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Its collection used to have about 618,000 books and periodicals as well as 15,800 rare and valuable manuscripts. However, in 2006, the military government announced a plan to move a large part of its collection to a new National Library in Nay Pyi Taw , and to auction off its 8-story building and 10-acre (4.0 ha) lot in Tamwe Township . [ 3 ]
In December 2008, bloggers James Miko and Wayne Fuller accused Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett of working with Steve Kern, the husband of Rep. Sally Kern and pastor of Olivet Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, to make nominations to the Metropolitan Library Commission based on the issue of disallowing children access to such controversial books ...
Yu & Me Books is an independent bookstore in Chinatown, Manhattan. The only bookstore in New York City owned by an Asian American woman, the bookstore sells books relevant to the Asian American diaspora and has hosted events with authors like Ocean Vuong , Sayaka Murata , and Hua Hsu .
International Language & Business Centre (ILBC) is a private school established on May 2, 1995, in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It has established 26 schools in eight major cities of the country: Yangon , Mandalay , Naypyidaw , Myitkyina , Taunggyi , Monywa , Lashio , Taungoo , and Myeik .
The Burmese Translation Society did not only translate books but also encouraged many other forms of Burmese culture and literature activities. [5] The Society established a free library in Rangoon 1956. By 2011 the library had 50,000 book titles in the main section and another 12,000 book titles in the reference section.
Crime in the area began to die down in the mid 1990's, as both the expansion of Oklahoma City University and the influx of Vietnamese families began to push gang activity out of the area. "Little Saigon" in the current area was first coined in 1975 when thousands of Vietnamese refugees came to Oklahoma City after the fall of Saigon. [1]
Kala paw wut-htu (ကာလပေါ်ဝတ္ထု, 'modern novels') became popular during this era, with P Moe Nin writing the first Burmese novels to focus on the individual and place that character at the centre of the plot. [2] Theippan Maung Wa and Thein Pe Myint [6] were among other original and innovative authors from the colonial ...
Chickasaw Cultural Center museum building. The Chickasaw Cultural Center is a campus located in Sulphur, Oklahoma, near the Chickasaw National Recreation Area.Its 184-acre (74 ha) campus is home to historical museum buildings with interactive exhibits on Chickasaw tribal history, traditional dancing, and Chickasaw language. [1]