Carver thought so, and he got busy writing a book called Collective Electrodynamics, published by MIT Press in 2000.

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Even though four years passed between Eels records, Everett says he kept busy by writing a book and filming a documentary about his father physics pioneer Hugh Everett called Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives.

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"There was a need for a book to tell busy people how to make a cake better, " Byrn says.

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But, one modest book stands alone, honoring the cake busy cooks have revered for decades -- the cake that comes powdered in a box.

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It sounds fair except to the busy road warrior stuck in a middle seat who will book United next time.

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In contrast to bleak conditions in Western book markets, the Indian divisions of international publishers are busy signing up new authors.

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Go for the best one you can afford, and book ahead by at least a few days, especially at busy times.

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