The ThriftBooks Blog

By Beth Clark • September 18, 2018

If you're one of the 3.9 million full-time employees in the US who work remotely at least 50% of the time, you already know that the struggle is all too real some days, so here are some resources and practical hacks to help you overcome the inevitable challenges and succeed. (No judgement if you're reading this in your pajamas!)

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By Beth Clark • September 13, 2018

Moms/dads, aunties/uncles, abuelas/abuelos, and everyone else, hang up your aprons, 'cause it's #KidsTakeOverTheKitchenDay. Give the budding culinary artiste(s) in your world a chance to cultivate their cooking abilities under your supervisory guidance (for the younger set) or show off their kitchen skills (for the older kids) by letting them play chef for the day (or just make you a meal).

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By Matthew Richey • September 05, 2018

Looking for something that can pull your family together? Try finding a book that can engage the whole family's interest and read it aloud. Yeah, you might feel a bit like the Ingalls family in Little House on the Prairie, but just go with it. The payoff is worth it!

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By Beth Clark • September 03, 2018

Porsche (the car) is practically a religion for loyalists, but Porsche (the creator) had a brilliance that went well beyond the automobile world. In honor of his birthday, here are a few things about the fascinating Dr. Ferdinand Porsche that you may not know.

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By Beth Clark • August 31, 2018

The Great American Read is a PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading as the core of an ambitious digital, educational, and community outreach campaign designed to get the country reading and passionately talking about books. One hundred books, to be exact, so happy reading!

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By Linda Vandercook • August 30, 2018

Dogs do all kinds of cool jobs—what is your dog’s job? Do you have a service dog? A retired military dog? Or perhaps a 'that couch ain't going to get that hairy all by itself' dog?

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By Beth Clark • August 28, 2018

At the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd of 250,000. The Civil Rights Movement—and the world—were forever changed by the words of one man.

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By Beth Clark • August 24, 2018

The Great American Read is a PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading as the core of an ambitious digital, educational, and community outreach campaign designed to get the country reading and passionately talking about books. One hundred books, to be exact, so here are books 81–100 on the list!

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By Beth Clark • August 23, 2018

Back to school time means beach reads come out of your bag and textbooks go in, but that doesn't mean the fun is over. While we (obviously) embrace all things learning and reading (because books), even we have to admit that some textbooks are a bit, um...dry. To ease the transition, here are 22 alternative academic titles that are entertaining, practical and, well, educational.

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By Beth Clark • August 21, 2018

We literally wouldn’t be here without our seniors, so celebrate the ones in your world for their role in creating and bringing you into it by spending time with the older, wiser, ‘been there, done that’ crowd today. But first, keep reading for a list of famous authors who either started writing late in life or kept writing until they were, well, OLD!

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