The voters have spoken, and their choice for the Best of the Booker Prize winners is Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Thirty-six percent of the votes cast in the competition were for Rushdie's allegorical history of India.Details of the BotB are here--David E
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I Wish I Were Kidding
Summer is a good time to catch up on books you wish you'd read years ago. The good folks of Langley, Virginia, think so: The FBI has posted a slate of books it would like to purchase. On its wish list are 370 copies of The Looming Tower, 130 copies of The Koran, and 3 … Continue reading I Wish I Were Kidding
For When You’re Not Reading
ABEbooks is soliciting responses to its survey of textbook buyers. As a blandishment, they're offering a Wii to a randomly selected respondent. The Wii (shown at right) is some sort of internet-enabled toaster, I believe. I'm told it's very popular with the younger set, at any rate.Enter here.--David E
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