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Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
Billabong Books (also known as: Billabong Series) Concorde Gardening Books; Fair Britain; The Family Gift Series; The Good Tone Library; The Good Worth Library [13] The Lily Series [13] Library Editions of Standard Works [13] Little "Cousin" Series (author: Mary Hazelton Wade) [15] The Little Wonder Books; Lives Series (Ward Lock Educational ...
Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones (formerly Waterstone's), is a British book retailer that operates 311 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. [5] As of February 2014 [update] , it employs around 3,500 staff in the UK and Europe. [ 5 ]
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than two or three books, depending on which category they are in. [1] The prize is awarded by ...
Children's Laureate, now known as the Waterstones Children's Laureate, [1] is a prestigious position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field." The role promotes the importance of children’s literature, reading, creativity and ...
Beginning in 1916 Columbia took full control of Little Wonder, and in 1917 it began issuing small illustrated children's books called "Bubble Books", and were also best sellers. [10] Much later Columbia also issued various promotional discs in the same "small disc" numerical series, but these should not be confused with the Little Wonder label.
The Spotlight Wonder Book series focused on famous people or institutions as opposed to science topics. They were identical to How and Why Wonder Books in terms of their size (8 1 ⁄ 2 × 11 inches, or 21.6 × 27.9 cm) and the fact that they also contained the standard 48 pages. Titles included the following: