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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by Jack on 11.27.2008 at 9:01 am

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Stuff Yourself with Books!

This Thanksgiving you’ll get your fill of turkey (or tofurkey), stuffing, cranberry sauce, football and get more than your share of over-bearing inlaws (oh Uncle Marty…). So why don’t you treat yourself to a healthy serving of new and used books from BetterWorld.com to offset all that delicious tryptophan. Expand your mind as well as your waist line.
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Paging Authors Podcast: Barbara Ehrenreich

Posted by Dana on 11.26.2008 at 9:30 am

Paging Authors with Dana Barrett is a weekly podcast in which our lovely and talented Ms. Barrett sits down with your favorite bestselling authors as well as up and coming literary stars.

Dana recently had a chance to sit down with Barbara Ehrenreich after her talk at the Green Festival in Washington DC. Ms. Ehrenreich is a political activist and satirist and the author of over 20 books including the New York Times Bestsellers Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. \Her latest book This Land is Their Land is a collection of essays on the current state of the country.  No stone goes unturned as Ms. Ehrenreich tackles gay marriage, the disparity of the classes and even the Disney princesses.

Barbara Ehrenreich [ 11:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (292)

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Thanksgiving Poll

Posted by admin on 11.26.2008 at 8:30 am

OK, this is really silly, but it’s almost Thanksgiving and the thought of Turkey dominates, so the two epic questions:

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Seasonal Change

Posted by Jack on 11.25.2008 at 3:41 pm

OK, so most places in the country are experiencing some serious weather right now, but here in SF it’s just beginning to turn a bit cold and dark rather early.  In honor of the two, I have two selections for you from classic American poets:

For autumn:

As imperceptibly as Grief
The Summer lapsed away–
Too imperceptible, at last,
To seem like Perfidy–
A Quietness distilled,
As Twilight long begun,
Or Nature, spending with herself
Sequestered Afternoon–
The Dusk drew earlier in–
The Morning foreign shone–
A courteous, yet harrowing Grace,
As Guest who would be gone–
Read more…

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Week in Review: November 17-21

Posted by admin on 11.24.2008 at 10:52 am

What you missed while you were getting dominated by Ling Ling

-We had a big week, and so did National Book Award Winner (for non-fiction) Annette Gordon-Reed (did you listen to our interview with her yet?)
-We embraced the new Google Books
-Tara described “The Obsession” of Antiquarian, Rare and Collectable books
-We polled you about comics and movies
-Destinie dabbled in DC and Delta Airlines.  Oh alliteration and Greenfest!
-Chip was flabbergasted by dating sites
-Dana interviewed Karen White, maybe she’ll win an award now(!)
-We showed you the Top 10 bestsellers of all time… in 1978.

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Flabbergasted: Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon

Posted by Chip on 11.23.2008 at 1:16 pm

A popular pizza chain recently introduced pasta to their menu options. In order to illustrate the quality of the product they advertised that a fine dining restaurant served their pasta and the customers loved it. One of their popular new pasta options is: macaroni and cheese with bacon.

In the commercial the people could not believe they were eating pasta they could have delivered to their front door for a mere 12 bucks. They had no idea that their meal had been a ruse. I think that they should Read more…

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Top Ten Bestselling Books Ever

Posted by admin on 11.21.2008 at 11:25 am

OK, this list is actually from The Book of Lists printed in 1978, so it’s… slightly out of date. But jump in your time capsule and let’s go check on what the Top Ten Bestsellers of all time were as disco was kicking it live (click on the image of the cover to go to the product page).


10. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (19,300,000 copies)


9. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Dr. Benjamin Spock (24,000,000) Read more…

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Paging Authors Podcast: Karen White

Posted by Dana on 11.21.2008 at 10:36 am

Paging Authors with Dana Barrett is a weekly podcast in which our lovely and talented Ms. Barrett sits down with your favorite bestselling authors as well as up and coming literary stars.

Today’s edition: Karen White, author of the recent The House on Tradd Street as well as earlier The Memory of Water and The Color of Light.

Southern novelist Karen White’s first book for NAL, The Color of Light, was named one of the Top Ten Summer Reads by Atlanta Magazine, became a Southeast Bookseller Association best seller, and was honored with awards and nominations from writers’ organizations in her home state, Georgia, and as far afield as Wisconsin and Colorado. Pieces of the Heart, Read more…

Karen White [ 25:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (312)

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Flabbergasted: Coffee Shop Strangers

Posted by Chip on 11.20.2008 at 2:10 pm

Hello my name is Chip.  I am an account representative for Better World
Books.  I moved to  Alpharetta, GA to begin my journey with Better
World Books.   Yesterday, I went to a coffee shop for two reasons:

1) They had free wi-fi

2) I wanted to make some new friends.

My plan went sour when I was informed by the coffee house wi-fi server
that I was not allowed to go to my intended website.   Apparently, the
company is against online dating.  I like online dating.

Online dating saves money.  (That is if you use a free dating site)

I am a bit of a value fan.  Some people say I am cheap but I
am not cheap. I am efficient.  I’m not going to say what coffee shop I
was in but I’ll give you a hint.  It is everywhere.
Plan A to meet people didn’t work.

Plan B
I was forced to attempt Read more…

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Destinie’s DC Green Festival Trip

Posted by Kelly on 11.20.2008 at 12:00 pm

As a 24 year old who has never been out of the vicinity of South Bend, Indiana (aside from Chicago, Illinois and Niles, Michigan, lame I know), I was pretty excited to hear that I had won the extra ticket to the Washington, DC Green Festival. I was pretty nervous, having never been on a plane or so far from home, so my anxiety was running a bit high. I spent literally 2 weeks packing for a 4 day trip… very OCD. Then the day to leave finally arrived.

All the way to the airport I was about to pass out from nerves. But as soon as I got on the plane (which was very tiny) I felt a little bit better. Then it started to move. Read more…

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