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Vicki Wusche is a successful business owner and she recognised that by understanding the value of her time and then exploring how she spent it, she was able to increase her productivity and achieve so much more.
For example in 2012 Vicki wrote and published three …

I like to read books with which I can feel some personal connection. On a visit to Berlin last year, we took one of the tours from Berliner Unterwelten E.V. (Society for the Exploration and Documentation of Subterranean Architecture). These cover potential nuclear bunkers from …

I started reading this series of autobiographies, six in total, by Maya Angelou, just before Christmas. I finished the series in eight weeks; a record for someone who reads one or two books a year. I can’t recommend them highly enough.
The six books in order …

This is an historical novel based around the true story of the New Lanark cotton mills which is now a UNESCO world heritage site. The story begins in 1788 in the early days of the mills and ends with Robert Owen’s entry into the story, …

You have been writing for the3rdimagazine regularly for over a year now and I know that you blog. Is this the first book you have written?
Yes, I’ve been writing for the 3rdi for well over a year now which followed on from starting-up a blog …

Last month Roy Sheppard shared a preview of his book with the3rdimagazine. This month we have the finished article for review.
The book is designed to ‘strengthen mother/teenage daughter relationships.’ Roy carried out research with women of all ages and backgrounds. Furthermore, when the manuscript was …