I have always found it fun in my search for books at yard sales, thrift stores or book sales to come across books that have been signed by the author.  And I have always enjoyed attending book signing events at book stores or other places, such as book festivals.  When I was manager of a […]

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“The Boy Who Changed the World” written by author and corporate speaker Andy Andrews and illustrated by British illustrator Philip Hurst, is a recently released children’s inspirational & motivational book.
“The Boy Who Changed the World“  uses an interesting, yet easy to understand, method of weaving together several lives to tell how each of the characters […]

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With whomever your political interest lie, you can usually find books about them or by them.  Amazon.com’s books Top 100 bestseller list, which is updated hourly, at this writing has 3 books with President Barack Obama’s name in the title.  Sitting near the top of the list is Bob Woodward’s upcoming release (September 27, 2010), “Obama’s Wars“.   The book examines […]

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I guess all languages “evolve.”  The English language certainly does.  I read in today’s (Tuesday September 21, 2010) edition of “Shelf Awareness” that the newest edition of “The New Oxford American Dictionary” has lots of new entries.
“Hockey moms” and “bromance” are among the 2,000 new words, phrases, and meanings that have found their place in […]

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September 2010  NEW RELEASES
Release 9/7/2010
     The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow       
     Her Daughter’s Dream (Marta’s Legacy)  by Francine Rivers      
     Hope Unseen: The Story of the U.S. Army’s First Blind Active-Duty Officer  by Scott Smiley & Doug Crandall      
     Wicked Appetite (Diesel)  by Janet Evanovich
Release Date 9/28/2010
     Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy)  by Ken […]

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Tags: , Doug Crandall, George W. Bush, Jan Karon, John Grisham, Ken Follett, Mark Twain, Rick Riordin, Scott Smiley, Stephen Hawking