Tag: books
member name: Lisa Gensheimer
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February 06, 2007 09:28 PM EST --
"I don't think writing is an art. I think it's sometimes raised to an art, but basically it's a craft, like cabinet making or carpentry." William Zinsser, On Writing Well
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January 16, 2007 02:09 PM EST --
The story of a fugitive slave and bounty hunter is one of betrayal and trust—and the deepest of all emotions, the love a parent has for a child
As a writer of non-fiction with a special interest . . .
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October 03, 2007 09:26 PM EDT --
New York-based Time magazine reporter Lisa Takeuchi Cullen not only has a nose for news, she can make you stop dead in your tracks, especially when it comes to planning your own funeral.
I had the opportunity . . .
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June 14, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Please join me in congratulating Barb W. for winning a copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest. Barb won the book in the random drawing held this afternoon.
I only . . .
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January 07, 2008 05:27 PM EST --
The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-Start Remarkable Weight Loss (Hardcover)
Mark "Dr. Tea" Ukra, with Sharyn Kolberg
Harper Collins . . .
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May 16, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
I discovered my husband at a garage sale, wedged between a stack of old books and a crate piled high with used Tupperware®. His eyes caught mine as he burped the plastic storage containers, one by . . .
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March 27, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
The Story We’re Told vs. The True American Story
You’d swear Bill Bradley was running for office or dashing down court for a breakaway three-pointer. This one-time presidential contender and . . .
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August 06, 2007 12:10 PM EDT --
It’ll be High Tide in Tucson before my garden sprouts The Bean Trees bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver grows on her farm in the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia. Small Wonder. . . .
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January 24, 2007 10:50 AM EST --
Ed Bernik discovered long ago that what you remember most of your travels are not the expansive vistas; not the dramatic acts of nature like lightning over the Grand Canyon or the pounding surf of an advancing . . .
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May 07, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
LAS VEGAS--The beauty of the Bellagio fountains, its lush conservatory and botanical gardens, even Dale Chihuly's art glass fade into the Las Vegas landscape as you step inside Ansel Adams: America, . . .
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June 14, 2007 07:18 AM EDT --
-- or at least write about it by 3 p.m. EST today ---right now you stand a 1 in 14 chance of getting a free copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest, a coffee-table book from . . .
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May 31, 2007 10:27 PM EDT --
I have a chronic case of disposophobia, or at least that’s how Bruce Littlefield would diagnose it. I can’t bear to part with old photographs, worn out running shoes, and a frog collection . . .
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February 27, 2008 02:45 PM EST --
The April issue of Writer's Digest arrived in my mailbox on Saturday and I've been in a snit ever since. "Publish Your First Book after 50," said the headline, but here's the real . . .
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December 14, 2008 05:53 PM EST --
Nick Malgieri's new book on baking is already beginning to look like a treasured family cookbook – a sprinkle of flour between the folds, a post-it note to Santa for some must-have gadgets, and a . . .
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November 27, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
It’s deer season in my neck of the woods, but if you’d rather hunt for antiques, Christmas gifts, and a winter’s worth of reading, take off the camouflage and set your sights for Warren, . . .
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April 19, 2006 09:51 PM EDT --
With spring in the air and Earth Day fast approaching, nature lovers will appreciate the lush, green photographs in Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest, released . . .
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June 12, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
... to win a signed copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest. Tell us about your favorite forest in 300 words or less and you'll be entered in a random drawing for . . .
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January 28, 2008 05:20 PM EST --
Want to learn more about Pennsylvania's Civil War history? Looking for an interesting and unusual way to spend a weekend getting to know the Commonwealth? Need a place to take your out-of-state visitors . . .
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April 22, 2008 09:11 AM EDT --
"As the nation enters a new era of populism and progressive politics, it cries out for journalists who play hardball with facts, not spin."
Now that oil commands a record $117 a barrel, . . .
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January 11, 2007 02:11 PM EST --
If the idea of stopping by woods on a snowing evening sends shivers up your spine, wait until you step into Thomas Paquette’s new book, Thomas Paquette: Gouaches (Eyeful Press, 2007) and its frosty . . .
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