Tag: life
group name: booksiliked
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May 13, 2006 12:08 AM EDT --
Part 2 of my story has arrived now at a website near you.
After Maya Angelou finished answering questions from the large gathering, she went to a table where she began to autograph books. The . . .
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July 24, 2006 12:30 PM EDT --
First I have to say that I was told that this book was depressing, so I put off reading it for a very long time. However, I found that even though the main character did live . . .
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April 02, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
John Banville's The Sea is a novel that reads like poetry. Every word is carefully chosen to create powerful images and feelings. It's not hard to see why this was chosen for the most . . .
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May 30, 2008 05:36 PM EDT --
Over the past week and a half, I have been reading a book that has seriously changed something in my life. When I first read about Mother's Need Time-Outs Too written by the three women Susan Callahan, . . .
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August 13, 2006 09:11 PM EDT --
Imagine that you're a distance swimmer training for an upcoming event – one that you do not yet know will set a world record. You are seventeen-years-old and swimming in the cool Pacific just . . .
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August 30, 2006 02:07 PM EDT --
Democrats.org has a post called "CDF Katrina Project Needs Books" that's worth checking out...
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Katrina Project partners with community . . .
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February 11, 2007 12:41 AM EST --
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere was the first book by Morris that I have had the opportunity to read, and even though it was so very melancholy I look forward to reading the rest of her works. . . .
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July 28, 2008 01:59 PM EDT --
Don't spend your money or your gift cards on this book. Don't even bother checking it out of the library. This book is a rip-off from beginning to end.
Christopher Ciccone, Madonna's . . .
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August 17, 2006 04:00 AM EDT --
Bookcrossing is a website where people get together to share books. They first register their books on the site and then trade and borrow books from each other. They also send books around . . .
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October 24, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
While Waiting By L. Ray Born
On the back cover of While Waiting by L. Ray Born, I read, “He’s having fun writing these stories and hopes someone, somewhere will . . .
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August 22, 2006 08:45 PM EDT --
"The Accidental" is a very creatively written book. Each chapter or section is written by a different point of view of the characters involved. And they are written as stream of thought, . . .
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March 01, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
First of all, Karin Slaughter is one of those authors who write like you are living the story – none of that drawn out, extra, just-for-the-heck-of-it . . .
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January 31, 2008 10:06 PM EST --
There are many popular books written about the theory of evolution. One subgenre centers around the evolution-creation debate. I like to read books from both sides to keep up with the status . . .
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March 25, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
Recently I was riding in my car (blissfully and unexpectedly alone—except for my dog) and I heard an old Rod Stewart song. I'm not certain of the title but the lyrics go something like . . .
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April 01, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
This past week I received one of those forwarded emails that we all get from time to time. This one was from my sister-in-law (who is nine days older than I am) and was about the benefits of growing . . .
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August 29, 2006 04:08 AM EDT --
Now instead of being just a mother and working full time I am also a college student again. I work the overnight shift in a group home for troubled boys. I feel that I do not do enough for . . .
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August 29, 2006 02:50 AM EDT --
I thought you would be interested in this excerpt from Seth Godin's new book, 'Small Is the New Big':
http://www.bzzagent.com/downloads/SITNBbrandMyCar.pdf
I have read several pieces . . .
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September 13, 2006 04:36 PM EDT --
"Water for Elephants" has got to be one of the most beautifully and creatively written books from this century. Sara Gruen introduces us to Jacob Jankowski at the age of 90 (or is it 93?, he's . . .
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July 29, 2006 08:51 AM EDT --
George Corneliussen
Quote: " In our time, most fortunately for human welfare, the underlying motive of public education has begun to receive the attention it deserves from those who administer . . .
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September 21, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
The idea for individuals to be nice to each other and the rewards will come has been out there for a while. There's the "teachings" of Deepak Chopra, the movie "Pay it Forward," . . .
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