Ok, now the iPhone Kindle application is earning its keep–even though it was already free. As mentioned before, The Cook’s Illustrated How-To-Cook Library is freely available from Amazon’s kindle and it’s big. I’m already a big fan of Cook’s Illustrated and Americ...

The first part of the book is outlined to consist of two chapters. Chapter 2 - The Sustainability Challenge The first chapter - key descriptor "the Sustainability Challenge" - introduces the wider context which is related to the sustainability agenda at large, where some short history and ...

So I spent the weekend immersing myself in cultural activities of various kind. Yesterday, while stuck at home trying to recover from the annoying cold that just doesn't seem to go away, I made it an Italian Day. I turned on my beloved Andrea Bocelli CDs, (yes, he's a fellow lawyer!), while eating I...

Founders at Work certainly lives up to expectations. If you’re looking for inspiration on how people bootstrapped themselves in the tech sector to wild success here it is. Now, as a chronicle of the nascent IT sector at this point in history, there are a lot of people who were at the right pla...

The latest issue of mental_floss just hit newsstands. Rosemary Ahern’s cover story chronicles ‘The 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years.’ This week, we’ll be revealing five of those influential books here on the blog. And if this puts you in a subscribing mood, here...

Interestingly, I don’t think Jack Bauer killed or even knocked anyone down last week, is that possible? Last week we were treated to cameos by Aaron and Morris, WHICH WAS AWESOME! We also found out that Billy Walsh is at least one of the moles. We should be seeing Renee Walker fall in love wit...

Recently, a good friend and I discussed books we read and re-read growing up and noticed a common theme: Our lasting favorites featured strong female protagonists who often kicked some serious behind. After the fun I had writing about literature’s desirable men and reading the heated debates i...

Dirty Girls is a book that will discuss the widespread, yet silent battle women are facing with pornography addiction. Surveys are being conducted at TheNewPornAddicts.com for women presently addicted to pornography, for women who have overcome a pornography addiction and for friends, family and acc...

Second-string New Yorker movie critic David Denby hates 'snark.' He wrote a whole book of fiction about it! What would the man think if he knew that snark—yes, snark—is creeping into his own publication's content? Ben Greenman writes the "Goings On" blog on Newyorker.com, about "Cultural...

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