PG Monthly Newsletter: New Books (2010-03-12)

by Michael Cook on March 12, 2010
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The Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter Extra--Mar. 12, 2010
eBooks Readable By Both Humans And Computers Since 1971


Project Gutenberg of Canada Releases 500th eBook!!!
Project Gutenberg Releases 400th Portuguese eBook!!

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Project Gutenberg of Canada Releases 500th eBook!!!


It is:

"Forty Years of Song" by Emma Albani, first published in 1911.

Emma Albani (1847-1930) was the first Canadian singer to gain
a worldwide reputation, which is rather something considering
the combination of Canada's low population and remoteness for
the time period.  Think of how much "easier" it was for Piaf.
"Easier" quotes because Edith Piaf did not have an easy time,
but it was certainly easier for the world to find HER.


Here's some information about Albani:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Albani [en.wikipedia.org]

http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7930


In addition Project Gutenberg just released our 400th eBook
in Portuguese:

Novo Dicionario da Lingua Portuguesa, by Candido Figueiredo

eBook # 31552

  [Language: Portuguese]
  [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/1/5/5/31552 ]
  [Files: ; 31552-0.txt]

Thanks to Rita Farinha, Alberto Manuel Brandao Simoes
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images
generously made available by National Library of Portugal
(Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).)

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