Posts Tagged ‘excerpt’

Excerpt Monday. And now for something a little different.

Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate–just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above. And today, I’m sharing something a little different, for me anyway. It’s not fantasy, it’s an historical romance, and still very much a work in p

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ASUS MAXIMUS III Formula Motherboard

ASUS MAXIMUS III Formula Motherboard   Intel launched their Core i7 CPU and X58 chipset for the enthusiast segment in November of last year. While the Core i7 and X58 combination has proven to be a winner in terms of performance, the price tag of a new system with a new motherboard and new memory (Triple Channel DDR3) has proven to be a hindrance to some. Intel is launching a new chipset and new CPU platform today in the form of the P55 Express chipset and Socket LGA-

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Weighing The World: Christopher Columbus

Edwin Danson is a Chartered Surveyor and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.  His new book, Weighing the World: The Quest To Measure the Earth , he chronicles the stories of the scientists and scholars who cut their way through the jungles, crossed the arctic tundra, and braved the world’s highest mountains to discover the truth about our Earth.  In the excerpt below we learn how Christopher Columbus discovered the Earth was much, much larger than previously believed.

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