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The best-selling books of all time

Popular books have a way of finding their way into homes across the globe. Indeed, certain books transcend geographical boundaries and entice readers from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds. But which books have earned their place among the best-selling tomes of all time? Though it’s hard to compile an indisputable list of history’s best-selling books, as sales of religious texts such as The Bible and the Quran, which are routinely distributed for free, are hard to quantify, the following are some of the best-selling non-religious texts to ever find their way onto a ...

Off the Shelf

Did you know that listening to an audiobook can help a child build literacy skills? Students can develop reading skills such as decoding and comprehension, as well as critical thinking by listening to audiobooks. By engaging in listening skills readers enhance their ability to process information and build a larger vocabulary. For those reluctant readers or those learning a different language, audiobooks can improve comprehension skills and introduce new words in context, improving both understanding and retention. Audiobooks build crucial listening skills for children. They build and ...

New Ulm Area Catholic School at CRITICAL POINT

New Ulm Area Catholic School (NUACS) leaders say they are at a critical point as the Cathedral High School building that opened its doors to students 70 years ago, needs significant infrastructure updates to continue to meet the learning needs of students. A $6.5 million capital campaign, ...

Treasure Haus still golden at 40

NEW ULM - A special birthday party was held at Minnesota Valley Lutheran (MVL) last Sunday, for one of the school’s greatest supporters: Treasure Haus. The thrift store was started by families and supporters of MVL 40 years ago this month. MVL principal Jerry Birkholz had the initial ...

Famille verte: A colorful Chinese porcelain

“Famille verte” is a term collectors use for a popular style of Chinese porcelain. If you speak French (the term was coined by French collector Albert Jacquemart in the 1860s), you know it means “green family.” It refers to a type of porcelain decorated with multicolor enamel, called wucai, or “five-color” in Chinese, where green is the dominant color. In Chinese, it is usually called Kangxi wucai because it was developed during the reign of the Kangxi emperor of the Qing dynasty, who ruled from 1661 to 1722. It experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 19th century, when ...

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