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.