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Bibliophiles, prepare for Nirvana

Book lovers gird thy loins, indulge in the book sale of the year! At the Friends of the Library Book Sale  March 17-19 at the Exhibition Hall at the Seattle Center look for more than 100,000 items that will be for sale. The sale features over 50 categories of nonfiction including art, cookbooks, crafts, gardening, […]

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Author pushes 30-day Mediterranean resolution

  Mediterranean expert Amy Riolo is inspiring people to do it without fad diets or sacrificing delicious food, through her 30 Day Mediterranean Lifestyle Resolution. The countries along the Mediterranean Sea and their people have a history of living longer and healthier lives. Recent studies show that people who follow a Mediterranean diet are 47 […]

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The biggest sex myth

Sex therapist Dr. Laura Berman, author of several books including “Real Sex for Real Women” believes that  bad sex is such an epidemic because people are “simply ignorant of their bodies and how sexual response really works.” The sex expert and host of online webinar Mind-Blowing Love says that the most common problematic sex myths […]

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Singles put career first and love later

According to a report by the University of Virginia National Marriage Project called “Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America,” the age at which men and women marry is now at the highest of all time —27 for women, and 29 for men. The report revealed that Americans of all classes are […]

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Getting spiritual about life

  “A Call from the Beyond: A Book Dedicated to You” is a spirituality book offering a collection of essays and articles that address the purpose of life and how to achieve it.  Author Narinder Bhandar says he was inspired by “the suffering of the persons all around me, because of their ignorance of their […]

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Connected and alone

So connected, yet desperately alone. We have become accustomed to a new way of being alone together in a technological cocoon that covers up our real pain. Our true essence is hidden behind facades that we show to the world from the fear of being judged, criticized, and rejected. This is what brings us out […]

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Transform your life

Most of us received plenty of negative messages growing up, which now manifest as incessant chatter inside our heads. Is there some escape from the negative criticism? Patti Clark, author of This Way Up: Seven Tools for Unleashing Your Creative Self and Transforming Your Life has explores ways to help people through the various difficulties […]

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Stay busy to stay young

  “What if ‘busyness’ is kind of like a fountain of youth?” asks Dr. Noelle Nelson, author of Happy Healthy…Dead: Why What You Think You Know About Aging Is Wrong and How To Get It Right. “What if being busy, staying very active is a way to stay young?” A recent study called The Dallas […]

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Cookbook spotlights favorite family recipes

Renate Becker teases the taste buds with “Favorite Recipes of My Mother and Grandmothers.” This new recipe book features a selection of personally curated, easy to prepare dishes that capture the flavors of Alsatian and Rhenish cuisine. “Favorite Recipes of My Mother and Grandmothers” is a practical guide to simple, wholesome dishes. Becker shows readers […]

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Sit Stay Heal: A Labrador wins hearts

Mel Miskimen was lost when her mother, lover of all things Brett Favre, the baker of apple pies, and her father’s sidekick for over 63 years, died. She always thought her father, a retired cop who recreated with guns, would die first, so it was a sucker punch to the entire family’s collective gut when […]