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A study published in the Journal Social Science and Medicine found that reading books may help people live longer. The researchers said their results indicate that adults who reported reading magazines and newspapers showed an increase in longevity by as much as two years over non-readers. Data from…

I push myself to read. When I get to the end of the year, I check to see if I made my goal of one book per week over the 52 weeks. A few years I made it, more years I did not. I used the excuse, being a busy pastor left little time for reading. Well, I used that excuse until I read about George W. Bush.…

I found a very interesting book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down! www.48days.com, 8-26-2008

A book I wanted to buy was slightly soiled. I showed it to the assistant, hoping for a reduction, and I said, “Isn’t this one a little dirty?” She replied: “I don’t know, I haven’t read it.” - Tid-Bits, London Quote, May 14, 1967, page 398

Two trucks loaded with a thousand copies of Roget's Thesaurus collided as they left a New York publishing house last Thursday, according to the Associated Press. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied.... www.48days.com, 8-26-2008