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Read Any Good Books Lately?

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:12:05 +0000

I’m not much of a reader. I guess that sounds funny coming from a blogger. I do read a lot online, but I don’t often pick up a book and read it cover to cover. I know there is a lot of classic books I have never read and really don’t even know the story lines in a lot of these popular books. A new trend these days is eBooks. This is generally a message or topic that is too long for a blog post, so it becomes an eBook. I guess we are lucky that eBooks didn’t exist a long time ago or we wouldn’t have a lot of the classics we have on the library shelves today.

Books like Moby Dick and The Catcher in the Rye I have never read. I know these are classics and a lot of people has read them over the years. The guy that shot John Lenon up in New York in the 1980′s, was reading The Catcher in the Rye. This guy was a mental case, but I would still like to read that book, to try and see what message he was actually getting from the Catcher and the Rye. The author of this famous book was J.D. Salinger and he just recently passed away. After learning about his death, it has made me want to read this book even more now. So that’s one of the classic books I will need to go to the library and check out one day. I believe I would like to read this book when a big rain storm comes through my area in North Georgia. Reading books while rain is falling outside, seems to be the perfect time to read a good book. After seeing how many classics and good recommendations is out there right now, I know I will need years to read the majority of classic stories that have been told over the years. Let me know some of your favorite books and please suggest 1 or 2 of the very best ones, that should be read by everyone at some point in their lives.

Here is a list of books I have never read, but would like to read someday:

*Catch-22

*The Great Gatsby

*Slaughterhouse-Five

*The Wealth of Nations

*Grapes of Wrath

*From Whom the Bell Tolls

*King Solomon’s Mines

*The Count of Monte Cristo

*The Hatchet

*Atlas Shrugged

*Gulliver’s Travels

*To Kill a Mockingbird

*Johnny Got His Gun

*The Jungle

*100 Years of Solitude

*Perfume

*Stranger In a Strange Land

*Shallow Soil

*Dream of the Red Chamber

*Les Miserables

*East of Eden

*Of Mice and Men

*A River Runs Through It

*The Fountainhead

*We Die Alone

*Raven Stole the Moon

*Hamlet

*Things Fall Apart

*The God of Small Things

*Spin

*Demian

*The Little Prince

*Love Junkie: A Memoir

*The Intelligent Investor

*Cryptonomicon

*Carry On, Jeeves

*A Prayer for Owen Meany

*The Virginian

*Gravity’s Rainbow

*Where the Red Fern Grows

*The Crossing

*Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

*The Age of American Unreason

*The Origin of Species

*The 48 Laws of Power

*1984

*Diamonds Are Forever

*White Noise

*Bluebeard

*The Godfather

*All Quiet on the Western Front

*The Things They Carried

*The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

*Bridge To Terabithia

*The Diary of Anne Frank

*The Diary of a Young Girl

*Harry Potter Books 1 – 7

*The Girl Who Played with Fire

*Outliers: The Story of Success

*Eclipse (The Twilight Saga) Book 1

*New Moon (The Twilight Saga) Book 2

*The Twilight Saga Collection

*The Shack

*Sarah’s Key

*The 5 Love Languages

*The Art of Racing in the Rain

*A Walk To Remember

*The Notebook

I’m sure you see some books up above you know and have read before. There are probably some that sparked your interest and now you have new books to add to your “must read” list. I would like to read all of these books and see why each one has created buzz or has a fan base. If I plan to finish my book list, I better start now. This is going to take me years to complete. I hope you found some books that you will want to read too. Many of these books can be bought in used condition and for a really cheap price. Be sure to let me know which books you plan to read first and which ones you already read and thought it was really good.

eBooks for Building and Designing Mailboxes

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:17:51 +0000

The eBook population has hit an all time high. You can find an eBook for just about anything these days. Just like one of the major search engines can direct you to any subject, topic, or information online; the eBooks are getting to that point; where there is one for everything. For example, taking a common everyday item like Mailboxes, would be something you could find an eBook online about. Chances are you could be more specific with your eBook search and find “building mailboxes” or “designing mailboxes“.

My handy skills for making little things is not that good. I learned that at 12 years-old; when I tried to build a dog house. So I don’t think any eBooks would help me personally with trying to build my own custom-made mailbox. Other folks do have a knack for creating and designing beautiful artwork or crafts. It seems like everyone has a person like this in their neighborhood and you know which neighbor it is, just by looking at the Residential Mailboxes on your street.

If you’re someone that wants to have the most creative mailbox in the neighborhood, you could try designing one with the help of eBooks. Another good option is to shop online for a new mailbox. MailboxIxChange (pronounced Mailbox Exchange) is a good starting point for finding a new mailbox. These guys make some really nice Commercial Mailboxes and I’m sure a lot of small businesses order their mailboxes from these guys. They have a huge selection you can browse through online. Over 2,500 mailboxes and street decor to look at, if you decide to pay a visit to their website. They don’t just sell their mailboxes to businesses either and any home owner could buy mail boxes from them too.

If you see the “horses mailbox” picture I have on my blog post here; this is just one of the 2500+ to choose from at Mailboxixchange.com. This mailbox caught my eye and it would be a perfect gift, if you know anyone that owns or likes horses. I think it’s pretty cool how some people could have a mailbox and it would be way for it to represent them. One with a big bass (freshwater fish) on it would be perfect for me. Do you have to actually catch big bass to be someone that has a big bass on their mailbox? I do try to catch them, I just get out-smarted by the bass on most days. Maybe you can build and design a mailbox that would fit your family’s personality or be like me and take the easy route. Just shop online for a new mailbox. Let me know; which one thing you could add to your mailbox now, that would reflect you or your family’s personality.

Gold Nuggets Hiding in the North Georgia Mountains

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:08:41 +0000

I know they are out there and it’s just a matter of time before I track them down. It was in Dahlonega, Georgia where the first U.S. gold rush took place. Those old timers back then found a lot of gold around the Dahlonega area of North Georgia. They were mining it out as fast as they could and many of the materials got used in building projects that took place 60 miles to the South in Atlanta, Georgia. Today the capitol building in downtown Atlanta is covered with a paper-thin sheet of gold that was mined from some of the gold mines in Dahlonega, Georgia.

A lof of the material used to pave and construct the Atlanta roadways was taken from the mountains of North Georgia. Many years after the roads were finished, people began to notice gold in the streets of Atlanta. This is still true today for a couple of the roads that still remain in the Atlanta area and have only received some minor patch jobs over the years. So it is true that the streets in Atlanta, Georgia was once paved with gold.

Now is it possible that any of this gold still remains in the mountains and hillsides of North Georgia? The answer is yes and most of the gold in North Georgia has never been mined and the majority still remains undiscovered in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. A gold museum in Dahlonega today shows the Eastern Gold Belt and how it runs through a large section of the Northeastern part of the Peach State. A lot of good information about Georgia gold can be found at the Dahlonega gold museum.

In Cherokee County there were a few gold mines in operation and these gold mines were finding some nice amounts of gold. There is not a good documented history of the gold that was found around the Sixes Road area, but this author believes that more gold lies in this Southern Gold Belt area than all of the gold that has ever been mined out of the Dahlonega gold mines.

This old mill is still present in Cherokee County today. This is a rebuilt version of the mill that got rebuilt in the late 1800′s and the iron wheel was added in during this time frame. You have to go back almost 100 years earlier to those early 1800′s to see large groups of folks settled in these areas around Sixes. Even today it is still not clear why so many people was densely populated in this area of Cherokee County, Georgia. Some do believe it was the gold mines that led to so many people living in this relatively small area.

The author wonders to the Cherokee Gold claims in the Sixes area and if there ever was a such thing as the Sixes Gold Mines. According to a sign in Downtown Canton, Georgia the Sixes Mines is where gold was first being mined in Georgia. There is evidence that the White man was searching and mining for gold in 1819 at the Sixes Gold Mines. This is 9 years before the Dahlonega Gold Rush and it’s often credited as the first U.S. Gold Rush. The gold rushes that led west to California and Alaska came later than the Georgia gold rush in Dahlonega, GA. Is it possible that the Indians hid their gold in the area of Sixes before they headed out on the Trail of Tears? This author believes there is some treasures from the various Indian Tribes that hid their gold here; before the horrible Trail of Tears began; which would force all Indian civilizations out of the North Georgia Mountains. Areas around Hightower and the current day name “Yellow Creek” that’s located in North Cherokee County near Ball Ground, Georgia was an area of strong Indian settlements. It was Forest C. Wade’s book that has led to a lot of modern day gold hunters to seek these areas out and many are searching in the wrong areas. These modern day prospectors would have a little more luck if they move just south of their searches in Yellow Creek and around the Franklin Gold Mine areas of Ball Ground. There is still some buried Indian Treasures to be found in a few different spots just north of Canton, but south of the Highway 372 area that cuts through the middle of Ball Ground and Free Home in the Cherokee County area.

Taking out the gold pan and searching for Nature’s deposits is your best bet for finding gold in North Georgia. There is still large areas in North Georgia that are filled with chunky gold and a few of those big nuggets. It doesn’t take much effort to sift through a pan and discover several pickers; if you will just do your gold panning from the right streams and creeks that run through the North Georgia area. A metal detector is another quick way to find some of the larger nuggets that are currently sitting on top of the ground in North Georgia with a lot of the recent heavy rains that fell in 2009. New material has been washed up in Georgia and makes it perfect for some good gold prospecting. The larger gold nuggets are really not hiding, the residents in Georgia just haven’t looked for them. You have to look before you can find them.

Before you load up the gold pans, sluice boxes, high-bankers, dredges, and other gold finding equipment, please do a check in your own backyard first. 1 out of every 3 homes in North Georgia have gold located on their properties. About 4 out of every 5 homes in the Eastern Gold Belt that runs through Georgia have gold on their lands. Find the gold that is already on your property, before you go looking for gold on someone else’s property.

Gold Treasure Hint #1

I am going to start leaving hints that gold prospectors in Georgia can use to find more gold. These hints will lead to natural gold deposits and gold left by Indian Tribes in the 1800′s; before they got forced off their lands by the Georgia Government and U.S. Governments. These hints will be found on my different blogs and eventually each blog will contain more than just 1 hint.

Your hint for the very first one is already contained in this blog post. Remember the part about looking for gold just south of Highway 372 and north of Canton, Georgia? Keep that in mind and this is your first hint that will be followed by many more. As long as the good lord will allow me to live and blog online, I will provide one of the most extensive sources of knowledge on finding more gold in Georgia. No books to buy (at least not yet…..lol) and all of this valuable information will be found free online for anyone to discover, that has an interest on the treasures of Georgia and the highest concentrations of gold that can be found naturally in our lovely area of North Georgia.

Where to Look for eBooks Online?

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:39:11 +0000

Where do you go to find eBooks? Some webmasters have did a nice job in creating websites that are filled with many different types of ebooks. I love the ebooks that involve making money online or give tips on how to market online. Online marketing is a big interest of mine and I always look for different eBooks that cover new ways on advertising or just a new way to make money online. Have you ever heard of a search engine for eBooks? Well it does exist and even the most talented website creators, would have a hard time keeping up with the amount of information an ebook search engine could provide. The majority of ebooks listed in this search engine are in PDF format. The pdf search engine is designed to make it easier for online users to read these various ebooks they can find on the Net. I think it’s a great idea and one that is probably long over due.

eBooks is just a an easier way to say electronic books. A book is something you have on a shelf at home or at your local library. An ebook is a book you find online and it’s not like the books in the bookcase at home. Generally an ebook is a shorter write-up on a topic that is too long for a blog post, but too short for a real book. You can read entire ebooks in one day and this has made them popular for people on the computer. If you have an idea, a suggestion, or a theory on a specific topic; then you could write an ebook too. It’s not hard to be an author in the world of ebooks and this has led to a ton of new ebooks that come out each week. It’s been hard to keep up with all the new ones that come out, so hopefully this search engine that is in PDF format (for most of it’s material) will help us sort through all the ebooks that we want to read.

eBook Authors Getting Rich

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:23:23 +0000

The world of eBooks is getting larger everyday. It pretty soon may have a larger library of books; than your local libraray and the copies they have in their possession. People are making money with eBooks. Any good author or writer these days can use their writing skills to create an ebook and make a little money for themselves.

An ebook is typically something good for a blogger. A blogger that has a lot to say, but it’s just too much information for a blog post, could use an ebook as a way to get all the information out. Once an ebook is well-written and someone think others would have an interest in reading it or could use the information it contains. Could try selling it across the World Wide Web.

It’s funny how ebooks have taken over the regular book industry. A big reason behind this is the quick cash an ebook author can make. Most authors can bring in 50 to 200 dollars. One that took a little more time with their work could see a 500 or 600 dollar payout in the first couple of months. I don’t think making money from ebooks will be enough cash for people to quit their jobs, but could be a nice secondary income for some.

I think there are a lot of good online programs that people can make money from that may not have good writing skills. You can use your search engines to gather up a lot of this good information on how to make money online. If you do have some good information that you would like to get out there, I would suggest trying a blog first. A blog is an excellent way to convey your message; while interacting with your readers on various topics. Your readers can point out errors in your work or give you new ideas and suggestions to help make your writings better. Starting a blog first and doing a series of blog posts on a certain topic is a good starting point for anyone that wants to start their own ebooks.

I wish everyone luck that tries to get an ebook out. I hope you make lots of money and everyone can profit a little, if they find ways to use the free tools that are available to all of us online. I prefer working with the free tools first before paying for services that might be a touch better in certain circumstances. Don’t forget that plays can be a good starting point for any ebook and then converting the blog to help you promote your new ebook can be a good way to start earning some money for your writing skills.

Organic Diet for a Healthier You

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:48:50 +0000

I have seen several good eBooks on all the latest organic food products available in the supermarket. You can search online for some of these great eBooks on dieting, a healthy diet, or an organic diet if that’s more your style. You can see if you’re getting enough organic whey or other organic foods and ingredients in your diet. A healthy diet isn’t just for people over weight and we could all use a healthier diet. Even the folks that have fit bodies and slim waist lines need to be eating good healthy meals each day. An organic diet or other health diet is something we should all try to do, so we can feel and look our best.

A lot of people that go on diets don’t get enough protein. Protein is very important and something we should all get daily. If you aren’t getting enough protein in the foods you’re eating; you may need to add a protein shake or a protein powder in your diet. These shakes aren’t expensive to make and you can find cheap protein powder to make your shakes with. If you try one brand and don’t like the taste, see if you can find a flavorless protein powder for your shakes. You can use a blender bottle to help you mix up your shakes. This will create a super food drink for all of you health nuts out there. I do hope everyone is trying a healthy diet right now and there are plenty of eBooks online to help you start one or give you encouragement to stay with the one your on now.

An eBook on Yard Sale Tips

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:04:53 +0000

I haven’t found an eBook that talks about yard sales, but I do think it would be great if someone wrote one up. I could use a few tips on visiting various yard sales and get the most from them. I’m not sure if it’s better to go on Friday when they start and you have the chance to see all of their items or wait until Sunday and try to get things for the lowest price. I would think visiting yard sales on Sunday is best. If you go on Sunday, you won’t know what you missed on Friday and you may really get a bargain, if it is the seller’s last day for selling.

I don’t go to yard sales with a certain thing in mind to buy. I do try to find collectible things that are old and may increase in value over time. These are the types of items I search for most. When I do see something I want to get, I don’t just pay the price on the tag or the first one quoted to me. I do like to haggle a little at the yard sales and buy things for the lowest prices possible. I’m not sure if this is polite or not and it would be nice to have an ebook giving tips on haggling and other advices at yard sales. Only advice I know to give is offer a lower price than what’s on the tag and visit the yard sales on Sunday for the best deals. You may just find 1 yard sale that will give you everything for 1 low price and this is certainly a time for talking down the price!

eBook Gives Tips on College Brackets

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:14:51 +0000

I have read some really good ebooks and I have seen a few bad ones. I notice one was offering you tips on filling out a NCAA college tourney bracket. The field hasn’t even been set yet for this year, but yet someone is giving tips? The only tip I would know to give is don’t pick all the favorites. They are upsets at every level of the NCAA tournament and the favorites never win every game and make it to the final 4. Going with a few underdogs to have upsets over better quality opponents is the trick to a successful bracket. I’m not sure what an ebook could offer and what tips they would suggest using for this year’s 2009 basketball tournament. It would make more sense to offer tips; once we know which teams will make up the 64 or 65 team field for this year’s NCAA tournament. I think you will have just as much luck with your selections if you read an ebook or not. Good luck to the teams you select as winners in your bracket. I hope your favorite college basketball team makes it to the final four. March Madness is amongst us and now we get to see who will be the best teams and college basketball players for this year. I know college basketball fans everywhere will be watching this year’s tournament and the NBA scouts too!

The eBook Industry

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:16:54 +0000

I’m not sure if bloggers will get any credit for the eBook industry that is quickly on the rise, but bloggers are certainly help to fuel it. Some bloggers do a very nice job with their blog posts and sometimes they come up with so much information and things they want to convey to their readers, that 1 blog post is not enough space and they have to create multiple posts on a certain topic. Bloggers certainly have the choice to do this, but they also have another alternative that many have been having success with. An eBook can be a very long blog post that doesn’t fit comfortably on a blog. This has resulted in a lot of eBooks in the marketplace today. Bloggers are typically good writers and do a good job with their writing skills, so eBooks is an obvious move up for most quality bloggers online today.

My computer skills are not the best in the world, so I’m not sure if I could ever publish a eBook for sale or not. I fear the “unknown” and me writing a eBook and getting it publish would certainly not be familiar turf for me. For those that do have a passion on a certain subject and enough quality information to write up a short eBook, should really consider attempt publishing an eBook.

Writing your own eBook is a way to generate an income online. If you do well on your first eBook, I’m sure you would want to do more and authors of these eBooks do attract a reader base. It works the same way as a blog does and a blog that you like to read frequently is some where you will return in the future sometime. Someone that reads a great or interesting eBook will remember the author’s name and the next time they see a new eBook for this author, they will want to read it too. Any blogger that feels his or her writing skills are above average should take a week or just a weekend to see how good of an eBook you can write up. You will want your eBook to offer tips, suggestions, advice, or look at a common thing in a different perspective. It must be entertaining and informing for a reader to read everything you wrote in an eBook. If you can supply those skills along with your writing skills, you may be able to publish several eBooks each month. Creating a website to sell your own eBooks or using your blogs to promote them can result in a nice stream of income coming in.

Typically eBooks are a short read and you don’t have to write 100 to 1000 pages. Also, eBooks are priced cheaper than regular books, so keep that in mind when you price your eBook for sale. A $10 eBook is expensive and some established writers would have a hard time selling eBooks at those prices. I would suggest starting off in the 2 to 3 dollar range, so it allows more people to afford your new eBook. If you do establish a fan base for your writing skills and thoughts in eBooks, you can then look for a slight price increase, but always keeping it affordable for those that really do want to read your eBook. Take care of your readers and don’t try to milk them for too much money. When you do identify your readers that truly like your work; a discounted price on all of your eBooks to them wouldn’t be a bad idea. Go see if an eBook is right for you and all quality bloggers should consider publishing an eBook one day.

Tadalafil for Romance

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:49:38 +0000

I was looking through some eBooks online the other day and noticed one talking about pills to help men perform better in a romantic type of way. I think they are a few different products out there to help men enjoy those pleasures with a woman more, but it seems Tadalafil is an affordable and effective product to use. As far as I know, I am physically fit and don’t need any type of supplements like this, but wondered if it would improve a healthy person’s pleasure. If you have used this product or any other types that are similar, please let me know your thoughts. Did you notice a difference and feel that Tadalafil or the product you were using was worth the money? I would certainly like to try it out and any information on getting samples to try would be great too!