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Stressed out at work? You’re not alone; statistics show 40% of workers think their job is very stressful. Another statistic shows ¼ of employees view their jobs as the number one stress in their lives....The freedom seekers guide
Frowned upon by society, idleness is seen as wasting time, wasting potential and is generally regarded as a synonym of laziness. Reading ‘How to be Free’ by Tom Hodgkinson, however, has fleshed out my tendency to...New writing success for Salman Rushdie
"The bookshop trestle table clearly ain't big enough for the both of them. Novelist Salman Rushdie yesterday claimed to have broken wine writer Malcolm Gluck's record for book signings after adding his full name to 1,000 books on a tour to promote his latest novel. "His...Hollywood May Make History With Biggest Weekend Ever
"Warner Bros.’ "The Dark Knight" is poised to enter the record books as it opens today -- and the weekend has a shot at being the best on record in overall grosses on the strength of the Batman sequel and...Paris, Not just Bar Tabac, Literary Cafes as well!
Paris has been known as the refuge for real and wannabe artists over time, be it jazz musicians, poets, painters, writers and others.Isobel Scott covers some New Cafés Littéraires for Globespotters.Amongst them Tea and Tattered Pages "with its second hand English books from...
Historical Fiction Novel Exposes Prurience and Violence in 19th Century China
The Lustful Life of Sir Robert Hart:Or, Prurience & Violence in 19th Century ChinaA Critical Review of Lloyd Lofthouse’s “My Splendid Concubine” by Tom Carter Fans of historical fiction... Books: The Online Shopping Experience
Traditional bookstores have always existed on high streets, but in the digital age, the internet is proving to become a serious competitor to traditional brick and mortar stores. This article examines both sides of... Fiction fixes social awkwardness, study says
Contrary to popular stereotypes about geeky, four-eyed bookworms, fiction-lovers are actually more socially adept than most, according to new research. The ability to empathize and consider all sides of a social... Northern Ireland Mums : Where are you all?
I have been searching to find other Northern Ireland mums to make friends with. My husband and I have not long returned home after living abroad for some years. It seems that all the mums in / from Northern Ireland have disappeared....if you're a mum reading... Learn Japanese Tips and Tricks at the 'Urawaza' Book Party (San Francisco, Ju...
After reading The Maker of Balloons (Water Balloons that is) on PingMag, I wanted to learn more about this Japanese Summer tradition. By some twist of fate, I landed instead on Tokyo Mango, one of the voices of Lisa Katayama. She recently published Urawaza (Chronicle Books)... Festival for children to kick off in town
A "Family and Children Festival 2008" for children and teenagers organized by the HCMC Department of Culture and Information, the Committee for Population, Family and Children, the Municipal Youth Union and the...Reading with The Fonz
Great to see Henry Winkler supporting such a good cause. Most young kids don't know much about 'Happy Days' and 'The Fonz' but they will know about Winkler in his new role as children's author and his sharing about... Cornish Language makes massive return
"Tales from Porth" Saturday 14th June saw the launch at Waterstones Bookstore in Truro Kernow of new children's books commissioned by MAGA. Cornwall's own Government language department. ... Are you 'Distracted', Out of Focus? Maggie Jackson raises the red flag on Mul...
Maggie Jackson describes our current world as an ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) Society in her book Distracted subtitled The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. She worries as The Brian Lehrer Show put it that "today’s tendency to multi-tasking has us headed for...Online textbooks available
Indonesian Education Ministry distributed software based school textbooks to heads of education agencies nationwide. At an event aiming to promote the newly launched cheap and free-to-download school textbook program, the ministry distributed soft copies of 49 e-books --...
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