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You have so much you want to tell your graduating senior—whether a child, grandchild, or friend. Although you’ve spent years sharing the wisdom you’ve gleaned from life, somehow that doesn’t seem to be nearly enough. There’s always something else you meant to say, some piece of advice you forgot to mention, some story from your past that could definitely help. 

Instead of loading them down with everything you think they’ll need, sometimes it’s better to supply them with solid books that can s

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Take heart, America: It’s not all scandal and gridlock in Washington. The nation’s capital also leads the country in print book purchases, according to Amazon’s annual list of the most well-read cities in the country.

But Washington falls to No. 5 when the rankings take into account all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format. Under that broader scope, Seattle and Portland, Ore., hold the two top spots.

Here is Amazon’s list of the top 20 most well-read cities, on

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WRITING A BOOK

Autumn is the season when word processors develop twitches in keyboards. Writers emerge from summers abroad, agents hunger for a new voice, publishers finally release the hidden gems that will save their industry. Book reviews burst with new titles and bestseller lists change faster than television cable lineup.

So, where's your book? We're waiting, all of us, readers, publishers, fellow writers who have patiently stood by while you grew up, went to school, married, had kids, and fou

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Whitney Houston's triumphant, heartbreaking life is being remembered in a book by her mother, singer Cissy Houston.
Houston has a deal with HarperCollins for a memoir it says will reveal the "unabridged and unbelievable story" of her Grammy Award-winning daughter, who died in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel bathtub in February at age 48. HarperCollins announced Monday that the currently untitled book is scheduled to come out next February.
"When I lost my daughter Nippy (Whitney Houston's n
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The author's 'Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt' is back on track, slated for 2013.
We've all wondered what Jesus was like as a boy. All we know is that he "grew up healthy and strong" and was "filled with wisdom, and God's favor was on him" (Luke 2:40).
Novelist Anne Rice has wondered about it too, so she did a lot of research and wrote Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005), imagining Jesus at the ages of 7-8. The story has "movie" written all over it, and after a number of fits and starts, it's
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Take me away (Far away)

Take me away...

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Take me away, so fare away from everything & every pain, worry & heart break. Take me to a place i'm free to do as i please. To a paradise unknown to man kind. so beautiful & pure. With fruits of knowledge, not self centered beings. Take me to the highest mountain, so i can give praise to my creater. Live life free of choices, not demands. Let me be free from all hate. Grow into someone special & provide such wonderful meaning to life's worth. Recreating man kind with the creater

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Today! (I Am)

Today my life changes even more. Winning at what I love most, writing what makes me happy. Gaining love from other’s who share the same passion as I. god has blessed me, to the point I don’t deserve it. But he knows my heart, my soul, my purpose.

Today I’m taking on responsibilities, acknowledging my father, the head of my life, giving him praise for all he has done for me. Loving me, forgiving me and allowing me to breath another day. I’m so thankful, but sometimes I have a hard time showing it.

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If Tomorrow Never Comes.

As I sit, acknowledging life. A thought pop’s in my head, if tomorrow never comes. What have I accomplished? What have I changed, that i needed to improve the most in my life? If tomorrow never come’s, I’ve learned all there is about life. All that god allowed me to know. But have I achieved all he wanted me too?

Trials & tribulations I have bared, gaining self-control over my outrageous temper. Learning to let go of pain. Walk away & be the bigger person, never letting anyone take advantage of m

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Through My Tears (The Past)

Through my tears, throughout the years. Has been a journey of great trials. The pain i felt, Are strong holds to my past. (The Past) Something we refuse to let go of. The past is ways to hold on to fear, hurt & unforgiveness. It never solves anything. It only causes confusion, regret & Sorrow.

  Through my tears, i've learn to hate, those who hurt me. My past has cause me to let down, those who really cared about me & loved me. 

  Through my tears, i've learned to love. The past & my Tears taught

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