An article by Jakob Povl Holck and Kaare Lund Rasmussen explains the use of arsenic a couple hundred years ago and how the danger of reading some old books could be harmful, even fatal. I had no idea how widely used it was until the mid 1800’s. Damage caused by the use of green arsenic from […]
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Thomas Jefferson Cut-and-Paste Bible
Thomas Jefferson assembled his own version of the bible. He clipped the passages he thought were genuine teachings of Jesus and pasted them, in the four languages side by side, onto pages. Read the article on Openculture.com. x Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Pinterest Tumblr Reddit Like this: Like Loading… Related
10 Things You Need to Know About Virtual Book Tours
By Dorothy Thompson, Founder of Pump Up Your Book By now, most authors know what virtual book tours are or at least have heard of them. They’re that wonderful marketing tool that should be a must have in every new book’s campaign. With each new book I write, I’m making a game plan before the […]
8 Hacks for Mother’s Day (For When You Really Wish They Wouldn’t)
By Pauline Daley-Parril 1. Breakfast in Bed It’s five minutes past dawn and you hear your kids banging cupboard doors down in the kitchen. Soon there will be syrup and pancake batter dripping from the walls, floors, countertops and overhead fixtures. Worse yet, you are about to be compelled to consume a plateful […]
Grab Inspiration and Never Let Go
I’ve murdered men. I’ve started wars, had great loves, lived through apocalyptic plagues, survived on Mars and been an ambulance driver in The Great War. And it was all in my head. That’s why I love books. That’s why they inspire me. Great books give me something I can’t get anywhere else. As an author, […]
Ghost Writers
The authors of Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, and many other books written for children were actually written by ghost writers for Edward Stratemeyer and his daughters. Read the article here. When I first found this out, I had to check on my favorite sleuth when I was young, Trixie Belden. I was relieved […]
Hay-on-Wye
“…did you know there’s a town known as the ‘town of books’? In fact, the town is so crazy about literature that it holds an annual literature festival each May… Hay-on-Wye, the National Book Town of Wales which is located on the Welsh/English border in the United Kingdom and lies on the banks of the River Wye. […]
28 Books You Should Read if You Want to
There’s a great article on The Millions in response to recent lists that were posted by other sites listing the books that we should read. My favorites on this list: You should read the book that you hear two booksellers arguing about at the registers while you’re browsing in a bookstore. You should read the book […]
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
The editors at Amazon came up with a list of 100 books that you should read in your lifetime. Goodreads then invited their readers to list the books they think should be on that list. I was happy to see that some of my favorites made both lists. I’ve read about a third of them. […]
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