Book Reviews

Book Review Of The Alchemist

The Alchemist is one of those “esoteric” feeling books that makes you feel like life is vivid again. It certainly plays on the feeling that “there is something more” that you’ve forgotten and the thought that you are part of a bigger plan. As you follow Santiago, the shepherd boy on his adventure, you will automatically question your own adventure…

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Writing

Selling Your Books In Bulk

Have you ever dreamed of selling your book to a large corporation? A sale that would register several thousand copies of non-returnable product on the book sale meter? What’s that? You’ve never thought of it, you say? Well, never fear! It’s not too late to pursue this avenue, especially if you have a book ripe for a particular market. Before…

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Writing

Eco Friendly Ways To Reuse And Recycle Books And Magazines

As more and more old-growth trees are cut down, and we face the reality of having to wait close to 100 years or more to replace them, the need to recycle paper becomes increasingly important. Paper, of course, includes books and magazines. Although paper products are nearly 100% biodegradable, it is pointless to send these resources to the dump to…

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Arts Entertainment

The Latest Developments In The Audio Book World

In the recorded history of humanity, probably no invention has had a greater influence than the introduction of printing in the fifteenth century by Johannes Gutenberg. Nowadays, with the latest development in audio books, some believe that the printing era is coming to its’ end. If you are an audio book publisher, an audio book fan or just wondering whether…

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Hobbies

Leather Bookbinding

Not only can you decorate your leather item, leather itself can be the decoration. Book binding is a great example, which has recently enjoyed renewed popularity. The way you look at this project depends on the condition of the book. You may need to repair the spine and actual page bindings in order to install a new cover. In any…

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Real Estate

Six Steps To Yard Sale Success

It’s now officially summer and for many people, that means yard sale (or garage sale) time. Have a yard sale and get rid of all those things that you have tossed during your Spring cleaning “spree.” Now that you have all of this “stuff,” what do you do with it? Step One: Get it organized. Put books with books and…

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Parenting

300 Writing Prize Focuses Kids On Gender Equity

Harry Potter would be eligible for entry into a contest sponsored by up-and-coming young adult novelist R.J. Nimmo – on one condition. “He would need some magic spell or potion to change himself from a ‘Harry’ to a ‘Harriet,’” joked Nimmo, who is an expert on entertainment for children and young adults. “Describing how the famous boy wizard would behave…

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Web Hosting

Audio Books At Opposite Ends

Audio books were created to cope with our lifestyle today. People who live in a routine-based life can add a little bit of a twist by listening to them. They can listen to the works of their favorite authors, discover new ways of running a firm or enterprise and even learn a new language. With an audio book in hand,…

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Parenting

8 Reasons Why Your Child Hates Reading

Are you troubled by your child’s disinterest in reading? Maybe you have a young child just learning to read. You try to encourage the learning by reading together. However, each reading session is a struggle. Your child shuns it like a hated vegetable . Or maybe your child can already read, but just doesn’t want to. They even tell you…

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