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Juggling work and personal projects makes you less effective at both. To protect your time and avoid distraction, use time-boxing.

Shinjini Kumar’s new book, Busy Women: Building Commerce and Culture in Middle India, arrives at exactly the right moment in India’s story. We speak often about the country’s rise, about consumption ...

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An interactive book for toddlers meant to develop fine motor skills has been recalled because it poses a hidden danger. Cobelae Busy Book for Toddlers was sold on Amazon by Flyindream for about $26 in ...

Benjamin Chipman has met with his friend Nikita Suri every Tuesday since July, usually over a grilled chicken sandwich, fries and a beer. With a killer happy hour deal, Wi-Fi and outlets at a ...

At one point at least, there were about 15,000 books on display for this year’s Rotary Club of Sarnia-Bluewaterland book sale. “Since 9 o’clock this morning, my team have been doing nothing but ...

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Philipps (Girls5eva, Cougar Town), Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty, For All Mankind) and Alfredo Narciso (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Manifest) have been set as guest stars in ...

Once upon a time, it was a briefcase that travelled everywhere with Dame Jacinda Ardern. Packed with papers and letters that would shape New Zealand, it also dictated how she spent her weekends. Now, ...

The author’s dedication is “To children everywhere: We say that when you are grown, you can be anything you want. / But with every song and rhyme and game to play, you already do it, every day!” These ...