21.  As a consequence, those books will no longer be available, because without sales publishers won't be able to afford to publish them.

22.  As a farm girl in Missouri, Barbara McKillip, now 44, spent her happiest hours reading books under an apple tree.

23.  Despite consulting dozens of books, I was unable to find a recipe that gave me the fresh results I wanted.

24.  Deloitte said it would no longer audit the books of the company, which will have to find a new auditor.

25.  Current books with flair are doing a big business at the independently run Madison Avenue Bookshop.

26.  Deshung, he said, "was passionate about books.

27.  Design books that truly inspire often do it on the sly.

28.  Despite her efforts to earn her living by writing children's books, the duchess has repeatedly been bailed out financially by her mother-in-law.

29.  Despite initial concerns about Internet security, consumers appear increasingly willing to use their credit cards online to buy everything from books to airline tickets.

30.  DeMille knows his craft, and he has a slew of books behind him to prove this, but he completely misfires here.