May 26, 2012 – Colorado Genealogical Society’s-Computer Interest Group – Denver, Colorado June 12, 2012 – Massachusetts Society of Genealogists – Auburn, Massachusetts July 20-21, 2012 – Midwestern Roots 2012 by the Indiana Historical Society – Indianapolis, Indiana August 4, 2012 – Kentucky Genealogy Society – Frankfort, Kentucky [...]

This Week in Books. 1. Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield. 2. A Night Like This by Julia Quinn. Posted by Alea at 6:22 PM. Labels: this week in books. 1 comments: bermudaonion 6:35 PM. I hope you love both …

The kitchen is not just for cooking anymore. For most people, it’s where the majority of their time is spent, sharing meals, doing family projects, and entertaining. And, as it turns out, it’s the place where some are storing their book collections. There are various routes to take in terms of placement, style, and type [...]

The School of Life is an organization that aims to help people learn how to feel fulfilled and lead a better life through a diverse range of classes, sermons, and events on topics that range from relationships to money: The School of Life is a place to step back and think intelligently about these and [...]

A collection of cocktail world figures lined up Saturday at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, the annual New York drinks convention, to shoot down some sacred cows. Many a pre-Prohibition libation has been glorified in recent years as the cocktail demimonde began to resurrect and lionize the drinks of Days Gone By. Not every drink deserved [...]

Today’s challenge is hosted by Sarah Says Read. “What do you like best about readathons? Do you have any readathon traditions or rituals? If this is your first readathon, what do you like so far? Discuss away!” Actually, I do believe that this is the only read-a-thon I have ever and do take part in. [...]

Claiming the No. 1 spot on the graphic books hardcover best-seller list this week is “Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama,” a memoir within a memoir. Written and illustrated by Alison Bechdel, it focuses on her relationship with her mother and processes both creative and therapeutic. Anticipation for the book was quite high, fueled [...]

Free eBook Offer, Saturday May 12th Horse Money—Free eBook offer for May 12! To promote the BDB line of eBooks, the title Horse Money will be available as a free download for Kindle all day Saturday, May 12. Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity and get this great collection of  crime stories. Four [...]

This is excellent news! Local arts nonprofit Street Books is a bike-powered book cart that provides library services to the homeless; it was one of five organizations to win the National Book Foundation’s $2,500 grant to individuals and organizations who “demonstrating passion, creativity, dedication, and leadership in [...]

Image Credit: RJ Capak/WireImage.com Fresh from taping the first season of FX’s Anger Management, Brett Butler has already lined up a new gig: She’s going to guest star on a CBS soap! EW has learned exclusively that Brett Butler, the former star of the ABC comedy Grace Under Fire, will play Beth the neighbor in [...]