Instead of spending time watching useless television programs or horrible movies, I could have been out meeting people, traveling or reading life-changing books.

与其花时间在看那些没用的电视节目和恐怖电影上，我本该出去约会，旅游或者读几本能影响我一生的好书的。

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"Revolutionary" diet books flood the market this time of year, promising a life changed permanently and for the better - yes, in just 10 to 30 days!

每年的这个时候，“革新式”饮食书籍就充斥着整个市场，书上都言之凿凿说生活可以借此永久改善——是的，就在10到30天内！

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Life is short, spare time very few, so we should not take a moment to spare time spent in reading books of little value.

生命是短暂的，空余时间很少，因此我们不应把一刻空余时间耗费在阅读价值不大的书籍上。

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But when Cookie dies, Woody is traumatised to discover that, for the first time in his life, he cannot find what he needs in books.

ECONOMIST: Grief in fiction

As I said, there is life after business books and e-books as we know them now, and the time for this idea has come.

FORBES: The New Stage for Business Thought Leadership Writing

Moreover, it is believed that a person who comes to appreciate books during his or her time in prison has better chances of successful integration into the life after release from custody.

UNESCO: M��nster Prison Library