Cyril's Gleans

gleans + 3xaddenda at 10:40 AM MT, 07/06

Progressive Homeschooling
Examiner.com - USA  People unfamiliar with homeschooling tend to lump homeschoolers into one category. However, homeschooling families come from all walks of life and in many ...

 

Why Obama's Afghan War Is Different

By Aryn Baker / KABUL  A Marine offensive in Helmand prioritizes securing the local population over killing insurgents. That, say U.S. officials, is the key to defeating the Taliban

 

6 US troops killed in Afghanistan

 

Stocks slide as conflicting signs emerge about economy

 

Obama health plan sparks unease among middle-class

 

 

Lean times at Pamplona for running of bulls

 

The spider which builds body doubles to deter predators

 

 

Passenger on holiday flight fixes plane fault

 

Tightrope walker breaks records
 

 

 Armstrong enigma
Moon pioneer could make $1m in a day - why doesn't he?

 

 

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Nicholas D. Kristof: The Best Kids’ Books Ever

 

Better than average list - but could use improvement - some items:
- girls like the original Nancy Drew books even more than boys like the original Hardy Boys books
- Cyril prefers the Emily of New Moon series to the Anne of Green Gables series (as did the two older granddaughters)
- at least a dozen of Rosemary Sutcliff books should be on the list
- a half-dozen or so of Mark Twain... Read More
- both Melville's Typee and Omoo
- the Bounty trilogy by Nordhof and Hall
- and see http://www.cyrilsgleans.com/childrens-books-authors.htm

 

 

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Reading in the Dark

-->Kevin Johnson When Baltimore resident Kevin Johnson started selling books in 1997, he didn’t think he would be publishing his own books before too long. But as a specialist in crime fiction, at Royal Books, Inc., he soon became aware of how many obscure crime books had become the basis for well-known movies in the film noir tradition. He also noticed that a lot of noir movies had “not just obscure crime fiction sources, but an interesting array of literary sources, as well, like Hemingway and Maugham.” Read More

 

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July 1, 2009

Dear AE Monthly Readers,

We believe the changes in book selling and collecting of the past decade are only the beginning of what's to come. Here is one perspective.
Others have had their say about the Graham Arader sale. Now Mr. Arader has his.
Booked in court: Here's the latest on crimes and lawsuits pertaining to books.
Google Books is a great tool for building book collections. We explain how to use it.
Browsers as servers: a non-technical explanation of how technology changes may change the face of internet bookselling.
$5-$10 Million of stolen and illegally transported books and other antiquities found in a small Chicago home are returned to Italy.
We visited the headquarters of Bibliopolis, maker of the Bookhound inventory management and internet listing software.
We now offer email updates o auction results. No charge. Just sign up.
A long missing and forgotten Lincoln letter is returned to the National Archives.
A record Gatsby price proves there are still some bright spots for bookselling despite the hard times.
A bookseller makes use of her skills as a knowledge manager.
There are events for bibliophiles all across the globe this summer. Take a look.
Here is the must-have detailed bibliography and identification guide for L. Frank Baum and the Land of Oz.
Here is your link to all of these articles: AE Monthly.

Burning books to preserve them?

Plagiarism is still regarded as “the capital intellectual crime” by writers, teachers, and scholars. But times do change... more» 

 

 

Chernobyl funghi feed on radiation ... [more]

 

Life is Primitive, Slow, in the Old Okefenokee 

Swamp is hard to get to, but worth the trip

Record Turnout Marks Rolling Thunder Ride's 20th Anniversary
Washington Post - By Chris L. Jenkins. The day is known for its ability to evoke power through the thunderous collective rumble of thousands of motorcycles rolling through downtown Washington.

Mo. Man Burns Books as Act of Protest

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books. His collection ranges from best sellers like Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" and Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities," to obscure titles like a bound report from the Fourth Pan-American Conference held in Buenos Aires in 1910. But wanting to thin out his collection, he found he couldn't even give away books to libraries or thrift shops, which said they were full. So on Sunday, Wayne began burning his books protest what he sees as society's diminishing support for the printed word. "This is the funeral pyre for thought in America today," Wayne told spectators outside his bookstore as he lit the first batch of books.

Wolfowitz Blames Media for Resignation
LONDON (AP) - Departing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz in a radio interview broadcast Monday blamed an overheated atmosphere at the bank and in the media for forcing him to resign. Wolfowitz, who has announced he will step down June 30, denied suggestions that his decision to leave was influenced by an apparent lack of support from the bank's employees.

Haircut, and a haven

By P.j. Huffstutter

Oak Creek, Wis. — EVER since Lyndon B. Johnson sent the first large waves of troops to Vietnam, retired Army Sgt. Jim Stollberg has been providing soldiers with the height of military style here at the Tri-City Barber Shop.

 

His was the 'war to end all wars'

By Aamer Madhani

Frank Buckles, 106, is one of three living U.S. veterans of World War I. He will be the toast of a capital parade.

 

 

Concerts seek Second Life with 3-pronged approach

DENVER (Billboard) - In a small abandoned warehouse in an industrial area north of Denver, local bands Bad Weather California, Born in the Flood and Meese are playing a very unusual gig.

 

 

"The Sims" to move from PC screen to silver screen 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Maybe they can call it "The Sims: The Movie." Electronic Arts Inc. has sold the movie rights for "The Sims," the best-selling computer game, of all time to 20th Century Fox, Variety said on Friday.

 

 

Ohio mom wants Iraq contractors honored 

BRATENAHL, Ohio - As the nation pauses on Memorial Day to honor its war dead, one woman is working to keep alive the memory of her son, who was killed in Iraq while serving as a civilian contractor.

 

 

Elephant herds found on isolated south Sudan island

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during more than 20 years of war.

 

 

In Fierce Competition, Google Finds Novel Ways to Feed Hiring Machine 

By MIGUEL HELFT

Pizza parties, treasure hunts and programming contests are meant to create excitement around a company and impress potential recruits as young as college freshmen.

 

 

 

OMG! Cute Boys, Kissing Tips and Lots of Pics, as Magazines Find a Niche 

By ELIZABETH OLSON

With a faithful audience in the millions, magazines for the early teenage years are in overdrive

 

 

Culture clash
Swiss right-wing party campaigns to get minarets banned

 

 

 

 

NASA looks to private sector to help it go lunar
Space agency seeks private capital as it gears up for next manned missions
--Reuters

 

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