Travel related books
Reading is one of America's biggest pastimes across all age groups. However, not everyone finds it easy to decide on what book to read next. Do you solely scan the New York Times Bestsellers' List and make your choice based upon it? What if the New York Times Bestsellers' List leaves you reading a
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The Covenant with Black America is the brainchild of Tavis Smiley. For the past seven years, the talk show host has had his own "State of the Black Union" symposium. Seeing that simply exchanging opinions with the nation's top black leaders was not sufficient, he decided to chart a course for the
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Paco Underhill published his book "Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping" in 1999. Today it remains a modern classic for understanding the psychology of consumer purchasing behavior. Here is a summary and critique the book's main points: 1. Purchasing behaviors can be studied: Underhill and his
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How many magazines are popular in your home town? One or two? A few? Not in Florida. Magazines total 30+ and I'm sure I missed a few! Subscribing to a Florida magazine if you are thinking about retiring here or buying a second home here, is a great way to get to know a town or a region. If you al
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There are thousands of books out there that purport to show you how to write your great novel. This book is somewhat different in that it endeavors to show you how NOT to write your novel, or novil as was first written here. The book lists two hundred mistakes to avoid at all costs, and if you ar
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I am an ardent reader. Thanks to my cousin Sumi who got me started on this habit when I was in 9th grade. Secret Seven(before that I had only read a lot of biographies personality development books and like university of success and positive thinking by Norman Vincent Peale who is one of my most f
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We don't really think about the meaning of flowers today whenever we give them, we just pick out a pretty flower and we give it to someone but actually the real meaning behind flowers and their secret language has been lost. The Victorians used flowers as a discreet form of communication. During
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We all know that we cannot believe everything in our High School History books as gospel, in fact, the we seem to change our history ever 10-20 years just to make it jive with what we want kids to be like when they grow up. Even the History Channel, which is a great way to teach kids, yes, and adu
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Dr. Mary's Monkey, Edward T. Haslam, 2007, ISBN 9780977795307 This book gives a very different view of recent American history. In the 1950s, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine against polio, then ravaging America. It involved inoculating children with dead polio viruses, so their bodies would build
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