Except it’s not. It’s very very different, says Google.
Knol, as the new online encyclopedia written by internet users will be called, will show a photo of the entry author, won’t allow visitors to modify entries without the original author’s knowledge, and will enable entries “written on the same subject to remain separate and compete [...]
The Economist’s Daily Chart this week, titled “No sex please, we’re American,” is the 10 most challenged books in the U.S. during 2007. “For the second year running And Tango Makes Three, a children’s book, has topped the American Library Association’s list. … The tale of two male penguins adopting an orphaned egg provoked more [...]
In the Guardian, Jane Brocket selects her “top 10 food scenes in children’s literature,” including scenes from Anne of Green Gables and Little Women, from two Enid Blyton books (Famous Five picnics and jammy buns in In the Fifth at Malory Towers), Maria’s tea party in The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, and robber [...]
Shirl Kennedy at Resource Shelf has ferreted out some sources for hard-to-find statistics, saving us all the work. This would be a great ‘regular’ feature for RS.
This batch includes stats from the Center for National Truck and Bus Statistics, which collects and analyzes truck and bus accident data; Wedding Industry Research, with stats on “the [...]
Thanks to Sarah for noticing that Maine/Dutch crime writer Janwillem van de Wetering has died, on 4 July, in Maine, at age 77. Obits at Radio Netherlands, in Dutch at De Papieren Man, and lots of Dutch and Afrikaans language remembrances. Van de Wetering’s entry at Wikipedia.
15 July Update: Finally, an obit in the NYT.