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What Happened When I Got Rid Of Everything In My House That Doesn't Spark Joy

Do socks really "spark joy?" This writer went through (nearly) every item in her house with some surprising results.I hate clutter. Growing up, my favorite book (and the only one I kept from my childhood) was The Boxcar Children, a story of four orphans who live in an abandoned train car with... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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None of the Above

Website security questions stress me out. How am I supposed to choose and remember a favorite book or favorite teacher? What if I’ve never had a pet? What if my high school’s mascot was a battered bronze lamp that was ceremonially passed from the graduating senior class president to the incoming... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calling Call Me Ishmael

As chronicled in the Kickstarter video above, the Call Me Ishmael (CMI) project is ingeniously simple: People dial in to 774-325-0503, leave a message about a favorite book, and CMI produces the simplest YouTube video in the world, showing a manual typewriter typing the caller’s words. That’s... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Best Books Twitter Contest: We Have A Winner

We asked our readers to pick their favorite book of 2015 and spread the word on Twitter. Congrats to our winner, @MitchRappFans, whose pick won the most retweets. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pick Your Favorite Book of the Year Twitter Contest

In a tweet with the hashtag #PWbestbooks, tell us the title and author of your favorite 2015 book, and tell us why for a chance to win our top 10 books of 2015. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Changing Your Reading Habits Can Transform Your Health

Reading doesn't just improve your knowledge, it can help fight depression, make you more confident, empathetic, and a better decision maker.My favorite book is War and Peace.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Asks: What's Your Favorite Dr. Seuss Book and Why?

What's your favorite book by Dr. Seuss? To mark the publication of the lost-then-found new Seuss book 'What Pet Should I Get?' PW wants to know about your favorite! Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book software company Trajectory signs deal with Tencent, plans to double workforce

It's a fact: even though printed books are not yet dead, there's an increasing number of people who are turning to ebooks to read their favorite book. Trajectory, a Marblehead-based company launched three years ago by two technology veterans, seeks to not only help publishers distribute their... Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A child's favorite book is one he or she chose, says study

A new Scholastic report found that a whopping 91 percent of children ages 6 to 17 said, 'My favorite books are the ones that I have picked out myself.' The books children liked the most were those that made them laugh, that let them use their imagination, and that tell made-up stories. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Billionaires’ Favorite Book

It’s recently emerged that America’s two richest men share not only a fondness for bridge, but identical taste in literature. Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet—according to an essay this week from Gates—count John Brooks’ Business Adventures as their single favorite book about business. Why is... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Franzen’s Worst Nightmare

To many devoted readers, bookstores, and collectors, a book is good, but a signed book is best—and the absence of a title page to autograph is just another reason for purists to eschew those newfangled e-readers. A signed copy of a favorite book can be intensely meaningful to an avid fan. And in... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Parapalooza' YouTube channel features people reading from their favorite titles

The new YouTube channel encourages readers to upload a video of themselves sharing a paragraph from a favorite book. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Appreciation: Maurice Sendak helped children's imaginations run wild

For all his contributions to children's literature, Maurice Sendak, who died Tuesday at 83, struck a chord with 'Where the Wild Things Are,' a dark and vivid adventure in a daunting world beyond a child's bedroom.When my son Noah was little — no more than 2 years old — his favorite book... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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