<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : books : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[The Best Of Books That Never Were]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11657/1/" /><id>11657</id><summary><![CDATA[The Best Of Books That Never Were]]></summary><issued>2007-02-26T12:26:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-26T12:26:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[These are books that never existed, rather than famous works of fiction.<br/><br/>Books, TV and Film regularly reference fictional books that were never written in our world but are very real to the characters in the story. Help us assemble a veritable library of books that never were!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Value and Uses of Audio Books]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23999/1/" /><id>23999</id><summary><![CDATA[The Value and Uses of Audio Books]]></summary><issued>2007-06-15T16:11:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-15T16:11:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The value of audio books, both for those who buy them and those who sell them, lies in their incredible versatility. Audio books are many things to many people. For some, audio books are a great way to enjoy the bestsellers everyone is talking about without the eye strain and can accompany reading page after page. For the blind and those with other disabilities, audio books can be a great way to enjoy great literature and other books. For busy executives, audio books can be a great way to learn new sales or motivational techniques while driving to and from the office.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[5 Books That Can Actually Make You Stupider]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/52506/1/" /><id>52506</id><summary><![CDATA[5 Books That Can Actually Make You Stupider]]></summary><issued>2008-02-28T22:17:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-28T22:17:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Reading brings to mind wisdom, the exchange of ideas and quiet contemplation. It does not bring to mind people who need help putting their pants on. These books change all of that...&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Kindle: Amazon Launches a New Wireless Reading Device]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42050/1/" /><id>42050</id><summary><![CDATA[Kindle: Amazon Launches a New Wireless Reading Device]]></summary><issued>2007-11-20T02:03:44+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-20T02:03:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Now Amazon.com Inc., the online retail giant, has come up with what it hopes will be the iPod of e-book readers, the Kindle, which can download books, newspapers and Web content wirelessly, and includes a keyboard for annotating books as well.&quot;<br/><br/>See the actual product <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_5873612_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=gateway-center-column&amp;pf_rd_r=1G4X9Y3AXE80GJ649D48&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=329252801&amp;pf_rd_i=507846" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> here</a>.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man Creates Machine that Writes Books on Its Own]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49820/1/" /><id>49820</id><summary><![CDATA[Man Creates Machine that Writes Books on Its Own]]></summary><issued>2008-02-07T23:46:23+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-07T23:46:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A French academic has created a machine which prints books which &quot;Do not exist except for the title until a customer orders one&quot; that he claims writes with a quality similar to &quot;what a competent wordsmith or an MBA might produce.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Forbidden Books Group (great gift ideas)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44779/1/" /><id>44779</id><summary><![CDATA[The Forbidden Books Group (great gift ideas)]]></summary><issued>2007-12-19T22:36:33+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-19T22:36:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An occasional podcast discussion by the Forbidden Books Group. Two Know-it-alls discuss horror literature and share cocktail recipes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[100 Notable Books of 2007 ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42847/1/" /><id>42847</id><summary><![CDATA[100 Notable Books of 2007 ]]></summary><issued>2007-11-29T10:24:23+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-29T10:24:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A list of 100 notable books as selected by The New York Times.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Florida Mom Urges Ban On 80 Books On Atheism, Abortion and Homosexuality]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27187/1/" /><id>27187</id><summary><![CDATA[Florida Mom Urges Ban On 80 Books On Atheism, Abortion and Homosexuality]]></summary><issued>2007-07-12T17:06:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-12T17:06:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Eighty books in high school library stacks are corrupting students with tales of abortion, homosexuality and atheism. That's according to a West Palm Beach mother who has appealed to the school board to remove the books from the shelves of Dreyfoos and Royal Palm Beach high schools. [where's that Flordia category?]]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rating system for books advised]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37814/1/" /><id>37814</id><summary><![CDATA[Rating system for books advised]]></summary><issued>2007-10-09T15:33:22+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-09T15:33:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Some school board members of Kanawha County (West Virginia) are wondering why schools cannot judge books and give them ratings similar to the ones for movies and television shows.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Kids' Books that teach those valuable lessons ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44782/1/" /><id>44782</id><summary><![CDATA[Kids' Books that teach those valuable lessons ]]></summary><issued>2007-12-19T22:57:31+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-19T22:57:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[These books make great Christmas gifts for all of your friends who have children]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/61672/1/" /><id>61672</id><summary><![CDATA[1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die]]></summary><issued>2008-05-13T11:55:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-13T11:55:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[From the popular book, here is the list of those books which the editors felt you must read.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Super Marketing: Ads from comic books]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/81142/1/" /><id>81142</id><summary><![CDATA[Super Marketing: Ads from comic books]]></summary><issued>2008-11-05T23:35:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-05T23:35:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here's a gallery of great old ads from comic books. The companies that advertised their shoddy, misrepresented products to gullible children should be commended for teaching the youth of America that there were people out there ready to lie to them in order to get their hard earned, paper route dollars.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Woman Jailed For Overdue Library Books]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/52883/1/" /><id>52883</id><summary><![CDATA[Woman Jailed For Overdue Library Books]]></summary><issued>2008-03-03T15:38:12+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-03T15:38:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Rock County residents take notice: The library wants books back on time.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[&quot;Amazing&quot; Rock Art May Revise Australian History Books]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80511/1/" /><id>80511</id><summary><![CDATA[&quot;Amazing&quot; Rock Art May Revise Australian History Books]]></summary><issued>2008-10-29T04:59:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-29T04:59:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Thousands of Aborigine rock paintings discovered in the remote ranges of northern Australia may force a rewrite of the nation's history books. That's because the art&#8212;which ranges from 15,000 years old to 50 years old&#8212;depicts contact with other cultures possibly centuries before the arrival of the British.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Books worth reading]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/5779/1/" /><id>5779</id><summary><![CDATA[Books worth reading]]></summary><issued>2006-11-14T13:58:06+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-14T13:58:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Check out this site for a list of top picks and bestseller books in many categories -- perfect for gift-giving or just relaxing on a snowy day.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Find Movies and Books by Plot Descriptions]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17386/1/" /><id>17386</id><summary><![CDATA[Find Movies and Books by Plot Descriptions]]></summary><issued>2007-04-21T21:33:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-21T21:33:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This service deals with plot outlines of fiction books and movies. It can help you find a title of a movie or book if you forgot it. The service also includes several recommender systems: based on collaborative filtering, plot themes, and users' psychological portraits.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Books are not only for reading]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16180/1/" /><id>16180</id><summary><![CDATA[Books are not only for reading]]></summary><issued>2007-04-13T08:33:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-13T08:33:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[See what people do with books, besides of reading]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[What People Said About Books In 1498]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4344/1/" /><id>4344</id><summary><![CDATA[What People Said About Books In 1498]]></summary><issued>2006-10-24T23:05:59+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-24T23:05:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[We all know about <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Johann Gutenberg</a>. In 1456 he and Peter Schoeffer printed their famous Bible.<br/><br/>Question: How many new books do you think had been printed by 1498, 42 years later?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[50 of the best overlooked novels]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34647/1/" /><id>34647</id><summary><![CDATA[50 of the best overlooked novels]]></summary><issued>2007-09-05T18:28:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-05T18:28:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There are far more books than your local chain store will carry. There are incredible books that will never make Oprah's list. Here are 50 of the best novels as chosen by 50 top authors.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Book her, Dan-O]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/73123/1/" /><id>73123</id><summary><![CDATA[Book her, Dan-O]]></summary><issued>2008-08-21T15:20:18+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-21T15:20:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The next time you forget to return a couple of library books (and ignore those annoying letters about the overdue status of said volumes), think of Heidi Dalibor.<br/><br/>(Please note: it took TWO Grafton police officers to apprehend Heidi (The heinous) Dalibor.  Me thinks that police department has a bit too much time on their hands.)]]></content></entry></items></xml>