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Scribd Welcomes E-Reads, Grand Master of Sci-Fi
This week, E-Reads has joined Scribd, and they bring a ton of fantastic content specialized around romance novels, sci-fi, fantasy, and difficult to source, out-of-print books. For sci-fi in particular, we are super excited about Brian W. Aldiss, named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America and an author with over 50 years of experience. Aldiss was inducted into the Sci-Fi &...
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“The Last Word in 55 Novels: Again The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Aitches ...”
– John Ptak on inferred narratives of the last word in famous novels (via explore-blog)
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January 2013
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Taste the Difference
Taste the Difference What’s in the water? That is the question tackled by Chicago Public Radio’s ‘Curious City,’ a radio program that looks at city issues and relevant and current intriguing features about the Chicagoland region. This week, their team came up with a water… View Post
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For The Creative 'Common Good'
For The Creative ‘Common Good’ Starting last week, Creative Commonshas been celebrating their tenth anniversary. The Creative Commons is an organization based in Mountain View, California. They have released several copyright licenses aimed at allowing readers to legally modify and… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Dec 10th
Newfound Acceptance
Newfound Acceptance F. Scott Fitzgerald originally submitted a short story to The New Yorkerin 1936 that was eventually rejected. The editorial staff found the story to be “altogether out of the question,” adding, “It seems to us so curious and so unlike the kind of thing we… View Post shared via WordPress.com
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November 2012
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Giving Thanks
Giving Thanks On behalf of the staff here at Scribd, we want to extend all of you warm wishes to a most wonderful Thanksgiving. It is for this special occasion that we’ve curated some of the best documents, publications and recipes about the annual holiday feast… Enjoy! View Post shared via WordPress.com
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The Allure Of Grain Trucks
The Allure Of Grain Trucks - A Memoir To The Prairie. The allure of grain trucks – A rural expatriate’s struggle to reconcile family, home, love, and faith with the silence of the prairie land and its people Melanie Hoffert longs for her North Dakota childhood home, with its grain trucks and empty main… View Post shared via WordPress.com
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Addressing Lincoln
Addressing Lincoln No speech better sums up Abraham Lincoln than the Gettysburg Address, and no telling of his story can begin without recounting it. Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, delivered these words on November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A… View Post shared via WordPress.com
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