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...enough of Jon Krakuer's Into Thin Air? Check out Everest at the Omni Theatre in the Museum of Science. Tuesday and Wednesday are "Bargain Nights," when the powers-that-be knock $2.50 off the price of admission. While you're there, take in the brand-new IMAX flick, Amazon, or just walk up and down the musical staircase and pretend youre an extra in Big. Amazon at 7 p.m., Everest at 8 p.m., Museum of Science, 1 Science Park...
Some, like Internet bookstore Amazon. com, are tied to the market through their stock, but their business is less dependent on the market's strength...
...Flying in the day is like being in the ultimate movie," he writes. "[But] when you're flying at night, you're not in an airplane. You're in a spaceship.") He builds the book around his 50th birthday present to himself, an air journey through Central America, the Amazon and the Caribbean with a mind-boggling array of sportsman's toys and a retinue of family, friends and assistants. "To work with Jimmy," says pilot Jim Powell, "you've got to think and whistle at the same time." Buffett and his little boy flew his huge, cacophonous 1947 Grumman...
Your report on shopping by computer [THE INTERNET ECONOMY, July 20] noted the dispute between Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble over which one is the "Earth's Biggest Bookstore." Those of us who are independent booksellers find their claims need clarification. The 2.5 million-book database that both Amazon and Barnes & Noble use is virtually the same one that is used by any bookstore. The two giants don't have a large warehouse stocked with 2.5 million titles available at hefty discounts. Instead, they may stock several hundred titles of best sellers, for which volume sales allow cheap prices. All other...