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  2. American Booksellers Association - Wikipedia

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    The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States. ABA's core members are key participants in their communities' local economy and culture, and to assist them ABA creates relevant programs; provides education, information, business products, and services; and engages in public policy and ...

  3. Socorro Ramos - Wikipedia

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    José Ramos was put in charge and asked Socorro to come and work for him. The store was called National Book Store. Despite facing opposition from her family, Socorro married José shortly thereafter. During the Japanese occupation, many of the American books were hidden and the couple mainly sold office supplies, soap, and flip flops.

  4. Lifewide education - Wikipedia

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    Lifewide education is an educational concept that recognizes that learning occurs in multiple contexts within a learner's life: school, home, work, etc. It is the means by which an educational institution encourages, supports and recognizes students' lifewide learning.

  5. ThriftBooks - Wikipedia

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    ThriftBooks was founded in the summer of 2003 by Daryl Butcher and Jason Meyer. The two created software that organizes and lists thousands of book titles per day. [6] Since 2004, it has partnered with libraries, which provide unsorted books and get a share of the profits.

  6. Half Price Books - Wikipedia

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    Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated is a chain of new and used bookstores in the United States. The company's original motto is "We buy and sell anything printed or recorded except yesterday's newspaper", and many of the used books, music, and movies for sale in each location are purchased from local residents.

  7. Life skills-based education - Wikipedia

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    Life skills-based education (LSBE) is a form of education that focuses on cultivating personal life skills such as self-reflection, critical thinking, problem solving and interpersonal skills. In 1986, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion recognized life skills in terms of making better health choices.

  8. LifeWay Christian Resources - Wikipedia

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    Until the end of its physical retail presence in 2019 [1] it was best known for its brick and mortar LifeWay Christian Stores, one of the two major American retailers of Christian books and products (the other being Mardel Christian & Education). Lifeway produces curriculums and Bible studies used in Sunday schools and other church functions.

  9. National Book Store - Wikipedia

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    The history of National Book Store can be traced back to the 1930s. [1] However, the company has been formally established in 1942. Before the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, José Ramos and Socorro Cáncio-Ramos, rented a small-corner space of a Haberdashery situated at the foot of Escolta Bridge in Santa Cruz, Manila.