In contrast, Heather007, a verified user, was one of few who gave the book a positive review, sharing: 'I didn't have high expectations for this book and simply purchased it to see what it was like. If you're not a prude, buy this book. You're in for a ton of giggles coming from your loved ones if you do.  

Indeed, a survey published this week finds that almost half of us have at some time or other tried to impress our friends — or at least avoid shaming ourselves in their presence — by pretending to have read a Classic Books we've never so much as opened.

It has to be about it - but not really about it. Certain omissions are needed. You'll have to say this is a fictitious account. After discussing the rules preventing inmates profiting from a crime, they agreed to ‘send some money' to Shepherd's estranged wife and child. If you know what I mean.' The pair even recorded how they haggled over any proceeds.

When the interviewer asked: ‘Can you learn a lot about a person by the books they keep?', Adele replied: ‘Well I would say that, but I don't know many people that have real books in their house any more.

Phillips, 57, a freelance reporter, was doing research for a book on the trip with Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, a former head of isolated and recently contacted tribes at federal indigenous affairs agency Funai.



And she wouldn't be the first person to buy books willy-nilly. High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale was criticised last week after admitting she bought 400 books to fill her shelves ahead of a photoshoot at her California home.



Shepherd's best friend - whose identity is not being revealed by the Mail - tried to hawk the book to newspapers, but it was rejected. So they wrote it as a ‘fictionalised' account, changing Jack's name to ‘Keith' and his friend's to ‘Clive'.

The law prevents criminals profiting from memoirs, but the pair present the book as a ‘work of fiction', simply changing place names and those of everyone involved, but leaving the story unchanged. But instead of serving his time quietly, the Mail has discovered he has been helping his best friend write a biography.

But far from accepting his punishment, he has been secretly writing his warped version of events with the help of his best friend during jail visits. The pair now hope to get rich by selling their ghoulish _3.99 book about his life and crimes using Amazon's online Kindle store.



Jassy said in a note sent to employees that Doug Herrington will become the new CEO of the consumer division. The division is also changing its name to "Worldwide Amazon Stores." Herrington has been leading the company_s North American Consumer business since 2015. It_s a unit that has been burdened with a glut of warehouse space after a massive expansion during the pandemic.



The German pharmaceutical company inherited Roundup when it acquired Monsanto in 2018. The high court_s action comes amid a series of court fights over Roundup that have pointed in different directions. Bayer argued federal regulators have repeatedly determined its products are safe.

Hardeman_s lawsuit had served as a test case for thousands of similar lawsuits. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected Bayer_s appeal to shut down thousands of lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.
The justices on Tuesday left in place a $25 million judgment in favor of Edwin Hardeman, who says he developed cancer from using Roundup for Classic Books decades to treat poison oak, overgrowth and weeds on his San Francisco Bay Area property.

The Giving USA report says donations in 2021 were 4% higher than the record-setting $466 billion contributed in 2020. Many nonprofits are now feeling the strain because giving is not growing as fast as price increases.
Reacting to the intense needs of the early COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the calls for racial justice, giving increased in unusual ways in 2020, but has generally returned to previous patterns. But that it was down 0.7% when adjusted for inflation.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 2.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 2.1%. The S&P 500 rose 2.4%. Markets will be closely watching congressional testimony this week from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for more clues about the Fed_s thinking about inflation and future interest rate hikes.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.30%. It_s still 21.5% below the record high it set in January.

The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that existing home sales fell 3.4% last month from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.41 million. Sales fell 8.6% from May last year. The national median home price jumped 14.8% in May from a year earlier to $407,600, an all-time high.
The housing market, a crucial part of the economy, is slowing as homebuyers facing sharply higher home financing costs than a year ago following a rapid rise in mortgage rates.

NEW YORK (AP) - Charitable giving in the United States reached a record $485 billion in 2021, though the increase did not keep pace with inflation. That_s according to a report Tuesday that offers a comprehensive look at American philanthropy.