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Free Reads!

We all enjoy free stuff, right? Especially when it’s free books!  Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble make it possible for you to read ebooks without necessarily having an eReader. How cool is that, huh? If you have a computer or a smartphone then you can download the App for the Kindle or for the Nook and you are set to go!  Here’s a couple of the latest *free* books on the shelves at the moment:

Movie comes out March 11th!

Listen; Free for Nook

Enjoy! And have a lovely weekend!

Slainte,

Clare

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Top 10 Libraries of the World

Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic

Knowledge is free at the library – just bring your own container. ~Unknown

National Library of China, Beijing, China

Libraries are not made, they grow. ~Augustine Birrell

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Book lovers never go to bed alone. ~Unknown

Russian State Library & Statue of Dostoyevsky; Moscow

No furniture so charming as books. ~Sydney Smith

Abbey Library of St. Gall, Switzerland

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. ~Cicero

Phillips Exeter Academy Library; New Hampshire

A good book is the best of friends. ~English proverb

Jose Vassconcelos Library; Mexico City

If we encounter a man of great intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Austrian National Library, Vienna

“Classic.” A book which people praise but don’t read. ~Mark Twain

State Library of Victoria; Melbourne, Australia

Hard-covered books break up friendships. You loan a hard covered book to a friend and when he doesn’t return it you get mad at him. It makes you mean and petty. But twenty-five cent books are different. ~John Steinbeck

So do you have a favorite? Is it in this top 10 list or one of your own, not listed here?

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Hi There

Clare’s Tales was born from a love of reading, a never-ending travel bug, and a desire to photograph entertaining moments. I hope you will come along on the journey with me through this grand adventure of life! It is sure to be an experience!

Slainte!
Clare

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