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Free Book Downloads - Part 28

Well, after last week’s depressing and rather dry book download, I’ve got a whole bunch of fiction downloads that are anything but dry or depressing for you courtesy of Samhain Publishing. There are about 40 short stories from various Samhain authors available (with handy tags like ’sweet’ or ’sexy’ so you know what type of [...]

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That silly get fit and healthy New Year’s resolution begins

If you read yesterday’s post, you’ll have noticed that I am hosting the Health & Fitness Read It, Live It, Blog It Reading Challenge. As part of the challenge I’m posting updates on Fridays which I will try to make useful and relevant to anyone interested in health or fitness, whether taking part in the [...]

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The year ahead at Booklorn.com

It’s the New Year for me and my little book blog. Time for a little update on what’s happening in 2009. I have a little less time this year so I’ll try to stick to a regular but reduced publishing schedule:

Mondays: Free Book Downloads
Wednesday: Book Review (Fiction or non-fiction)
Friday: Challenge book reviews/updates
Rest of the week: [...]

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Phraseology by Barbara Ann Kipfer (Review)

Released October 2008 (Sourcebooks) * 320 pages * ISBN 13: 9781402212871
Phraseology: Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts About English’s Best Expressions by Barbara Ann Kipfer is a collection of information about English phrases where entries vary from explanations of idioms to usage notes to interesting trivia.
The entries cover the range from curious [...]

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Free Book Downloads - Part 27

Here’s a cheery nonfiction read for the holidays: The World At Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism is available for download (also available in print from Random House, oddly enough–click the cover for the amazon.com version). Apparently the report on 9/11 was so popular that Random House [...]

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