Entries by bronwynr
Today’s Must-Read – Frantic by Katherine Howell
Frantic Winner: Best Crime Novel - by Katherine Howell Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards In one terrible moment, paramedic Sophie Phillips' life is torn apart - her police officer husband, Chris, is shot on their doorstep and their ten-month-old son, Lachlan, is stolen from his bed. The police suspect Chris is involved with […]
belief
“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” -- Richard Bach …………………………………………………………………… Resource for the Week How to Lead: Discover the Leader Within You The "How to Lead: Discover the Leader Within You" leadership system teaches the 48 essential skills needed to be an effective, respected leader. It starts by helping […]
Eating Late in the Evening
Will you pack on the pounds if you eat past 7 p.m.?By Martica Heaner, M.A., M.Ed., for MSN Health & Fitness Q. I don’t get home until late, which means I eat dinner pretty late. I’ve heard that you should stop eating after 7 p.m. to lose weight, or to avoid gaining it. I think […]
Latest success for prolific author
First choice ... Kate Winslet as Hannah in The Reader. An award-winning film is the latest success for this philosopher-turned-prolific author, writes Steve Meacham. Bernhard Schlink - considered by some to be the finest legal philosopher-turned-best-selling fiction writer - is jubilant. At home in wintry Berlin, he's just heard the news from sunny Los Angeles: […]
Obama needs Powerpoint?
[From Boing Boing] So many of the epic problems that Obama is going to be wrestling with over the next four years involve systems of great complexity and scale: the bailouts and stimulus programs, our national energy use, the immense expenditures involved in fighting two wars, the global scope of climate change. Tufte would be […]
Archie – sole comic book survivor
The only comic book character that can still be found in every supermarket in the country, where he merits prominent point-of-purchase placement alongside US Weekly and Fabulous Fruitini Orbit gum? A skinny teenaged redhead in a sweater vest. The question: what is it about Archie Andrews that has allowed him to bravely weather a sales […]
New initiative for Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica is about to launch a new initiative... The main thrust of this initiative is to promote greater participation by both expert contributors and readers. Both groups will be invited to play a larger role in expanding, improving, and maintaining the information we publish on the Web under the Encyclopaedia Britannica name as well […]
The case of "I" vs "we" in inspirational rhetoric
The most memorable speeches are observations about the world at large, and remarks that unify, not observations about the speaker and his or her accomplishments and goals. To identify a speech given at a higher level, one that is not self-centered, simply count the number of times the word “I” is used vs. the number […]
Laurie Halse Anderson wins Scott O’Dell award
Laurie Halse Anderson has won the 2009 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her novel Chains (Simon & Schuster). Set in New York City at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the novel follows a young house slave, Isabel, who is caught between the Rebels and the Loyalists. Chains was a finalist for last […]
