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Books reading and writing. EPC Digital Library. Catalog your books online. BookFinder.com: Search for New & Used Books, Textbooks, Out-of-Print and Rare Books. The stars of modern SF pick the best science fiction. The Best Science Fiction Books (According to Reddit) - StumbleUpon. Recently, someone asked Reddit for a list of the best science fiction books of all time.
Being a fan of sci-fi, and wanting to expand my own reading list, I thought it would be helpful to tally the results and preserve them here for future reference. I've also included selected quotes from the comments, as well as my own notes on the books I've already read. PS: All book images in this post are copyright Amazon, and were retrieved using my Big Book Search Engine. The Classic, Beautiful and Controversial Books That Changed Science Forever. Bookreporter.com.
Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. Full text books free to read online in the full text archive. Links to Themes in U.S. History, 1876-1916. Websites to Themes in U.S.
History, 1876-1916 Compiled by Clarice Stasz, Ph.D. Jack London lived during a time of major change, when industrialization and urbanization were becoming dominant. Jim Crow and "separate but equal", along with Chinese exclusionary laws and Indian genocide put racial differences in the forefront of people's minds. With the wave of immigrants from Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe, some people grew anxious over labor competition and even the health of the society.
At the same time, workers movements responded to unhealthy conditions, long hours, and low pay. All was not so conflicted, of course. NEH Edsitement This wonderfully rich site provides lesson plans for American art ,culture, literature, history, and social studies. 19th Century America, Kingman College LibraryEach decade gets a page, with special emphasis on the culture and society of the time. History Matters Another gateway to lesson plans by the Social History Project.
Jack London: Curriculum Materials Contributed by Teachers. O. Henry. The American short story writer O.
Henry (1862 - 1910) was born under the name William Sydney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1862. His short stories are well known throughout the world; noted for their witticism, clever wordplay, and unexpected "twist" endings. Like many other writers, O. Henry's early career aspirations were unfixed and he wandered across different activities and professions before he finally found his calling as a short story writer.
He started working in his uncle's drugstore in 1879 and became a licensed pharmacist by the age of 19. Free ebooks. Tools - Ebook Management and Creation Tools. Digital Digest: How Much Should an E-Book Cost? Poetry isn’t often quoted in judicial rulings, but when Judge Denise Cote of the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York approved the settlement of a federal antitrust suit against three publishing houses this past September, she channeled Emily Dickinson: “There is no Frigate like a Book / To take us Lands away.” The deal marked partial closure for a price-fixing investigation launched last spring by the Justice Department, which alleged that five major publishers, along with Apple, had been secretly working to erode Amazon’s market dominance by colluding to set higher prices on e-books.
Judge Cote no doubt intended her poetic metaphor as a comment on the social value of books, but the case has intensified arguments over value in its more literal sense, and in particular over who ought to decide one of the thorniest questions in the digital marketplace: How much should an e-book cost? Book Club Buddy - Where book readers and authors connect and book clubs thrive! Past winners & finalists by category. Top 10 Best Novels of the Last 20 Years. Books The ten novels on this list all substantiate the belief that books are the most elastic, introspective, human and entertaining form of media that exist.
Not movies, not music, not art, not the theatre. A famous author once said that novels are the best way for two human beings to connect with each other. I believe this, and I believe that people who do not find pleasure in words have never had the opportunity to read one of the great novels. The first introductions students often have to literature are stale century-old books that do not translate well to this new modern era.
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iPads in education. 7 Apps That Will Help You Use Your iPad For Writing Projects. While each of us has our own particular needs, I’m sure one or more of these apps will serve your needs.
So get ready to set up a folder on your tablet and download a useful collection of resources. Evernote At the top of the list, the popular Evernote app (iTunes Store Link) and web syncing service is an essential tool for writing on the iPad. You can throw in all kinds of text based files, as well as photos and audio notes, into Evernote which will automatically sync all your notes to your iPad, as well as your Mac or PC. Evernote includes a basic text writing tool that of course also syncs back to your computer or other devices.
Infinote Pinboard For brainstorming and clustering your ideas, download Infinote Pinboard (iTunes Store Link). SimpleNote The best free option for a fully fledged writing application on your iPad is SimpleNote (iTunes Store Link), which I reviewed here. Private Journal WordPress WordPress (iTunes Store Link) has also developed an application for its users. Websites for Educators.