Hill Harper on money

I posted this video because I love this actor. He's been on CSI for many seasons and I think he's great. When I saw this video, I thought a couple of things. First, what a personality and smile this guy has, then what courage to have found out, while shooting Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls and have overcome a life threatening disease, and third how interesting that he's written a book with the compelling title of True Wealth






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James Patterson on getting your kids to read

I love James Patterson's books. I love the genre, the fact that I can read one all the way through in a day or two, and that there is always a new one waiting for me every couple of weeks or so. True, he probably uses a formula as many writers do but he does it so well. Here's an interesting video where he talks about getting kids hooked on reading.





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Books made into movies




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Blogger Ball #7

Welcome to my book blog. I am a writer, editor, educator, musician, and small business owner. I have been

innkeeping at my bed and breakfast in Louisville KY for the past 17 years.  I am passionate about women's issues, the arts, and life in general...and  I love to blog. I'm working on a memoir now and have been trying to start reading more and reviewing books that appeal to me. I want to get back to reading memoirs again, as I'm in the throes of re-writing mine. Any suggestions for memoirs written by creative, adventurous and strong women will be more than appreciated. I love Ruth Reichl's books. She writes, as I do about people and food, as does Maya Angelou.

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The power of words

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If I should have a daughter

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Art for Art's sake

Artist Ai Weiwei

According to John Huntsman of Time Magazine, "Ai Weiwei is the kind of visionary any nation should be proud to count among its creative class. He has drawn the world's attention to the vibrancy of contemporary Chinese culture. More important, Ai, 53, has shown compassion for his fellow citizens and spoken out for victims of government abuses, calling for political reforms to better serve the people. It is very sad that the Chinese government has seen a need to silence one of its most innovative and illustrious citizens. For the world, Ai continues to represent the promise of China."

Art can be dangerous. Very often artistic fame has proved dangerous to artists themselves. Mr. Ai’s work is not polemical — it tends towards the mysterious. But his immense prominence as an artist (he was a design consultant on the “bird’s nest” stadium for the Beijing Olympics and was recently ranked No. 13 in Art Review magazine’s list of the 100 most powerful figures in art) has allowed him to take up human rights cases and to draw attention to China’s often inadequate responses to disasters (like the plight of the child victims of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province or those afflicted by deadly apartment fires in Shanghai last November). The authorities have embarrassed and harassed him before, but now they have gone on a dangerous new offensive.




Ai Weiwei's Blog

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Vivienne Westwood talks to James Lovelock about the planet

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