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Writer, Teacher, Irish-American: Remembering Frank McCourt
This afternoon, we lost the Pulizter-prizing winning author Frank McCourt, who’s memoir of his childhood in Irish poverty during the 1920s and 1930s became the best-selling novel Angela’… more →
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Books of the Year
wrote 1 day ago: Select five most popular books of 2009 and display that with short reviews. … more →
Happy links for readers and writers - Oz ebookstores edition
wrote 1 week ago: In a post last week I said there was no dedicated e-bookstore in Australia, thinking specifically fo … more →
Poll for "Books of the Year"
wrote 2 weeks ago: Conduct a poll among students to find the most popular 5/10 books of the year and display it. … more →
More Horn Tooting (Newton and the Counterfeiter Edition), and yet another apology
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The apology first: regulars here know that the blog has been moribund for a while now. Two factors … more →
Writing round
wrote 1 month ago: The End (of book publishing as we know it. Yet again). Over a year old, but a good read if you haven … more →
A Book of the Year!
wrote 1 month ago: Ron Butlin, the current Edinburgh makar, has chosen The Ambulance Box as one of his books of the yea … more →
Writer, Teacher, Irish-American: Remembering Frank McCourt
wrote 5 months ago: This afternoon, we lost the Pulizter-prizing winning author Frank McCourt, who’s memoir of h … more →
It's not too late for Summer Reading
wrote 5 months ago: It may seem that the beginning of the next school year is creeping closer and closer, but you still … more →
Fiction books i'm glad i read:2008
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wrote 11 months ago: Here’s my favorite (or most memorable) books from 2008 in order i read them Every picture has … more →
In Which I Mention Two Books (Part One)
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wrote 1 year ago: Along with the common cold, the end of December carries in its deep and dirty pockets the equally da … more →
Books and Films
wrote 1 year ago: Books of the year, in no particular order. Glosa Juan José Saer Balas de Plata Élmer Mendoza Dietari … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: 1. Pearls before Swine almost always makes me laugh: 2. Julie Clawson talks about Heirarchy in the … more →
100 Books of the Year... Has anyone actually read these?
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wrote 1 year ago: The end of the year is coming to a close, and we all know what that means: everyone is counting down … more →
Then We Came to the End
wrote 1 year ago: This wickedly funny, big-hearted novel about life in the office signals the arrival of a gloriously … more →
1,000 Places To See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
wrote 1 year ago: Introducing the Eighth Wonder of travel books, the New York Times bestseller that’s been haile … more →
Books of the year
wrote 2 years ago: It was a slow year for me. I can’t have read more than a dozen books in all, but very few duff … more →
The 4 hour work week: Book review
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wrote 2 years ago: I just finished one of the best books of the year. The 4-Hour work Week is written by Timothy Ferris … more →
I'm The Scat-Link!! Link ba ba bada bom!!
wrote 2 years ago: Pitchfork kicks of the listy-ness of the day with the twenty worst albums covers. PJ Harvey talks … more →
The Quills - No Science Category
wrote 2 years ago: This is interesting. MSNBC is hosting the Quills, an initiative launched with the support of Reed Bu … more →
