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Fitness Author Dr. Karl Knopf’s Workout Tips

Which Fitness Books Should You Buy? Which Should You Avoid? Dr. Karl Knopf Shares the Skinny on Getting Skinny As part of our celebration of this brand-spanking New Year we’re getting to know some of the top fitness books to help you tackle those New Year’s resolutions. Everything I learned[…]

by × January 16, 2015 ×

Books for Embracing a Vegetarian Diet

Books for Embracing a Vegetarian Diet

The All-Time Best Vegetarian Books January has most of us trying to shape up and attain new fitness goals. Numerous large-scale studies suggest that vegetarians live longer, and they have lower rates of heart disease, diabetes and cancer than their meat-eating neighbors. If you’re looking to slim up, note that[…]

by × January 15, 2015 ×

College Life Swag Coming Through

College Life Swag Coming Through

So the holidays are over and you are about to return to the grind of college all-nighters, lectures and research papers. We know that life, but fear not, because we’ve got swag to make going back to college more enjoyable. We have movies for cozy nights in, and music for memorable[…]

by × January 13, 2015 ×

College Dorm Room Transformation=Cheap Decor Ideas

College Dorm Room Transformation=Cheap Decor Ideas

Congratulations, you finally at college and now have your own space away from your parents home.  By the way it’s going to be nothing like your childhood bedroom. Your childhood bedroom went through many phases—the pretty, pretty princess phase, the boyband poster phase, and the pastel colored wall paint phase.[…]

by × January 11, 2015 ×

5 books to help undo bad essays: A writing hack for college students.

5 books to help undo bad essays: A writing hack for college students.

The five paragraph essay, the dictionary definition opener, the opening quote—these are all common mistakes college students make when trying to navigate the murky space of a procrastinated research paper. These make for a boring read and are the equivalent of constantly running into obstacles while playing a video game[…]

by × January 9, 2015 ×

Why Going to College is Tough

Why Going to College is Tough

Going to college can be stressful. Between the living expenses, high tuition, and academic pressure, it can tough to balance it all. As a freshman, college is probably the first time that you are free of parental supervision and faced with making day-to-day decisions without the structure you once had.[…]

by × January 5, 2015 ×

Best Of

Books to Bring in the New Year

Books to Bring in the New Year

  It only takes a day after Christmas to be on to the next idea – and for me that’s thinking about New Year’s resolutions. It’s hard not to think about what we can improve with a full year ahead of you. From fitness goals to financial goals- even simple goals like[…]

by × December 26, 2014 ×

Holiday

Read Aloud Books for Kids this Holiday Season

Read Aloud Books for Kids this Holiday Season

It’s almost Christmas- Eve and there are lots of things that we are all likely rushing around to finish. But one of my favorite holiday traditions as a kid was reading a Christmas story aloud with my parents. It’s so hard to sleep with the promise of presents and fun[…]

by × December 19, 2014 ×

New Look for New and Used Books, Movies and Music

New Look for New and Used Books, Movies and Music

If you’ve been to Alibris before you may have noticed something a little bit different about our site today.  If you’re here for the first time, Welcome!  You’ve stopped by at an incredibly exciting time for our company.  Today we launched the new Alibris.  A site that embraces our long[…]

by × December 17, 2014 ×