Author: Fiona Bayrock (on JOMB) Illustrator: Carolyn Conahan (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Charlesbridge (on JOMB) ISBN: 1570916705 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Quick! What’s used for communication, transportation, self defence, sound-dampening, warmth, entertainment and hatching and doesn’t cost ...

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Some things in life are easy, and some are hard. It might be easy to cook a simple meal but really hard to get up early in the morning. Imagine trying to speak English without being able to express “it’s easy to” and “it’s hard to...

Beatrice doesn’t live at the end of the world, but this begins to seem a technicality. So far it feels as if you’re driving through an early Springsteen album: leather, denim, baseball caps and way too many tricked-out cars. A kid on the corner looks concerned with the tire of his up-ended bike....

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! There are times when you need to apologize. It’s hard enough to say you’re sorry, but not knowing whether to do it in formal or informal Japanese can make a tough situation even worse! Depending on whether you’re at work or speaking to a clos...

Our second Skagen review today is of the 697XLMLMB. It's a quartz men's dress watch with a style a bit more daring than most of their line. Specifications: * 35g in weight with strap * 42.5mm across with crown, 40.2mm without, 49mm lug to lug * 8.5mm thick * Black ion plated stainless steel case wit...

As a followup to our interview with Skagen founder Charlotte Jorst, today we have a review of the Skagen 233XSLSLB. 233xlslb1 From the upcoming 'Skagen Leather' collection, it's very much down the center of the Skagen style: Quartz, slim, and low-key in appearance. Some specifications: * 30g in weig...

Harold Jarche has an interesting post concerning innovation and learning that I post here in its entirety. In Innovating in the Great Disruption, Scott Anthony suggests three disciplines necessary to foster innovation in difficult economic times - placing a premium on progress; mastering paradox; an...

Author: Demi (Charlotte Hitz Huang) (on JOMB) Illustrator: Demi (Catherine Dumaresq Hunt) Published: 2008 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB) ISBN: 0761454330 Chapters.ca Amazon.com It’s hard to believe that fifty-six pages of 700 year old travel details could consistently engross two seven and nine ...

  Diamond Jewellery   There are literally thousands of varieties of Diamond jewellery strewn all over the ornaments industry and market. The versatility of the diamond has allowed the gem to work its way right up to the top, beating its closest competitors by miles by virtue of its beauty as well ...

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your Japanese is coming along great, so keep up the good work. You’re ready to tell your friends, “I’ve been learning Japanese without using anything but JapanesePod101.com!” Consider the way that sentence is constructed and how often y...