The blog at the Encyclopaedia Britannica website has a very interesting posting about the naturalist Aldo Leopold. It's a very nice summary of Leopold's life and career, including his founding of the Wilderness Society and the Civilian Conservation Corps.If it stirs your interest, you can't do better than to start with Leopold's classic work Sand … Continue reading Aldo Leopold
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In the (Random) House
New York magazine has posted an interesting little summation of Random House and the economics of a large publishing house. It's not all a bed of roses. For example: "Out of every eight books, one is very profitable, one is very unprofitable, and six either break even or lose money."
Folks Are Talking
The buzz around the multiple books about Hilary Clinton continues unabated.The Times of London has posted an extract from Carl Bernstein's new book A Woman in Charge. And my favorite Canadian radio news program As It Happens features a 15-minute interview with Bernstein in its daily podcast.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 