It seems like every new year brings the same old batch of resolutions: lose weight, join a gym, organize that closet once and for all. But according to consumer research firm Nielsen, there’s another self-improvement pledge that’s nearly as popular as fitness: “Enjoy life to the fullest.”That probably has different meanings for different people, but ultimately it’s about replacing practicality with passion – doing more instead of merely getting more. Maybe this is the year you finally sign up for open-mic night or get started on that book you’ve been itching to write. Whatever enjoying life to the fullest means to you, be sure to keep the right tech close at hand – the better to capture, improve, or simply participate in your passion.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
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Featured image: Louise Brooks, interviewed in Lulu in Berlin, 1984 ¤ IN 1966, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES AUTHOR and screenwriter Anita Loos drolly paid tribute to one of the cinema’s most iconic brunettes. Loos had first been friendly with Louise Brooks “in California when she was an early-day sex... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-08-15 15:00:27 UTC ]
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Seeing unexpected pairings of readers and books quickly dispels the idea of who reads what• Time to reset: more brilliant ideas to remake the worldI have a party trick. If you name three books you like and two you hate, I can write you a reading list of 10 books you will love.I’ve gained this... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-15 10:00:40 UTC ]
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Since the killing of George Floyd in late May, the book publishing industry, overwhelmingly white at every level, seems to have reached a period of reckoning about its own history of exclusionary hiring practices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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While recent efforts are encouraging, publishing needs to establish permanent methods to give people of color more opportunities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked educators across the country how they are taking action to address racism and social justice with their students. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2020 Singapore Book Awards include three newly added digital-publishing categories including audiobook, ebook, and digital marketing. The post Singapore Book Awards 2020: A Dessert Guide Wins Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-13 16:08:03 UTC ]
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How will public libraries handle being unable to be community centers when their communities are most in need of them? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-08-13 10:35:00 UTC ]
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After the lockdown, hundreds of delayed titles are expected this autumn including many household names vying for Christmas successFrom Richard Osman’s first crime novel to Caitlin Moran’s new memoir, almost 600 hardbacks are due to be published on 3 September in a “massive bun fight” of new... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-13 06:00:47 UTC ]
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Ingrid Persaud’s Trinidad-set debut is a memorable, moving account of wounded people who come together to create an alternative family. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-12 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury imprint Vermilion is releasing a 10th anniversary edition of Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 00:31:24 UTC ]
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Singer Tina Turner has written a guide to life using Buddhist principles, to be published by HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 23:03:55 UTC ]
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Penguin has announced a series of virtual, live events featuring guests including Zadie Smith, Yotam Ottolenghi, Caitlin Moran and Jeremiah Emmanuel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:28:30 UTC ]
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Derren Brown is condensing the lessons from his bestseller Happy to handbook size in A Little Happier: Notes for Reassurance with Transworld this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:12:39 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired Everyone Versus Racism—a book by Patrick Hutchinson, who was photographed carrying an injured white man during London's Black Lives Matter protests. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 17:18:36 UTC ]
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The pandemic has found a way to derail more than 25 years of research on Atlantic puffins and a variety of other seabirds on Machias Seal Island in the Bay of Fundy. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2020-08-04 09:30:00 UTC ]
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Have you ever noticed how many scenes in science fiction and military movies take place in a command center? Whether it’s a fictional character like Captain Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise or a real-life crisis unfolding in the White House situation room, the command center plays a critical role... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-08-03 07:00:00 UTC ]
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Trethewey’s memoir is a tribute to a life snuffed out by a brutal man, a fractured judicial system and a patriarchy as old as Methuselah. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Century will publish Five Minute Therapy by Sarah Crosby, a.k.a. Instagrammer @TheMindGeek, in December 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-31 06:12:14 UTC ]
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In a way, Revell Publishing hasn’t changed since 1870, even as it has evolved from its evangelist beginnings into a contemporary trade house offering faithful living advice, inspiring personal narratives, and novels that always end on an up note. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What can you say about this year that hasn't already been said? Not much. So instead of dwelling on the pain this industry, as well as this country is facing, we want to focus on some of the best cover design work of the year so far. We reached out to our community of magazine creatives and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-30 14:45:33 UTC ]
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