If all the libraries in the world were destroyed and you could save only two books of political theory, which would they be?
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November 11, 2012 By
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This Bloomsday, Ulysses is Free – Yes!
or, Readaloud Thrives After Copyright Dies
Got your Guinness? Then here’s Marcella Riordan as Molly Bloom (from the highly recommended Naxos audiobook), in a final affirmation of love & life.
June 16, 2012 By
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What Would C.S. Lewis Read?
Ten books that shaped a man who shaped Christian culture
The books of C.S. Lewis filled me with a sense of wonder & awe, and shaped my youthful vision of what it meant to be a whole, healthy, mature, and virtuous human being. But what books shaped him?
June 1, 2012 By
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World Read Aloud Day: March 7, 2012 — Register Now!
Change the world, story by story
On March 7, 2012, LitWorld will sponsor the third annual World Read Aloud Day, and they are hoping to reach at least a million people to help support a global literacy movement. How can you participate?
February 20, 2012 By
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Seven Books of Fools & Sacred Folly
or, I don't think that word means what you think it means.
What makes a fool’s day happy? And what — if anything — makes us wise?
April 1, 2011 By
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November 26, 2010 By
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Every Title the Story of a Reader
or, How to measure a year of reading
The true measure of Donalyn Miller’s students’ reading is shown in the challenges they set themselves, the new patterns & experiences they explored, and the richness of the “you had to be there” moments they shared.
June 9, 2010 By
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ABCDEF GHIJKLM NOPQRS TUVWXYZ
or, The First Meme
Acrostics — lists and songs arranged alphabetically — are of course a venerable tradition, uniting the ancient author of Psalm 119 with the youngest child learning to sing the ABC Song. One could say that the alphabet is the first & primary meme, the source behind every other, a natural fit for the blogosphere.
February 27, 2010 By
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Hello world!
& a snazzy subtitle, too!
E Pluribus Excerpt! Vivamus faucibus, lorem a elementum sodales, felis mi sagittis lorem, in vestibulum ipsum turpis eu elit.
July 31, 2009 By
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