What are good historical fiction/romance books?

April 302011

I really want a book to read and i just finished the book Cleopatra’s daughter by Michelle Moran and i was wondering if you guys know any good romance/historical fiction books for young adults since im sixteen. Well please help me!

Countess Below the Stairs
The Morning Gift
A Company of Swans

What are some books on posing techniques for models?

April 282011

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Hi, I want to be a model. I am 5′7, living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Are there any books on the internet on how to pose as a male model? I have read books like photographers guide, but I need a book aimed at the novice beginner models, to learn techniques of posing.

Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios by Billy Pegram
The Perfect Pose by Kathy Amarati

Also try these websites…

www.photographyposingsecrets.com
www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/5858

This is one is an e-book

ebookee.org/Posing-Techniques-for-Photographing-Model-Portfolios_ 591487.htm

Hope this helped

How do some people get paperback books instead of hardbacks when they first come out?

April 262011

I’ve seen many people with paperback copies of some of the newer books, but only the hardbacks are sold right now. For example, the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver was published back in December but some people already have it in paperback. I know some people get the ARC, but I don’t think that’s it.

Sometimes, when a hardback is released a paperback large format airport edition gets released too, often earlier than the standard trade paperback that you get in high street shops. Also, there are preview copies that get sent to bookstores in order to promote the book.

Can you somehow transfer paperback books to read on an iPad?

April 222011

I was just wondering seems as i have a shed load of books that i’ve bought/ been bought, can i somehow get these books for ‘free’ to read on an iPad? I don’t really want to be buying like 50 books again :( I really hope this is a feature that is incorporated somewhere :)
If you don’t know about for iPad is there a way of just doing this onto a computer or something?

Thankyou very muchh :)

Not one that people seem pleased with.

In essence, when you buy a physical book, you do not also buy the right to own it in another form without buying it again in that form. While there are OCRs and other devices which can ‘translate’ text into digital, they’re flawed and more work than most people are willing to do to save the price of an ebook.

You could just read what you own in the form you own it in, and buy new reading material in digital.

What are some good ghost story/mystery books?

April 202011

I love ghost stories my Mary Downing Hahn, but I’ve read all of them already. I also love the Pretty Little Liar series, but i finished it. If you know any really good books, even if they aren’t mysteries or ghost stories, please suggest!

*And, please, do not suggest twilight.
Thank you in advance!

Oh my gosh! Another Mary Downing Hahn fan? My favorites are ‘Wait Till Helen Comes’ and ‘ The Lovely Bad Ones’! Whats yours?

Here are some titles anyways!
You can go onto www.goodreads.com to find the summaries of all these books!

Cassandra Clare
- City of Bones
- City of Ashes
- City of Glass
-The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel

Richelle Mead
- Vampire Academy
- Frostbite
- Shadow Kiss
- Blood Promise
- Spirit Bound
- The Last Sacrifice

L.A. Meyer
- Bloody Jack
- Curse of the Blue Tattoo
- Under the Jolly Roger
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound
- Mississippi Jack
- My Bonny Light Horseman
- Rapture of the Deep
- Wake of the Lorelei Lee

Anna Gobersen
- The Luxe
- Rumors
- Envy
- Splendor

Julia Golding
- The Diamond of Durry Lane
- Cat Among the Pigeons
- Den of Thieves
- Cat O’ Nine Tails
- Black Heart of Jamaica
( new series now)
- Secret of the Sirens
- The Gorgons Gaze
- Mines of the Minotaur
- The Chimera’s Curse

Frewin Jones
- The Faire Path
- The Lost Queen
- The Sorcerer King
- The Immortal Realm
- The Enchanted Quest
- The Charmed Return

Rick Riordan
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief
- Sea of Monsters
- The Titans Curse
- The Battle of the Labyrinth
- The Last Olympian
(new series)
- The Kane Chronicles; The Red Pyramid

Melissa De La Cruz
- Blue Bloods
- Masquerade
- Revelations
- The Van Allen Legacy
- Misguided Angle
- My Bloody Valentine

** Now for random titles**
- The Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
- Vixen by Jillian Larkin
- The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper
- Academy 7 by Anne Osterland
- Aurelia by Anne Osterland
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- Once Dead Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
- Stolen: A Letter To My Captor by Lucy Christoper
- Deception by Lee Nichols
- Siren by Trica Rayburn

There are some titles! Hope this helped!!!

what are some really captivating mystery books?

April 182011

im looking for mystery books that have to do with history. sort of like the Da Vinci code and the lost symbol.

not that many but nancy drew, even though thats not what your looking for

What are some good non-fiction books about the holocaust?

April 152011

For a unit in my english class we have to choose two books: a non-fiction book and a fiction both on the same subject. I chose the holocaust as my topic (obviously). I have already chosen my fiction book – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. So I just need a non-fiction to go with it. Do you have any good recommendations? And even good fiction books too? Thanks :)

Boy in the Stripped Pajamas is one of my favorite books ever <3 I cried for like the entire time I was reading it
Non-fiction: Night
Ficton: The Book Theif
Two amazing books. :) Be ready to cry during both. Enjoy.

Does anyone know any mystery books that have a Trans character as one the main characters?

April 132011

Does anyone know of a mystery book that has a Trans character as a main character? No sexual or surgery stories please. I’m looking for a non-wordy book.

I know this is pretty irrelevant, but there’s this Canadian animated comic style cartoon I used to watch called "Cybersix". It’s about a woman who dresses as a man during the day but at night she fights monsters in a weird latex suit and high heels..

o_o.. Ok maybe this was completely irrelevant. Oh well.. maybe someone will be interested in it.

Great show though!

What business books should every business student read?

April 112011

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I am a Business Administration student at the University of Oregon and want to start reading more than just my course books. I have read some classics like "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and more recent business books like "The Little Red Book of Selling" and "Good to Great." What are some other books that every business student should read before going into the real world. Thanks.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Millionaire Next Door

http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Money-That-Middle/dp/044656740X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301984824&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Americas/dp/1589795474/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1301984884&sr=1-1

What books would you recommend for a 9 year old girl with a high school reading level?

April 82011

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So basically my daughter is a reading machine, in fact she is running out of books to read. She really likes fantasy and realistic fiction. Keep in mind she is not mature enough for certain situations but she has read the hunger games (that’s the most violent book she has read) but anything slightly more violent is probably okay. As many books or authors or series’s as possible please!

That’s basically how I was except a little bit younger. I was reading Stephen King in first grade. I think it’s just because I grew up without TV. I don’t know. I would completely disregard Twilight. Twilight is not high school level reading. She would probably even notice that. How about A Series of Unfortunate Events? I loved those when I was little. If her reading level is high school level she’ll actually understand the dark humor too.