In addition, in many parts of the world illiteracy rates for women are well over 50 percent, according to the CIA World Fact Book.

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They have at least 74.2 billion barrels of crude oil in reserves alone, according to the CIA World Fact Book, more than the US, Mexico, Brazil, India and China combined.

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Forget the CIA World Fact Book--that's for lightweights.

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And then of course, there is the fact that if you buy a book in the real world, it's going to sit around making you feel guilty all the time, but now I can buy as many books as I want, and they go on my device, and I never have to think about them again.

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Much of his book had, in fact, been written before the World Trade Centre was attacked, and though he bows to the enormous implications of this event, he maintains that it would be preposterous to argue that the domestic policies, state structures and ideologies of the Middle East were transformed by it although American thinking may have been.

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No one wants the world, or the industry, to think their book is underselling when in fact its doing quite well.

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Mr. CUNNINGHAM: We do want the world to look at this book and celebrate with these women not only the fact that they have come out to be a part of this book, but they've come out and they've opened themselves up and shared a part of their lives that--you know, it's personal.

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