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The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. (of VI.), by Various 19525
[Subtitle: The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century]
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La Marfisa bizzarra, by Carlo Gozzi 19524
[Editor: Cornelia Ortiz]
[Language: Italian]
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A Husband by Proxy, by Jack Steele 19523
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Tom Slade at Temple Camp, by Percy K. Fitzhugh 19522
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Letters from France, by Isaac Alexander Mack 19521
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Jarkimiehet miettimassa, by Kaarlo Hemmo Tiihonen 19520
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Le divorce du tailleur, by Ernest Doin 19519
[Subtitle: Piece archi-comique en un acte]
[Language: French]
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Siouan Sociology, by James Owen Dorsey 19518
[Subtitle: Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-1894, Government
Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 205-244]
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Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters, by May Agnes Fleming 19512
[Subtitle: A Novel]
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Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory, by Perkins 19511
[Subtitle: A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of
Their Buildings]
[Author: Thomas Perkins]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/5/1/19511 ]
[Files: 19511.txt; 19511-8.txt; 19511-h.htm; ]
North of Fifty-Three, by Bertrand W. Sinclair 19510
[Illus.: Anton Otto Fischer]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/5/1/19510 ]
[Files: 19510.txt; 19510-8.txt; 19510-h.htm; ]
The Opinions of a Philosopher, by Robert Grant 19509
[Illus.: W. H. Hyde]
(Note: There are two authors in the PG catalogue named Robert Grant.
The author of this book is the Robert Grant 1852-1940.)
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/5/0/19509 ]
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Lanier of the Cavalry, by Charles King 19507
[Subtitle: or, A Week's Arrest]
[Illus.: Frank McKernan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/5/0/19507 ]
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Audio: A Calendar of Sonnets, by Helen Hunt Jackson 19504
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Historical Tales, Volume III, by Charles Morris 19503
[Subtitle: The Romance of Reality ]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/5/0/19503 ]
[Files: 19503.txt; 19503-8.txt; 19503-0.txt; 19503-tei.tei;
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Frank Merriwell's Chums, by Burt L. Standish 19502
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/5/0/19502 ]
[Files: 19502.txt; 19502-h.htm; ]
The Boy Scout, by Richard Harding Davis 19501
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/5/0/19501 ]
[Files: 19501.txt; 19501-8.txt; 19501-h.htm; ]
Music Notation and Terminology, by Karl W. Gehrkens 19499
(Note from Joe Loewenenstein, PG eBook Uploader: This is a remarkable
book, and its transcription to html by David Newman and Linda Cantoni
is also a remarkable piece of workmanship.
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19499 ]
[Files: 19499.txt; 19499-8.txt; 19499-h.htm; ]
Banzai!, by Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff 19498
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19498 ]
[Files: 19498.txt; 19498-8.txt; 19498-h.htm]
Le debutant, by Arsene Bessette 19497
[Title: Le debutant: Ouvrage enrichi de nombreux dessins de Busnel,
de deux dessins... et d'un portrait de l'auteur par St-Charles]
[Subtitle: Roman de moeurs du journalisme et de la politique dans la
province de Quebec]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19497 ]
[Files: 19497-8.txt; 19497-h.htm]
Diario de un reconocimiento de la guardia y fortines, by Felix De Azara 19496
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19496 ]
[Files: 19496-8.txt; 19496-h.htm]
Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer, by Percy Keese Fitzhugh 19495
[Illustrator: R. Emmett Owen]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19495 ]
[Files: 19495.txt; 19495-8.txt; 19495-h.htm]
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans, Thomas Perkins 19494
[Subtitle: With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19494 ]
[Files: 19494.txt; 19494-8.txt; 19494-h.htm; ]
The Head Voice and Other Problems, by D. A. Clippinger 19493
[Subtitle: Practical Talks on Singing]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19493 ]
[Files: 19493.txt; 19493-8.txt; 19493-h.htm; ]
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 77, March, 1864, by Various 19492
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19492 ]
[Files: 19492.txt; 19492-8.txt; 19492-h.htm]
The Way of Ambition, by Robert Hichens 19491
[Illustrator: J. H. Gardner Soper]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19491 ]
[Files: 19491.txt; 19491-8.txt; 19491-h.htm]
De Boe Hedma in Zuid-Tunis, by Ch. Maumen 19490
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/9/19490 ]
[Files: 19490-8.txt; 19490-h.htm]
Canoe Mates in Canada, by St. George Rathborne 19489
[Subtitle: Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19489 ]
[Files: 19489.txt; 19489-h.htm]
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2), by Anatole France 19488
[Translator: Winifred Stephens]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19488 ]
[Files: 19488.txt; 19488-8.txt; 19488-h.htm]
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, by A. Hugh Fisher 19487
[Subtitle: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The
Episcopal See ]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19487 ]
[Files: 19487.txt; 19487-8.txt; 19487-0.txt; 19487-tei.tei;
19487-h.htm; 19487-pdf.pdf; 19487-page-images.zip ]
Irish Wonders, by D.R. McAnally, Jr. 19486
[Subtitle: The Ghosts, Giants, Pooka, Demons, Leprechawns, Banshees,
Fairies, Witches, Widows, Old Maids, and other Marvels of the Emerald
Isle]
[Illustrator: H.R. Heaton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19486 ]
[Files: 19486.txt; 19486-8.txt; 19486-0.txt; 19486-tei.tei;
19486-h.htm; 19486-pdf.pdf; 19486-page-images.zip ]
The Long Night, by Stanley Weyman 19485
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19485 ]
[Files: 19485.txt; 19485-8.txt; 19485-h.htm]
Editorial Wild Oats, by Mark Twain 19484
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19484 ]
[Files: 19484.txt; 19484-8.txt; 19484-h.htm]
La maniere de bien traduire d'une langue en aultre, by Estienne Dolet 19483
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19483 ]
[Files: 19483-8.txt; 19483-h.htm]
The Ancient Banner, by Anonymous 19482
[Subtitle: Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early
History of Friends]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19482 ]
[Files: 19482.txt; 19482-h.htm]
Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays, with an Introduction, Anonymous 19481
[Editor: Ernest Rhys]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19481 ]
[Files: 19481.txt; 19481-8.txt; 19481-0.txt; 19481-h.htm]
Ray's Daughter, by Charles King 19480
[Subtitle: A Story of Manila]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/8/19480 ]
[Files: 19480.txt; 19480-8.txt; 19480-h.htm]
Roughing it De Luxe, by Irvin S. Cobb 19479
[Illustrator: John T. McCutcheon]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19479 ]
[Files: 19479.txt; 19479-8.txt; 19479-h.htm]
Four-Day Planet, by Henry Beam Piper 19478
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19478 ]
[Files: 19478.txt; 19478-8.txt; 19478-h.htm]
The Young Trailers, by Joseph A. Altsheler 19477
[Subtitle: A Story of Early Kentucky]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19477 ]
[Files: 19477.txt; 19477-8.txt; 19477-h.htm; ]
A Honeymoon in Space, by George Griffith 19476
[Illus.: Stanley Wood and Harold Piffard]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19476 ]
[Files: 19476.txt; 19476-8.txt; 19476-h.htm; ]
Tenting To-night, by Mary Roberts Rinehart 19475
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the
Cascade Mountains]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19475 ]
[Files: 19475.txt; 19475-8.txt; 19475-h.htm]
Uller Uprising, by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr 19474
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19474 ]
[Files: 19474.txt; 19474-8.txt; 19474-h.htm]
(See also #19370)
Now or Never, by Oliver Optic 19473
[Subtitle: The Adventures of Bobby Bright]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19473 ]
[Files: 19473.txt; 19473-8.txt; 19473-h.htm]
Branded, by Francis Lynde 19472
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19472 ]
[Files: 19472.txt; 19472-8.txt; 19472-h.htm]
Badge of Infamy, by Lester del Rey 19471
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19471 ]
[Files: 19471.txt; 19471-8.txt; 19471-h.htm]
Yorkshire Lyrics, by John Hartley 19470
[Subtitle: Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding
of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not
in the Dialect]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/7/19470 ]
[Files: 19470.txt]
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two, by Various 19469
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19469 ]
[Files: 19469.txt; 19469-8.txt; 19469-h.htm; ]
Mediaeval Socialism, by Bede Jarrett 19468
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19468 ]
[Files: 19468.txt; 19468-8.txt; 19468-h.htm; ]
Audio: Little Wizard Stories of Oz, by L. Frank Baum 19467
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Audio: The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum 19466
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[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19466]
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Draining for Profit: and Draining for Health, by George E. Waring 19465
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19465 ]
[Files: 19465.txt; 19465-8.txt; 19465-0.txt; 19465-tei.tei;
19465-h.htm; 19465-pdf.pdf; 19465-page-images.zip]
Osage Traditions, by James Owen Dorsey 19464
[Subtitle: Bureau of American Ethnology]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19464 ]
[Files: 19464.txt; 19464-8.txt; 19464-0.txt; 19464-tei.tei;
19464-h.htm; 19464-pdf.pdf; 19464-page-images.zip]
James Fenimore Cooper, by Thomas R. Lounsbury 19463
[Subtitle: American Men of Letters]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19463 ]
[Files: 19463.txt; 19463-8.txt; 19463-h.htm]
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The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography, by Unknown 6500
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The Price, by Francis Lynde 19462
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19462 ]
[Files: 19462.txt; 19462-8.txt; 19462-h.htm]
Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know, by Various 19461
[Editor: Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19461 ]
[Files: 19461.txt; 19461-8.txt; 19461-h.htm]
Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmaler, Georg Dehio 19460
[Subtitle: Bd.1, Mitteldeutschland, 2nd ed. 1914]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/6/19460 ]
[Files: 19460.txt; 19460-8.txt; 19460-0.txt; 19460-tei.tei;
19460-h.htm; 19460-pdf.pdf ]
Born Again, by Alfred Lawson 19459
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19459 ]
[Files: 19459.txt; 19459-h.htm]
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3, by Jane West 19458
[Subtitle: An Historical Novel]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19458 ]
[Files: 19458.txt; 19458-8.txt; 19458-h.htm]
Historical Tales, The Romance of Reality, Vol. VII, by Charles Morris 19457
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19457 ]
[Files: 19457.txt; 19457-8.txt; 19457-0.txt; 19457-tei.tei;
19457-h.htm; 19457-pdf.pdf; 19457-page-images.zip]
De ramp van Valparaiso, by Henri Bourdon 19456
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19456 ]
[Files: 19456-8.txt; 19456-h.htm]
La vraye suitte du Cid, by Nicolas Mary 19455
[Subtitle: Tragi-comedie representee par la troupe royale]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19455 ]
[Files: 19455-8.txt]
La mort de Brute et de Porcie, by Guyon Guerin de Bouscal 19454
[Subtitle: Ou, La vengeance de la mort de Cesar - Tragedie]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19454 ]
[Files: 19454-8.txt]
The Shield, by Various 19453
[Editor: Maksim Gorky, Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev, and Fyodor Sologub]
[Author: Foreword by William English Walling]
[Tr.: A. Yarmolinsky]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19453 ]
[Files: 19453.txt; 19453-8.txt; 19453-h.htm; ]
Le Petit Nord, by Grenfell and Spalding 19452
[Subtitle: or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour]
[Author: Anne Elizabeth Caldwell (MacClanahan) Grenfell and
Katie Spalding]
[Ill.: Wilfred T. Grenfell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19452 ]
[Files: 19452.txt; 19452-8.txt; 19452-h.htm; ]
Double Trouble, by Herbert Quick 19451
[Subtitle: Or, Every Hero His Own Villain]
[Illus.: Orson Lowell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19451 ]
[Files: 19451.txt; 19451-8.txt; 19451-h.htm; ]
Audio: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, by L. Frank Baum 19450
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/5/19450 ]
[Files: 19450.txt; 19450-mp3.mp3; 19450-ogg.ogg; 19450-m4b.m4b;
19450-spx.spx]
The North American Indian, by Edward S. Curtis 19449
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19449 ]
[Files: 19449.txt; 19449-8.txt; 19449-0.txt; 19449-tei.tei;
19449-h.htm; 19449-pdf.pdf; 19449-page-images.zip]
Talks on Manures, by Joseph Harris 19448
[Subtitle: A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author
and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19448 ]
[Files: 19448.txt; 19448-0.txt; 19448-h.htm]
Morals and Dogma of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, by Albert Pike 19447
[Title: Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19447 ]
[Files: 19447-0.txt]
Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives, Part 3, by Work Projects Admin. 19446
[Title: Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves; Vol. II, Arkansas, Part 3]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19446 ]
[Files: 19446.txt; 19446-8.txt; 19446-h.htm]
Omnilingual, by H. Beam Piper 19445
[Illustrator: Freas]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19445 ]
[Files: 19445.txt; 19445-8.txt; 19445-h.htm]
Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1895 19444
[Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration]
[Subtitle: Renaissance Panels from Perugia]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19444 ]
[Files: 19444.txt; 19444-8.txt; 19444-h.htm]
Our Profession and Other Poems, by Jared Barhite 19443
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19443 ]
[Files: 19443.txt; 19443-h.htm]
Il fallo d'una donna onesta, by Enrico Castelnuovo 19442
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19442 ]
[Files: 19442-8.txt]
My Friend the Chauffeur, by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson 19441
[Illustrator: Frederic Lowenheim]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19441 ]
[Files: 19441.txt; 19441-8.txt; 19441-h.htm]
La Saga de Njal, by Anonymous 19440
[Translator: Rodolphe Dareste de La Chavanne]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/4/19440 ]
[Files: 19440-8.txt; 19440-0.txt]
Vaimoni ja mina eli Harry Hendersonin elamakerta, Harriet Beecher Stowe 19439
[Translator: Hj. Sandelin]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19439 ]
[Files: 19439-8.txt]
The Hero of Esthonia and Others, by William Forsell Kirby 19438
[Title: The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic
Literature of That Country]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19438 ]
[Files: 19438.txt; 19438-8.txt; 19438-h.htm]
Amore bendato, by Salvatore Farina 19437
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19437 ]
[Files: 19437-8.txt]
The Fifth Wheel, by Olive Higgins Prouty 19436
[Subtitle: A Novel]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19436 ]
[Files: 19436.txt; 19436-8.txt; 19436-h.htm]
The Mule-Bone, by Zora Hurston and Langston Hughes 19435
[Subtitle: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19435 ]
[Files: 19435.txt]
Western Worthies, by J. Stephen Jeans 19434
[Subtitle: A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of
of Scotland Celebrities]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19434 ]
[Files: 19434.txt; 19434-8.txt; 19434-h.htm]
Tortenet, by Bela Balazs 19433
[Subtitle: A Logody-utcarol, a tavaszrol, a halalrol es a messzesegrol]
[Language: Hungarian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19433 ]
[Files: 19433-8.txt; 19433-0.txt; 19433-h.htm]
Heart and Soul, by Victor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post) 19432
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19432 ]
[Files: 19432.txt; 19432-8.txt; 19432-h.htm]
Le saucisson a pattes II, by Eug.ne Chavette 19431
[Subtitle: Le plan de Cardeuc]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19431 ]
[Files: 19431-8.txt]
La Principessa, by Jarro 19430
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/3/19430 ]
[Files: 19430-8.txt]
Poesie inedite vol. I, by Silvio Pellico 19429
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19429 ]
[Files: 19429-8.txt]
Le nostalgie, by Luigi Gualdo 19428
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19428 ]
[Files: 19428-8.txt]
Galatea, by Anton Giulio Barrili 19427
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19427 ]
[Files: 19427-8.txt]
I moribondi del Palazzo Carignano, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina 19426
[Language: Italian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19426 ]
[Files: 19426-8.txt]
The Story of a Stuffed Elephant, by Laura Lee Hope 19425
[Illustrator: Henry L. Smith]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19425 ]
[Files: 19425.txt; 19425-h.htm]
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter, by Percy Addleshaw 19424
[Subtitle: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the
Episcopal See]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19424 ]
[Files: 19424.txt; 19424-8.txt; 19424-h.htm; ]
The Story of Porcelain, by Sara Ware Bassett 19423
[Illus.: Isabel W. Caley]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19423 ]
[Files: 19423.txt; 19423-8.txt; 19423-h.htm; ]
The Organization of the Congregation ... Lutheran Churches, by Schmucker 19422
[Title: The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran
Churches in America]
[Author: Beale M. Schmucker]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19422 ]
[Files: 19422.txt; ]
The French Revolution, by R. M. Johnston 19421
[Subtitle: A Short History]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19421 ]
[Files: 19421.txt; 19421-8.txt; 19421-h.htm]
The Cathedral Church of York, by A. Clutton-Brock 19420
[Subtitle: Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief
History of the Archi-Episcopal See]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/2/19420 ]
[Files: 19420.txt; 19420-8.txt; 19420-h.htm]
In the Rocky Mountains, by W. H. G. Kingston 19419
[Subtitle: A Tale of Adventure]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19419 ]
[Files: 19419.txt; 19419-8.txt; 19419-h.htm]
Confessions of Boyhood, by John Albee 19418
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19418 ]
[Files: 19418.txt; 19418-h.htm]
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Vol. 17 New Series, No. 434, Apr 24, 1852 19417
[Editor: Robert Chambers and William Chambers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19417 ]
[Files: 19417.txt; 19417-8.txt; 19417-h.htm]
Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881, by William H. Holmes 19416
[Title: Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made
During the Field Season of 1881]
[Subtitle: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19416 ]
[Files: 19416.txt; 19416-8.txt; 19416-h.htm]
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods, by J. W. Clark 19415
[Subtitle: The Rede Lecture Delivered June 13, 1894]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19415 ]
[Files: 19415.txt; 19415-8.txt; 19415-h.htm]
Instructions For The Guidance Of Post Office Inspectors, by Campbell 19414
[Title: General Instructions For The Guidance Of Post Office Inspectors
In The Dominion Of Canada]
[Author: Alexander Campbell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19414 ]
[Files: 19414.txt; 19414-8.txt; 19414-h.htm]
Thoughts on Religion at the Front, by Neville Stuart Talbot 19413
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19413 ]
[Files: 19413.txt; 19413-8.txt; 19413-h.htm]
Set in Silver, by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson 19412
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19412 ]
[Files: 19412.txt; 19412-8.txt; 19412-h.htm; ]
The Woman's Way, by Charles Garvice 19411
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19411 ]
[Files: 19411.txt; 19411-8.txt; 19411-h.htm; ]
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3, Essay 8, by John Morley 19410
[Subtitle: France in the Eighteenth Century]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/1/19410 ]
[Files: 19410.txt; 19410-8.txt; 19410-h.htm]
Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse, and Other Bedtime Stories, by Kernahan 19409
[Author: J. G. Kernahan and C. Kernahan]
Contents:
The Miller's Mouse
The Old Rocking Horse
The Message of the Lily
Water-Lily's Mission
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19409 ]
[Files: 19409.txt; 19409-h.htm; ]
The Amateur Garden, by George W. Cable 19408
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19408 ]
[Files: 19408.txt; 19408-8.txt; 19408-h.htm]
Speed the Plough, by Thomas Morton 19407
[Subtitle: A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal,
Covent Garden]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19407 ]
[Files: 19407.txt; 19407-8.txt; 19407-0.txt; 19407-h.htm]
Scientific American, Volume 36, No. 8, February 24, 1877 19406
[Subtitle: A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science,
Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19406 ]
[Files: 19406.txt; 19406-8.txt; 19406-h.htm]
Confessions of an Etonian, by I. E. M. 19405
(Note: 1846 edition, Saunders & Otley, London, pulbishers; author
"I.E.M." may or may not be a pseudonym of Charles Rowcroft)
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19405 ]
[Files: 19405.txt; 19405-8.txt; 19405-h.htm; ]
Life of Abraham Lincoln, by John Hugh Bowers 19404
[Subtitle: Little Blue Book Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 324]
[Editor: E. Haldeman-Julius]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19404 ]
[Files: 19404.txt; 19404-h.htm]
Murder at Bridge, by Anne Austin 19403
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19403 ]
[Files: 19403.txt; 19403-8.txt; 19403-h.htm; ]
Frank Merriwell's Reward, by Burt L. Standish 19402
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19402 ]
[Files: 19402.txt; 19402-h.htm]
The Plunderer, by Henry Oyen 19401
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19401 ]
[Files: 19401.txt; 19401-8.txt]
History Of Egypt, Volume 1 (of 12), by G. Maspero 19400
[Title: History Of Egypt, Chald.a, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria,
Volume 1 (of 12)]
[Editor: A.H. Sayce]
[Translator: M.L. McClure]
(See also: #17321 - #17332)
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/4/0/19400 ]
[Files: 19400.txt; 19400-8.txt; 19400-h.htm]
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Jan 1878, No. 3 19399
[Editor: Mary Mapes Dodge]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19399 ]
[Files: 19399.txt; 19399-8.txt; 19399-h.htm]
By Right of Conquest, by G. A. Henty 19398
[Subtitle: Or, With Cortez in Mexico]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19398 ]
[Files: 19398.txt; 19398-h.htm]
History of Rationalism, by John F. Hurst 19397
[Title: History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present
State of Protestant Theology]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19397 ]
[Files: 19397.txt; 19397-8.txt; 19397-h.htm]
On the Spanish Main, by John Masefield 19396
[Subtitle: Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19396 ]
[Files: 19396.txt; 19396-8.txt; 19396-h.htm]
The New Heavens, by George Ellery Hale 19395
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19395 ]
[Files: 19395.txt; 19395-8.txt; 19395-h.htm]
You'll git dar in de mornin', by H. T. Burleigh and F. L. Stanton 19394
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19394 ]
[Files: 19394.txt; 19394-xml.xml; 19394-mid.mid;
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Plays of Near & Far, by Lord Dunsany 19393
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19393 ]
[Files: 19393.txt; 19393-8.txt; 19393-0.txt; 19393-h.htm]
The Little Tea Book, by Arthur Gray 19392
[Illustrator: George W. Hood]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19392 ]
[Files: 19392.txt; 19392-8.txt; 19392-h.htm]
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Jun 2002 Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith [Adam Smith #1] [wltntxxx.xxx] 3300
[Title: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations]
Jun 2002 Mr Honey's Banking Dictionary [English-German] [8bkedxxx.xxx] 3299
[Language: English/German]
Jun 2002 Mr Honey's Banking Dictionary [German-English] [8bkdexxx.xxx] 3298
[Language: German/English]
Jun 2002 Schnock, by Friedrich Hebbel [In German][Hebbel#2][?schnxxx.xxx] 3297
[Language: German]
Jun 2002 The Confessions of Saint Augustine [tcosaxxx.xxx] 3296
[AKA: The Confessions of St. Augustine] [Tr.: Edward Bouverie Pusey]
Jun 2002 The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume I [1mlazxxx.xxx] 3295
Jun 2002 The Sea-Hawk, by Rafael Sabatini [Sabatini #11][seahkxxx.xxx] 3294
Jun 2002 Conquest of Granada, by Washington Irving[W.I.#6] [cgranxxx.xxx] 3293
[Title: Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada]
Jun 2002 The Clever Woman of the Family, by Charlotte Yonge[cwotfxxx.xxx] 3292
[Author AKA: Charlotte M. Yonge]
Jun 2002 John Marshall and the Constitution, by Corwin [jmatcxxx.xxx] 3291
[Title: John Marshall and the Constitution, A Chronicle of the Supreme
Court] [Author: Edward S. Corwin]
Jun 2002 Valerius Terminus, by Francis Bacon [F. Bacon #3][vtrmuxxx.xxx] 3290
[Title: Valerius Terminus: of the Interpretation of Nature]
(Note: unannotated in vtrmuxxx.xxx; annotated version: [vtrmaxxx.xxx]
Jun 2002 The Valley of Fear, by Arthur Conan Doyle[Doyle28][vfearxxx.xxx] 3289
The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land, by Ralph Connor 3288
The Man From Glengarry, A Tale of the Ottowa, by Ralph Connor 3287
Jun 2002 Selections, Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke [spwebxxx.xxx] 3286
[Title: Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke]
Jun 2002 The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper [JFC #7][dslyrxxx.xxx] 3285
Jun 2002 The Discovery of the Source of the Nile, by Speke [disnlxxx.xxx] 3284
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Jun 2002 The Upanishads, translated by Swami Paramananda [upanixxx.xxx] 3283
[Title: The Upanishads, translated and commentated by Swami Paramananda]
Jun 2002 The Brown Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang, Ed.[Lang#32][brfryxxx.xxx] 3282
Cy Whittaker's Place, by J. C. Lincoln 3281
Cap'n Warren's Wards, by Joseph C. Lincoln 3280
Jun 2002 Canterbury Pieces, by Samuel Butler [S. Butler #8][cantpxxx.xxx] 3279
Jun 2002 Cambridge Pieces, by Samuel Butler [S. Butler #7][cambpxxx.xxx] 3278
[See also #3235)
[Title: A First Year in Canterbury Settlement][Butler #6]
Jun 2002 The Complete Works of Artemus Ward [Browne] Part 7[7wardxxx.xxx] 3277
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[Just turning 299.9 million this week!]
U.S. 299,901,719
World 6,548,263,653
16:24 GMT (EST+5) Oct 04, 2006
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the equivalent of Eastern Standard Time
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A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.47 Value Per Book To 100 Million
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Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100 million people.
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At 21,455 eBooks in 35 Years and 03.00 Months We Averaged
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51 Per Month
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BERKELEY PUTS COURSE VIDEO ONLINE
In an arrangement with Google, the University of California, Berkeley,
will make available online considerable amounts of videotaped course
content, including lectures, speeches, special events, and, in some
cases, entire courses. UC Berkeley is the only institution with its own
page on the Google Video Web site, and the course materials are
available for public use. Dan Mogulof, director of public affairs at UC
Berkeley, said, "We are a public university. We have fabulous faculty
and incredible events. We want to share the wealth across the state,
country, and world." UC Berkeley is not the first university to post
course materials online, but its program is one of the broader
initiatives, given the amount of content and the fact that it is open
to anyone. Officials from the university said they expect other
institutions to launch similar efforts.
Mercury News, 28 September 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/15627859.htm
[MIT has been doing this for years, and to a much wider degree,
this coverage is mostly due to Google's huge press machine.]
DEAL REACHED FOR ONLINE MUSIC ROYALTIES
Songwriters and record companies in Britain reached an agreement over
royalties for online music sales just as a copyright tribunal that
would have decided the issue went into session. In the dispute, record
companies were represented by the British Phonographic Industry, and
Adam Singer represented songwriters. Singer heads the
Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Ltd and the Performing Right
Society Ltd. Songwriters and composers had sought a royalty rate of 12
percent, an increase from the existing rate of 8 percent. Record
companies wanted the rate to drop to 6.5 percent. In the final
negotiations, both sides agreed to accept the 8 percent rate for three
more years, which amounts to about 10 cents per song sold on Apple's
iTunes service. The tribunal accepted the settlement, which is legally
binding only in the United Kingdom. Nonetheless, experts said the deal
could influence similar negotiations in other countries, including the
United States and Germany.
Wall Street Journal, 28 September 2006 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115945647272576748.html
SAN JOSE STATE TRIES TO BAN SKYPE
Administrators at San Jose State University (SJSU) have temporarily
suspended a ban on Internet phone service Skype but said they would
reinstitute the prohibition if concerns over network usage are not
adequately addressed. A number of universities have blocked use of
Skype because of language in the user agreement that appears to allow
individuals not associated with the university to use the campus
network for phone calls. Skype works by routing calls through available
networks, even for third parties, using computers of users who have
accepted the company's terms of use. "It's a fairly subtle problem,"
said Kevin Schmidt, campus network programmer at the University of
California, Santa Barbara, which has also banned Skype. He said the
result could be "fair amount of traffic that has nothing to do with
university business." Following the ban at SJSU, many students and
faculty objected, saying the service has become vital to their efforts
to keep in touch with families overseas and to promote educational
programs around the globe. Campus officials acknowledged those concerns
but said that if eBay, which owns Skype, cannot address the problem,
the service will be shut off.
San Jose Mercury News, 21 September 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15576648.htm
UNIVERSITY IN SPAIN JOINS GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH
The Complutense University of Madrid has joined Google's controversial
Book Search project, making it the first institution from a
non-English-speaking country to take part. The university maintains the
second-largest library in Spain, with 3 million volumes; only the
National Library is larger. In addition to books in Spanish, the
library also houses texts in French, German, Latin, Italian, and
English. A spokesperson from Google said the deal with Complutense
University "will be a huge boost to our Spanish-language content, as
well as other languages." Publishers and copyright holders have
objected to the project, whose goal is to digitize millions of texts
and make them available online. Google maintains the project is for the
public good; publishers say that even if full texts are not available
online for protected works, Google is nonetheless violating their
rights by scanning those books.
CNET, 26 September 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6119515.html
LIBRARIES DEVELOP NEW ARCHIVING APPLICATION
Working under the auspices of the International Internet Preservation
Consortium, the National Library of New Zealand and the British Library
have developed a Web curator tool to archive online content. Because
Web pages change constantly, efforts to preserve important online
material present complex challenges for gathering and preserving that
content. The new tool automates the process of harvesting online
content and storing it. Stephen Green, Web archiving program manager at
the British Library, said the tool would initially be focused on sites
deemed important to British culture, such as those of political parties
and about the London bombings of July 7. By the end of the year, the
Web curator tool will be offered as an open source application to other
organizations.
BBC, 26 September 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5382144.stm
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
Besides all the references to the National Intelligence Estimate
that said the US is causing more terrorism via its trowback uses
of gunboat diplomacy in the Middle East, several officers in the
command positions in Iraq had the following comments this week.
The officers were, Major General John Batiste, Major General
Paul Eaton, and Colonel Paul Hammes. Batiste was commander
of the 1st Infantry Division, and was also the senior military
aide to Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and blames Congress
for not asking "the tough questions." He also mentioned threats
by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to fire anyone who said
he needed a postwar strategy.
In comments earlier this spring, General Batiste added, "the current
administration repeatedly ignored sound military advice and counsel
with respect to the war plans. I think the principles of war are
fundamental, and we violate those at our own peril."
Around the same time Commanding General Anthony Zinni, of the
Central Command in Iraq had the following additional comments:
"I think we are paying the price for lack of credible planning, or
the lack of a plan. We are throwing away 10 years of planning, in
effect, for underestimating the situation we were going to get into
and for not adhering to the advice that was being given to us by others.''
Major General Eaton said referred to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld
as "incompetent, stragically, operationally, and tactically," and
added "Mr. Rumsfeld and his immediate team must be replaced or we
will see two more years of extraordinaily bad decision making."
Eaton was in command of U.S. efforts to train the Iraq military
until the last election.
Earlier this year he wrote the following to the New York Times:
"Rumsfeld has put the Pentagon at the mercy of his ego, his Cold
Warrior's view of the world and his unrealistic confidence in
technology to replace manpower. As a result, the US Army finds itself
severely undermanned. . .cut to 10 active divisions but asked by the
administration to support a foreign policy that requires at least 12
or 14," [active divisions].
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK
The various declassifying of minimal pages of the National
Intelligence Estimate that only support the administration,
but leave out the entire portion that said the U.S. caused
more problems than it solved by invading Iraq.
/
It would cost too much to allow habeas corpus rights to the
prisoners at Guantanamo, etc.
[2 million prosisoners in the U.S. have habeas corpus rights,
what difference if a few hundred more?]
/
U.S. LAW ATTACKS ONLINE GAMBLING
President George W. Bush is expected to sign legislation passed by the
U.S. Congress outlawing Internet gambling in the United States. The
law, called the Safe Port Act, was passed Saturday. The legislation
could halve the $12 billion Internet gambling industry. Several
companies have already suspended operations in the United States.
Red Herring, 2 October 2006
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=18906&hed=Snake+Eyes+for+Online+Gambling
[Of course no one is mentioning that this is not to protect gambling addicts,
but merely becaues the U.S. hasn't figured out a way to tax Internet gambling.]
*QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or
consider any claim or cause of action whatsoever, including any
action pending on or filed after the date of the enactment of the
Military Commissions Act of 2006, relating to the prosecution,
trial, or judgment of a military commission under this chapter,
including challenges to the lawfulness of procedures of military
commissions under this chapter."
That's a section of the "Torture Bill" US Congress just passed.
/
If the balance between copyright and the public domain "is lost,
we will violate the the nature of knowledge itself."
Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, of Brazil
At the opening of the General Assembly of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) yesterday in Geneva the Brazilian
Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil warned against losing sight of
"a balance between intellectual property rights and obligations
and the public interest. If such balance is lost," the minister
according to a blog report by a WIPO observer from CPTech said,
"we will violate the nature of knowledge itself." Citing Thomas
Jefferson the minister added that "there would not be any one
thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property than
ideas, whose sharing does not necessarily harm anyone." The WIPO
General Assembly is the highest decision-making body of the
member states. In negotiations that will extend until October 3
the member states will work out the WIPO's program for next year.
/
"I will not withdraw even if Laura and Barney are
the only ones left supporting me." George W. Bush
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
Just as the rich keep getting richer,
and the poor keep getting poorer,
the distance between the various
portions of humanity will increase,
and the reason won't matter. . .
any reason will do. . .the reasons
for wars are usually fabrications
to increase that distance. . . .
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
47% of female students said they would not raise their hands
in class even if they knew the answer for fear of harassment
for being smart.
Source: NPR, Sunday Morning
/
Yahoo mail just passed 250,000,000 [1/4 billion] users.
That is equal to the tnire U.S. population of teens and above.
The U.S. population should reach 300 million officially this week.
*
Electronic Trading Surpasses Mercantile Exchange Pit Trading
Last Thurs might have been the first day on the CME where there
were more commodities traded via electronic trading than on the
actual floor of the exchange. CME = Chicago Mercantile Exchange
[Various single commodities had done this before, not sure if a
grand total of all trade had been a majority electronic before]
/
By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population
estimates just passed 299 million, though many say estimations
of this nature leave out as much as 5% of the population, with
the obvious exclusion of the 11-12 million immigrant workers
now being mentioned so much in the news.
Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries.
[This one is getting a little out of date, as the US population
is obviously no longer 6% of the world. In fact, rounding to the
nearest percent, the US will soon fall from 5% to 4%.]
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South America
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer [I think this is now much greater]
1 would be 79 years old or more.
Of those born today, the life expectancy is only 63 years,
but no country any longer issues copyrights that are sure
to expire within that 63 year period.
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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[Editor: Francis Turner Palgrave]
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De Koran 19786
[Subtitle: Voorafgegaan door het leven van Mahomed, eene inleiding
omtrent de Godsdienstgebruiken der Mahomedanen, enz.]
[Annotator: L. Ullmann, G. Weil, R. Sale]
[Editor: S. Keyzer]
[Translator: M. Kasimirski]
[Language: Dutch]
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A Truthful Woman in Southern California, by Kate Sanborn 19391
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Baby Pitcher's Trials, by Mrs. May 19390
[Subtitle: Little Pitcher Stories]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/9/19390 ]
[Files: 19390.txt; 19390-h.htm]
Child Songs of Cheer, by Evaleen Stein 19389
[Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19389 ]
[Files: 19389.txt; 19389-h.htm]
The Sagebrusher, by Emerson Hough 19388
[Subtitle: A Story of the West]
[Illustrator: J. Henry]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19388 ]
[Files: 19388.txt; 19388-8.txt; 19388-h.htm]
The Outcasts, by W. A. Fraser 19387
[Illustrator: Arthur Heming]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19387 ]
[Files: 19387.txt; 19387-h.htm]
An Author's Mind, by Martin Farquhar Tupper 19386
[Subtitle: The Complete Prose Works of Tupper, Volume 5 (of 6)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19386 ]
[Files: 19386.txt; 19386-8.txt; 19386-h.htm]
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III, by Various 19385
[Subtitle: The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19385 ]
[Files: 19385.txt; 19385-8.txt; 19385-0.txt; 19385-h.htm]
On Christmas Day In The Evening, by Grace Louise Smith Richmond 19384
[Illustrator: Charles M. Relyea]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19384 ]
[Files: 19384.txt; 19384-h.htm]
Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, Jan. 1844, Vol. 23, Nbr. 1 19383
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19383 ]
[Files: 19383.txt; 19383-8.txt; 19383-h.htm]
Punch, Volume 159, October 13, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 19382
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19382 ]
[Files: 19382.txt; 19382-8.txt; 19382-h.htm]
Among the Farmyard People, by Clara Dillingham Pierson 19381
[Illustrator: F.C. Gordon]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19381 ]
[Files: 19381.txt; 19381-8.txt; 19381-h.htm]
Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Gustav von Bezold 19380
[Subtitle: Jahrgang 1900
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/8/19380 ]
[Files: 19380.txt; 19380-8.txt; 19380-0.txt; 19380-tei.tei;
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The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad, by Edward John Thompson 19379
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19379 ]
[Files: 19379.txt; 19379-8.txt; 19379-h.htm; ]
Oriental Encounters, by Marmaduke Pickthall 19378
[Subtitle: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19378 ]
[Files: 19378.txt; 19378-8.txt; 19378-h.htm; ]
A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers 19377
[Author: William Penn]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19377 ]
[Files: 19377.txt; 19377-h.htm]
Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research, by Michael Sage 19376
[Preface: Sir Oliver Lodge]
[Tr.: Noralie Robertson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19376 ]
[Files: 19376.txt; 19376-8.txt; 19376-h.htm; ]
A senhora Rattazzi, by Camilo Castelo Branco 19375
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19375 ]
[Files: 19375-8.txt]
Valkaman perhe, by Osmo Lajula 19374
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19374 ]
[Files: 19374-8.txt]
Northern Nut Growers Association, Tenth Annual Meeting, by Various 19373
[Title: Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings
At The Tenth Annual Meeting.]
[Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19373 ]
[Files: 19373.txt; 19373-8.txt; 19373-h.htm]
John Jagon henki tahi kuollutko vai elava?, by Wilkie Collins 19372
[Translator: Anton Oskar Forsman]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19372 ]
[Files: 19372-8.txt]
The Forfeit, by Ridgwell Cullum 19371
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19371 ]
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Ullr Uprising, by Henry Beam Piper 19370
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/7/19370 ]
[Files: 19370.txt; 19370-8.txt; 19370-h.htm]
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, by Robert Barr 19369
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19369 ]
[Files: 19369.txt; 19369-8.txt; 19369-h.htm]
The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa, by Hoffman 19368
[Subtitle: Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300]
[Author: Walter James Hoffman]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19368 ]
[Files: 19368.txt; 19368-0.txt; 19368-h.htm]
Romance, by Walter Raleigh 19367
[Subtitle: Two Lectures]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19367 ]
[Files: 19367.txt; 19367-h.htm]
Punky Dunk and the Spotted Pup, by Anonymous 19366
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19366 ]
[Files: 19366.txt; 19366-h.htm]
Everlasting Pearl, by Anna Magdalena Johannsen 19365
[Subtitle: One of China's Women]
[Author: Preface by Walter B. Sloan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19365 ]
[Files: 19365.txt; 19365-8.txt; 19365-h.htm; ]
Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1895 19364
[Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration]
[Subtitle: Two Florentine Pavements]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19364 ]
[Files: 19364.txt; 19364-8.txt; 19364-h.htm]
Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles, by Ruth McEnery Stuart 19363
[Illustrator: G. H. Clements]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19363 ]
[Files: 19363.txt; 19363-h.htm]
In the Year 2889, by Jules Verne and Michel Verne 19362
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19362 ]
[Files: 19362.txt; 19362-8.txt; 19362-h.htm]
The Babes in the Wood, by Anonymous 19361
[Subtitle: One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books]
[Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19361 ]
[Files: 19361.txt; 19361-8.txt; 19361-h.htm]
Six to Sixteen, by Juliana Horatia Ewing 19360
[Subtitle: A Story for Girls]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/6/19360 ]
[Files: 19360.txt; 19360-8.txt; 19360-0.txt; 19360-h.htm]
The Patient Observer, by Simeon Strunsky 19359
[Subtitle: And His Friends]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19359 ]
[Files: 19359.txt; 19359-8.txt; 19359-h.htm; ]
War Rhymes, by Abner Cosens 19358
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19358 ]
[Files: 19358.txt; 19358-h.htm]
[Note that the author used the pseudonym "Wayfarer"]
The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems, by Frances Fuller Victor 19357
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19357 ]
[Files: 19357.txt; 19357-8.txt; 19357-h.htm]
Golden Stories, by Various 19356
[Subtitle: A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19356 ]
[Files: 19356.txt; 19356-8.txt; 19356-h.htm]
A Book of Prefaces, by H. L. Mencken 19355
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19355 ]
[Files: 19355.txt; 19355-8.txt; 19355-h.htm]
Lessons in Music Form, by Percy Goetschius 19354
[Subtitle: A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and
Designs Employed in Musical Composition]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19354 ]
[Files: 19354.txt; 19354-8.txt; 19354-h.htm]
Captain Jinks, Hero, by Ernest Crosby 19353
[Illustrator: Dan Beard]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19353 ]
[Files: 19353.txt; 19353-8.txt; 19353-h.htm]
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure,by William Thomas Fernie 19352
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19352 ]
[Files: 19352.txt; 19352-8.txt; ]
Curlie Carson Listens In, by Roy J. Snell 19351
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19351 ]
[Files: 19351.txt; 19351-h.htm; ]
Punch, Vol. 152, December 22, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 19350
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/5/19350 ]
[Files: 19350.txt; 19350-8.txt; 19350-h.htm; ]
Punch, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman 19349
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19349 ]
[Files: 19349.txt; 19349-8.txt; 19349-h.htm]
Gideon's Band, by George W. Cable 19348
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Mississippi]
[Illustrator: F. C. Yohn]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19348 ]
[Files: 19348.txt; 19348-8.txt; 19348-h.htm]
The Myths of the New World, by Daniel G. Brinton 19347
[Subtitle: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race
of America]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19347 ]
[Files: 19347.txt; 19347-8.txt; 19347-0.txt; 19347-h.htm]
New Word-Analysis, by William Swinton 19346
[Subtitle: Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19346 ]
[Files: 19346.txt; 19346-8.txt; 19346-0.txt; 19346-h.htm]
La vie litteraire, by Anatole France 19345
[Subtitle: Troisieme serie]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19345 ]
[Files: 19345-8.txt]
La vie litteraire, by Anatole France 19344
[Subtitle: Deuxieme serie]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19344 ]
[Files: 19344-8.txt]
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[Language: English/German]
May 2002 Honey's Small Business Dictionary German-English [8smdexxx.xxx] 3216C
[Language: German/English]
May 2002 Mr. Honey's Insurance Dictionary English-German [8inedxxx.xxx] 3215C
[Language: English/German]
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[Language: German/English]
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Have We Given Away A Trillion Dollars Worth or a Trillion eBooks Yet???
If our average eBook has reached just 1% of the world population of
6,546,790,688 that would be 21,366 x 65,467,907 = ~1.39 Trillion !!!
With 21,366 eBooks online as of September 27, 2006 it now takes an average
of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.72 from each book.
[1% world population x #eBooks] 65,467,869 x 21,365 x $.71 = ~$1 Trillion
[Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.]
[By the way, the US "popclock" is about to turn to 300 million people.]
[Just turning 299.9 million this week!]
A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.47 Value Per Book To 100 Million
With 21,366 eBooks online as of September 27, 2006 it now takes an average
of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.47 from each book.
This "cost" is down from about $.58 when we had 17,211 eBooks a year ago.
[This is not counting the 100,000 eBooks at http://gutenberg.cc which are
counted and maintained separately by their donating electronic libraries]
Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100 million people.
Next Decade's Target: 15% Of The world Population = 1 billion !!! people.
At 21,366 eBooks in 35 Years and 02.75 Months We Averaged
606 Per Year
51 Per Month
1.66 Per Day
At 3218 eBooks Done In The 266 Days Of 2006 We Averaged
12.1 Per Day
85 per Week
368 Per Month
If you are interested in the population of the world or of the U.S.
you might want to know that these numbers, official as they appear,
are just just estimates, and perhaps not as accurate as we hope.
However, for those keeping track of how quickly the U.S. reaches a
300 million population level, and who noticed the passing of 299M,
just two weeks ago. . .the U.S. is already 80% the way to 300M, so
it will probably be 2 more weeks to 300M.
Recently the U.S. Congress, pertaining to district reapportionment,
who gets to vote for which Congresspeople, decided that many of the
districts were undercounted by 5%, perhaps then later deciding that
all districts had been undercounted by 5% [can't recall details].
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BRITISH LIBRARY SAYS COPYRIGHT LAW NEEDS UPDATING
The British Library has called for a wide-scale revision of existing
copyright law, which, it said, inadequately addresses digital content,
putting too much control into the hands of content producers and
owners. Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, took
aim at digital rights management (DRM) technology in particular, saying
that it allows content producers to prevent legitimate uses of content,
such as for academic purposes, for archival efforts, or for making
content available to people with disabilities. Calling the problem a
global issue, Brindley said that without "a serious updating of
copyright law to recognize the changing technological environment, the
law becomes an ass." The Open Rights Group supported the library's
call for revising copyright law, saying that the current situation
"allows publishers to write whatever license they like, which is what
is happening now." The British Library also said the question of
orphaned works should be addressed--works whose proper copyright owners
cannot be located easily or at all.
CNET, 25 September 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6119043.html
PUBLISHERS TAKE HEART FROM BELGIAN COURT RULING
Buoyed by a recent ruling from a court in Belgium, the World
Association of Newspapers (WAN) is leading the development of an
automated system for coordinating content permissions with search
engines. The Belgian court found that Google violates the rights of
content producers when it indexes news stories and reposts parts of
those stories on its own site. News organizations have long complained
that search engines profit from the efforts of news outlets, and the
court ruling, which Google is appealing, strengthens their position in
trying to restrict how search engines are allowed to use online
content. Search engines typically rely on applications that scour the
Web for content and incorporate it into search results without human
intervention. The Automated Content Access Protocol being developed by
the WAN will reportedly give news organizations the ability to include
parameters about how their content may be used inside online content.
The applications that search engines use to index content will be able
to interpret those parameters and treat the content accordingly. Gavin
O'Reilly, chairman of the WAN, said, "This system is intended to
remove completely any rights conflicts between publishers and search
engines."
CNET, 22 September 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6118523.html
YALE TO POST VIDEO OF COURSES ONLINE
Yale University announced plans to begin posting video of course
lectures online. Yale's effort is part of a larger movement in higher
education toward open courseware, led in large part by an initiative
started at MIT in 2001. For the OpenCourseWare project, MIT posts
course materials online, including syllabi, reading lists, and other
resources. Diana Kleiner, who is leading the effort at Yale, said the
project follows "MIT's footprints" but represents the next step.
Kleiner said that Yale officials believe the in-class experience to be
central to the educational experience. Under the program, all of the
lectures for a given course will be recorded and placed online.
Beginning with seven courses this year, the program is expected to grow
quickly to include many more in successive years. The university is
exploring ways to ensure that offering video of lectures online will
not encourage Yale students to skip class and simply watch the lectures
at their convenience. Also at issue are intellectual property
considerations, given that faculty are free to use some copyrighted
materials in lectures, but that those materials may not be used
similarly by the public.
Inside Higher Ed, 20 September 2006
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/20/yale
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Besides all the references to the National Intelligence Estimate
that said the US is causing more terrorism via its trowback uses
of gunboat diplomacy in the Middle East, several officers in the
command positions in Iraq had the following comments this week.
The officers were, Major General John Batiste, Major General
Paul Eaton, and Colonel Paul Hammes. Batiste was commander
of the 1st Infantry Division, and was also the senior military
aide to Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and blames Congress
for not asking "the tough questions." He also mentioned threats
by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to fire anyone who said
he needed a postwar strategy.
In comments earlier this spring, General Batiste added, "the current
administration repeatedly ignored sound military advice and counsel
with respect to the war plans. I think the principles of war are
fundamental, and we violate those at our own peril."
Around the same time Commanding General Anthony Zinni, of the
Central Command in Iraq had the following additional comments:
"I think we are paying the price for lack of credible planning, or
the lack of a plan. We are throwing away 10 years of planning, in
effect, for underestimating the situation we were going to get into
and for not adhering to the advice that was being given to us by others.''
Major General Eaton said referred to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld
as "incompetent, stragically, operationally, and tactically," and
added "Mr. Rumsfeld and his immediate team must be replaced or we
will see two more years of extraordinaily bad decision making."
Eaton was in command of U.S. efforts to train the Iraq military
until the last election.
Earlier this year he wrote the following to the New York Times:
"Rumsfeld has put the Pentagon at the mercy of his ego, his Cold
Warrior's view of the world and his unrealistic confidence in
technology to replace manpower. As a result, the US Army finds itself
severely undermanned. . .cut to 10 active divisions but asked by the
administration to support a foreign policy that requires at least 12
or 14," [active divisions].
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK
The various declassifying of minimal pages of the National
Intelligence Estimate that only support the administration,
but leave out the entire portion that said the U.S. caused
more problems than it solved by invading Iraq.
*QUOTES OF THE WEEK
16 days afterwards, still no real apology from the Pope.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
Just as the rich keep getting richer,
and the poor keep getting poorer,
the distance between the various
portions of humanity will increase,
and the reason won't matter. . .
any reason will do. . .the reasons
for wars are usually fabrications.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
47% of female students said they would not raise their hands
in class even if they knew the answer for fear of harassment
for being smart.
Source: NPR, Sunday Morning
*
By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population
[i.e. if you had invested in ConEd and the S&P in 1997,
and had made $1,000 on your S&P, your profits from that
ConEd stock would be $15,000]
Yet the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) voted 5-0 to
allow the new system.
estimates just passed 299 million, though many say estimations
of this nature leave out as much as 5% of the population, with
the obvious exclusion of the 11-12 million immigrant workers
now being mentioned so much in the news.
Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries.
[This one is getting a little out of date, as the US population
is obviously no longer 6% of the world. In fact, rounding to the
nearest percent, the US will soon fall from 5% to 4%.]
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South America
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer [I think this is now much greater]
1 would be 79 years old or more.
Of those born today, the life expectancy is only 63 years,
but no country any longer issues copyrights that are sure
to expire within that 63 year period.
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
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Apr 2002 The Enchanted Typewriter, by John Kendrick Bangs 2[nctypxxx.xxx] 3162
Apr 2002 Narrative of New Netherland, by J. F. Jameson, Ed.[nwnthxxx.xxx] 3161
[Original Title: Original Narratives of Early American History]
[Title AKA: Letters Of The Dutch Ministers To The Classis Of Amsterdam]
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She, by H. Rider Haggard 3155
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The Virgin of the Sun, by H. R. Haggard 3153
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[Subtitle: A Walk with an Architect About the Courts and Palaces of the
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Mar 2002 A Village Stradivarius, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[16][vllstxxx.xxx] 3148
Mar 2002 A Summer in a Canyon, by Kate Douglas Wiggin [#15][smcanxxx.xxx] 3147
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Mar 2002 Two on a Tower, by Thomas Hardy [Thomas Hardy #17][twtwrxxx.xxx] 3146
Mar 2002 The Author of Beltraffio, by Henry James[James#41][atblfxxx.xxx] 3145
Mar 2002 Froude's History of England, by Charles Kingsley11[frdhexxx.xxx] 3144
Mar 2002 Sir Walter Raleigh and His Times, by Kingsley[#10][srwalxxx.xxx] 3143
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Mar 2002 Irish Race in the Past and the Present, by Thebaud[irishxxx.xxx] 3141
Mar 2002 Idle Ideas in 1905, by Jerome K. Jerome [JKJ #27][idlidxxx.xxx] 3140
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Recently the U.S. Congress, pertaining to district reapportionment,
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RESEARCHERS ANNOUNCE NEW CHIP TECHNOLOGY
Researchers at Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara,
have developed a new kind of computer chip that transfers data between
chips using lasers instead of wires, which have long been a bottleneck
in computing. Fiber-optic technology allows data to travel very fast
over long distances, but data-transfer rates remain a function of how
quickly data can travel over wires from chip to chip. The new
technology combines a silicon-based processor with a layer of
light-emitting indium phosphide. The result, said researchers, could be
an astounding increase in the speed at which data can travel. Such a
breakthrough could allow computer scientists to rethink how computers
fundamentally work and what they are capable of. For example, the new
chips, which could cost a few dollars, could deliver data-transmission
speeds 100 times faster than today's optical transceivers, which cost
several thousand dollars. The new technology is not expected to make
its way into commercial products before the end of the decade.
New York Times, 17 September 2006 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/technology/18chip.html
COURT IN BELGIUM ORDERS GOOGLE TO STOP REPOSTING NEWS
A Belgian court has ordered Google to stop using news stories from a
number of French-language newspapers on its Web site. An organization
called Copiepresse, which manages copyright for French and German
newspapers in Belgium, had complained that Google does not ask
permission to use the papers' content, nor does it reimburse the
papers, even though Google sells advertising and makes money from the
content it posts on its site. The court agreed and ordered Google to
stop using the disputed news articles. If Google does not comply, it
will be subject to a fine of US$1.3 million per day. Margaret Boribon,
general secretary for Copiepresse, said she would inform other news
organizations in Europe of the decision, which might allow them to
pursue similar injunctions in other markets.
CNET, 18 September 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6116591.html
NCSU PROFESSOR SUSPENDS SALES OF LECTURES
A communication professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU) has
suspended his practice of selling audio recordings of his lectures over
the Web after administrators raised questions about the practice.
Robert Schrag had been selling lectures since August for $2.50 each
through a Web site called Independent Music Online. Despite having
received approval from the head of his department to sell the lectures,
Schrag agreed to stop selling the MP3 files, at least temporarily,
after Toby Parcel, dean of the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences, expressed concerns about the appropriateness of the practice.
At NCSU, faculty own the course materials they produce, but some
students had objected to Schrag's selling his lectures, saying that
they should be available free for students. Schrag disagreed, saying
that tuition for the course does not necessarily cover such materials
as recordings of lectures. He said the recordings are intended for
motivated students who want to review materials after class, students
for whom English is not their first language and would benefit from
hearing lectures again, and students who would rather skip class.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 September 2006
http://chronicle.com/free/2006/09/2006091501t.htm
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK
I suppose at least some of the mention hasa to go to Pope
Benedict for his non-apology apologies.
*QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Pope Benedict said,
"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there
you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command
to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
However, he was actually quoting a Christian Emperor from around
the times of The Crusades, though I know know which one.
[I found one reference to the Byzantine Emperor Manual II]
Later the Pope apologized for the effect of his comments,
but apparently not for making them, tho I can't find all
the exact words he used.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
The US population will hit 300 million in the next few weeks.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
1/6 of the entire United States GDP is health care,
yet the United States is the ONLY developed country
without a universal health care program. 47 million
are totally uninsured, out of 300 million.
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By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population
estimates just passed 299 million, though many say estimations
of this nature leave out as much as 5% of the population, with
the obvious exclusion of the 11-12 million immigrant workers
now being mentioned so much in the news.
Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries.
[This one is getting a little out of date, as the US population
is obviously no longer 6% of the world. In fact, rounding to the
nearest percent, the US will soon fall from 5% to 4%.]
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South America
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer [I think this is now much greater]
1 would be 79 years old or more.
Of those born today, the life expectancy is only 63 years,
but no country any longer issues copyrights that are sure
to expire within that 63 year period.
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
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The Story of the Big Front Door, by Mary Finley Leonard 19340
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/4/19340 ]
[Files: 19340.txt; 19340-8.txt; 19340-h.htm]
With The Immortal Seventh Division, by E. J. Kennedy 19339
[Author: E. J. Kennedy and the Lord Bishop of Winchester]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19339 ]
[Files: 19339.txt; 19339-8.txt; 19339-h.htm]
The Keeper, by Henry Beam Piper 19338
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19338 ]
[Files: 19338.txt; 19338-h.htm]
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens 19337
[Illustrator: George Alfred Williams]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19337 ]
[Files: 19337.txt; 19337-8.txt; 19337-h.htm]
[See also: #46, a different edition]
The Tangled Threads, by Eleanor H. Porter 19336
[Contents: A Delayed Heritage]
[ The Folly of Wisdom]
[ Crumbs]
[ A Four-Footed Faith and a Two]
[ A Matter of System]
[ Angelus]
[ The Apple of Her Eye]
[ A Mushroom Of Collingsville]
[ That Angel Boy]
[ The Lady in Black]
[ The Saving of Dad]
[ Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving]
[ When Mother Fell Ill]
[ The Glory and the Sacrifice]
[ The Daltons and the Legacy]
[ The Letter]
[ The Indivisible Five]
[ The Elephant's Board and Keep]
[ A Patron of Art]
[ When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19332 ]
[Files: 19332.txt; 19332-8.txt; ]
Oscar the Detective, by Harlan Page Halsey 19335
[Subtitle: Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19335 ]
[Files: 19335.txt; 19335-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 152, December 15, 1920, ed. by Sir owen Seaman 19334
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19334 ]
[Files: 19334.txt; 19334-8.txt; 19334-h.htm; ]
The Story of a China Cat, by Laura Lee Hope 19333
[Illus.: Harry L. Smith]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19333 ]
[Files: 19333.txt; 19333-h.htm; ]
Michael Angelo Buonarroti, by Charles Holroyd 19332
[Subtitle: With Translations Of The Life Of The Master By His Scholar,
Ascanio Condivi, And Three Dialogues From The Portugese By Francisco]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19332 ]
[Files: 19332.txt; 19332-8.txt; 19332-0.txt; 19332-tei.tei;
19332-h.htm; 19332-pdf.pdf ]
Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians, by James Stevenson 19331
[Title: Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of
the Navajo Indians]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19331 ]
[Files: 19331.txt; 19331-8.txt; 19331-0.txt; 19331-tei.tei;
19331-h.htm; 19331-pdf.pdf; 19331-page-images]
An Apache Princess, by Charles King 19330
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Indian Frontier]
[Illustrator: Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/3/19330 ]
[Files: 19330.txt; 19330-8.txt; 19330-h.htm]
The Sunny Side of Ireland, by John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger 19329
[Subtitle: How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19329 ]
[Files: 19329.txt; 19329-8.txt; 19329-h.htm]
The Sea-Kings of Crete, by James Baikie 19328
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19328 ]
[Files: 19328.txt; 19328-8.txt; 19328-h.htm]
Reize in Taka (Opper-Nubie), by Anonymous 19327
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19327 ]
[Files: 19327-8.txt; 19327-h.htm]
Van Orenburg naar Samarkand, by Anonymous 19326
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19326 ]
[Files: 19326-8.txt; 19326-h.htm]
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII (of X), by Various 19325
[Editor: Marshall P. Wilder]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19325 ]
[Files: 19325.txt; 19325-8.txt; 19325-h.htm]
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI (of X), by Various 19324
[Editor: Marshall P. Wilder]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19324 ]
[Files: 19324.txt; 19324-8.txt; 19324-h.htm]
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V (of X), by Various 19323
[Editor: Marshall P. Wilder]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19323 ]
[Files: 19323.txt; 19323-8.txt; 19323-h.htm]
The Antichrist, by F. W. Nietzsche 19322
[Translator: H. L. Mencken]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19322 ]
[Files: 19322.txt; 19322-8.txt; 19322-h.htm]
Evolution, by Theodore Graebner 19321
[Subtitle: An Investigation and a Critique]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19321 ]
[Files: 19321.txt; ]
Jaakko Cook'in matkat Tyynella merella, by Antti Fredrik Hassell 19320
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/2/19320 ]
[Files: 19320-8.txt]
A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive, by W. Augustus Munn 19319
[Subtitle: With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the
Management of Bees Throughout the Year]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19319 ]
[Files: 19319.txt; 19319-8.txt; 19319-h.htm; ]
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle, by Laura Lee Hope 19318
[Subtitle: Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19318 ]
[Files: 19318.txt; 19318-8.txt; 19318-h.htm; ]
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I, by Ian Hamilton 19317
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19317 ]
[Files: 19317.txt; 19317-8.txt; 19317-h.htm]
Lyra Heroica, by Various 19316
[Subtitle: A Book of Verse for Boys]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19316 ]
[Files: 19316.txt; 19316-8.txt; 19316-h.htm]
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi, by Giacomo Leopardi 19315
[Translator: Frederick Townsend]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19315 ]
[Files: 19315.txt; 19315-8.txt; 19315-h.htm]
Raphael, by Estelle M. Hurll 19314
[Subtitle: A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The
Painter With Introduction And Interpretation]
[Editor: Estelle M. Hurll]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19314 ]
[Files: 19314.txt; 19314-8.txt; 19314-0.txt; 19314-h.htm]
The Silk-Hat Soldier, by Richard le Gallienne 19313
[Subtitle: And Other Poems in War Time]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19313 ]
[Files: 19313.txt; 19313-h.htm]
Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19312C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19312 ]
[Files: 19312.txt; 19312-8.txt; 19312-0.txt; 19312-tei.tei;
19312-h.htm; 19312-pdf.pdf]
The Outdoor Girls in Florida, by Laura Lee Hope 19311
[Subtitle: Or, Wintering in the Sunny South]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19311 ]
[Files: 19311.txt; 19311-h.htm; ]
Happy Pollyooly, by Edgar Jepson 19310
[Subtitle: The Rich Little Poor Girl]
[Illus.: Reginald Birch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/1/19310 ]
[Files: 19310.txt; 19310-8.txt; 19310-h.htm; ]
The Reminiscences of an Astronomer, by Simon Newcomb 19309
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19309 ]
[Files: 19309.txt; 19309-8.txt; ]
Pioneers and Founders, by Charlotte Mary Yonge 19308
[Subtitle: or, Recent Workers in the Mission field]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19308 ]
[Files: 19308.txt; 19308-h.htm]
The Lion of Petra, by Talbot Mundy 19307
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19307 ]
[Files: 19307.txt]
Wat er te zien valt in Armenie, by Noel Dolens 19306
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907-1908]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19306 ]
[Files: 19306-8.txt; 19306-h.htm]
Van Toledo naar Granada, deel 2, by Jane Dieulafoy 19305
[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19305 ]
[Files: 19305-8.txt; 19305-h.htm]
Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley, C.N. and A.M. Williamson 19304
[Author: C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson]
[Illustrator: Clarence Rowe]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19304 ]
[Files: 19304.txt; 19304-8.txt; 19304-h.htm]
Raftmates, by Kirk Munroe 19303
[Subtitle: A Story of the Great River]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19303 ]
[Files: 19303.txt; 19303-h.htm; ]
Dinosaurs, by William Diller Matthew 19302
[Subtitle: With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19302 ]
[Files: 19302.txt; 19302-8.txt; 19302-h.htm; ]
Extracts from a Journal of a Voyage of Visitation in the "Hawk," 1859 19301
[Author: Edward Feild]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19301 ]
[Files: 19301.txt; 19301-8.txt; 19301-h.htm; ]
A Traveler's Narrative, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19300C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/3/0/19300 ]
[Files: 19300.txt; 19300-8.txt; 19300-0.txt; 19300-tei.tei;
19300-h.htm; 19300-pdf.pdf]
The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19299C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19299 ]
[Files: 19299.txt; 19299-8.txt; 19299-0.txt; 19299-tei.tei;
19299-h.htm; 19299-pdf.pdf]
The World Order of Baha'u'llah, by Shoghi Effendi 19298C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19298 ]
[Files: 19298.txt; 19298-8.txt; 19298-0.txt; 19298-tei.tei;
19298-h.htm; 19298-pdf.pdf]
Unfolding Destiny, by Shoghi Effendi 19297C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19297 ]
[Files: 19297.txt; 19297-8.txt; 19297-0.txt; 19297-tei.tei;
19297-h.htm; 19297-pdf.pdf]
Tablets of the Divine Plan, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19296C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19296 ]
[Files: 19296.txt; 19296-8.txt; 19296-0.txt; 19296-tei.tei;
19296-h.htm; 19296-pdf.pdf]
The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View, by Laura Lee Hope 19295
[Subtitle: Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19295 ]
[Files: 19295.txt; 19295-h.htm]
The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island, by Laura Lee Hope 19294
[Subtitle: Or, A Cave and What It Contained]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19294 ]
[Files: 19294.txt; 19294-8.txt; 19294-h.htm]
La Legendo de Dorm-Valeto, by Washington Irving 19293
[Translator: Edwin Grobe]
[Language: Esperanto]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19293 ]
[Files: 19293.txt; 19293-0.txt; 19293-h.htm]
Tablet to August Forel, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19292C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19292 ]
[Files: 19292.txt; 19292-8.txt; 19292-0.txt; 19292-tei.tei;
19292-h.htm; 19292-pdf.pdf]
Compilation on Scholarship, by The Universal House of Justice 19291C
[Author: Research Department of the Universal House of Justice]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19291 ]
[Files: 19291.txt; 19291-8.txt; 19291-0.txt; 19291-tei.tei;
19291-h.htm; 19291-pdf.pdf]
Statement on Bah'u'llh, by Bah' International Community 19290C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/9/19290 ]
[Files: 19290.txt; 19290-8.txt; 19290-0.txt; 19290-tei.tei;
19290-h.htm; 19290-pdf.pdf]
Some Answered Questions, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19289C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19289 ]
[Files: 19289.txt; 19289-8.txt; 19289-0.txt; 19289-tei.tei;
19289-h.htm; 19289-pdf.pdf]
Bohemian Days, by Geo. Alfred Townsend 19288
[Subtitle: Three American Tales]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19288 ]
[Files: 19288.txt; 19288-8.txt; 19288-h.htm]
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bah, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19287C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19287 ]
[Files: 19287.txt; 19287-8.txt; 19287-0.txt; 19287-tei.tei;
19287-h.htm; 19287-pdf.pdf]
The Promise of World Peace, by The Universal House of Justice 19286C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19286 ]
[Files: 19286.txt; 19286-8.txt; 19286-0.txt; 19286-tei.tei;
19286-h.htm; 19286-pdf.pdf]
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19285C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19285 ]
[Files: 19285.txt; 19285-8.txt; 19285-0.txt; 19285-tei.tei;
19285-h.htm; 19285-pdf.pdf]
Paris Talks, by `Abdu'l-Bah 19284C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19284 ]
[Files: 19284.txt; 19284-8.txt; 19284-0.txt; 19284-tei.tei;
19284-h.htm; 19284-pdf.pdf]
The Prosperity of Humankind, by Bah' International Community 19283C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19283 ]
[Files: 19283.txt; 19283-8.txt; 19283-0.txt; 19283-tei.tei;
19283-h.htm; 19283-pdf.pdf]
The Promised Day is Come, by Shoghi Effendi 19282C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19282 ]
[Files: 19282.txt; 19282-8.txt; 19282-0.txt; 19282-tei.tei;
19282-h.htm; 19282-pdf.pdf]
One Common Faith, by Baha'i International Community 19281C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19281 ]
[Files: 19281.txt; 19281-8.txt; 19281-0.txt; 19281-tei.tei;
19281-h.htm; 19281-pdf.pdf]
Messages to the Baha'i World: 1950-1957, by Shoghi Effendi 19280C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/8/19280 ]
[Files: 19280.txt; 19280-8.txt; 19280-0.txt; 19280-tei.tei;
19280-h.htm; 19280-pdf.pdf]
Memorials of the Faithful, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19279C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19279 ]
[Files: 19279.txt; 19279-8.txt; 19279-0.txt; 19279-tei.tei;
19279-h.htm; 19279-pdf.pdf]
Messages to Canada, by Shoghi Effendi 19278C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19278 ]
[Files: 19278.txt; 19278-8.txt; 19278-0.txt; 19278-tei.tei;
19278-h.htm; 19278-pdf.pdf]
Messages to America, by Shoghi Effendi 19277C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19277 ]
[Files: 19277.txt; 19277-8.txt; 19277-0.txt; 19277-tei.tei;
19277-h.htm; 19277-pdf.pdf]
High Endeavours: Messages to Alaska, by Shoghi Effendi 19276C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19276 ]
[Files: 19276.txt; 19276-8.txt; 19276-0.txt; 19276-tei.tei;
19276-h.htm; 19276-pdf.pdf]
God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi 19275C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19275 ]
[Files: 19275.txt; 19275-8.txt; 19275-0.txt; 19275-tei.tei;
19275-h.htm; 19275-pdf.pdf]
Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand, Shoghi Effendi 19274C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19274 ]
[Files: 19274.txt; 19274-8.txt; 19274-0.txt; 19274-tei.tei;
19274-h.htm; 19274-pdf.pdf]
The Dead Men's Song, by Champion Ingraham Hitchcock 19273
[Subtitle: Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its
Author Young Ewing Allison]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19273 ]
[Files: 19273.txt; 19273-h.htm]
The Early Bird, by George Randolph Chester 19272
[Subtitle: A Business Man's Love Story]
[Illustrator: Arthur William Brown]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19272 ]
[Files: 19272.txt; 19272-8.txt; 19272-h.htm]
Dawn of a New Day, by Shoghi Effendi 19271C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19271 ]
[Files: 19271.txt; 19271-8.txt; 19271-0.txt; 19271-tei.tei;
19271-h.htm; 19271-pdf.pdf]
Directives from the Guardian, by Shoghi Effendi 19270C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/7/19270 ]
[Files: 19270.txt; 19270-8.txt; 19270-0.txt; 19270-tei.tei;
19270-h.htm; 19270-pdf.pdf]
Compilation on Women by, Universal House of Justice 19269C
[Author: Research Deparment of the Universal House of Justice]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19269 ]
[Files: 19269.txt; 19269-8.txt; 19269-0.txt; 19269-tei.tei;
19269-h.htm; 19269-pdf.pdf]
Compilation on Peace by, Universal House of Justice 19268C
[Author: Research Deparment of the Universal House of Justice]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19268 ]
[Files: 19268.txt; 19268-8.txt; 19268-0.txt; 19268-tei.tei;
19268-h.htm; 19268-pdf.pdf]
Century of Light, by Baha'i International Community 19267C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19267 ]
[Files: 19267.txt; 19267-8.txt; 19267-0.txt; 19267-tei.tei;
19267-h.htm; 19267-pdf.pdf]
Etudes sur Aristophane, by Emile Deschanel 19266
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19266 ]
[Files: 19266-0.txt]
Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters, by Henry Wallace Phillips 19265
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19265 ]
[Files: 19265.txt; 19265-8.txt; 19265-h.htm]
Japanese Literature, by Various 19264
[Subtitle: Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical
Poetry and Drama of Japan]
[Editor: Epiphanius Wilson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19264 ]
[Files: 19264.txt; 19264-8.txt; 19264-h.htm]
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris, by Henry Labouchere 19263
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19263 ]
[Files: 19263.txt; 19263-8.txt; 19263-h.htm]
Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1895 19262
[Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration]
[Subtitle: Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/6/19262 ]
[Files: 19262.txt; 19262-8.txt; 19262-h.htm]
Citadel of Faith, by Shoghi Effendi 19254C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/5/19254 ]
[Files: 19254.txt; 19254-8.txt; 19254-0.txt; 19254-tei.tei;
19254-h.htm; 19254-pdf.pdf]
Compilation on Baha'i Education, by The Universal House of Justice 19253C
[Author: Research Department of the Universal House of Justice]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/5/19253 ]
[Files: 19253.txt; 19253-8.txt; 19253-0.txt; 19253-tei.tei;
19253-h.htm; 19253-pdf.pdf]
Baha'i Administration, by Shoghi Effendi 19252C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/5/19251 ]
[Files: 19252.txt; 19252-8.txt; 19252-0.txt; 19252-tei.tei;
19252-h.htm; 19252-pdf.pdf]
Arohanui: Letters to New Zealand, by Shoghi Effendi 19251C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/5/19251 ]
[Files: 19251.txt; 19251-8.txt; 19251-0.txt; 19251-tei.tei;
19251-h.htm; 19251-pdf.pdf]
'Abdu'l-Baha in London, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19250C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/5/19250 ]
[Files: 19250.txt; 19250-8.txt; 19250-0.txt; 19250-tei.tei;
19250-h.htm; 19250-pdf.pdf]
The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2), by Shoghi Effendi 19245C
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Bahiyyih Khanum, by Baha'i World Centre 19242C
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Baha'u'llah and the New Era, by the Universal House of Justice 19241C
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The Iliad of Homer, by Homer 6130
[Translator: Alexander Pope]
[Commentator: Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley]
[Iluus.: Flaxman's Designs]
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Billy Whiskers, by Frances Trego Montgomery 19167
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Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy, by Chevalier Jackson 19261
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medicine. The author is the father of endoscopic examination of the
airways, and through this book he taught what he had learned on his
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Synnove Paivakumpu, by Bjornstjerne Bjornson 19260
[Language: Finnish]
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His Heart's Queen, by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 19259
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Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung, by Victor Appleton 19258
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Michael McGrath, Postmaster, by Ralph Connor 19257
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Georgie, by Jacob Abbott 19256
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Deeds that Won the Empire, by W. H. Fitchett 19255
[Subtitle: Historic Battle Scenes]
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La vie litteraire, by Anatole France 19249
[Subtitle: Premiere serie]
[Language: French]
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Opinions sociales, by Anatole France 19248
[Language: French]
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Dotty Dimple's Flyaway, by Sophie May 19247
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The Young Pitcher, by Zane Grey 19246
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Baha'i Prayers, by Baha'u'llah, the Bab, and 'Abdu'l-Baha 19240C
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Baha'i World Faith, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19239C
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Foundations of World Unity, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19238C
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The Secret of Divine Civilization, by 'Abdu'l-Baha 19237C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19237 ]
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Japan Will Turn Ablaze!, by Barbara R. Sims 19236C
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19236 ]
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Under the Great Bear, by Kirk Munroe 19235
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19235 ]
[Files: 19235.txt; 19235-8.txt; 19235-h.htm]
Recit d'une excursion, by Claude-Francois de Meneval 19234
[Title: Recit d'une excursion de l'imperatrice Marie-Louise aux
glaciers de Savoie en juillet 1814]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19234 ]
[Files: 19234-8.txt]
Les opinions de M. Jerome Coignard, by Anatole France 19233
[Subtitle: Recueillies par Jacques Tournebroche]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19233 ]
[Files: 19233-8.txt]
De l'influence des passions, by Germaine de Stael-Holstein 19232
[Title: De l'influence des passions sur le bonheur des individus et
des nations]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19232 ]
[Files: 19232-8.txt]
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris, by George Griffith 19231
[Subtitle: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19231 ]
[Files: 19231.txt; 19231-8.txt; 19231-h.htm]
The Story of Paul Boyton, by Paul Boyton 19230
[Subtitle: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/3/19230 ]
[Files: 19230.txt; 19230-8.txt]
Anticipations, by Herbert George Wells 19229
[Subtitle: Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon
Human life and Thought]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19229 ]
[Files: 19229.txt; 19229-8.txt; 19229-h.htm]
Pericles, by William Shakespeare 19228
[Subtitle: Tragedie]
[Translator: Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19228 ]
[Files: 19228-8.txt; 19228-h.htm]
Peines d'amour perdues, by William Shakespeare 19227
[Subtitle: Comedie]
[Translator: Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19227 ]
[Files: 19227-8.txt; 19227-h.htm]
The Dog's Book of Verse, by Various 19226
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19226 ]
[Files: 19226.txt; 19226-8.txt; 19226-h.htm]
Joyce of the North Woods, by Harriet T. Comstock 19225
[Illustrator: John Cassel]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19225 ]
[Files: 19225.txt; 19225-8.txt; 19225-h.htm]
The Alchemist's Secret, by Isabel Cecilia Williams 19224
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19224 ]
[Files: 19224.txt; 19224-h.htm]
At War with Pontiac, by Kirk Munroe and J. Finnemore 19223
[Subtitle: The Totem of the Bear]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19223 ]
[Files: 19223.txt; 19223-8.txt; 19223-h.htm]
Modern English Books of Power, by George Hamlin Fitch 19222
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19222 ]
[Files: 19222.txt; 19222-8.txt; 19222-h.htm]
The Golden Treasury, by Various 19221
[Subtitle: Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19221 ]
[Files: 19221.txt; 19221-8.txt; 19221-h.htm]
Irish Wit and Humor, by Anonymous 19220
[Subtitle: Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/2/19220 ]
[Files: 19220.txt; 19220-8.txt; 19220-h.htm]
La mechante femme mise a la raison, by William Shakespeare 19219
[Subtitle: Comedie]
[Translator: Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19219 ]
[Files: 19219-8.txt; 19219-h.htm]
History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. III, by E. Farr & E. H. Nolan 19218
[Subtitle: From George III. to Victoria]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19218 ]
[Files: 19218.txt; 19218-8.txt; 19218-h.htm]
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II, by Tobias Smollett 19217
[Subtitle: From William and Mary to George II.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19217 ]
[Files: 19217.txt; 19217-8.txt; 19217-h.htm]
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Part F, by David Hume 19216
[Subtitle: From Charles II. to James II.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19216 ]
[Files: 19216.txt; 19216-8.txt; 19216-h.htm]
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Part E, by David Hume 19215
[Subtitle: From Charles I. to Cromwell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19215 ]
[Files: 19215.txt; 19215-8.txt; 19215-h.htm]
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Part D, by David Hume 19214
[Subtitle: From Elizabeth to James I.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19214 ]
[Files: 19214.txt; 19214-8.txt; 19214-h.htm]
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Part C, by David Hume 19213
[Subtitle: From Henry VII. to Mary]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19213 ]
[Files: 19213.txt; 19213-8.txt; 19213-h.htm]
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Part B, by David Hume 19212
[Subtitle: From Henry III. to Richard III.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19212 ]
[Files: 19212.txt; 19212-8.txt; 19212-h.htm]
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Part A, by David Hume 19211
[Subtitle: From the Britons of Early Times to King John]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19211 ]
[Files: 19211.txt; 19211-8.txt; 19211-h.htm]
Faidoni, by Plato 19210
[Subtitle: Platonin keskustelma Sokrateen viimeisista hetkista ja
sielun kuolemattomuudesta]
[Translator: J. W. Calamnius]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/1/19210 ]
[Files: 19210-0.txt; 19210-h.htm]
The Andes and the Amazon, by James Orton 19209
[Subtitle: Across the Continent of South America]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19209 ]
[Files: 19209.txt; 19209-8.txt; 19209-h.htm]
Vitality Supreme, by Bernarr Macfadden 19208
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19208 ]
[Files: 19208.txt; 19208-h.htm]
The Firelight Fairy Book, by Henry Beston 19207
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19207 ]
[Files: 19207.txt; 19207-doc.doc; 19207-h.htm]
Under Drake's Flag, by G. A. Henty 19206
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Spanish Main]
[Illustrator: Gordon Browne]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19206 ]
[Files: 19206.txt; 19206-h.htm]
The Vikings of Helgeland, by Henrik Ibsen 19205
[Subtitle: The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19205 ]
[Files: 19205.txt]
Lady Larkspur, by Meredith Nicholson 19204
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19204 ]
[Files: 19204.txt; 19204-8.txt; 19204-h.htm]
The Great Round World, Vol. 2, No. 5, by Various 19203
[Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2,
No. 5, February 3, 1898]
[Subtitle: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls]
[Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19203 ]
[Files: 19203.txt; 19203-8.txt; 19203-h.htm]
Cicely and Other Stories, by Annie Fellows Johnston 19202
[Illustrator: Sears Gallagher]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19202 ]
[Files: 19202.txt; 19202-8.txt; 19202-h.htm]
Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare 19201
[Subtitle: Tragedie]
[Translator: Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19201 ]
[Files: 19201-8.txt; 19201-h.htm]
The History of a Lie, by Herman Bernstein 19200
[Subtitle: 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion']
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/2/0/19200 ]
[Files: 19200.txt; 19200-8.txt; 19200-0.txt; 19200-h.htm]
The Friendships of Women, by William Rounseville Alger 19199
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19199 ]
[Files: 19199.txt; 19199-8.txt]
Aliens or Americans?, by Howard B. Grose 19198
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19198 ]
[Files: 19198.txt; 19198-8.txt; 19198-h.htm]
How Freckle Frog Made Herself Pretty, by Charlotte B. Herr 19197
[Illustrator: Frances Beem]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19197 ]
[Files: 19197.txt; 19197-h.htm]
Homeburg Memories, by George Helgesen Fitch 19196
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19196 ]
[Files: 19196.txt; 19196-8.txt; 19196-h.htm]
Rollo in the Woods, by Jacob Abbott 19195
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19195 ]
[Files: 19195.txt; 19195-h.htm]
Rebel Raider, by H. Beam Piper 19194
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19194 ]
[Files: 19194.txt; 19194-h.htm]
Making the Most of Life, by J. R. Miller 19193
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19193 ]
[Files: 19193.txt]
What is Darwinism?, by Charles Hodge 19192
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19192 ]
[Files: 19192.txt; 19192-8.txt; 19192-h.htm]
The Fruit of the Tree, by Edith Wharton 19191
[Illustrator: Alonzo Kimball]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19191 ]
[Files: 19191.txt; 19191-8.txt; 19191-0.txt; 19191-h.htm]
Men Called Him Master, by Elwyn Allen Smith 19190
[Illustrator: Harold Minton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/1/9/19190 ]
[Files: 19190.txt; 19190-h.htm]
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Sep 2006 Coo-ee, by Harriet Anne Patchett Martin [060756xx.xxx] 1274A
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Sep 2006 Human Toll, by Barbara Baynton [060753xx.xxx] 1271A
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Black Mask Collection, 12,000 HTML eBook Files
The Coradella Bookshelf Collection, 141 eBook Files
DjVu Collection, 272 PDF and DJVU eBook Files
eBooks@Adelaide Collection, 27,709 eBook Files
Himalayan Academy, 3,400 HTML eBook Files
Internet Archive ~30,000 eBook Files [In Progress] <<<
Literal Systems Collection, 68 MP3 eBook Files
Logos Group Collection, ~34,000 TXT eBook Files
Poet's Corner Poetry Collection, 6,700 Poetry Files
Project Gutenberg Collection, 15,035 eBook Files
PGCC Chinese eBook Collection ~300 eBook files <<< Note Name Change
Renascence Editions Collection, 561 HTML eBook Files
Swami Center Collection, 78 HTML eBook Files
Tony Kline Collection, 223 HTML eBook Files
Widger Library, 2,600 HTML eBook Files
CIA's Electronic Reading Room, 2,019 Reference Files
=======Grand Total Files=========~137,142 Total Files=====
Average Size of the Collections 8,067.18 Total Files
These eBooks are catalogued as per the instructions of
their donors: some are one file per book; some have a
file for each chapter; and some even have a file for a
single page or poem. . .or are overcounted for reasons
I have not mentioned. . .each of which could cause the
overcounting or duplication of numbers.
If we presume 2 out of 3 of these files are overcounts,
that leaves a unique book total of
~45,714 Unique eBooks
If we presume 3 out of 4 of these files are overcounts,
that leaves a unique book total of
~34,286 Unique eBooks
*
The new overall collection size, which has reduced the
need to account for duplications and eBooks with files
for each chapter, etc.
[160,000 files representing some 80,000+ Unique eBooks]
***
Please also note that over 25,000 eBooks are listed via
The Online Books Page, of which over 6,300 are from PG.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
In addition: The Internet Public Library had a similar
listing which is now in limbo. If anyone knows what is
happening with the IPL, please let us know. Inquiries,
made months ago, and again recently, have not turned up
any current information.
You can try a new IPL service at:
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/
It would appear that The Internet Public Library ended
its first incarnation with about 22,284 entries, which
has now been surpassed by the Online Books Page.
Still looking for more Internet Public Library info.
***
Today Is Day #252 of 2006
This Completes Week #36 and Month #08.25 [364 days this year]
112 Days/18 Weeks To Go [We get 52 Wednesdays this year]
8,789 Books To Go To #30,000
We are 12% of the way from 20,000 to 30,000
[Our production year begins/ends
1st Wednesday of the month/year]
85 Weekly Average in 2006
61 Weekly Average in 2005 [Counting 216 PGEu]
57 Weekly Average in 2005 [Not Counting PGEu]
78 Weekly Average in 2004
79 Weekly Average in 2003
47 Weekly Average in 2002
24 Weekly Average in 2001
52 Only ~42 Numbers Left On Our Reserved Numbers List
[Used to be well over 100]
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Statistical Review
In the 36 weeks of this year, we have produced 3063 new eBooks.
It took us from 07/71 to 02/02 to produce our FIRST 3063 eBooks!!!
That's 36 WEEKS as Compared to ~31 YEARS!!!
FLASHBACK!
Here's a sample of what books we were doing around eBook #3063
Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
A "C" Following The eText # Indicates That This eText Is Under Copyright
[Note: books without month and year entries are now in new catalog format]
Feb 2002 The Red Man's Continent, Ellsworth Huntington [redmaxxx.xxx] 3066
[Title: The Red Man's Continent, A Chronicle of Aboriginal America]
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #8, Theodor Mommsen (German) [8mommxxx.xxx] 3065
[Language: German]
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #5, Theodor Mommsen (German) [5mommxxx.xxx] 3064
[Language: German]
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #4, Theodor Mommsen (German) [4mommxxx.xxx] 3063
[Language: German]
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #3, Theodor Mommsen (German) [3mommxxx.xxx] 3062
[Language: German]
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #2, Theodor Mommsen (German) [2mommxxx.xxx] 3061
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #1, Theodor Mommsen (German) [1mommxxx.xxx] 3060
[Translation: Roman History. We have books 1-5 and 8.]
[Language: German]
Feb 2002 The Iliad of Homer, trans. Andrew Lang, et al. [iliabxxx.xxx] 3059
[Tr.: Andrew Lang, M.A., Walter Leaf, Litt.D., And Ernest Myers, M.A.]
A Changed Man and Other Tales, by Thomas Hardy 3058
Feb 2002 The Common Edition: New Testament, Trans. Clontz [comedxxx.xxx] 3057C
[Tr.: Timothy E. Clontz. This is a translation of the Bible.]
Wessex Tales, by Thomas Hardy 3056
Feb 2002 Wood Beyond the World, William Morris [#7][wbydwxxx.xxx] 3055
Feb 2002 Volcanic Islands, by Charles Darwin [Darwin #16][vlcisxxx.xxx] 3054
Feb 2002 Signs of Change, William Morris [#6][sgnchxxx.xxx] 3053
Feb 2002 Works Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies, Plutarch [plutaxxx.xxx] 3052
[Title: The Complete Works Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies]
Feb 2002 An Open-Eyed Conspiracy, William Dean Howells [#7][opneyxxx.xxx] 3051
Jan 2002 Notes of a War Correspondent, R. H. Davis [#32][ntwrcxxx.xxx] 3050
Jan 2002 A Group of Noble Dames, Thomas Hardy [#15][nbldmxxx.xxx] 3049
Jan 2002 The Little Duke, Charlotte M. Yonge [#6][ltdukxxx.xxx] 3048
Jan 2002 Life's Little Ironies etc., Thomas Hardy [#14][lfirnxxx.xxx] 3047
Jan 2002 The Land of the Changing Sun, William N. Harben [lcsunxxx.xxx] 3046
Jan 2002 Last Chronicle of Barset, Anthony Trollope [#9][lacobxxx.xxx] 3045
Desperate Remedies, by Thomas Hardy 3044
Jan 2002 The Quaker Colonies, Sydney G. Fisher [quakexxx.xxx] 3043
Jan 2002 Hispanic Nations of the New World, Wm. R. Shepherd[hispnxxx.xxx] 3042
Jan 2002 The Cleveland Era, Henry Jones Ford [clevexxx.xxx] 3041
[Title: The Cleveland Era, A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics]
Jan 2002 The Boss and the Machine, Samuel P. Orth [bossmxxx.xxx] 3040
Jan 2002 Forty-Two Poems by James Elroy Flecker[Flecker #1][42pomxxx.xxx] 3039
Jan 2002 The Armies of Labor, Samuel P. Orth [laborxxx.xxx] 3038
Jan 2002 The Age of Big Business, Burton J. Hendrick [agebbxxx.xxx] 3037
Jan 2002 The Railroad Builders, John Moody [rroadxxx.xxx] 3036
Jan 2002 The Day of the Confederacy, Nathaniel Stephenson [daycoxxx.xxx] 3035
Jan 2002 The Anti-Slavery Crusade, Jesse Macy [ascruxxx.xxx] 3034
Jan 2002 The Passing of the Frontier, Emerson Hough [passfxxx.xxx] 3033
Jan 2002 The Fathers of the Constitution, Max Farrand [fathcxxx.xxx] 3032
Jan 2002 Wild Animals I Have Known, E. T. Seton [Seton #3][wldamxxx.xxx] 3031
Jan 2002 The Tavern Knight, Rafael Sabatini [Sabatini #10][tavrnxxx.xxx] 3030
Jan 2002 Real Soldiers of Fortune, Richard H. Davis [#31][resofxxx.xxx] 3029
Jan 2002 The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia P. Hale [petpaxxx.xxx] 3028
Jan 2002 The Orange Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, Ed. [Lang #29][orangxxx.xxx] 3027
Jan 2002 North of Boston, by Robert Frost [Frost #2][nobosxxx.xxx] 3026
Jan 2002 A Mountain Europa, by John Fox, Jr. [Fox #6][europxxx.xxx] 3025
Jan 2002 The Last Stetson, by John Fox, Jr. [Fox #5][lasttxxx.xxx] 3024
Jan 2002 Faust Part 1, Johann W. Von Goethe [Goethe #32][faustxxx.xxx] 3023
Jan 2002 A Cumberland Vendetta, by John Fox Jr. [Fox #4][cnvenxxx.xxx] 3022
Jan 2002 A Boy's Will, Robert Frost [Frost #1][boyswxxx.xxx] 3021
/
Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet?
If our average eBook has reached just 1% of the world population of
6,543,829,379 that would be 21,211 x 65,438,294 = ~1.39 Trillion !!!
With 21,211 eBooks online as of September 13, 2006 it now takes an average
of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.72 from each book.
[1% world population x #eBooks] 65,438,294 x 21,211 x $.72 = ~$1 Trillion
[Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.]
[By the way, the US "popclock" is about to turn to 300 million people.]
[Just turning 299.7 million this week!]
A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.47 Value Per Book To 100 Million
With 21,211 eBooks online as of September 13, 2006 it now takes an average
of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.47 from each book.
This "cost" is down from about $.58 when we had 17,130 eBooks a year ago.
Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100 million people.
Next Decade's Target: 15% Of The world Population = 1 billion !!! people.
At 21,211 eBooks in 35 Years and 02.25 Months We Averaged
603 Per Year
50 Per Month
1.65 Per Day
At 3063 eBooks Done In The 252 Days Of 2006 We Averaged
12.2 Per Day
85 per Week
371 Per Month
If you are interested in the population of the world or of the U.S.
you might want to know that these numbers, official as they appear,
are just just estimates, and perhaps not as accurate as we hope.
However, for those keeping track of how quickly the U.S. reaches a
300 million population level, and who noticed the passing of 298M,
just two weeks ago. . .the U.S. is already 1/6 the way to 299M, so
it will probably be 10 more weeks to 299M and 22 more to 300M.
Recently the U.S. Congress, pertaining to district reapportionment,
who gets to vote for which Congresspeople, decided that many of the
districts were undercounted by 5%, perhaps then later deciding that
all districts had been undercounted by 5% [can't recall details].
*
The production statistics are calculated based on full weeks'
production; each production-week starts/ends Wednesday noon,
starts with the first Wednesday of January. January 4th was
the first Wednesday of 2006, and thus ended PG's production
year of 2005 and began the production year of 2006 at noon.
This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week.
***BREAK FOR PT1A AND PT1B***
*Headline News from Edupage
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
PUBLISHERS GIVE ONLINE MAGAZINES TO COLLEGE STUDENTS
The Magazine Publishers of America is sponsoring a program that will
provide free online magazine subscriptions to college students in an
effort to draw them into magazine readership. Magazine publishers have
long dealt with distribution problems for college students, who
typically change addresses frequently. At the same time, publishers are
working to understand how digital delivery fits into the larger picture
of magazine readership. During the program, students at five
institutions will have the option of subscribing to a particular
publication, a different one for each school. Students who opt in will
receive e-mails with links to the online version of the magazine, which
is identical to the printed version, including advertisements.
Organizers hope that after students graduate and settle down, they will
become subscribers and readers of the magazines' print version. Nina
Link, president and chief executive of the Magazine Publishers of
America, stressed that her organization believes that digital and print
versions are both viable but in different contexts. Other publishers
agreed. Jack Kliger, president and chief executive of Hachette
Filipacchi, said that each medium has advantages over the other but
that both are important.
New York Times, 7 September 2006 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/business/media/07adco.html
NEW KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL OPENS IN PHILADELPHIA
The city of Philadelphia and Microsoft teamed up to create a new kind
of high school, one that its designers hope will usher in different
kinds of learning to better suit the needs of today's companies. About
170 students--mostly black kids from low-income families--make up the
first freshman class of the School of the Future. The school brims with
technology--students carry laptops instead of books, the entire
facility has wireless Internet access, teachers use interactive smart
boards--but it also takes a new approach to the structure of a school
day. School runs from 9:15 a.m. to 4:19 p.m., approximating a typical
office work day, and students have appointments with teachers rather
than strict class times. As they move through lessons, students'
computers monitor how much they are learning and adjust lessons
accordingly. To graduate from the school, which is expected to have 750
students eventually, students must apply to college. Doug Lynch, vice
dean of the Graduate School of Education at The University of
Pennsylvania, said the project is interesting in that it breaks such
new ground but noted that "we have to be careful because you're
messing with kids' lives."
San Jose Mercury News, 7 September 2006
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15463748.htm
LOS ALAMOS LAB COMMISSIONS FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER
[I don't know if I mentioned it here, but I have been predicting
that game chips would show up in supercomputers, simply because
they have so much bang for the buck]
The U.S. Department of Energy has commissioned IBM to build a
supercomputer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico that
will be as much as four times faster than the Blue Gene/L at the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, currently the world's fastest
supercomputer. The new computer, dubbed Roadrunner, will use 16,000
standard processors and 16,000 so-called cell processors, which were
designed for Sony's PlayStation 3 game console. Because each cell
consists of eight individual processors, Roadrunner will be able to
achieve its speed using far fewer processors than comparable systems.
Other efforts have focused on using the power of cell processors to
solve large computing problems. Researchers at Stanford University in
August said they were working on a system that would allow PS3 game
consoles to function as a large, distributed-computing system.
According to the researchers, 10,000 game consoles would provide
roughly 1 petaflop of processing--the amount expected from Roadrunner.
The Stanford researchers said they hope eventually to recruit 100,000
game consoles to their project.
BBC, 7 September 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5322704.stm
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OPEN ACCESS
The presidents of 53 liberal arts colleges have signed a letter
supporting the Federal Public Research Access Act, which would require
free and public access to research funded by the federal government.
Librarians have for years protested the steeply rising costs of
academic journals, noting that each year they can afford fewer of the
resources that students and faculty need. Supporters of the legislation
argue it would level the playing field for researchers and would
appropriately allow public access to publicly funded science.
Publishers of academic journals and the scholarly societies they
represent lambasted the legislation, saying it would undermine peer
review and the quality of the journals. Allan Adler of the Association
of American Publishers said the legislation is "short-sighted" and is
simply an attempt by librarians to obtain for free what they have
always paid for. The academic community, however, seems inclined to
disagree. The new letter of support from college presidents follows
similar support in July from the provosts of 25 research universities.
According to the new letter, which was drafted by a library group at
Oberlin College, the legislation would "democratize access to research
information" and would "benefit education, research, and the general public."
Inside Higher Ed, 6 September 2006
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/06/access
SOUTH KENT COLLEGE DISTRIBUTES IPODS
Students at South Kent College in Dover, England, will be given free
iPod Nanos that school officials hope will be used to listen to missed
lectures. Josh Coleman, assistant principal at the school, said that
the idea to provide iPods was based on examples in the United States
and Australia for how to foster new kinds of learning. He said he does
not expect attendance in classes to decline as a result. Some critics
said the scheme is merely a gimmick to attract students. Coleman
rejected that notion, saying the program will provide long-term
benefits to the institution. Nick Seaton, chairman of an organization
called Campaign for Real Education, characterized the iPods as bribes,
saying they undercut the idea that education is valuable. "Youngsters
should want to take the courses for their own sake if they are
worthwhile," he said. Giving out iPods to students is "a scandalous
waste of taxpayers' money," Seaton concluded.
BBC, 6 September 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/5319258.stm
DIGITAL DIVIDE REMAINS FOR STUDENTS
According to new data from the National Center for Education
Statistics, despite an overall increase in computer usage among
students, minorities continue to trail in their levels of Internet
access. The data, gathered from a 2003 survey, indicate that while
two-thirds of white students use the Internet, just 47 percent of black
students and 44 percent of Hispanic students do so. Due to increasing
computer access at schools, the gaps are lower during the school day.
At home, however, 54 percent of white students have Internet access,
compared to 27 percent of black and 26 percent of Hispanic students.
Mark Lloyd, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress,
expressed strong concern about the persistence of the digital divide.
"This creates incredible barriers for minorities," he said,
"[narrowing] their ability to even think about the kind of work they
can be doing."
San Jose Mercury News, 5 September 2006
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15444856.htm
GOOGLE LAUNCHES NEWS ARCHIVE SEARCH
Google is launching a new service that provides access to archives of
news articles from several major organizations. With the new Google
News Archive Search, users can perform keyword searches and see
excerpts from the results of articles provided by participating
publishers. From there, users can click through to the archival
version, typically hosted by the content owners, where the full text of
the article is available, sometimes for free and other times for a fee.
Participating in the service are the New York Times, the Washington
Post, the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, LexisNexis, and others.
The content in the service in some cases dates back to the 19th century
and earlier, giving researchers access to sources that formerly would
have been difficult or impossible to locate. Danny Sullivan, editor in
chief of SearchEngineWatch, said the service could provide new revenue
for news organizations through fees for archival stories.
Wall Street Journal, 6 September 2006 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115751253850554792.html
CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCES FREE WI-FI FOR SILICON VALLEY
A group of companies calling itself Silicon Valley Metro Connect has
announced a vast Wi-Fi network covering large portions of Silicon
Valley. The network will be the result of a solicitation from the San
Mateo County Telecommunications Authority, an agency representing
cities and counties in Silicon Valley. The agency selected Metro
Connect's bid for the project, though the deal allows cities to work
with other contractors. Metro Connect includes IBM, Cisco Systems,
Azulstar Networks, and the nonprofit SeaKay. The network, which is
expected to begin operating as early as next year, will offer speeds of
up to 1 Mbps for free or higher speeds for a fee. Nearly 2.5 million
residents of an area covering 1,500 square miles will be able to access
the network outside, though they will need to purchase boosters to use
the signal inside homes or offices.
CNET, 5 September 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-6112569.html
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
*QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
"It is a part of the acceptance of the rule of law that the courts
will be able to exercise jurisdiction over the executive.
Otherwise the conduct of the executive is not defined and
restrained by law. It is because of that principle, that the USA,
deliberately seeking to put the detainees beyond the reach of the
law in Guantanamo Bay, is so shocking an affront to the principles
of democracy. That we disagree on this issue does not detract from
the fact that the USA is a close and staunch ally of the UK.
Without independent judicial control, we cannot give effect to the
essential values of our society. To give effect to our democratic
values needs the participation of executive, legislature, and
judiciary together. How well they do it, as in every endeavour,
depends on the quality of the individual decisions each branch of
the state takes. The ability to give effect to these values is not
just the morally correct position to take, though I believe it is
most certainly that. It is also a vital part of providing security
for our peoples."
Head of the British Judicary, with permission of Prime Minister
[Just this morning on the BBC]
/
History is replete with examples of such lopsided relationships
within nations or between one nation and another. Here in southern
Africa, there were cases of this nature in the former white-minority
led countries of Rhodesia and South Africa, and between these
countries and their majority-ruled neighbours. The minority
governments of the two countries were rich and militarily powerful
compared to their black subjects and the governments of their
majority-ruled neighbouring countries. It was, therefore, not
surprising that the governments of the two white-ruled states reacted
so arrogantly to the legitimate demands of their black populations
and the criticisms of their neighbouring states. They saw themselves
surviving indefinitely and comfortably, so long as they did enough to
extinguish the aspirations of their black populations and inflicted
painful-enough military punishments on their troublesome, black-ruled
neighbours. Needless to say, this was not to be.
Nelson Mandela
*STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer,
heard from many locales around the world, even those most
economically powerful and with the highest growth rates.
*DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK
Dick Cheney on the Sunday morning news program Meet The Press:
About the Iraq War being the proper response to 9/11:
"If we had it to do over again, we'd do exactly the same thing."
"Exactly the same thing?" replied host tim Russert, giving V.P.
Cheney a graceful way out.
"Yes, sir," was Cheney's reply.
Later in the same program he said he would do things differently.
/
President Bush also rang the same note when he said
about doing the right thing: "I am often asked why
we are in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was not responsible
for the 9/11 attacks, the answer is that the regime
of Saddam Hussein was a clear threat."
This literally only days after gov't reports that there
was no connection, no weapons of mass destruction, etc.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
Iraq will continue to be a quagmire, simply because
there is no plan, and never was, just like Korea in
1950 and Viet Nam in in the 1960's and 1970's.
The Iraq War will be shown to already have cost $1T.
9/11 will be shown to have already cost $1 Trillion, too.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
While al this was going on, the number of military deaths
in Iraq and Afghanistan passed 3,000, more than 9/11.
*
By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population
estimates just passed 299 million, though many say estimations
of this nature leave out as much as 5% of the population, with
the obvious exclusion of the 11-12 million immigrant workers
now being mentioned so much in the news.
Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries.
[This one is getting a little out of date, as the US population
is obviously no longer 6% of the world. In fact, rounding to the
nearest percent, the US will soon fall from 5% to 4%.]
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South America
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer [I think this is now much greater]
1 would be 79 years old or more.
Of those born today, the life expectancy is only 63 years,
but no country any longer issues copyrights that are sure
to expire within that 63 year period.
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
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2001 The Midnight Queen, by May Agnes Fleming [mdnqnxxx.xxx] 2950
Dec 2001 Stories of a Western Town, by Octave Thanet [wstwnxxx.xxx] 2949
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The Face Of Failure
Tommy And Thomas
Mother Emeritus
An Assisted Providence
Harry Lossing
Dec 2001 Where Angels Fear to Tread, by E. M. Forster [#4][wafttxxx.xxx] 2948
Dec 2001 von denen Faunen gepeitschte Laster, by Zaeunemann[?faunxxx.xxx] 2947
[Title: Die von denen Faunen gepeitschte Laster]
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Dec 2001 Howards End, by E. M. Forster [E. M. Forster #3] [hoendxxa.xxx] 2946
(This is version 10a, see also #2891)
Dec 2001 Essays, Second Series, by Ralph Waldo Emerson[E#2][2srwexxx.xxx] 2945
Dec 2001 Essays, First Series, by Ralph Waldo Emerson [E#1][1srwexxx.xxx] 2944
The Great Hunger, by Johan Bojer 2943
Dec 2001 Two Penniless Princesses, by Charlotte M. Yonge #5[2pnprxxx.xxx] 2942
Dec 2001 The Chinese Classics (Prolegomena), by James Legge[prolgxxx.xxx] 2941
Nov 2001 Evolution and Ethics et. al., by T. H. Huxley[#30][thx20xxx.xxx] 2940
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Science And Morals
Capital--The Mother Of Labour
Social Diseases And Worse Remedies
The Struggle For Existence In Human Society
Letters To The Times
Legal Opinions
The Articles Of War Of The Salvation Army
Nov 2001 The Circulation of the Blood, by T. H. Huxley[#29][thx19xxx.xxx] 2939
[Author: William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood]
Nov 2001 Yeast, Thomas Henry Huxley[Thomas Henry Huxley#28][thx18xxx.xxx] 2938
Nov 2001 Coral and Coral Reefs, by T. H. Huxley [#27][thx17xxx.xxx] 2937
Nov 2001 Geological Contemporaneity, by T. H. Huxley [#26][thx16xxx.xxx] 2936
[Title: Geological Contemporaniety and Persistent Types of Life]
Nov 2001 On the Study of Zoology, by T. H. Huxley [THH #25][thx15xxx.xxx] 2935
Nov 2001 Improving Natural Knowledge, by T. H. Huxley [#24][thx14xxx.xxx] 2934
[On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge]
Nov 2001 On Some Fossil Remains of Man by T. H. Huxley[#23][thx13xxx.xxx] 2933
Nov 2001 Relations of Man to Lower Animals, T H Huxley[#22][thx12xxx.xxx] 2932
[Title: On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals]
Nov 2001 Man's Place in Nature, by Thomas Henry Huxley[#21][thx11xxx.xxx] 2931
[Title: Evidence as to Man's Place In Nature]
Nov 2001 Criticisms on "The Origin of Species", by Huxley [thx10xxx.xxx] 2930
[Author: Thomas Henry Huxley] [THH #20]
Nov 2001 The Origin of Species, by Thomas Henry Huxley[#19][thx09xxx.xxx] 2929
(See also #2009 and #1228)
Nov 2001 Time and Life, by Thomas Henry Huxley [THH #18][thx08xxx.xxx] 2928
Nov 2001 The Darwinian Hypothesis, by Thomas H. Huxley[#17][thx07xxx.xxx] 2927
Nov 2001 Examination of Origin of Species by TH Huxley[#16][thx06xxx.xxx] 2926
[A Critical Examination of the Position of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On the
[Origin of Species," In Relation to the Complete Theory of the Causes
[of the Phenomena of Organic Nature]
Nov 2001 The Conditions of Existence, by T. H. Huxley [#15][thx05xxx.xxx] 2925
[Title: The Conditions of Existence as Affecting the Perpetuation of
Living Beings]
Nov 2001 The Perpetuation of Living Beings, by Huxley [#14][thx04xxx.xxx] 2924
[Title: The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission
and Variation]
Nov 2001 The Origination of Living Beings, by T Huxley[#13][thx03xxx.xxx] 2923
[The Method by which the Causes of the Present and Past Conditions of
Organic Nature Are to Be Discovered.--The Origination of LIving Beings
Nov 2001 Past Condition of Organic Nature, T. H. Huxley #12[thx02xxx.xxx] 2922
[Title: The Past Condition of Organic Nature, by Thomas Henry Huxley]
Nov 2001 Present Condition of Organic Nature, TH Huxley #11[thx01xxx.xxx] 2921
[Title: The Present Condition of Organic Nature, by Thomas Henry Huxley]
Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet?
If our average eBook has reached just 1% of the world population of
6,542,336,642 that would be 21,090 x 65,423,366 = ~1.38 Trillion !!!
With 21,090 eBooks online as of September 06, 2006 it now takes an average
of ~1% of the world gaining a nominal value of ~$.72 from each book.
[1% world population x #eBooks] 65,423,366 x 21,090 x $.73 = ~$1 Trillion
[Google "world population" "popclock" to get the most current figures.]
[By the way, the US "popclock" is about to turn to 300 million people.]
[Just turning 299.7 million this week!]
A Trillion Dollars Given Away At Just $.47 Value Per Book To 100 Million
With 21,090 eBooks online as of September 06, 2006 it now takes an average
of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $0.47 from each book.
This "cost" is down from about $.59 when we had 17,106 eBooks a year ago.
Our Target Audience Is 1.5% Of The World Population = ~100,000,000 people.
Next Decade's Target: 15% Of The world Population = 1,000,000,000 people.
At 21,090 eBooks in 35 Years and 02.00 Months We Averaged
600 Per Year
50 Per Month
1.64 Per Day
At 2942 eBooks Done In The 245 Days Of 2006 We Averaged
12.0 Per Day
84 per Week
368 Per Month
If you are interested in the population of the world or of the U.S.
you might want to know that these numbers, official as they appear,
are just just estimates, and perhaps not as accurate as we hope.
However, for those keeping track of how quickly the U.S. reaches a
300 million population level, and who noticed the passing of 298M,
just two weeks ago. . .the U.S. is already 1/6 the way to 299M, so
it will probably be 10 more weeks to 299M and 22 more to 300M.
Recently the U.S. Congress, pertaining to district reapportionment,
who gets to vote for which Congresspeople, decided that many of the
districts were undercounted by 5%, perhaps then later deciding that
all districts had been undercounted by 5% [can't recall details].
*
The production statistics are calculated based on full weeks'
production; each production-week starts/ends Wednesday noon,
starts with the first Wednesday of January. January 4th was
the first Wednesday of 2006, and thus ended PG's production
year of 2005 and began the production year of 2006 at noon.
This year there will be 52 Wednesdays, thus no extra week.
***BREAK FOR PT1A AND PT1B***
*Headline News from Edupage
[PG Editor's Comments In Brackets]
NORWICH LAUNCHES FREE WI-FI
The city of Norwich, in the United Kingdom, has launched an 18-month
pilot test of a free wireless network covering several areas of the
city. Kurt Frary, manager of the project, said that the implementation,
which includes more than 200 antennae, has been trouble-free so far. In
an effort not to compete with commercial services, the network offers
speeds of 256 Kbps for the public. Users must also log in again every
60 minutes if they want to use the network longer than an hour. Because
the network is open, Frary advised using firewalls, antivirus
protection, and, for business users, VPNs for individuals who connect
to the network. Paul Adams, a member of the city council, said the
pilot is intended to gauge the benefits of free Wi-Fi for both the
public and municipal employees. During the first three weeks of the
test, a significant portion of the usage was centered around
universities and libraries in the city, according to Adams, who
predicted that "Educational use, student use, and the virtual learning
environment is going to be a big use."
BBC, 31 August 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5297884.stm
MOON GAME USES REAL DATA
A new computer game developed by California-based Virtue Arts uses real
data about the moon, prompting NASA to say it will use the software to
develop space vehicles and train astronauts. Using public data
collected by NASA and international space organizations, the developers
of Lunar Racing Championship created an environment that accurately
portrays the topography and environmental conditions of the moon in a
car-racing game. Because the moon's gravity is so much less than the
Earth's, for example, cars in the game rely not on aerodynamics but on
small rocket boosters for control. The fine dust on the moon's surface
combined with the low gravity can result in dust clouds if a vehicle
travels at more than 8 m.p.h., a concern both for players of the game
and for NASA scientists designing vehicles for the moon. Virtue Arts
developed technology that allows a PC to process the vast amount of
data necessary to create a realistic environment. The company is
expected to begin selling the lunar exploration software this fall.
CNET, 1 September 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-11397_3-6111838.html
JUDGE IN BRAZIL ORDERS GOOGLE TO TURN OVER DATA
A judge in Brazil has ordered Google to release user information
relating to an investigation of child pornography and hate speech.
Prosecutors in the country allege that users of Orkut, a networking
site operated by Google, use the site to exchange illegal photographs
and to post hate speech targeting blacks, Jews, and homosexuals.
Officials from Google said that although the company has been
cooperating with investigative requests from Brazilian authorities,
Google does not maintain information on users of Orkut. The judge in
the case rejected that argument and ordered Google to turn over
requested information or face fines of $23 million per day. "It is not
relevant that the data are stored in the United States," said Judge
Jose Marcos Lunardelli, "since all the photographs and messages being
investigated were published by Brazilians, through Internet connection
in national territory."
Houston Chronicle, 31 August 2006
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4155909.html
HARVARD OFFERS VIRTUAL CLASS IN SECOND LIFE
This fall, Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson will coteach a
course on argument with his daughter, Harvard Extension School
instructor Rebecca Nesson, that will take place in the Second Life
virtual world. In Second Life, users create avatars that they control,
using them to move around the virtual environment and interact with
others and with the virtual physical space. A number of other colleges
and universities have used Second Life as a component of certain
courses. For this new course at Harvard, Nesson and Nesson will teach
students--entirely through the virtual environment--how to use blogs,
wikis, podcasts, and other electronic tools to make effective
arguments. The class, which is open to the public through Harvard's
extension school, will take place in an online replica of the
university's Ames Courtroom. Rebecca Nesson will hold office hours in
Second Life; Charles Nesson's office hours will be in his actual office.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 August 2006 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/08/2006083001t.htm
ONLINE COURSES DRAW GROWING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS
According to new research conducted by Eduventures, online education
has come to represent a considerable portion of continuing and
professional education students at nonprofit institutions. For-profit
institutions are typically considered the leaders in online
enrollments, but nonprofits now have about 20 percent of their
continuing and professional students in such programs. The study, which
covered 43 institutions, also found that online courses take more time
and money to develop than in-class courses and that half of the
institutions that offer online programs have outsourced at least some
of the components. Eduventures also predicted that enrollments in
online continuing education programs will grow by about 20 percent
annually for the next several years.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 29 August 2006 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/08/2006082902n.htm
DOWNLOADING STARTS AT GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH
Google's controversial Book Search program is set to begin offering
downloads of entire out-of-copyright texts. Until now, books in the
program were available online only. With the option to download texts,
users can now easily search those texts, print copies of them, or keep
local copies on their computers to read offline. Books still under
copyright protection are not available for download. Instead, small
sections of text are online for users to view, unless the copyright
owner grants Google permission to show more text. Many publishers and
others have objected to Google's model, saying that even scanning
copyrighted books and displaying snippets of them violates their
copyright. Sidney Verba, director of the Harvard University Library,
one of the libraries participating in the program, said that the
ability to search texts allows users to "find previously buried
information about historical events or people, places of interest, and
matters cultural or scientific."
Wall Street Journal, 30 August 2006 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115694354228349458.html
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
*QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
"Dwarf Planet" new designation for Pluto.
After years of scientific and/or political wrangling,
The Solar System is back to where it was 76 years ago
when there were only 8 planets. . .Pluto in Doghouse,
is what the headlines could have read.
Of course, this leaves the door wide open for all the
"interested parties" to now strip Mars of one moon or
perhaps both, as it it widely presume that Phobos was
and asteroid that simply was in the wrong place at an
inconvenient time and was scooped up by Mars, perhaps
the same was true of Diemos as well. Phobos is quite
small, perhaps only 10 km the longest way.
Some discussion remains about what to do with Pluto's
moon, Charon, which originally made Pluto look larger
than it was to primitive telescopes of the 1900s, and
undoubtedly other local solar objects are in danger.
Multiple sources
*STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
Only 2 million of 32 million copyrighted books are in print.
Thus, even if Borders and Barnes & Noble had every one in print
15 books out of 16 under copyright would'nt be on their shelves.
Source listed as New York Times, not able to confirm.
Sources also listed Tim O'Reilly
/
>From BBC News Online
Eight times humans came to try to live in Britain and on at least seven
occasions they failed - beaten back by freezing conditions. Scientists
think they can now write a reasonably comprehensive history of the
occupation of these isles.
[Yes, there HAVE been several Ice Ages in the past 700,000 years,
so not terribly surprising. . .will they survive the next one?]
It stretches from 700,000 years ago and the first known settlers at
Pakefield in Suffolk, through to the most recent incomers just 12,000 years
or so ago. The evidence comes from the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain
Project.
This five-year undertaking by some of the UK's leading palaeo-experts has
reassessed a mass of scientific data and filled in big knowledge gaps with
new discoveries.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5317762.stm
http://tinyurl.com/edrar
*DOUBLESPEAK OF THE WEEK
Economic statistics for the 1st quarter were revised last week,
upward to 2.9% growth, but the rate of inflation was still not
included in the reports, though, in an interesting change from
their usual practice of leaving them out altogether, reporters
did mention that inflations was "very much higher" than growth.
Several sources.
MORE DOUBLESPEAK
Given that this is the "official" launch of the US election,
there was plenty to go around, but nothing very impressive.
*POLITICAL QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Given that this is the "official" launch of the US election,
there was plenty to go around, but nothing very impressive.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
Given the election rhetoric, we'll hear more and more,
but it will be about less and less, until the gloves
come off at the very end.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
[I think the inflation/growth statistics in the news
were plenty odd enough. However, I should add that
manufacturing costs rose sharply around the world,
up 1.1% in the UK in July alone, though those have
not yet reached the consumer markets.]
*
By the way, for those interested, the official U.S. population
estimates just passed 298 million, though many say estimations
of this nature leave out as much as 5% of the population, with
the obvious exclusion of the 11-12 million immigrant workers
now being mentioned so much in the news.
Still hoping for more statistical updates and additional entries.
[This one is getting a little out of date, as the US population
is obviously no longer 6% of the world. In fact, rounding to the
nearest percent, the US will soon fall from 5% to 4%.]
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look something like the following. There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South America
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer [I think this is now much greater]
1 would be 79 years old or more.
Of those born today, the life expectancy is only 63 years,
but no country any longer issues copyrights that are sure
to expire within that 63 year period.
I would like to bring some of these figures more up to date,
as obviously if only 1% of 6 billion people owned a computer
then there would be only 60 million people in the world who
owned a computer, yet we hear that 3/4 + of the United States
households have computers, out of over 100 million households.
Thus obviously that is over 1% of the world population, just in
the United States.
I just called our local reference librarian and got the number
of US households from the 2004-5 U.S. Statistical Abstract at:
111,278,000 as per data from 2003 U.S Census Bureau reports.
If we presume the saturation level of U.S. computer households
is now around 6/7, or 86%, that is a total of 95.4 million,
and that's counting just one computer per household, and not
counting households with more than one, schools, businesses, etc.
I also found some figures that might challenge the literacy rate
given above, and would like some help researching these and other
such figures, if anyone is interested.
BTW, while I was doing this research, I came across a statistic
that said only 10% of the world's population is 60+ years old.
This means that basically 90% of the world's population would
never benefit from Social Security, even if the wealthy nations
offered it to them free of charge. Then I realized that the US
population has the same kind of age disparity, in which the rich
live so much longer than the poor, the whites live so much longer
than the non-whites. Thus Social Security is paid by all, but is
distributed more to the upper class whites, not just because they
can receive more per year, but because they will live more years
to receive Social Security. The average poor non-white may never
receive a dime of Social Security, no matter how much they pay in.
*
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