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Do you have a lot of books around your house that you no longer read? If you do and you have no idea what to do with them, the Daily Green has 11 ideas on how to recycle your books.
1. Throw a book swap party. Get in a few bottles of wine (organic and fair [...]

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is upon was again!
Get your plots out and your writing hands ready to write your novel in one month – remember that it’s quantity not quality!
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) [...]

Kurt Vonnegut has died.
Vonnegut’s works are antiwar and they question the very ideas that modern western society holds dear – which is why I adore this dead man. Quite frankly I think everyone should give Bokonism a try. It’s with great pleasure and some sadness that I put this post on this site. In his [...]

Over at Crooked Timber there is a discussion going on about the best opening lines to (mainly) academic books.
Some examples from the comments:
“In this book I shall show that there are no books.”
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent.”
“Chaos theory is not nearly as exciting as it sounds. How could it be?”

What’s Up 2007 – 365 Days of Skywatching is a free e-book that can guide you to the stars this year. The e-book is desgined to help experienced and inexperienced people find the stars for fun viewing. If you like, you can also order a printed copy.
“Each day is specifically geared to give you the [...]

UnSuggester is a great tool to find things that you hate! I love it!
Type in a book that you really enjoy and the unsuggester will let you know what book you will find torturous. For example, here are unSuggestions Brave new world : and, Brave new world revisited by Aldous Huxley, perfectly it unSuggests that [...]