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The official start of summer is right around the corner! You can put down the textbooks (if you ever picked them up in the first place) and grab something you might actually want to read! Here at ValoreBooks, we really like saving you money; on books you have to buy for school and also for books you want to read for pleasure. So, before you head to the beach or the pool this summer, check out the penny books we have available. You literally cannot buy a book for a cheaper price than that!

*While supplies last. Prices are subject to change. Excludes shipping costs.

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison		Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey		Rich Dad, Poor Dad What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
$14.00 From $0.01		$15.00 From $0.01		$16.95 From $0.01
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald		Snow Flower And the Secret Fan by Lisa See		Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
$12.95 From $0.01		$13.95 From $0.01		$14.95 From $0.01
Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri		The Color Purple by Alice Walker		Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America by Morris P. Fiorina
$14.00 From $0.01		$14.00 From $0.01		$14.60 From $0.01

If your parents are anything like mine, they constantly try to keep up with current trends and lingo in an effort to remain “hip” and “with it”. Every year, the New Oxford American Dictionary emulates my parents and also tries to show the kids that it can be cool too.

At the end of every year, the NOAD chooses one slang word as its Word of the Year. 2009’s word was ‘unfriend’, as in, “To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook”. ‘Unfriend’ beat out such words as ‘intexticated’ and ‘funemployed’ for the title.

I’m using this post to start my campaign for “Guac-blocked” to be the Word of the Year for 2010. “Guac-blocked”  is the term for when you’re at a party and you really want to get some guacamole for your chips, but someone is in the way and you can’t get them to move.

Hit up Twitter and Facebook. Tell a friend. Get the word out. 2010 is the year of Guac-blocked. Yes we can! Yes we can!

Don’t have a copy of the New Oxford American Dictionary? Buy one from Valore Books. You’re all out of excuses now.

The average college student spends roughly $1,000 on their textbooks each year. If you think that amount is high, you are lucky not to  have one of these textbooks on your syllabus! The list below was selected by The College Solution blogger, Lynn O’Shaughnessy as the highest priced college textbooks.

1. Acta Philosophorum The First Journal of Philosophy:  $1,450
2. Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications: $1,215
3. Management Science An Anthology: $850
4. History of Early Film: $740
5. Biostatistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology: $665
6. Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology:  $600
7. Feminism and Politics: $600
8. Concepts and Design of Chemical Reactors: $593
9. Advanced Semiconductor and Organic Nano-Techniques: $570
10. Ethics in Business and Economics: $550
11. Environment in the New Global Economy: $510
12. Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications: $500

In the article, Lynn interviews our, CEO Bobby Brannigan about the price of college textbooks, and how to look for the cheapest textbooks! Check out the full article, here!