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10 Books that Make Great Christmas Gifts

It's scientifically proven that 99% of books given on Christmas never get read. Nobody wants Bill Clinton's 1000-page autobiography for Christmas. Nobody wants The Canterbury Tales for Christmas (or for any...

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Top 10 books to read before you die

I found picking just 10 books for my list of: top 10 books to read before you die, a daunting task. I mean there are just so many great books out there. The ones I ended up with are more than just great, they...

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Book Review: Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein

Runny Babbit lent to wunch And heard the saitress way, “We have some lovely stabbit rew—I Our Special for today.” So if you say, “Let’s bead a rook That’s billy as can se,” ...

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The Tao Te Ching; The Greatest Book I Ever Read

            Many years ago, I was living in Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer. Paraguay is a small, kidney shaped country in the heart of South America. As a volunteer, you have to deal with...

4 comments    philosophy china chinese
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Famous First Sentences: Sometimes A Great Notion

Ken Kesey is famous for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), and rightly so; however, I decided to choose Kesey's second, grimly lyrical novel for this series. Sometimes A Great Notion (1964) is literally...

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Best books for 4 year olds

Reading the best books to 4 year olds improves vocabulary, literacy and helps prepare language skills for school. Books make great talking points and can open up discussions about a wide range of issues...

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Cherry Ames Books: Inspiring a New Generation of Girls

Cherry Ames was the heroine in a series of books written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham. The books were published from 1943-1968 and originally were created with the intention of encouraging women to enter nursing during World War II.

0 comments    entertainment mystery books
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Nurse Protect Yourself

At what point in my life my love of old books developed, I don’t really know . Perhaps it was encouraged by the fact that television viewing was very restricted in our home when I was growing up .It was...

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Great Books to Read: American Fiction

What makes a book great? Enjoyable, entertaining, good characters, interesting plot, memorable? All of these are important, and there are other considerations as well. What about the books that influence you,...

7 comments    advice education arts
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top ten greatest books of all time

CheapShop - New Category (1) My amazon astore is a website where you buy things for a great price and free shipping and handling.We sell everything from dvds,pc,games you name it we have it. All of the books...

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