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Plain Language Humor: How to Write Good

Plain Language Humor: How to Write Good

London's Most Beautiful Bookstore Older London's Most Beautiful Bookstore by Christine Chang Hanway Issue 56 · In the Library · January 24, 2013 Newer In 2009, literary agents Sarah Lutyens and Felicity Rubinstein opened their Notting Hill bookshop (named after their eponymous literary agency, Lutyens & Rubinstein) on a simple premise: to recreate the magic they remembered from the bookshops of their childhoods. With more than 4,000 hand-picked titles, a visit to Luytens & Rubinstein is like popping into your favorite boutique where you feel a kindred spirit with the owner; implicitly trusting their judgment and knowing with full confidence that you’ll be going home with that perfect something you went in for. Unless otherwise noted, photography by Dennis Gilbert /View. Above: Lutyens & Rubinstein is on Kensington Park Road in London's Notting Hill. Above: "The design of the shop reflects the characters of its owners, Sarah Lutyens and Felicity Rubinstein," say the architects De Rosee Sa. N.B. By Julie Carlson

Teen Magazine Covers Hot Celebrity News One Direction is at the top of their game this summer: their video for "Best Song Ever" broke VEVO's record for the most views in a day, and their new 3D movie, This Is Us, is set to premiere in August. But Liam, Harry, Niall, Louis, and Zayn aren't going anywhere anytime soon: the band's latest move, a partnership with Office Depot, will inspire you to start the school year on the right foot! The boys designed limited edition school supplies to raise money for a new education program to create bully-free schools across the US. When you buy notebooks, pens and binders with your favorite guy's face, you'll help make school a better place. And when you share One Direction and Office Depot's anti-bullying message, you can win surprise swag from the guys. That's not all. You can check out One Direction's anti-bullying message here! Would you buy One Direction's school supplies? Read More

CosmoGirl Celebrity Gossip and Latest News Asa Butterfield proves he's ready to save the world in the latest Ender's Game trailer. In the movie, Earth is under the impending attack of aliens, and Asa stars as Ender, a student in Battle School training to become a soldier in the intergalactic war. But Ender is so brilliant that Colonel Hyrum Graff decides he's the military's best hope in the war, and he becomes a commander! The movie got tons of buzz at Comic-Con, and not just because it's based off an awesome book: Hailee Steinfeld and Abigail Breslin also star in the film, which has a Harry Potter meets The Hunger Games vibe. You can check out the Ender's Game trailer here! Would you see Ender's Game in theaters this fall? Read More

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