The link below is to an article that takes a look at apps that help you keep track of your personal library.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/5-apps-to-help-you-track-your-personal-libraries_b79862
The link below is to an article reporting on how Elizabeth’s Bookshops in Australia are using a novel idea to help it sell books – blind dates with books.
For more visit:
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/05/go-on-a-blind-date-with-a-book/
The link below is to an article that may be of great help to people who have books in need of some care – how to bind a book.
For more visit:
http://www.marthastewart.com/print/270344
The link below is to an article that offers some suggestions on how to complete books that you start to read. I think it is probably a fairly common problem, having a book (or many) lying about that you haven’t been able to finish. I seem to have this problem increasingly these days, so perhaps there are some tips here to help.
For more visit:
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/04/how-to-actually-finish-the-books-you-want-to-read/
The link below is to an article that is part one of ‘ten podcasts for writers.’ If you fancy yourself as a bit of a writer, perhaps you will find something of help in these podcasts.
For more visit:
http://brooklynbased.net/blog/2012/04/fleeing-your-brain-10-podcasts-for-writers-part-one/
The video below may be of some help to authors/writers who may be looking for various descriptive words or phrases that describe having drunk a little too much beer. The video has 220 synonyms used by Benjamin Franklin for being drunk.
One of the most disadvantaged areas in the world is Africa, where so many people live in poverty, along with all of the accompanying issues associated with poverty. It is a tragic situation, which the West can do a lot more about.
To help the African situation visit:
A response to reading ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton
Today’s suggestion is about getting behind the ‘clown doctors.’ Who are these ‘doctors?’ These are the people who seek to bring humour to the depressing wards of hospitals, especially for children.
Clown Doctors – a good idea that helps kids in hospital.
For more information and how to help:
A response to reading ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton
Today’s suggestion is yet another with a website to provide further information. I like the idea of hosting a ‘hunger banquet’ in that it provides an opportunity for a bit of fun, yet increases awareness of a major global crisis and the opportunity to raise some money to help.
Visit the website at:
A response to reading ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton
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