#6: Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World

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#6: Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World

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Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World by Dev Aujla, Billy Parish (10)Release Date: February 28, 2012 Buy new: $ 15.99 $ 10.65 25 used & new from $ 7.00 (Visit the Hot New Releases in Books list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.) Amazon.com: Hot New Releases in [...]

Books of The Times: ‘Beautiful Thing’ by Sonia Faleiro

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Sonia Faleiro’s new book delves into the lives and dramas of Mumbai’s dance bars. NYT > Books

Kobo releases ereading application for Windows 8

By admin on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 | 2 Comments

From the press release: Kobo Inc. today announced that the company will be one of the first eBook retailers to have an app featured in the Windows Store concurrent with the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Built using HTML and Java Script, Kobo’s app offers a personalized, secure and central destination where people [...]

Santorum’s Arrested Development

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Garry Wills AP Photo/Eric Gay Rick Santorum with Heather Siekierski and her six children during a campaign rally in Lansing, Michigan, February 27, 2012 Rick Santorum, who nearly defeated Mitt Romney in yesterday’s Michigan primary and remains close to him in national polls, says that President Obama wants to force colleges on everyone because “he [...]

The Wall Street Journal calls Peter Robinson’s BEFORE THE POISON “a gripping tale that brings to mind not only old-time Hollywood but also British ‘golden age’ storytelling in the Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier tradition.”

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There’s no doubt that some of you may be familiar with bestselling author Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks mystery series, but this time around Peter shifts gears, and the result is a stunning stand-alone novel called Before the Poison. Before the… Book Club Girl – Book Group Recommendations, Reading Group Guides, Audio Book Club Podcasts

Gadgets for Seniors: the Amazon Kindle, a great way to help prevent Alzheimer’s

By admin on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 | 4 Comments

www.seniorszen.com In a previous blog post we looked at the iPad, and how it can be used as a tool for seniors to communicate with their loved ones. Today we are going to examine another gadget that a senior might enjoy — the Amazon Kindle. The Amazon Kindle is an ebook reader from bookseller giant [...]

Book Review: Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects, Fourth Edition by Editors: Sampo Lahtinen, Arthur C. Ouwehand, Seppo Salminen, Atte Von Writght

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Book Review: Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects, Fourth Edition by Editors: Sampo Lahtinen, Arthur C. Ouwehand, Seppo Salminen, Atte Von Writght Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 01:07 p.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012 While similarities between milk-souring organisms and other [...]

Book Review: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress

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Book Review: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 01:07 p.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Mutated bacteria killed the plants, and geological disasters reshaped the Earth’s surface. The survivors live locked [...]

Wired world to be boon, bane for Generation Y: survey

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is a good chance young people growing up in today’s always-wired world will eventually become bright, nimble decision makers – if they don’t wind up intellectual lightweights unable to concentrate long enough to chew over a good book. So say 1,021 technology insiders, critics and students surveyed by the Pew Research [...]

Book Review: Tears of the Phoenix by Lonnie Beerman

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Book Review: Tears of the Phoenix by Lonnie Beerman Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 01:07 p.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Set in the early 1970s in a small town, Tears of the Phoenix revolves around many social issues including the Vietnam [...]

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