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Bibliography RSS FeedsThe Blue-Eyed Manchu (Abdullah) - The Blue-Eyed Manchu (New York: Robert J. Shores, c1917), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at Google; US access only)...Feed Source: books.google.com The Trail of the Beast (Abdullah) - The Trail of the Beast (New York: J. A. McCann Co., 1919), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at Google; US access only)... The Yellow Book - The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly (13 volumes; 1894-1897) (full serial archives)... The Honourable Gentleman and Others (Abdullah) - The Honourable Gentleman and Others (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919), by Achmed Abdullah (page images at Hathi Trust)... Night Drums (Abdullah) - Night Drums (London: Hutchinson and Co., ca. 1921), by Achmed Abdullah (page images at Hathi Trust)... Half a Man (Ovington) - Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York (New York et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911), by Mary White Ovington, contrib. by Franz Boas (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... A Program for American Youth (Young Communist League of the U.S.) - A Program for American Youth: Manifesto and Resolutions of Seventh National Convention, Young Communist League of U.S.A. (June 22-27, 1934), by Young Communist League of the U.S. (multiple formats at archive.org)... Cromwell on Foreign Affairs; Together With Four Essays on International Matters (Payn) - Cromwell on Foreign Affairs; Together With Four Essays on International Matters (London: C. J. Clay and Sons, 1901), by F. W. Payn (stable link)... How To Be Your Own Estate Agent (Booth) - How To Be Your Own Estate Agent, by Tony Booth (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, With Elucidations (Cromwell) - Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, With Elucidations (third edition, enlarged, in 4 volumes; London: Chapman and Hall, 1850), by Oliver Cromwell, ed. by Thomas Carlyle (stable link)... Bébée (Ouida) - Bébée: or, Two Little Wooden Shoes (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and co., 1874), by Ouida (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The Barclays of Boston (Otis) - The Barclays of Boston (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854), by Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan (De Windt) - A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan, by Harry De Windt (Gutenberg text)... The Apricot Tree - The Apricot Tree (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1851) (stable link)... Deathworld (Harrison) - Deathworld (as published in Astounding, 1960), by Harry Harrison, illust. by H. R. Van Dongen (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... The Ethical Engineer (Harrison) - The Ethical Engineer (as published in Analog, 1963), by Harry Harrison, illust. by John Schoenherr (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York (Confederate Veteran Camp of New York) - Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York (New York: Press of A. Kellogg, 1903), by Confederate Veteran Camp of New York (multiple formats at archive.org)... Minutes of the 44th Annual Reunion, Georgia Division, United Confederate Veterans (United Confederate Veterans. Georgia Division) - Minutes of the 44th Annual Reunion, Georgia Division, United Confederate Veterans (1937), by United Confederate Veterans Georgia Division (multiple formats at archive.org)... Research Library Issues - Research Library Issues (including ARL: A Bimonthly Report; online 1995 to present) (partial serial archives)... Turning a Business Around (Blayney) - Turning a Business Around, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Buying a Business and Making it Work (Blayney) - Buying a Business and Making it Work, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Raising Finance for Your Business (Blayney) - Raising Finance for Your Business, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Selling Your Business for All It's Worth (Blayney) - Selling Your Business for All It's Worth, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Jim Lofton (Rodney) - Jim Lofton: American (New York: James A. McCann Co., 1920), by George Brydges Rodney and Achmed Abdullah (stable link)... Bucking the Tiger (Abdullah) - Bucking the Tiger (New York: Robert J. Shores, 1917), by Achmed Abdullah (stable link)... The Laird of Norlaw (Oliphant) - The Laird of Norlaw: A Scottish Story (New York: Harper and Bros., 1859), by Mrs. Oliphant (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Caleb Field (Oliphant) - Caleb Field: A Tale of the Puritans (New York: Harper and Bros., 1851), by Mrs. Oliphant (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The Life of Edward Irving, Minister of the National Scotch Church, London (Oliphant) - The Life of Edward Irving, Minister of the National Scotch Church, London (New York: Harper and Bros., 1862), by Mrs. Oliphant (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Red Russia (Reed) - Red Russia: The Triumph of the Bolsheviki (London: Workers' Socialist Federation, 1919), by John Reed (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Black Legion Rides (Morris) - The Black Legion Rides (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936), by George Morris (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Story of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Written in the Trenches of Spain - The Story of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Written in the Trenches of Spain (New York: Freinds of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, ca. 1937) (multiple formats at archive.org)... We Fought Hitler (Prago) - We Fought Hitler (New York: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, 1941), by Albert Prago (multiple formats at archive.org)... Weaving the Future (Gordon) - Weaving the Future (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Evelyn B. Gordon (multiple formats at archive.org)... Where is the CIO Going? A Program for Militant Trade Unionism (Morris) - Where is the CIO Going? A Program for Militant Trade Unionism (New York: New Century Publishers, 1949), by George Morris (multiple formats at archive.org)... Women in Steel (Johnstone) - Women in Steel (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Jenny Elizabeth Johnstone (multiple formats at archive.org)... Alien Souls (Abdullah) - Alien Souls (New York: James A. McCann Co., c1922), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Man on Horseback (Abdullah) - The Man on Horseback (New York: James A. McCann Co., 1919), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at archive.org)... Setting Up a Complementary Health Practice (Bishop) - Setting Up a Complementary Health Practice, by Patricia Bishop (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Ultimate CV (Bishop-Firth) - The Ultimate CV, by Rachel Bishop-Firth (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... High Powered CVs (Bishop-Firth) - High Powered CVs, by Rachel Bishop-Firth (HTML at HowTo)... "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (O'Rourke) - "Ode on a Grecian Urn": Hypercanonicity and Pedagogy (2003), ed. by James L. O'Rourke (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Romantic Libraries (Ferris) - Romantic Libraries (2004), ed. by Ina Ferris (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Romanticism and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (Steinman) - Romanticism and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (2003), ed. by Lisa Malinowski Steinman (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Italian Women in Industry (Odencrantz) - Italian Women in Industry: A Study of Conditions in New York City (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1919), by Louise C. Odencrantz (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Ski-Running (Furse) - Ski-Running (1924), by Katharine Furse (Gutenberg text)... Pragmatism (Murray) - Pragmatism, by D. L. Murray, contrib. by F. C. S. Schiller (Gutenberg text)... With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia (Ward) - With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia (1920), by John Ward (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... Mrs. Cliff's Yacht (Stockton) - Mrs. Cliff's Yacht (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896), by Frank Richard Stockton, illust. by A. Forestier (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... The Garden of Eden (Brand) - The Garden of Eden (book version, first published 1963), by Max Brand (Gutenberg text)... Minneapolis Labor Review - Minneapolis Labor Review (partial serial archives)... St. Paul Union Advocate - St. Paul Union Advocate (partial serial archives)... China and the U.S.A. (Browder) - China and the U.S.A. (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Earl Browder (multiple formats at archive.org)... Democracy or Revolution in Spain? (Matteo) - Democracy or Revolution in Spain? (London: Independent Labour Party, 1937), by Johan Matteo (multiple formats at archive.org)... Lenin and Spain (Browder) - Lenin and Spain (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Earl Browder (multiple formats at archive.org)... Next Steps to Win the War in Spain (Browder) - Next Steps to Win the War in Spain (with Democracy's Stake in Spain; New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1938), by Earl Browder and Bill Lawrence (multiple formats at archive.org)... Religion and Communism (Browder) - Religion and Communism (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Earl Browder (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Garden of Eden (Brand) - The Garden of Eden (original illustrated magazine serial from Argosy All-Story, 1922), by Max Brand (multiple formats at archive.org)... Bodley Booklets (Lyrienne) - Bodley Booklets: The Quest of the Gilt-Edged Girl; Some Notes of a Struggling Genius; The Headswoman; Stories Toto Told Me (bound together in one volume; London and New York: John Lane and Co., 1897-1898), by Richard De Lyrienne, G. S. Street, Kenneth Grahame, and Frederick Rolfe (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Village Street and Other Poems (Brand) - The Village Street and Other Poems, by Max Brand (multiple foramts at archive.org)... Awaken the Writer Within (Birch) - Awaken the Writer Within, by Cathy Birch (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Errors of Modern Infidelity, Illustrated and Refuted (Smucker) - The Errors of Modern Infidelity, Illustrated and Refuted (Philadelphia: Grigg, Elliot and Co., 1848), by Samuel M. Smucker (multiple formats at Google)... Historic Doubts Respecting Shakspeare, Illustrating Infidel Objections Against the Bible (Smucker) - Historic Doubts Respecting Shakspeare, Illustrating Infidel Objections Against the Bible (new edition of "The Errors of Modern Infidelity"; 1853), by Samuel M. Smucker (multiple formats at Google)... Memoirs of Marshal Ney, Published by His Family (Bulos) - Memoirs of Marshal Ney, Published by His Family (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Bull and Churton, 1834), by M. Bulos (stable link)... China (Garnaut) - China: The Next Twenty Years of Reform and Development (c2010), ed. by Ross Garnaut, Jane Golley, and Ligang Song (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)... Historical Sketch of Mount Holyoke Seminary (Nutting) - Historical Sketch of Mount Holyoke Seminary (Washington: GPO, 1876), by Mary O. Nutting (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Letters of Horace Walpole (Walpole) - Letters of Horace Walpole (2 volumes; London: T. F. Unwin; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890), by Horace Walpole, ed. by Charles Duke Yonge (stable link)... Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third (Walpole) - Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third (first published 1768), by Horace Walpole (Gutenberg text)... Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte (Whately) - Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte (new edition; London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1865), by Richard Whately (Gutenberg text)... Structure and Functioning of the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational Dept.) - Structure and Functioning of the I.L.G.W.U. (1934), by International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Educational Department (multiple formats at archive.org)... Historic Doubts as to the Execution of Marshal Ney (Weston) - Historic Doubts as to the Execution of Marshal Ney (New York: T. Whittaker, 1895), by James A. Weston (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Ten-Foot Chain (Abdullah) - The Ten-Foot Chain: or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? (New York: Reynolds Pub. Co., 1920), by Achmed Abdullah, Max Brand, E. K. Means, and Perley Poore Sheehan, illust. by Herbert Morton Stoops (stable link)... Organising a Conference (Appleby) - Organising a Conference, by Pauline Appleby (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Turn Redundancy Into Opportunity (Alexander) - Turn Redundancy Into Opportunity (based on the third edition, ca. 2003), by Laurel Alexander (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Tracking Down Your Ancestors (Alder) - Tracking Down Your Ancestors, by Harry Alder (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Say it with Pictures (Alder) - Say it with Pictures, by Harry Alder (illustrated HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Building iPhone Apps With HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Stark) - Building iPhone Apps With HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (c2009), by Jonathan Stark (illustrated HTML with commentary at oreilly.com)... The Poems of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, With a Notice of the Author (Norton) - The Poems of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, With a Notice of the Author (New York: Leavitt and Allen, 1856), by Caroline Sheridan Norton, contrib. by Rufus W. Griswold (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The Lady of La Garaye (Norton) - The Lady of La Garaye (New York: A. D. F. Randolph and Co, ca. 1866), by Caroline Sheridan Norton (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Old Age Poverty in Greenwich Village (Nassau) - Old Age Poverty in Greenwich Village: A Neighborhood Study (New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Co., c1915), by Mabel Louise Nassau (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The A & P Everyday Cook and Recipes Book (Neil) - The A & P Everyday Cook and Recipes Book (New York: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., n.d.), by Edna Neil (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Notes on Nursing (Nightingale) - Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1898), by Florence Nightingale (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Ruby Best Practices (Brown) - Ruby Best Practices (c2009), by Gregory T. Brown (PDF with commentary at rubybestpractices.com)... The Work of the Soviets and the Unconfessable War (Communist) - The Work of the Soviets and the Unconfessable War (Petrograd, Communist International, 1919), by A Communist (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Battle Fiends (Visiak) - The Battle Fiends (London: E. Mathews, 1916), by E. H. Visiak (multiple formats at archive.org)... Selected works (Preiss) - Selected works, by Bruno R. Preiss (frame-dependent HTML at brpreiss.com)... Data Structures and Algorithms With Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++ (Preiss) - Data Structures and Algorithms With Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++ (online version, with links to versions for other languages; c1999), by Bruno R. Preiss (frame-dependent HTML at brpreiss.com)... Data Structures and Algorithms With Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java (Preiss) - Data Structures and Algorithms With Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java (online version, with links to versions for other languages; c1999), by Bruno R. Preiss (frame-dependent HTML at brpreiss.com)... Programming Languages (Krishnamurthi) - Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation (2007), by Shriram Krishnamurthi (PDF with commentary at Brown)... How to Make a Fortune on the Internet (Ahuja) - How to Make a Fortune on the Internet, by Ajay Ahuja (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Investing in Student Buy-To-Let (Ahuja) - Investing in Student Buy-To-Let, by Ajay Ahuja (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Beating the Property Clock (Ahuja) - Beating the Property Clock, by Ajay Ahuja (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Learn Prolog Now! (Blackburn) - Learn Prolog Now! (electronic edition, c2008), by Patrick Blackburn, Johannes Bos, and Kristina Striegnitz (HTML with commentary at learnprolognow.org)... Re-Reading Box Hill (Galperin) - Re-Reading Box Hill: Reading the Practice of Reading Everyday Life (2000), ed. by William H. Galperin (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Romanticism and Ecology (McKusick) - Romanticism and Ecology (2001), ed. by James C. McKusick (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Schelling and Romanticism (Ferris) - Schelling and Romanticism (2000), ed. by David S. Ferris (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Some Women's Hearts (Moulton) - Some Women's Hearts (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1874), by Louise Chandler Moulton (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... A Sketch of the Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln (To Accompany a Portrait) (Mumford) - A Sketch of the Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln (To Accompany a Portrait) (Philadelphia: Bradley and Co.; Rochester, NY: R. H. Curran, 1865), by Mary E. Mumford (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Wage-Earners' Budgets (More) - Wage-Earners' Budgets: A Study of Standards and Cost of Living in New York City (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1907), by Louise Bolard More, contrib. by Franklin Henry Giddings (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Marie Antoinette and Her Son (Mühlbach) - Marie Antoinette and Her Son: An Historical Novel (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1868), by L. Mühlbach, trans. by William Leonard Gage (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Self-Sacrifice (Myers) - Self-Sacrifice: or, The Pioneers of Fuegia (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, c1861), by Sarah A. Myers (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The Merchant of Berlin (Mühlbach) - The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel (1910), by L. Mühlbach, trans. by Amory Coffin (Gutenberg text)... Queen Hortense (Mühlbach) - Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era (1910), by L. Mühlbach, trans. by Chapman Coleman (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... The Youth of the Great Elector (Mühlbach) - The Youth of the Great Elector: An Historical Romance (1909), by L. Mühlbach, trans. by Mary Stuart Smith (Gutenberg text)... A Conspiracy of the Carbonari (Mühlbach) - A Conspiracy of the Carbonari (New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1896), by L. Mühlbach, trans. by Mary J. Safford (Gutenberg text)... Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia (Mühlbach) - Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia: An Historical Novel (1908), by L. Mühlbach, trans. by Francis Jordan (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... The Fearsome Island (Kinross) - The Fearsome Island (Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1896), by Albert Kinross (multiple formats at archive.org)... Moving to France With Your Children (Power) - Moving to France With Your Children, by Angie Power (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... How to Grow Your Own Food (Dirty Nails) - How to Grow Your Own Food, by Dirty Nails (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Getting the Builders In (Sales) - Getting the Builders In, by Leonard John Sales (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Elliott Kastner obituary - Self-made Hollywood producer best known for adapting novelsElliott Kastner, who has died of cancer aged 80, was the model of a film producer, working his way up from the mailroom at the William Morris Agency in New York to Los Angeles, where he joined another powerful talent agency, MCA, in 1959. He soon became vice-... Verily Anderson obituary - Late-flowering writer of biographies and children's booksVerily Anderson, who has died aged 95, published more than 30 books ? memoirs, biographies, children's stories and work ranging from personal reminiscences to Shakespeare scholarship and 10 Brownie books. She was a late starter: her breakthrough as a writer came in 1956, at the age of 41, when she published Spam Tomorrow, a deft and frequently uproarious account of her wartime experiences on the home front. Critics hailed it as a new kind of memoir, one of the first to explore the lives of women in wartime.... The nostalgia narrative now aches to a different tune | John Freeman - The American literary genre of you can't go home again ? that fertile ground farmed by Faulkner, Twain and Kerouac ? has in the last half-century found a new voice abroadAt six foot, six inches tall, Thomas Wolfe had trouble entering most rooms. But he also had a problem with going back through them, especially if they led to the past. He had told too many truths ? and too many lies ? about where he came from in North Carolina.In his post... Tom Stoppard returns to BBC with Ford Madox Ford adaptation - Playwright's five-part BBC2 version of the first world war story Parade's End will be his first projects for corporation since 1970sTom Stoppard is returning to the BBC after a long absence by writing the screenplay for a five-part drama set during the first world war.... The lasting power of oral traditions | Joseph Bruchac - Modern generations are now realising that the immediacy and intimacy of live storytelling cannot be captured by technologyAre oral traditions still relevant? Are they slowly being replaced with technology? In 1992 my son Jesse, the anthropologist ... Extract: Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey - The opening of Peter Carey's Booker-longlisted novel, Parrot and Olivier in America... Can Amazon turn ebooks mainstream? - Anyone unlucky enough to commute will know that dead tree media still rule the roost, as least on the nation's public transport. But ebook readers, including the odd iPad, are starting to creep in, along with mobiles, games consoles and even DVD players on long journeys.There's a deep-seated resistance to digital versions of a centuries old traditiona... Thor: Kenneth Branagh's film looks the wrong kind of weird | Ben Child - He was once nominated for a best director Oscar, but while Branagh brings gravitas to Thor, Marvel's latest superhero project, initial impressions from the new footage suggest an over-reliance on CGI? Watch the footage here"I just thought it sounded like a weird idea because Kenneth Brana... Ali Shaw's top 10 transformation stories - Tales of metamorphosis are not only ancient, says Ali Shaw, but tap into the deepest recesses of human consciousness. Here he picks ten of his favourite transformations, from Ted Hughes's Ovid to Roald Dahl's Royal JellyAli Shaw was born in 1982 and grew up in a small town in Dorset. Earlier this year he won the Desmond Elliott prize with his first novel, The Girl With Glass Feet, which he has described as "a love story about a woman who is turning into glass". Here he chooses his top ten stories of transf... The Book Depository map: a boon for book voyeurs | David Barnett - A website that aims to rival Amazon has produced a feature that is mesmerising for those who, like me, obsess about what other people are readingI think it was Sarah Crown who first set me off. "Is it just me?" she asked (while accepting the cliche of that opening phrase), "is it just me, or are the contents of other people's bookshelves/bedside tables/desks/whateve... Listen to the silence - Silence may be golden, but where, in this noise-filled world of ours, can you truly experience it? Stuart Jeffries heads off to a spiritual retreat in search of some inner peaceIt's kicking off in the quiet carriage. At Reading, two elderly people get on and the lovely hush that has existed on this corner of the 09.59 from Paddington is over. "Which seats?" barks the wife. Her husband, two steps behind with luggage and tickets, replies: "Twenty... Amazon launches new Kindle e-reader and UK ebook store - Amazon hopes the redesigned, lighter Kindles and new store will be the 'tipping point' in the UK e-reader marketAmazon unveiled two lighter, more advanced versions of the Kindle e-reader today, alongside a new UK ebook store that it claimed will send sales of the device soaring in Britain.Faced with growing competition in the e-reader market, Amazon has redesigned the device and... New Kindle is lighter, faster, smaller, cheaper and built for mass market - Facing steep competition from Apple's iPad, which can do just about everything a computer can in addition to displaying books, Amazon (NSD... Expert view: 'We are becoming superficial' | Editorial - Perhaps Josipovici's condemnation is not of the novels, but of us and the electronic age, writes Park HonanGabriel Josipovici is one of our best critics and he's quite right: let's have a debate. But this is a difficult time for the modern English novel. Martin Amis and other novelists are searching for a medium to express the superficial electronic lives we all lead.They are looking at language itself for a way to accommodate the immense chang... Running on empty: culture in the silly season - Sherlock got rave reviews this week, and looks set to win awards. So why is it going out in the dog days of summer?The overwhelmingly positive response to Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's drama Sherlock, which started on BBC1 at the weekend, suggests that it will be a strong contender when it comes to this ye... Feted British authors are limited, arrogant and self-satisfied, says leading academic - Gabriel Josipovici dismisses the portrayal of Barnes, Rushdie and co as modern literary giantsTheir mantelpieces might creak under the collective weight of literary gongs but, according to one leading academic, leading contemporary British authors such as Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan and Julian Barnes are unworthy of the accolades they receive.In an outspoken attack, Gabriel Josipovici, the... President, revolutionary ? literary giant? Fidel Castro to release memoirs - Ex-comandante publishes The Strategic Victory ? but readers hoping for revelations and score-settling will be disappointedThe title, like the man, brooks no argument: The Strategic Victory. When it comes to memoirs some leaders tend to favour metaphor or vagueness, but Fidel Castro likes to get to the point.Cuba's former president is about to publish the first volume of his memoirs, the style and content of which seemingly ... The importance of being Ernest | Alison Flood - He has finally triumphed, but the happiness is not solely Charles Bicht's. Is there anything more joyful than watching 124 Hemingway lookalikes slug it out?After 11 years of toil, Charles Bicht has finally had his day. Dressed in a safari suit, the white-bearded Floridian this Saturday beat 123 other hopefuls to triumph in the annual Hemingway lookalike contest. I think this news has m... Stieg Larsson becomes first author to sell 1m ebooks on Amazon | Alison Flood - Author of Millennium trilogy beats James Patterson in race to join online retailer's new 'Kindle Million Club'The late Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson has beaten Stephenie Meyer and James Patterson to become the first author to sell more than one million ebooks on Amazon.The online retailer said yesterday that Larsson, author of the... Mail got its knickers in a twist over Emmerdale's 'jam rags' | Hannah Betts - The Mail's objection to Emmerdale's use of 'jam rags' reflects culture's longstanding weirdness about women's private partsThe inhabitants of Beckindale, setting for ITV's Emmerdale, are no strangers to calamity, having variously endured shoo... Pink book covers make me see red - Why can't publishers serve fiction for girls without a simpering array of pearly grins and pony-tails? Enough candy-coatingEarlier this year Meg Rosoff expressed a desire to let loose with an illegal firearm, goaded b... In praise of ? the Man Booker prize - The Booker gets us all talking about books, in a way that nothing else can matchNow in its 41st year, and with a winners' roster that boasts some of the late 20th century's finest novelists ? from William Golding to Nadine Gordimer to last year's Hilary Mantel ? the Booker prize has established itself as one of literature's great institutions.This year's judges will be wrangling over yesterday's ... Response: Though I didn't have his diaries, my biography of Nikolaus Pevsner is still reliable - My sources are legitimate. I've interviewed those who knew him and accessed his archiveRosemary Hill must have good judgment as a historian: she has won a prize for her book on Stonehenge and enjoyed praise for her study of Augustus Pugin. But she doesn't give that impression in her review of my new book Pevsner ? The Early Life: Germ... Et cetera - Steven Poole on fanaticism, rebellion and the future of newsFanaticism: On the Uses of an Idea, by Alberto Toscano (Verso, £16.99)As Winston Churchill put it unimprovably, a fanatic is "someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject". Yet "fanatic" is also a case of Unspeak, a way of pre-emptively eliminating someone from the conversation; and as Toscano shows in his scholarly excavation of "fanaticism" and other (at times only loosely associated) ideas, those labelled "fanatics" have often been rebels with cau... Brought to book: Kabul author guilty of 'betraying' a nation - Writer of bestselling Bookseller of Kabul ordered to pay punitive damages and faces further lawsuitsThe author of the publishing sensation The Bookseller of Kabul was found guilty of defamation and "negligent journalistic practices" last week after losing a case brought by a woman who claimed the bestseller depicted her in a humiliating, untruthful way that left her feeling "violated".Legal experts say the ruling by Oslo district court will transform the way in wh... Amis-free Booker prize longlist promises to 'entertain and provoke' - Booker prize longlist of 13 ignores Amis, McEwan and Rushdie for novels characterised by humour and storytellingWhat do you think of the Booker longlist?Martin Amis may be getting heartily sick of people mentioning he's never won the Man Booker. But the wait goes on, after his novel The Pregnant Widow ? along with books from Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan ? today became the most surprising omission ... Carola Hicks obituary - Art historian and biographer, her work infused large, iconic subjects with new lifeCarola Hicks, who has died of cancer aged 68, was a glamorous academic and a serious populariser of art. She created something new in the world of contemporary biography, writing the life stories and afterlives of iconic works of art such as the Bayeux tapestry and the stained-glass windows of King's College Chape... Booker longlist - The Man Booker Dozen longlist of 13 books has been announced. Discover which books are in the running and tell us what you think of the judges' choice... The Booker prize longlist: your verdict? - We're unexpectedly heartened by a Man Booker prize longlist that includes many Guardian books desk favourites. What do you think?And here we have it: this year's Man Booker longlist ? the "Booker dozen", as it is whimsically, not to say tweely, known.First impressions from the books desk: exciting to see the young and very funny Paul Murray ? and where's McEwan? I'm personally pleased that Helen Dunmore made the cut and heartened to see that the Booker judges haven't fall... Memorial to Pickwick Papers artist resurrected to 'right a moral wrong' - London museum unveils gravestone of Robert Seymour, the artist who killed himself after 'being dropped' by Charles DickensThe scene on 20 April 1836 was horrific: the artist lay in a welter of gore on the floor of the summerhouse at his London home, his coat and waistcoat burning from the ferocity of the shotgun blast which had killed him.Now, a century after Robert Seymour's memorial disappeared, the stone commemorating him i... Daily Dose for Thu, Jul 29: In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise -
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik
Reviewed by Bevan from Santa Monica, CA.
... Daily Dose for Wed, Jul 28: South of Broad -
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Reviewed by Ivy from Montclair, NJ.
... Daily Dose for Tue, Jul 27: The Human Alphabet -
The Human Alphabet by Pilobolus
Reviewed by Robyn from Hartselle, Alabama.
... Daily Dose for Mon, Jul 26: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name -
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Reviewed by Mary from Richardson, Texas.
... Daily Dose for Sun, Jul 25: Still Missing -
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Reviewed by Elizabeth from Austin, Texas.
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Firegirl by Tony Abbott
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Microbe Hunters by Paul De Kruif
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