Tag: education
group name: books
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April 30, 2007 11:02 AM EDT --
Bill Bradley in his book, The New American Story, knows not just that education in America is in serious trouble, but that education in America being in serious trouble threatens our economic growth and . . .
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September 30, 2007 06:18 PM EDT --
The Things That I Learned From My 14 Ounce Daughter
I always considered myself to be quite fortunate. At 35 years of age I was on the faculty at a major medical school and on the fast track for . . .
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September 23, 2009 03:51 PM EDT --
Talking to Your Kids About Sex
We know – it is not an easy thing to do!
But sex education is a topic kids need to learn about. In her new book, Talking to Your Kids About Sex , Dr Laura . . .
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September 25, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Issue #17
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Whether you're a published author or merely working to see your . . .
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April 20, 2009 10:03 PM EDT --
The answer is Georgia. No, not Georgia, USA. Georgia the country with a literacy rate of 100%. Followed by Canada, and Cuba.
So what happened to the good old USA?
Lawyers and parents who don't . . .
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July 12, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Beginning next month, HarperCollins will be featuring the best of their nonfiction books and authors in the new group Great Reads on Gather. Great Reads will introduce you to at least two new authors each . . .
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August 30, 2007 12:27 AM EDT --
Other then jams and jellies, what is your favorite thing to have on a peanut butter sandwich? My favorite is bananas. (My husband truns his nose up at that!) And I love peanut butter . . .
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May 24, 2007 04:09 PM EDT --
Recently, I was fortunate enough to have my dark children’s novel The Ghost Mirror accepted for publication by e Treasures Publishing. You can imagine how excited I was to have my novel . . .
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April 16, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
Bill Bradley's New American Story is an intriguing yarn, spot on in some places and patchy in others. It's clear that Senator Bradley talked to a few smart people before he put together his proposals; . . .
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December 08, 2007 10:46 AM EST --
http://books.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,331488257-114241,00.html
A hunger for books
Last night Doris Lessing, aged 88, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In her acceptance speech she recalls . . .
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February 14, 2007 10:12 PM EST --
Which came first...the chicken or the egg?
Ahh, the proverbial question that has stumped scholars for centuries. Which really did come first? I don’t profess to know, or even care for that . . .
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June 12, 2009 08:58 AM EDT --
information and descriptions on cooking schools around the U. S.
GOURMET GETAWAYS - 50 Top Spots to Cook and Learn by Joe David. Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT; www.globepequot.com. 2009. . . .
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October 04, 2007 03:51 PM EDT --
Learning to accept the challenges and limitations of special needs children is a task that the child and family members constantly face. However, in the end, the grace of acceptance can be quite . . .
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August 15, 2007 02:10 PM EDT --
“I’ve always wanted to write happy endings and my characters always deny them.” That’s what Alice McDermott said when talking to writers about the craft of novel writing. . . .
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October 10, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
Issue #18
by Kimberly Ripley
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. I guess since this is Issue #18 it may be time to define what the actual intent . . .
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October 24, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
Issue #18
by Kimberly Ripley
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. In this issue we're going to look . . .
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January 18, 2007 04:14 PM EST --
After working on research for The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody for 16 years, Author Will Cuppy died. That's a damn shame because he was a freakin genius. I've not yet read any of his . . .
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May 29, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
The first African slaves arrived in Virginia in 1619.
Kunte Kinte, his daughter Kizzy, and her son George noticed that every time the whites "massas" became frightened--most likely by the threat . . .
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July 05, 2007 07:59 PM EDT --
Issue #12
by Kimberly Ripley
Welcome to Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. In this issue I'd like to talk about writing for anthologies. Some writers simply won't do it. Their reasons . . .
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July 24, 2007 11:26 AM EDT --
Issue #13
By Kimberly Ripley
Greetings, freelance writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. This week's column takes a brief look at writing for children. . . .
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