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The Book Club of California is a non-profit membership organization of bibliophiles based in San Francisco, operating continuously since 1912.Its mission is to support the history and art of the book, including fine printing related to the history and literature of California and the western states of America through research, publishing, public programs, and exhibitions.
The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 by the Viking Press and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover Krakatoa , an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions.
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To handle book marketing and sales, he hired William E. Wood, a publicist with Hale Brothers department stores in San Jose. Wood knew a little about the book business because he had once worked for a San Francisco bookstore. Sterling published his book The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems under Wood's name in November 1903. On Christmas ...
Social media criticized ESPN for its focus on Georgia's Parker Jones after his sideline interference penalty in the CFP Sugar Bowl quarterfinal game:
Jay Leno paid his dues by appearing on fellow comedian Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast.. The former "Tonight Show" host clarified a floating rumor that injuries to his face were from a beating ...
Boric called his trip to the South Pole an “honor” and a source of pride, TVN reported. “This is a milestone for us. It is the first time a Chilean and Latin American President has visited ...
The 2009 DARPA Network Challenge (also known as the Red Balloon Challenge), involving spotting 10 red balloons in the Continental United States. Red Balloon, a 1922 painting by Paul Klee; Red Balloon Learner Centres, an educational charity; Red Balloon a First Capital Connect train named after the Red Balloon Learner Centres