Tuesday, September 01, 2009

More Short Books

And if you're reading this, we've successfully put two-thirds of the year behind us.

134 years ago today a man was born who would be intrigued by the work of Charles Darwin and wondered what would happen if a tribe of apes adopted a human baby.

Edgar Rice Burroughs' went on to create "Tarzan," a wildly popular series of novels that were turned into more than 40 movies and mass merchandise the likes of bathing suits, chewing gum, ice cream, and even bread.

The first Tarzan movie - a silent film debuting in 1918 - was one of the first movies to gross more than a million dollars, and Burroughs' books have sold more than 100 million copies.

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MORE SHORT BOOKS

Burger King Menu Items Starting with "Mc"

Dr. Kevorkian's Collection of Motivational Speeches

Fast and Efficient Windows Applications

Honesty in the White House

Household Uses for Plutonium

Ways to Cook Sushi

One-Legged Folk Dances

Sign Language for the Blind

Massage Techniques for Bears

Sylvester Stallone's Acting Tips


[selected from awpi.com]

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WORDS for YOUR WEEK: "Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement." (Alfred Adler)

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