Jamaica

On Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., a record 280-plus top national and international authors and participants will join bibliophiles, booksellers and literary organizations on 14 stages at Borough Hall, Columbus Park, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights Public Library, Brooklyn Law School, the Brooklyn Historical Society and St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church for the seventh annual Brooklyn Book Festival.

Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievements, today released a compendium of the craziest feats ever achieved in the world of alternative sports in the new Guinness World Records e-book: Wacky Sporting Champions.

From the press release: QUEENS LIBRARY TO LEND FREE E-READERS JAMAICA, NY, April 11, 2012 — Beginning on April 12, 2012, Queens Library will be lending 50 e-readers pre-loaded with e-books at the Central Library in Jamaica. It is a pilot program. It is the first time the service has been made available in one [...]