591 days ago - docstoc.com
Check out these 30 Incredibly Odd Book Titles for 2008
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