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…….If your tastes lean to the literary, you’d be better off going to BookSwim, another online bookish rental company (the Blockbuster to Booksfree’s Netflix — or is it the other way around?). It not only has a sizable literature category, but also ways to search within that category, like a section for short stories, and even literature > short stories > United States. All the kinks aren’t worked out (novels and books that could not be considered literature by any stretch kept popping up), but the selection and search functions are better……..

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Looking for a Green Job, or better yet a Green Career? Check out Daniel Goleman’s (New York Times science writer who authored and coined Emotional Intelligence) new book, Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Changes Everything…

…To save trees and green cash, consider renting the book from BookSwim for $9.95 a month…

…See Newsweek’s take on this newly recognized human intelligence, “Eco-IQ”.

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BEST is pleased to announce the Ninth Business Plan Competition open to all University students. The winning business plan team will receive a $25,000 cash award, and second place receives $10,000…

…Last Year, a book rental company on the order of Netflix Inc. earned the top prize. BookSwim Inc., of Aberdeen, took home $20,000 for winning the eighth annual Rutgers Business Plan Competition…

…”The program offers developing entrepreneurs the opportunity to gain one-on-one feedback from prominent business executives and to take part in business planning workshops and networking events, enabling them to further develop their entrepreneurial skills and to cultivate valuable connections and mentoring relationships with alumni and friends of Rutgers Business School.” said Dr. Michael Cooper, Dean of the Rutgers Business School.