Stimulus grant to enhance arXiv e-preprints for scientists
Blog | xrefer.blogspot.com | 45 minutes ago
Soon, Cornell's e-print arXiv of scientific papers will evolve from a simple database to a place where "authors, articles, databases and readers talk to each other" to help users identify a work's main concepts, see research reports
Wired’s tablet edition: The e-book angle
News | www.teleread.org | 54 minutes ago
E-books, e-magazines and newspapers can piggyback on each other, so it’s good to see Conde Nast demoing a Wired Magazine edition for the ever-rumored Apple
Kelly biography is short on Monaco years
News | www.kansas.com | 8 hours 50 minutes ago
"High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly" by Donald Spoto (Harmony Books, 303 pages, $25.99)
http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/books/story/1066446.html
Your favorite family novels
News | www.chicagotribune.com | 8 hours 53 minutes ago
Over the river and through the woods and across cyberspace they came, the many e-mails responding to my request for suggestions about great family novels. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought it was an excellent time to reflect upon which books are best at exploring families -- good
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/chi-1122-ae-lit-life-sidebarnov22,0,1480017.column
Book review: Len Downie reviews 'My Paper Chase' by Harold Evans
News | www.washingtonpost.com | 9 hours 53 minutes ago
In this readable,almost wistful memoir,Sir Harold Evans remains the rare self-made Englishman who changed British journalism.
Book Review: War Dances by Sherman Alexie
Blog | blogcritics.org | 17 hours 52 minutes ago
That's the ultimate magic trick behind a short story and Sherman Alexie is a conjurer without equal. <img alt="" border="0"
La Bloga: Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Blog | labloga.blogspot.com | Nov 21, 2009
reviewed by Deborah Garcia You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by a smooth criminal … and so, I was. My initial curiosity to see the last footage of Michael Jackson’s final concert rehearsals became utter fascination and inspiration within seconds after the film began.
http://labloga.blogspot.com/2009/11/michael-jacksons-this-is-it.html
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West
News | features.csmonitor.com | Nov 21, 2009
Books: Book reviews, news from the literary world, and a daily blog by the books editor of The Christian Science Monitor.
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2009/11/21/reconciliation-islam-democracy-and-the-west/
Joshua Gaylord: The Gift of the Unreadable
Blog | www.bookreporter.com | Nov 21, 2009
Bookreporter.com offers readers book reviews in a variety of genres, interviews ranging from bestselling authors to debut writers, polls, contests and more. Features include New in Paperback, Books into Movies, and spotlights in genres such as Mystery, Thriller, Romantic Suspense, Historical
http://www.bookreporter.com/blog/blog/2009/11/joshua-gaylord-gift-of-unreadable.asp
Daily Dose for Sat, Nov 21: Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World
News | www.powells.com | Nov 21, 2009
Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things...
