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How to Boost Your Creative Output

Working productively can be broken down into several key skills: time management, organization and controlling your attention and energy. One of the often neglected but most important factors is...

Because you can't be a Christian and conserve nature at the same time, OBVIOUSLY.

[/sarcasm] oh no wait, I'm not finished. My mind is continually blown by people who continually blame CHRISTIANITY for pollution and global warming. Let's think about this for a moment. Item...

The Inklings

A diverting tale of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, their friends, their beer, and their enduringly collective imagination.

The Story of Jesus Is A Myth.

I finished a book discussion on The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien.  We discussed how his books were not meant to be allgories, unlike what the general population tells you to believe.  Yes, Tolkien was a...

The Story of Jesus Was Made Up From Old Stories.

I finished a book discussion on The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien.  We discussed how his books were not meant to be allgories, unlike what the general population tells you to believe.  Yes, Tolkien was a...

Life After Potter: Ten Adventure Novels That Will Keep Youngsters Reading

The kids have been wild about Harry, but what happens now? Adults watch in wonder as youngsters put a halt to video games and text messaging to curl up with a 759 page novel. Did some scheming...

why is harry potter so attractive?

What a week it was! There was the Sultan’s Birthday ceremonies; the outings; the missed gym days and of course the MOVIES. I felt that the movies (transformers, harry, bruce willis) came...

Book Review: The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

The Children of Hurin is an assemblage of Tolkien's assorted writings, put together in novel format by son Christopher. The story was begun by JRR Tolkien in 1918, but never assembled as a...

JRR JR?:

Lloyd Alexander: Author of 'The Chronicles of Prydain' (Independent, 22 May 2007) Lloyd Chudley Alexander, writer: born Philadelphia 30 January 1924; married 1946 Janine Denni (died 2007; one...

OH, TO BE TWELVE AGAIN...:

Education secretary arranges boys' bookshelves (Sarah Crown and agencies, May 16, 2007, Guardian Unlimited) A list of more than 160 books, from Frankenstein to Bill Bryson's A Short History of...