The world is re-created in every instant of time, and this moment is always your life’s beginning. No matter how many years have been stolen from you by your own ignorance, by cruel fate, or by the acts of others, you have a clean, broad slate before you. In this instant – this one now [...]
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Last week I announced that I’m giving away two copies of the prettiest book that’s ever graced my coffee table, The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless.
I loved your comments! Some of my favorites:
Mark KS – Linked to Hans Rosling’s TED Talk (uses “cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty”)
Ryan [...]
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Ladies and gentleman: I present you with The Visual Miscellaneum – a book I want to cuddle with and keep forever.
My blog has actually gotten to the point where I have more publicists offering to send books than I have time to review, which for a book worm is pretty cool! But when I heard [...]
Continue reading about The Ultimate Eye Candy Book for Nerds: The Visual Miscellaneum (+ Giveaway!)
It is my pleasure to introduce you to Phil Villarreal – one of the funniest (and most supportive) people I’ve met through my blog.
Phil recently published his book, Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel, after seven failed manuscripts over seven years. I admire his persistence and sense of humor. As one reviewer describes him, “Phil is [...]
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I read a lot of books (connect with me on Good Reads to keep up!), and I’m working on my next list of Ten Books that Changed My Life. I wrote the last one almost two years ago and my life has changed A LOT in that time. Until I publish the next round, consider [...]
Continue reading about Book Notes: Zen and the Art of Happiness
“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you.
Books help us understand who we are and how we are [...]
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