Books

Facebook's success: It's about making people feel better

Among the fascinating outgrowths of the Facebook phenomenon are the psychological studies on what Facebook tells us about human behavior. One new study, published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, suggests that people experience an uptick in mood when they are on ...

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GREEN LIVING

Study: New kids' books lack connection to nature

Take a minute to think about your favorite book from childhood. Do you envision lots of furry animals? A wise old tree? Kids in the forest? With environmental issues so prominent in the American mindset, one would think that the natural environment would play a larger role now in children's books...

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GREEN LIVING

Book review: This will make you long for a cloudy day

I spotted "The Cloud Collector's Handbook" in a bin of shamelessly disregarded books near my editor's desk.

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BOOKS

S. Korea law gags dissent, critics charge

By his own admission, Park Jung-geun has long been an Internet wiseguy, a young photographer and blogger with a cyber chip on his shoulder whose favorite target for satire is the North Korean government.

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FAMILY PAGES

Picture book: Kids will learn to love themselves with a little help from 'Mr. Prickles'

"Mr. Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story"

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BOOKS

Best-sellers

Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

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BOOKS

Best-sellers

Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

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BOOKS

Wealthy Facebook artist takes stock, tags Stern, Walters as interviewer choices

David Choe, the graffiti artist who made headlines last week for having an estimated $200 million in Facebook stock, spent this week in New York granting interviews to a lucky few media outlets.

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BOOKS

'Comic Book Men,' premiering Sunday on AMC

"Comic Book Men" is a new retail reality show from AMC, a network not commonly associated with reality shows. It is different from other retail reality shows in that it comes from and features Kevin Smith, the movie director and Hollywood refusenik, who owns the Red Bank, N.J., comic book store ...

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BOOKS

'Comic Book Men,' premiering Sunday on AMC

The new series "Comic Book Men" taps into the love and longing that many of us have for those colorfully drawn magazines of our youth. And it gives us reason to believe that our love for those pages of bright, action-laden panels had some value.

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BOOKS

Facebook sees slowing growth

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Few experts were surprised when Facebook disclosed in its recent IPO filing that its user growth had slowed in the U.S. and Canada. But a deeper look at Facebook's user numbers shows its growth is also slowing in Europe and Asia, untapped markets seen as vital to its fast-growing...

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