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Fun Stuff |
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I'm a big fan of the Bombay cinema industry, often called "Bollywood." This is the best DVD store I've found for Bollywood flicks. Check out my Books & Films page for recommendations
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A terrific internet resource for people who love Paris, or who are planning a trip there. My mom is a fan of their newsletter.
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I love to cook. It's creative and satisfying, and I can share the results the same day (instead of waiting a year for publication)! This is the best source I've found for herbs and spices. Great quality, huge selection, and reasonable prices. And you'll love the catalogue they'll send you!
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Since retiring from their full-time jobs, my relatives Robert and Glenda Hamburg now take epic journeys around the country in their RV. To follow their adventures, as I do, visit their blog. |
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A friend of mine runs this blog about locally grown food here in the Ohio Valley. Her excellent blog appears on "Best Of" lists in various Cincinnati publications. |
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Thou lumpish pottle-deep flax-wench! A fellow writer insulted me so colorfully, I demanded to know where she had learned her remarks. She gave me this wonderful URL for an inexhaustible supply of Shakespearean insults. |
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Lawson's animated, musical e-cards are so charming that I think they're nicer to receive than real cards. I have a subscription and use this service regularly. |
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I have a mild obsession with megalithic monuments. This website has a lot of fun links and resources for an interested layperson like me. |
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By using this business' mix-and-match menus, you can design an illustrated character that looks like yourself (or like the intended recipient), and then order the image on business cards, invitations, thank you cards, coffee mugs, post-it notes, etc. Excellent resource for a unique gift! |
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Some Cool Art Sites |
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Dan Dos Santos is the talented and award-winning artist who did the cover for Doppelgangster—and who I hope will do the covers perpetually for the Esther Diamond series. He's also done some of my dad's book covers. His work encompasses a wide range of fields, as you can see on his website. |
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Paula was the young editorial assistant who pulled my first manscript, a romance novel called One Sultry Summer, out of the slushpile and convinced Silhouette Books to publish it, lo those many years ago. She subsequently came to her senses and left publishing. Now she's an artist, and you can see her work here! |
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Some of my favorite online booksellers |
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My favorite seller of audio book downloads. (I love my iPod! As you value your life, do not get between me and my iPod.) I find the monthly membership a good-value deal, and they occasionally have some great sales. |
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I've found some of the coolest books, for pleasure and for research, at this discount seller.
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Having trouble finding a book? This search engine looks for the book you want by searching the databases of book dealers all over the world. I have used this service to acquire books I couldn't find any other way, and from places as far afield as Europe, South Africa, and Australia.
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A favorite site for research books, due to the extensive categorization by topic and sub-topic. Excellent, well-organized source of remaindered and close-out editions covering a wide variety of subjects.
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A British publisher of folklore, mythology, and cultural studies. A cool source of off-beat subject matter.
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Want to buy a book in French without paying international postage? Or a book about France? Or a book to learn French? This New York-based bookstore has an exceptional supply of such books. |
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Not exactly a bookseller, but close enough. They produce recorded lecture series. Fascinating and varied subjects explained by experts in their fields.
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Miscellaneous |
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The daughter of a friend of mine is working with Project Hope in Nablus, Palestine a.k.a the Palestinian Authority a.k.a. the Occupied Territories a.k.a the West Bank. Check out her blog about her experiences there. |
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Some media sites |
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This Harvard University site maintains a good list of updated
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A non-partisan project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Offers fact-checked analyses of political ads, speeches, and articles to a hype-wearied public.
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A United Nations news site focused on humanitarian stories
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Focuses on freedom-of-the-press issues around the world. |
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Zakaria is my favorite political columnist, combining an international and historical perspective with articulate writing. You can read his columns here. |
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Something of value |
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) are volunteers who represent the needs of foster kids in the system. You can find the CASA program near you by looking on this national website.
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This is a green business that plants trees to replace the ones that are cut down to supply the raw materials for manufacturing books. |
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Peace Parks Foundation
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This organization provides books to communities in the developing world, particularly children's books in local languages. Room To Read develops schools and other educational infrastructures in rural areas, and they have established more than 3,600 community libraries in developing countries. |
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Advocacy, legislation, fun facts, cool projects, fundraising.
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A friend of mine volunteers in support of this project |
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