Articles related to: books
76: Amazon's Arrogance
It was a shot heard round the publishing world in record time. Once Writers Weekly's Angela Hoy, co-owner of Print-On-Demand services company BookLocker, got off the phone with an Amazon rep last mont..
77: What Does Amazon's Decision Really Mean?
An interview with Jerry D. Simmons, regarding the far-reaching implications of Amazon's recent announcement that any small press or print-on-demand publisher doing business with them would need to pri..
78: Book Clubs - A Whole World Of Books, Some Recommendations
You get used to reading books while in school, college and even post graduation. Once you are out of school and join the rat race of competition and making a living you tend to forget that you were on..
79: Read Some Of The Greatest Books Of All Time - A Few Tips
Friends and parents and teachers some time or other will tell you the names of some books that you must read before you die.You may ask what is in a book. What is in a classic novel? Well! Particular..
80: Book Review: A Place To Belong By Paul Miller
There are good books, and there are bad books, sometimes you even stumble upon a great book. In my world there is one more level, and you find it very rarely, it transcends the 'great' designation, A ..
81: Global Warming Books: Some Support And Some Deny
Global warming is discussed in two main types of books. Some authors downplay the issue and insist there is no problem. Others speak of the compelling evidence, dangerous consequences, and solutions..
82: Greek Antiques - Athens was Venus, Rome was Mars
Our image of heroic Greek antiques and figures grew out of even more ancient histories of western civilizations. They evolved and grew out of the cultures of Asia around Mesopotamia and in north Afric..
83: Healthy Lifestyles For Darfur more Likely after Steven Spielberg Shames China
Healthy lifestyles are not even on the horizon for millions around the earth, and nowhere is this situation worse than in Darur, Sudan, Africa. And now the world has witnessed a rare shaming of a nati..
84: Greek History Books, Democracy - America, Soon China
The news today may have been historic. As an earlier brilliant light of early America, Emerson noted while he and his friend Thoreau would read and discuss the ideas of the ages, others would shout lo..
85: Antique History, Ben Franklin - His Edict From the King of Prussia
Among antique history books the bravery and wit of Benjamin Franklin has no equal. Here we discuss one of those rare events of history that has been hidden in some dusty book: there are many more full..
86: Antique History Books - Democracy Goes East
On my visit to the ancestral estate in Buckingham Shire, England, my distant cousin the Lord of the Manor once remarked to me that he found it fascinating that I lived on the very edge of western civi..
87: History Books Can Lift You To Be Serene Warrior Powered by Bliss
Ancient warriors were the most powerful, and as societies grew more complex, the warrior class either were at the top, such as Alexander the Great who overpowered Darius of Persia. Alexander had been ..
88: Can People Be Kind, Nice, Generous And Loving?
I ask myself many times, "Why did I make such a journey?" What was I hoping for? Was it for adventure? Was I trying to prove something to myself, to others? What was my final objective to this horrid,..
89: Antique History Books - Happiness Defined by Science
Antique history books discuss happiness and the state of joy that can be created on earth, and in the mind.As one who meditates and as a follower of Transcendental Meditation this has been a week of r..
90: Antique History, Democracy - Slow Boat To China
Ancient Greece lifted the souls of men of imagination and thoughts they had wanted to express for ages. But in ancient Egypt there was no time for that; all rules and thoughts of any worth were by dec..
91: Are You Aware Of The Fact That Your Online Business May Be Perceived As A Scam?
Recently, Halifax Bank closed its online facility after customers received e-mails asking them to click on a web site link and reveal their security details. The scam has also targeted Barclays, Lloy..
92: Squat Toilets Are Not Meant For Women Over 30!
At my age I thought I'd seen it all. But, after living in Thailand for a year I gave thanks to my mother for seeing that I was potty-trained in the good ole' U.S. of A.A few days after arriving in Ban..
93: Have You Ever Been Scared, Really Scared?
I don't mean "ghost under the bed scared, or oh, there's somebody in the closet scared." I mean scared to the point that you could not control your bladder. Scared to the point that your body seems to..
94: Reading Is Fundamental Does Not Deserve A Reduction In Force
On February 12, the true Lincoln's Birthday, I read in USA Today that the Bush Administration proposes to eliminate Federal funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), a non-profit program that has dist..
95: Have You Ever Faced An Execution?
Of course not! Thank goodness many of us don't have to.When I was a wee lad of eight-years-old I was confronted with a world-shaking crises. It consumed me to the point that my poor little mind couldn..
96: Writing Children's Books: No More Excuses!
Rejection is never easy. But some authors can't separate themselves from their work, and take rejection letters very personally. I get many emails from disgruntled writers who can't get past their ang..
97: How I Tackled Such A Huge Task
When I set out to write my book, A Place to Belong, I didn't have the slightest notion as to how I was going to approach this task. I had never written anything in my life that extended beyond a norma..
98: A Meteorological Fiction
Until 2001, I spent my career as a research meteorologist, delving into areas as diverse as cloud physics and weather modification, numerical weather prediction, and artificial intelligence. Over a sp..
99: Book Review: A Trial Of One By Mary E. Martin
An author that sets out to write a trilogy, is to say the least ambitious, to maintain key characters over three books requires some very intricate plot manipulations. Mary Martin has succeeded in gra..
100: How To Build A Successful Online Business
More ordinary people are setting up their own web sites to start online businesses these days. This 21st century phrase "online business" has inspired many Internet users to make money online while a..
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