Travel related books
It's not easy to raise a child. Before my children were born, I genuinely thought I would be the ideal caregiver. I had spent a great deal of time with children, as I was a teacher before I had two of my own, and I felt that I had an excellent handle on what would be involved when raising children
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night is the tale of how Christopher John Francis Boone solved the mystery of the murder of his neighbour's pet dog. Christopher suffers from Asperger's Syndrome and sees the world in a very different way to the way most of us do. For Christopher the most co
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The great thing about audio books is they are constantly changing but one cannot discount the fact that their origins all came from cassette books. Sadly, since the production of cassette tapes are limited, one day soon even the cassette books will no longer be used. It would become more of a memo
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is a fantastically well conceived book by Robert M. Pirsig, author of the subsequent work "Lila: An Inquiry into Morals". In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance he presents a part-fiction part-fact account of a motorcycle journey through the back-ro
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The roots of the novel form appeared in the ancient times in India. Some authors such as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Ananda Math, 1882) paved the way for defining the national consciousness through their novels before the 20th century. Then, the form developed gradually. If we talk about the early
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"I do get the sense readers these days want happier stories and they may well be right. But I'm hard-pressed to come up with one." Giller Prize winner David Bergen made that comment in an interview. A magazine writer visited the author at his home. Watching Bergen interact with his four children,
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Pakistan has been in the World News a bit lately and it is unfortunate what we've seen. The Taliban is on the run and some of them are heading to other nations like Somalia. The Swat Valley is being dismantled by the Pakistani Military, but some of this is for show and the Taliban has folks on all
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Let me recommend a book that you should read if you are a straight guy and worried that you can no longer compete local lesbians for the hottest women. The book is: "Roberts' Rules of Lesbian Dating" By Shelley Roberts; Spinsters Ink Books; 1st edition (August 1998). Why should you read this b
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The Berlitz "Discover Israel" by Carlton Reid Since I have been leading Tours and Pilgrimages to Israel this is one of the books I have consulted most often to keep me up to date with the latest developments, and any major changes in the nation. Its 300 pages are packed with valuable information
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Generation Ageless: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Live Today...And They're Just Getting Started, by J. Walker Smith and Ann Clurman, is a book you must read. Why? Because people will be talking about it! And those in the know know to read this book! Baby Boomers--you may have heard the
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