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June 09, 2004
BookCrossings is project put together by a small web and database consulting company. Books are "tagged" and set free in the world. Those who find a book then log it in until it is set free again. There's an excellent search function... maybe there's a book loose in your neighborhood.
BookCrossings is project put together by a small web and database consulting company. Books are "tagged" and set free in the world. Those who find a book then log it in until it is set free again. There's an excellent search function... maybe there's a book loose in your neighborhood.
June 04, 2004
Was Lewis Carroll really on mushrooms?
June 02, 2004
A question from the webmaster...
I know this site hasn't isn't the busiest website on Earth. So, should we start allowing authors to post links to their books and websites?
I'd like to hear your opinions.
June 01, 2004
site of the book: Torn
Torn From the Inside Out is a narrative literary memoir released in Feb. 2004; 362 pgs
Author: Josephine Thompson (Sara Niles, pen name).
Using powerful literary symbolisms, Torn encapsulates the pain and growth of Sara Niles into the big picture of domestic violence before focusing on the personal story of Sara as she marries abusive Thomas Niles.The story begins with Sara being given away as a small, hungry child and ends after a 40 year odyssey into physical and psychological torture.
Listed with major distributors, samples on site.
Did you always want to open a bookstore? The town of St. Johnsbury, VT, population 7,571 as of 2000, is offering startup money and a break on rent to a qualified person willing to open a bookstore downtown.
May 18, 2004
With our highly idealistic war in Iraq turning monstrous, Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is frighteningly relevant -- again.
May 06, 2004
Rabindranath Tagore, happy birthday. Links from wood s lot.
NPR profile of "A Hole in Texas" I spent much of yesterday reading a highly mediocre book called "A Hole in Texas" by Herman Wouk. [more inside]
April 26, 2004
Saucy! Salacious! Hot'n'heavy action! A Rhodes Scholarship! It can all mean only one thing: Bill Clinton's memoirs are coming!
(Disclaimer: "We are not discussing the content of the work," [Knopf spokesman Paul Bogaards] said." Actual work may be lacking in salacious sauce and Rhodes scholars.)
April 24, 2004
The moves make the man The book was about a boy named jerome. so jerome was trying to teach a troublesome kid that always ran away named Bix how to play basketball as good as he did so bix wouldnt always be in trouble. oviously jerome so called the best ball player in his neighborhood. so he had enough skill to teach someone else how to play. but its not going to be all sweet milk and bread to teach a kid like Bix. So go pick up this book im pretty sure you will enjoy it. [Ed: Interview with Bruce Brooks]
April 20, 2004
Lessons from Lawrence of Arabia. "Sales of a book by Lawrence of Arabia, the British officer who united desert tribes against the Turks during World War One, have risen sharply since the war in Iraq." [Via Plastic.]
April 19, 2004
"Lolita" vs. Lolita:
The New York Observer has an interesting piece on a short story written in Germany in 1916. Called "Lolita", the story has more than a few points of commonality with the 1955 novel of the same name. What follows is not an accusation of plagiarism, but some interesting speculation on what connection (if any) might exist between the two works.
(via Arts & Letters Daily)