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By Natasha Rosewood According to the Buddhists, between January 29 and February 12 is the worst time of the year. “Don’t start anything new during this ending period,” they advise. “It won’t last.” February, however, can be a great time to meditate on new beginnings. But what if you have no direction? What if you […]
Equip yourself with the tools that you need to live the life you want to live! With this special 29-CD Collection of recorded Teleseminars, you will learn the most powerful secrets of creating wealth in all aspects of life. Here are some of the titles included in this collection: The Miracle of Self-Discipline Communicate With […]
Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo and current Children's Laureate Michael Rosen are leading a rapidly growing movement of writers, illustrators, librarians, independent booksellers and others working in children's books to hit back at the publishers forthcoming age-guidance on children's books. Under the campaign slogan "No to Age Banding," the campaign is swiftly gathering signatures. […]
Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo and current Children's Laureate Michael Rosen are leading a rapidly growing movement of writers, illustrators, librarians, independent booksellers and others working in children's books to hit back at the publishers forthcoming age-guidance on children's books. Under the campaign slogan "No to Age Banding," the campaign is […]
The British novelist, Rose Tremain, has won the prestigious Orange Prize for women's fiction for her book, The Road Home, which tells the timely tale of an eastern European immigrant. Tremain, described by the judges as "always the bridesmaid, never the bride", was presented with the £30,000 ($61,000) prize at the award ceremony at the […]
Psychology of Humor Because humor is such a powerful emotion, it is a good idea to understand (if that is possible), the psychological basis of humor. More specifically, what makes laughter and the humorous situation "work". Your assignment, from now on, is, when you hear people laugh, to ask yourself, "Why did they laugh"? This […]
The 2008 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards have been announced. The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom by Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) won in the category of Books for Younger Children, and We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimner (Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek) won in […]
One important planning consideration is what you’re going to accomplish each day. In his role as the dean of creativity for the Walt Disney Companies, Mike Vance had a strategy he called DO-DOING-DONE. The idea is to start a task in the DO column, move it to DOING quickly, and then move it to DONE […]
Compare your reading skills Compare your skills to others!This is a fun quick interactive test of your reading speed comprehension vocabulary It's FREE and only takes six minutes. Find out how your skills compare. Your results are reported at the end of the questions. This test is standardized against the results […]
