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The last thing most people in a bad love affair want to do is to read informational articles about romance. But people facing financial difficulties often choose to read articles which may help them cope with their money problems.

Results showed that people with deeply personal, emotionally-charged problems – such as issues of love and romance - tend to avoid reading articles concerning those difficulties. But people with problems that may carry less emotional issues – such as finances – seek out articles that may help them cope. The results appear in the journal Communication Research. Ohio State University 10 06 09

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Lisa Lillien is a New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the Hungry Girl brand. Lillien signed copies of her new cookbook "Hungry Girl 200 Under 200" at Borders - Aventura.


For New York Times best-selling author and mother of five Brenda Novak, Mother's Day isn't about breakfast in bed or a special family gathering to celebrate her status as a mom. Instead, it's the culmination of a year's worth of planning, phone calls, seeking favors and just plain hard work. Novak's 5th Annual Online Auction for Diabetes Research held each May is a labor of love for her son who has lived with the disease for most of his life. It is also a month-long online event featuring lunches, dinners and one-on-one meetings with celebrity authors, world-class getaway vacations and state-of-the-art gizmos and gadgets. This year, the Diabetes Research Institute is the sole beneficiary of the event.

New poetry book ...

In her new collection of poetry, "Changed on the Wheel: A Progression of Poems" (published by AuthorHouse), Kristin Plummer seeks to convey the importance of relationships, both with God and with one another. "I have a sort of divine mandate to express what I experience as spiritual truth in my own life, and this motif often finds its way into my poems to others," she writes. "Sometimes it is subtle, and at other times it is very blatant." AuthorHouse 04 09

Launch of New Book From Orange Frazer & Author Michael Banks: Before Oprah: Ruth Lyons, The Woman Who Created Talk TV 

Former members of the cast of the Ruth Lyon's 50/50 Club reunite to launch Orange Frazer's newest book, Before Oprah: Ruth Lyons, the Woman Who Created Talk TV. The book by author Michael Banks reveals how Lyon's groundbreaking work influenced the future careers of David Letterman, Jane Pauley, Phil Donahue and, Jerry Springer. Orange Frazer Press 04 09

Photographer Larry Fink Teams With Blurb and Fotovision to Publish His Latest Book, 'Night at the Met' 

Esteemed photographer Larry Fink today announced his latest book, "Night at the Met," published using creative publishing and marketing platform Blurb(R). Fink, who has been awarded two Guggenheim fellowships and two National Endowment of the Arts grants, produced the book in collaboration with Fotovision, a Bay Area nonprofit created to support photographers interested in documenting the world. "Night at the Met" is a unique look at the ritual of the donor party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Blurb 04 09

Happiness is Hip: A Movement to 'Scatter Joy' 

Scatter Joy: Living, Giving and Creating A Life You Love (Scatter Joy Publishing, 2009), is Davis' newest book and contains real-life stories of "joy scatterers" - individuals whose generosity and positivity have inspired Davis - as well as warm, wise council from Davis herself about finding joy and happiness. Kathy Davis Studios 04 09

Third List Reprint of La dieta del Gordo de Raul de Molina 

After only six months of its launch, Random House announces the third reprint of La dieta del Gordo de Raul de Molina, an editorial success where Raul de Molina discusses how to free yourself of a few extra pounds. From his return of the book fair of Chicago and prior to only some days leaving for Egypt, Jordan and Israel, the famous presenter commented: "I feel very pleased that the Latin American public has received my book with so much enthusiasm. I receive letters and e-mails of readers all the time that relate to me and my diet has worked for them and that it has changed their lives. I believe that the lesson is simple: if I was able to do it, we are all able to do it. From the bottom of my heart I expect that the 'multiplying effect of the ex overweight people' that I mention in the book continues to work." Random House 04 09