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Alexa
12 Alexa Games To Play With Friends At Your Next Party
Bustle - Syeda Khaula Saad
Whether you need help keeping track of your schedule for the day or staying on task, Amazon's Alexa has got your back. And thanks to numerous add-ons …
20 hours ago
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Entertainment
24 Weird Things That Happened In "Harry Potter" That Were Never Addressed
BuzzFeed - Evelina Zaragoza Medina
How was Hogwarts not closed down, like, every year? These are questions I have after reading the seven books in the original series. But J.K. Rowling likes to release new information via 1) interviews,
19 hours ago
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Holistic Medicine
This Theory May Explain Why It's So Hard to Lose Weight
InStyle - Julia Malacoff
You lose five pounds. Then, you gain it back. This is a common experience for many people who try to lose weight. In fact, research shows that those who lose weight often regain the weight — plus more.
23 hours ago
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Body Language
This Is the Most Valuable Skill on Earth
Inc Magazine - Ryan Jenkins
The greatest resource and skill on the planet is at your disposal. What if you personally possessed the most valuable resource on Earth? How would you wield such a prized resource? Would you consume, or
20 hours ago
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Paulo Coelho
Author deletes children's book co-written with Kobe Bryant
Associated Press - By MAURICIO SAVARESE, AP Sports Writer
SAO PAULO (AP) — Kobe Bryant and Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho were working together on a children's book, but the author of “The Alchemist” said he deleted the draft after Bryant's death in a helicopter
19 hours ago
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Rising Tide: Dark Innocence, an Ebook by Claudette Melanson
smashwords.com - Claudette Melanson
Loved this book!!! It grabbed me from the first page. The great plot, well rounded characters... Maura, what can I say.... I hated her and loved her …
May 17, 2014
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U.S. Politics
Trump Tied Ukraine Aid to Inquiries He Sought, Bolton Book Says
The New York Times - Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt
WASHINGTON — President Trump told his national security adviser in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations
1 day ago
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Culture
'The Undefeated' Wins Caldecott Medal, While 'New Kid' Picks Up Newbery
NPR - Colin Dwyer
It is a universally acknowledged truth that a curious reader in want of a good book needs only direct their footsteps (and questions) to the nearest librarian. Librarians, after all, are always a font
1 day ago
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The Arts
Graphic Novel Wins Newbery Medal for the First Time
The New York Times - Concepción de León
The writer and illustrator Jerry Craft won this year’s John Newbery Medal for “New Kid,” the first graphic novel to receive the prize for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature. “New
1 day ago
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MIT Technology Review: Amazon’s Alexa Devices Are Recording Your Life
breitbart.com - Lucas Nolan
A recent report from the MIT Technology Review claims that Amazon Alexa home assistant devices may actually be listening in on people’s daily lives …
1 day ago
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Latinx News
‘American Dirt’ Is Proof the Publishing Industry Is Broken
The New York Times
Corpus Christi, Tex. — You’ve most likely caught wind of the controversy surrounding Jeanine Cummins’s newly published novel “American Dirt.” In it, Lydia Quixano Pérez, a Mexican bookseller, finds herself
1 day ago
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Amazon’s Alexa Devices Are Recording Your Life – and People Keep Buying Them
breitbart.com - Lucas Nolan
The MIT Technology Review reported in 2018 that Amazon Alexa home assistant devices may actually be listening in on people’s daily lives even when …
1 day ago
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Copyright
The UK won’t implement EU’s controversial copyright directive after Brexit
The Verge - James Vincent
The UK government won’t adopt the EU’s controversial copyright directive after it leaves the bloc on January 31st, though politicians say they still support the legislation’s “overall aims.” The copyright
1 day ago
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Consumer Tech
Amazon cuts prices on Blink, Ring, Arlo, Nest, and Eufy 2-cam outdoor security
Digital Trends - Bruce Brown
Home security cameras and video doorbells are the most common smart home devices after initial smart speakers or smart displays. Buyers can choose …
10 hours ago
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Ghost Stories: Tales of spine-chilling encounters Kindle Edition
Amazon
That there might be a certain something which exists beyond and across our conception of time and space. You can feel it in your bones that this …
Dec 5, 2019
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Veganism
The Best Vegetarian and Vegan Cookbooks, According to Chefs
New York Magazine - Maxine Builder
Maybe you’re finally feeling ready to eat a more plant-based diet, but aren’t totally sure how to prepare vegetables without being totally boring. …
Mar 29, 2018
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Amazon Prime Video
Here is Everything Coming to Amazon Prime Video in February 2020
cordcuttersnews.com - Rebecca Lockhart
We may earn a commission from purchases through links on our site. You can learn more here. By onJanuary 25, 2020at10:45 amCDT in All News, Amazon …
3 days ago
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eReaders
The Open Book eReader will be a real thing you can buy eventually - Liliputing
liliputing.com
2 days ago
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Irish #author with #literaryfiction #shortstories and #poetry collection looking for a home with a #publisher . Any publishers
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2 days ago
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Entrepreneurship
14 Great Books for Anyone Who Wants Get Ahead in Life
Inc Magazine - Christina DesMarais
The highest achieving people you know don't sit around watching TV in their free time. They work hard at continually sharpening themselves, and one of the most common ways of doing it is by ingesting wisdom
2 days ago
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Florida
Best-Selling Novelist Janet Evanovich Is Selling Her Waterfront Florida Home
apartmenttherapy.com - Mia Nakaji Monnier
Bestselling novelist Janet Evanovich and her husband are selling their home in Naples, Florida, on the Gulf coast. It features a gorgeous waterfront …
2 days ago
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Science
3 Ways To Reboot Your Life In 2020
Forbes - Bruno Aziza
It typically takes 21 days to build a new habit. Today is January 26th. How are you doing on new year resolutions?! If you feel you need help formulating resolutions that stick, I highly suggest you pick
2 days ago
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Comic Strips
Nancy Drew seemingly has been killed off in a comic, just in time for her 90th birthday
CNN - By Scottie Andrew, CNN
(CNN) — Nancy Drew debuted 90 years ago, but the fictional teen sleuth is still alive and sleuthing. Well, she was, until a new comic series seemingly killed her off. She's the presumably dead star of
3 days ago
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Latinx Culture
On cultural appropriation: A Latina novelist calls herself out amid the "American Dirt" controversy
Salon - Jennifer Givhan
Recently, my latest book, a contemporary novel about a pregnant Latinx anthropologist who has to battle her way through an apocalyptic New Mexico, was labeled "appropriative" — as in, culturally — in online
2 days ago
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Technology
Jeff Bezos' leaked text messages may have come from his girlfriend
Engadget - Jon Fingas
Whether or not Saudi Arabia hacked him is another matter. When Jeff Bezos accused the National Enquirer of trying to blackmail him with leaked text messages, this raised a question: how did those messages
2 days ago
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Consciousness
Realism Is False |
edge.org - Donald D. Hoffman
Some of the questions I'm asking myself are about the relationship between consciousness and the physical world. I'm trying to understand the classic …
2 days ago
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Primary Education
23 Elementary And Middle School Trivia Quizzes That Should Be Easy For Anyone Older Than 13
BuzzFeed - Tessa Fahey
Are you smarter than first-through-eighth graders? If you get anything wrong, call your fourth grade teacher and apologize. I hope you were paying attention in middle school sex ed. You mean to tell me
2 days ago
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The Arts
As ‘American Dirt’ Racks Up Sales, Its Author Becomes the Story
The New York Times - Jennifer Schuessler and Alexandra Alter
“American Dirt” seemed poised to become one of this year’s biggest, buzziest books. When it came up for auction in 2018, the novel — about a desperate Mexican mother and son who flee for the United States
3 days ago