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Back to School with Campus Book Rentals!

Are you in school? Or perhaps your spouse or kids? If so, then you know that textbooks are expensive. Very Expensive. We've all faced the issue of trying to re-sell those textbooks.  A lot of campus bookstores won't give you back even ten percent of your purchase price.  As to other students, you have to pray that the class will use the same book.

Several years ago, when our youngest daughter was first enrolled at GSU, we rented several books from Campus Book Rentals.  We found one of her Accounting books and two History books. We saved a lot of money that we used for other necessities.

I have recently discovered that it isn't just the college student that has to buy school books. Oh no.  Some schools require the students to purchase a portion, if not all, of the books needed for class.




That's where Campus Book Rentals comes in. Campus Book Rentals will rent books to you at a low price for as long as you need it! When you're finished, just return it No shipping charges. It's that easy!

Campus Book Rentals has a very flexible rental plan and rents for 40 to 90% of the cost of buying the book! It's a great deal for parents and students.  It also takes away the stress involved with the change of classes each semester. 

One of my friends showed me her daughter's reading list. Long and impressive, it was.  One of the books she needs is Harold Nicolson's The Congress of Vienna. Brand new this book retails for well over $50. I found it at Campus Book Rentals for less than $40.

  

You all know how important it is for me to promote companies that I believe in -- companies that give back to the global community.  Campus Book Rentals does just that:

Campus Book Rentals is working in co-operation with Operation Smile, an awesome organization that performs life changing cleft palette surgeries on children whose families could not otherwise afford it. The long-term improvement in qualify of life for the children that receive these surgeries is almost incomprehensible.

Campus Book Rentals is contributing to Operation Smile in two ways: First, they have made the minimum commitment to 80 Surgeries. And second, through RentBack, they provide students the opportunity to direct any portion of their earnings to Operation Smile directly from their RentBack account.

RentBack is a program that puts money into student's pockets. Campus Book Rentals has provided the tools to allow students to contribute directly through this powerful program.  Campus Book Rentals is determined to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.

I've had great experiences with Campus Book Rentals and I know that you will, too.

You can connect with Campus Book Rentals on their website and social media pages: 

Facebook, Google+, and @textbookrentals on Twitter.

DISCLOSURE:

I was compensated monetarily for this post, however, all opinions are based on my own experience with the company.

#dietenlightenment Diet Enlightenment by Rachel L. Pires

Author Rachel L Pires has written a great little book called Diet Enlightenment.  It's a no-nonsense, common sense approach to weight loss.

Less than 200 pages, Rachel get right to the point: "Dieting" doesn't work.  Conscious, thoughtful, responsible approaches are the keys to successful weight loss.

We must THINK about the foods we ingest daily. We must learn to count calories (actually a very simple task), we must learn to choose carefully the food we put on our plate.



Rachel teaches a positive mindset:  She encourages her readers to actively demonstrate good eating choices until it becomes a natural occurrence.

This is no fly-by-night "diet" book that promises a miracle pill.  Its a book filled with good advice, encouragement, and determination.  She speaks WITH the readers, she doesn't lecture or demean the readers.  I appreciate that.

You may purchase Diet Enlightenment by Rachel L. Pires on Amazon.com for the low price of just $11.48 for the paperback or $8.49 on Kindle.

DISCLOSURE:
I received a copy of Diet Enlightenment to facilitate this review. I received no monetary compensation. The opinions expressed herein are my own and based on my own use of and experience with the item.

Campus Book Rentals -- Rent and Save!

Are you in school? Or perhaps your spouse or kids? If so, then you know that textbooks are expensive. Very Expensive. We've all faced the issue of trying to re-sell those textbooks.  A lot of campus bookstores won't give you back even ten percent of your purchase price.  As to other students, you have to pray that the class will use the same book.

Several years ago, when Morgan was first enrolled at GSU, we rented several books from Campus Book Rentals.  We found one of her Accounting books and two History books. We saved a lot of money that we used for other necessities.

As I searched through the textbooks offered today, I found this book: The Russians by Hedrick Smith. When I took Russian History in 1982, I paid $93.00 dollars for it!

Campus Book Rentals will rent it to you at a low price for as long as you need it! When you're finished, just return it! No shipping charges! It's that easy!

Campus Book Rentals has a very flexible rental plan and rents for 40 to 90% of the cost of buying the book! It's a great deal for parents and students.  It also removes a lot of stress involved with the change of classes each semester.




BENEFITS:
*Save 40-90% off of bookstore prices
*Free shipping both ways
*Can highlight in the textbooks
*Flexible rental periods
*We donate to Operation Smile with each textbook rented

I also want to inform you about Operation Smile.  Campus Book Rentals is working in co-operation with Operation Smile, an awesome organization that performs life changing cleft lip surgeries on children whose families could not otherwise afford it. The long-term improvement in qualify of life for the children that receive these surgeries is almost incomprehensible.

Campus Book Rentals is contributing to Operation Smile in two ways: First, they have made the minimum commitment to 80 Surgeries. And second, through RentBack, they provide students the opportunity to direct any portion of their earnings to Operation Smile directly from their RentBack account.
RentBack is a program that puts money into student's pockets. Campus Book Rentals has provided the tools to allow students to contribute directly through this powerful program.  Campus Book Rentals is determined to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.

I am a big fan of companies that give back to the community and urge their customers to give back as well.

I have had great experiences with this company and I know you will, too.

You can connect with Campus Book Rentals on their website and social media pages:
Facebook and @textbookrentals on Twitter.

DISCLOSURE:

I was compensated monetarily for this post, however, all opinions are based on my own experience with the company.

Off the Edge of the Map by Michael Rank - A Book Review

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.

I love to read.  My Nanie began reading to me as soon as I was born and began teaching me to read before I was two years old. The first book I really remember 'reading' was Twas the Night Before Christmas. I think I must've memorized most of it.

I still love to read. Histories and biographies are my favourite subjects to read and study. When asked to read and review a new non-fiction book by author Michael Rank, I was excited. He's a great young writer!

Off The Edge of the Map is a book about explorers, travelers, adventurers: Those who pushed the boundaries of the known world.

The book opens with the tale of Rabban Bar Sauma (1220-1294), a Chinese Nestorian monk, then takes us across the ages with the likes of Herman Cortes, Captain Cook, Sir Henry Stanley, and Neil Armstrong.  

These are the brief, but concise stories of brave men who took up, not a road less traveled, but a road never traveled.  Their fears and failures did not defeat them in their quests.  They persevered and  moved forward, making progress and making history.

Michael Rank presents these explorers in very respectful, historically-factual terms.  He doesn't offer undue praise or find fault with their methods.  He simply presents the reader with a personal, humorous, and often-reverent view of the adventurers.  His style is open and easy to read.

As an Historian, I loved the book.  I loved the flow of time as presented by the author as each explorer is studied in chronological order.  It's easy to see how the successes (and failures) of one courageous man helped to shape and define the explorations of the next.

Mike, Review Daddy, is a Registered Land Surveyor. He, too, loved the book (he read it first). Mike sees these explores in a much different light than I do.  He sees them as Surveyors! I suppose, in many ways, he's right. Surveyors find and explore boundaries... as did these fine men.

Their explorations and discoveries helped to shape their world and continue to shape the world we know today.  Their courage and bravery against obstacles and foes still define us.  Their footsteps allow us to make our own: Here on Earth and now, into the Heavens.

You may connect with the author on his Social Media Pages:
Facebook, Google+, and @michaelrank5mc on Twitter.

You may purchase Off the Edge of the Map on Amazon.com -- it is available in paperback. ARV: $8.09  

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.