A leading children's author was told to drop a fire-breathing dragon shown in a new book - because the publishers feared they could be sued under health and safety regulations. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

I don't know if anyone on Plime likes her (I don't, particularly... ), but my mom asked me to download the book so she could read it.
Suze Orman's book, "Women & Money", is being offered for free download from Oprah's site until 8pm tomorrow. Link is to the PDF file for the English version, but you can also find the Spanish version through Oprah.com. picked by Marli 2 years ago

’In 1973 I set out to do drawings of women’s genitals for use in sex education groups. I wanted the drawings to be lovely and informative, to give pleasure and affirmation. I organized the drawings into a coloring book because a major way we learn to understand the world, as children, is by coloring. As adults many of us still need to learn about our external sexual anatomy.’ -Te... read full post picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

An Arizona man is celebrating a special day to promote comic books as engaging educational tools. Free Comic Book Day is set to take place the first Saturday in May. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Find 'wild' books in your area or release a book into the wild for someone else to find. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago

The world's oldest ocean-going passenger vessel still in service has been converted into a floating Japanese bookstore. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

Rove in new book: "Bush is needy"

Obviously not a groundbreaking book, so Bush is a needy cry baby, BIG SURPRISE! picked by buddha 2 years ago

This fake book is a way of hiding your PSP and making people think you are reading a book. This is the perfect disguise. :) picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

A 37-year-old Oxford woman was arrested Jan. 2 for allegedly shoplifting a parenting book while accompanied by her two young children.

* I still think there should be a license for having children* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Unless your time travelling vessel is telepathically linked to you and translates things in your head then you're going to struggle to communicate with people from the past. Luckily, there's a phrase book for the scenario now. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Yet news outlets are reporting it that way. The link I clicked said, "Bathroom Reading: Sen. Craig to write book about airport sex arrest..." yet it is not mentioned in the book interview. picked by coldbladed 1 year ago

A BOOK which teaches children about lesbian mums getting pregnant using sperm donors is being pitched at kids as young as two.

The controversial publication, Where Did I Really Come From?, also features a drawing of two gay men holding a baby in a chapter about surrogacy. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

An illustrated children's book about marijuana.

"One night, Jackie woke up past her bedtime.

She smelled something funny in the air, so she walked down the hall to her parents’ bedroom."
(Click the pictures to turn the page) picked by tigertony 2 years ago

Alfred Poulet wrote the book on foreign bodies found in people's bodies. Literally. His two-volume set from 1880, titled "A Treatise on Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice," is up for auction on eBay.

*a must read* picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

He's only 9, but this pint-sized pickup artist already knows plenty about pleasing the ladies.

So much, in fact, that Alec Greven's dating primer, "How to Talk to Girls" - which began as a handwritten, $3 pamphlet sold at his school book fair - hit the shelves nationwide last week. picked by lkrofct 12 months ago

Well that seems fair and balanced...

The moderator of Thursday's vice-presidential debate is writing a book to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of office that aims to "shed new light" on Democratic candidate Barack Obama and other "emerging young African American politicians" who are "forging a bold new path to political power." picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Problem, how do you get children, especially minority children to read? Not sure the best method, but this video running on Black Entertainment Television that teaches kids to read "Not a sports page, not a magazine, but a book n****r, a f**kin’ book n****r" is probably not it. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

U.S. President George W. Bush shows up in some very non-presidential situations in the new "Off-Color Coloring Book: The Bush Years." Whether Bush is shown dressed as a cheerleader or drinking beer, the coloring book portrays the president in an unflattering light that its authors said is simply good-natured fun. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

This book originated as a by-product. During my time as the head of the science section of a now-defunct Swiss news magazine, I accumulated a stack of research studies about weird experiments. Unfortunately my editor had no desire to see these in print, because they violated all the basic journalistic criteria : they were utterly inconsequential, hopelessly ancient or both !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... read full post picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

At a time when publishers are scrambling to keep customers willing to pay $26 for a hardcover book instead of $9.99 for an electronic version, the publisher of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s forthcoming memoir is going in the opposite direction - issuing a limited edition it plans to sell for $1,000 a copy. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago