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How to download free books for your ereader online. What you need to consider depending on which type of device you have via @tbookjunkie

How to download your choice of free books online

When you desire something, you will not miss a chance to get it for free, and the same goes for books. Anyone who loves reading wants books for free from the comfort of their place without the tribulation to go to a library. Buying books from Amazon or a bookstore…

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Book Bloggers: Why it’s Time for People to Pay Us

The world and the way we absorb information is changing. Years ago, if I had said to my parents I wanted to be a YouTube Star or an Internet Influencer when I grew up they would have seen it as a simple pipe dream; a thought that they would put…

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Learning during a pandemic: why we should all consider it via @tbookjunkie

Learning During a Pandemic: Why we should all consider it

Since the pandemic started, jobs have become scarce and across the world, almost everything has simply come to a complete standstill. At the start of the COVID outbreak, no one could have predicted how much of an impact it would still be having on our lives nearly a year on….

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Famous Cambridge writers that you will all want to read. From Poets and playwrights to novelists and historians, these authors cover a diverse list of genres and span across several 100 years. Via @tbookjunkie

Cambridge Writers: 23 People Everyone Should be Reading

Everyone has heard of Cambridge University, it is one of those universities that the most studious amongst us dream of being accepted into. People yearn to be able to wander the historic corridors, arms piled high with books on the way to a lecture by one of the greatest minds…

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15 gifts for bookworms this Christmas via @tbookjunkie

15 Gifts all Bookworms will love this Christmas

If you have a bookworm in your life, you know that they absolutely love receiving books underneath the Christmas tree. After all, the chance of them leaving the house without a book, or several, in their bag is highly unlikely. The obvious gift for an avid reader, therefore, is most…

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A well known bridge in Oxford, UK

Famous Oxford Authors Everyone Should be Reading

Oxford University in the UK is one of the most respected in the world. Since 1096 it has seen some of the greatest minds from all around the globe graduate and go on to have successful careers in all manner of fields – including science, politics, journalism, and the arts,…

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How about a staycation to a literary location in Oxford, UK. Join us as we wander the streets of this historical university city.

Literary Destinations: Where to Visit on an Oxford Staycation

2020 has not been the best year for international travel, but it has seen an increase in people opting instead to go on a UK staycation. With concerns still prevalent regarding the current pandemic and what this means for the coming 12 months, it appears that the UK holiday and hotel…

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A review of Borges in Sicily by Alejandro Luque. This travelogue will take you around the Italian island highlighting not only the towns and cities but also the literature, art and culture of the country.

Review: Borges in Sicily by Alejandro Luque

Borges or I should say, Jorge Luis Borges, was predominately a poet and short-essay writer from Argentina. Awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature posthumously, Borges was highly influential to 20th century Latin American Literature due to his stories that, in part, were laden with philosophical meanings.  What is possibly even…

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Hemingway in Italy by Richard Owen part of the armchair traveller series by Haus Publishing

Review: Hemingway in Italy by Richard Owen

“It was northern Italy which gave him his first taste of freedom, of passion, of companionship under fire, perhaps too of the liberty from the Protestant constrictions of the American heartland in which he had grown up.” (Page 7) When people think of the great writer, how do they picture…

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