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100 Books

NYT has released its 100 Notable Books of 2005 [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/books/review/notable-books2005.html?pagewanted=1] . The most notable thing about it is that the list isn't very notable, though there are a few exceptions. Each book in the list is a

Book Notice

Get Religion recommends Rednecks & Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595580174/thedailyeudem-20]. Link [http://www.getreligion.org/]. Sounds good. I'm gonna ask Marie to get it for me for Christmas.

Historical Miniature: Johnson's Dictionary

It's not often you get Samuel Johnson in the MSM. This was great to see [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/10/AR2005111001663.html] : > Except on those rare occasions when new editions of existing dictionaries are issued -- the Oxford English Dictionary , Webster'

WaPo Attacks St. Paul

I like reading the Washington Post. It contains some of the finest writing in the land. But it's relentlessly secularist. Though it tries to cover it up, once in awhile, you come across something like this review of a novel based on the life of St. Paul [http:

Lots of Chaucer

Lots of medieval stuff. Pretty cool: > Although Chaucer's Canterbury Tales pilgrims are fictional characters, the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas Ã¡ Becket was an actual experience for many Medieval folk. This article explores the lives of Chaucer's pilgrims had they been truly alive and

Another Endorsement of Zmirak

The Curt Jester agrees with my strong endorsement of the Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living. > [A]t times I learned some interesting facts about the lives of the saints mostly I laughed out loud while reading it. For example "Some skeptics have asked 'If

Google Print

If you haven't tried Google Print [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en] yet, you should check it out. It's pretty neat. With a free Google account, you can type in an author and it'll bring up a list of books by that author.

Google Library

I'm highly interested in Google's Library Project, though I've never understood the fuss--either "pro" or "con." The Google Library will have snippets from all books in three world-class libraries (and the UM Grad library is world-class; I used to wander

A Guide to Narnia

I suspect this little book will be handy to have next month. A Guide to Narnia [http://www.ascensionpress.com/shop/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=325].

At Home with Anne Rice

NYT goes home with Anne Rice [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/garden/27rice.html]. Interesting human interest piece, but these three paragraphs have a lot in them: > Ms. Rice, however, does not suffer casual observations. "Only people who don't know my books," she