America's Book Shelf - this service allows members to share their
books at a nominal price of $3.50 a book Audible "digitally delivers a broad range of audio programming over the
internet to entertain and inform you, anywhere, anytime." Audiobooks - books on cassette and CD
Blurb -
Blurb's free BookSmart software makes anyone the author and designer of
their own book BOOK magazine
- while this magazine suspended publication in late 2003, its archives are
still online Book TV - web site complements weekend programming on non-fiction books on the CSPAN-2 TV network. BookBrowser - "The Guide for Avid Readers." Offers fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles,
author information and much more. BookCrossing - An online service that allows readers to track books that they have released for others to
read Booksfree.com - borrow print
books or audio books with no due dates or late fees Bookmarks -
this magazine covers both classics and new booksSubscribe to Bookmarks magazine Booknotes - "One Author, One Book, One Hour." C-SPAN's signature author interview program, has served as a forum for books about history,
politics and public affairs for a dozen years BookSense - "a local and national effort to shine a light on the knowledge and diversity of independent bookstores" in the US Books
- Classics - Literature - from About.com Bronte Parsonage Museum - on the literary Brontes, the Parsonage Museum, and the Bronte Society The
Complete Review - "A selectively comprehensive, objectively
opinionated survey of books old and new, trying to meet all your book
review, preview, and information needs." Among Time Magazine's 50
Coolest Web Sites of 2005
ConnectViaBooks - this web site allows you to find other readers who
share similar interests and passions Daphne du Maurier - devoted to the author of Rebecca Dickinson Homestead - Home of poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Dover Publications - arts and crafts books Edith Wharton - The Mount - Web site on Edith Wharton and The Mount, her home in western Massachusetts. Favorite Poem Project - Robert Pinsky, the 39th
Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project that is dedicated
to celebrating, documenting and promoting poetry's role in Americans' lives. First Lady Laura Bush - The current First Lady is an avid reader who encourages reading and literacy among Americans. The Gaskell Web - this site from Nagoya University in Japan is devoted to the Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865), who wrote
The Life of Charlotte Brontė
at the request of Charlotte Brontė's father Great Books - "dedicated to helping people learn how to think and share ideas by educating them to become participants in, leaders of, and advocates for Shared
Inquiry." ilovepoetry.com - "an Internet community for poets and poetry lovers"
Library of
America - publishes "America's best and most significant writing in
authoritative editions"
LibraryThing - "Catalog your books online."
Loeb Classical Library - features original text of classics with
English translation on the facing page Modern Scholar - "a new series of recorded college-level courses presented in lecture-style format."
netLibrary - "world's premier provider of electronic books (eBooks)" Norton Critical Editions - "the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work
fully." Online Poetry Classroom Orchard House - home of Louisa May Alcott, where she wrote Little Women
Penguin Classics - purchase the
Penguin Classics Complete Collection
Persephone Books - this publisher specializes in "new and rediscovered
twentieth century fiction and non-fiction by women, for women and about
women."
Domino, "The
Shopping Magazine for Your Home" singled out Persephone Books for its
beautiful endpapers
Poetry Archive - archive of recordings of poets reading their own
works. As featured in the
New York Times Poets.org - Site sponsored by the American Academy of Poets features search for poets and poems online, a "listening booth," and virtual "notebook" for registered users Poetry.com - a place where aspiring poets can post their works
Recorded Books, LLC - books on CD
The Portable Harvard Classics - an enterprising person is putting the
Harvard Classics in plain text for use on PDAs The Teaching Company - lifelong learning on audio cassette or CDs Theodore Dalrymple - is the nom de plume of Anthony Daniels, a British physician who writes on social and cultural issues, even addressing
literary icons such as
Virginia Woolf in a scathing review of her Three Guineas)
Well-Read Life - from Levenger Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial - "encourages and promotes increased understanding and appreciation of the
life, time, settings, and work of Willa Cather." The Writer's Almanac - five-minute radio spots on poetry and literature hosted by Garrison Keillor
Who Reads What? - for over 20 years, Glenna Nowell, now retired from
the Gardiner Public Library in Maine, has been asking public figures what
their favorite books are. The lists are provided here.
Reference
Bartleby.com - "publishes the classics
of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home,
classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet participant."
Chicago Manual of Style - provides information about this well-known
reference, which has bee updated for modern word processing technology.
Buy
The Chicago Manual of Style Daily Grammar - grammar
lessons online The Grammar Lady - site hosted Mary Newton Bruder a.k.a. The Grammar Lady, who
writes, "The purposes of the site are to be helpful, to raise consciousness about correct language use, and to remind everyone of the
ways to have fun with language." The Grammar Curmudgeon - another site providing advice on grammar Great Sites! - "Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults Who Care for Them" from the
American Library Association ibiblio
- "a conservancy of freely available information, including software,
music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies" isbndb.com -
on-line and remote research tools for individuals, librarians, scientists,
etc. Over two million books catalogued - search by keywords or
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) Journals - "a little about the history and practice of journaling." from Diane Patterson Library of Congress - its mission is to "make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection
of knowledge and creativity for future generations." LiteraryCritic.com - this web site aims to build an online environment that allows and encourages the open contribution of bibliographic information, articles,
lists, and annotations. Merriam-Webster OnLine - searchable dictionary and thesaurus online, including audio files for pronunciation National Library of Canada - "a federal cultural agency responsible for collecting and preserving Canada's published heritage"
Online Computer Library Center [OCLC] - its services are used around
the world to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information SparkNotes - "Today's most popular study guides" The Word
Spy - devoted to sleuthing "new terms that have appeared multiple
times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded
sources" Wikipedia - free content encyclopedia written collaboratively by contributors from around the world. xrefer - this giant online reference library, which provides access to 120 reference books, was formerly a free service that is now a fee service. yourDictionary.com - a language products and services company that maintains the most comprehensive and authoritative language portal on
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