A great book review with some equally great comments. picked by beckinacea 1 year ago

The world's oldest ocean-going passenger vessel still in service has been converted into a floating Japanese bookstore. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

An Arizona man is celebrating a special day to promote comic books as engaging educational tools. Free Comic Book Day is set to take place the first Saturday in May. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Find 'wild' books in your area or release a book into the wild for someone else to find. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago

I don't know if anyone on Plime likes her (I don't, particularly... ), but my mom asked me to download the book so she could read it.
Suze Orman's book, "Women & Money", is being offered for free download from Oprah's site until 8pm tomorrow. Link is to the PDF file for the English version, but you can also find the Spanish version through Oprah.com. picked by Marli 2 years ago

This fake book is a way of hiding your PSP and making people think you are reading a book. This is the perfect disguise. :) picked by pjanaway 3 years ago

Rove in new book: "Bush is needy"

Obviously not a groundbreaking book, so Bush is a needy cry baby, BIG SURPRISE! picked by buddha 3 years ago

’In 1973 I set out to do drawings of women’s genitals for use in sex education groups. I wanted the drawings to be lovely and informative, to give pleasure and affirmation. I organized the drawings into a coloring book because a major way we learn to understand the world, as children, is by coloring. As adults many of us still need to learn about our external sexual anatomy.’ -Te... read full post picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

While I like the idea of peer review system in schools the form of PRS in Toledo, Ohio is somewhat disturbing. Under peer review, a team of master teachers called "consultants" meticulously monitors and evaluates teachers in several areas. Very nice, but who will watch the watchers? picked by SkandarGraun 2 years ago

Search for books, read and write reviews and recreate your bookshelf online. Useful if you're not sure about reading a book. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

The Museum of Turin has acquired over 3 copies of the Egyptian Book of the Dead including the most ancient copy known. The books were discovered by Schiaparelli in 1906 and til this day they remain displayed in the museum. However, the director has been asked several times to remove them due to their negative energy pertruding from the papyrus. picked by bingo 11 months ago

A spate of suicides and attempted suicides by children in China’s biggest city at the start of the school year has prompted at least one bookseller to pull a popular cartoon book off the shelves. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A French academic has created a machine which prints books which "Do not exist except for the title until a customer orders one" that he claims writes with a quality similar to "what a competent wordsmith or an MBA might produce." picked by xenity7 2 years ago

Angus & Robinson books stores are demanding payment from smaller "less profitable" publishers or threatening to pull their books from the shelves.

Angry publishers are responding by pulling their books from their shelves. It will be interesting to see what a book store sells when it doesn't sell books. picked by melaraeriale 3 years ago

From the popular book, here is the list of those books which the editors felt you must read. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Jeffrey Lependorf created a 'book trailer' for his upcoming novel. He utilized the YouTube website and created a short film based on his book. Is this the future of marketing? picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Amazon review of "The Good Book". Pretty childish but honest and with a message picked by kamaloo 1 year ago

He's only 9, but this pint-sized pickup artist already knows plenty about pleasing the ladies.

So much, in fact, that Alec Greven's dating primer, "How to Talk to Girls" - which began as a handwritten, $3 pamphlet sold at his school book fair - hit the shelves nationwide last week. picked by lkrofct 1 year ago

Alfred Poulet wrote the book on foreign bodies found in people's bodies. Literally. His two-volume set from 1880, titled "A Treatise on Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice," is up for auction on eBay.

*a must read* picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Well that seems fair and balanced...

The moderator of Thursday's vice-presidential debate is writing a book to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of office that aims to "shed new light" on Democratic candidate Barack Obama and other "emerging young African American politicians" who are "forging a bold new path to political power." picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago