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DogEared
From the About page:
 
“What is DogEared?

DogEared is a blog ALL about books.
Good books, funny books, adventure books. Books about animals, friendship, pirates, faraway places… Books about, well, almost EVERYTHING!!

So why did we call it DogEared and not, the, um, bookblog?
 
Hmm…good question, smarty pants!

You know when you read a book and you turn the […]

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Football season is right around the corner! Here is an interesting college football book that you might enjoy. Do you have other suggestions?

“Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of It’s Not About the Bike, revives a forgotten piece of history in The Real All Americans. In doing so, she has crafted a truly inspirational story […]

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An interesting article appeared in the InsideHigherEd.com newsletter. It was the title caught my attention! FISH TO PROFS: STICK TO TEACHING. I could just visualize one of those mounted ’singing catfish’ talking to a group of professors! The article, of course, was more serious. The premise - “Should we […]

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John Mutter, editor-in-chief, of the Shelf-Awareness newsletter announced their 3rd anniversary via the newsletter. If you aren’t familiar with the newsletter these highlights will help you become more familiar. You may sign up for the FREE newsletter and see back issues at Shelf-Awareness.com
“Yesterday marked the third anniversary of our first issue. […]

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As a newbie at buying and selling domain names through my business, DomainsPromote.com, I was interested to read this new book.  The book was written by David Kesmodel, a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

The Domain Game
After looking for it in all of the local stores and not finding it, I ordered it […]

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Picked up an interesting book yesterday at Goodwill called, “Specialty Shop Retailing: How to run your own store - Innovative ideas for retail success”. The copy that I found had a copyright of 1997. Was curious about the author’s business success so I looked up Orange Tree Imports
and found that it is […]

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As I was reading Newsweek and enjoying my breakfast of ‘Chicken Fried Rice’ (seriously) I ran across an article entitled, ‘Lo Mein Street, U.S.A.‘. The heading said, ‘Americans love Chinese food. The problem is, most of what we’re eating doesn’t really come from China.’ Examples were listed:

‘Chop Suey […]

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In the summer of 2007 there was a lot of discussion in the news about the Atlanta Journal-Constitution eliminating the book editor position held by Teresa Weaver. They were also seriously considering doing away with Book Reviews all together. Try to find the Book Reviews on their Website! It is hidden away […]

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Jodi Picoult’s newest book is “19 Minutes“. Have you heard about it? Regardless, please read on…
“19 Minutes” is presently the 68th fastest selling book of the Amazon.com Bestsellers. On Jodi Picoult’s Website, www.JodiPicoult.com, there is a Podcast that “gives the story behind 19 Minutes”. Also, check […]

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In Charlotte we are grieving over the killing of two of our police officers and struggling with crime concerns in general.
It was encouraging for me to learn about this book and more importantly the turnaround success of its author, Jeff Henderson.  We must remember to always look for the potential and the “good” in our students and seek ways to help […]

Continue Reading Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, from Cocaine to Foie Gras