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April 29, 2004About.com Has New LookAbout.com has revised it's look and feel but it continues to have guides to over 700 topics. Because each topic is edited by a guide with an interest About.com is a good place to start a search.
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Gnooks - Book RecommendationsGnooks is a book recomendation search engine. If you select Gnod's Suggestions, you enter the names of three authors you enjoy and get a series of recommended titles. Using the Map of Literature, you enter an author's name and you get a visual representation of authors who are similar. A forum and product search are also available.
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April 26, 2004Confessions of Max Tivoli is the New Today Show SelectionWe are ordering copies and you should see them in the catalog shortly. Today Show Book Club Book List
Posted by Grace at 01:13 PM
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is new Oprah's Book Club Selection
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April 15, 2004A9: Amazon's New Search EngineAmazon.com has released a beta version of a new web search engine, A9, as a competitor to Google.
Posted by Grace at 01:47 PM
April 14, 2004Who Reads What: Celebrity Reading ListGlenna Nowell, of Gardiner, Maine, complies an annual list called Who Reads What. This list includes luminaries such as Laura Bush, actors, writers, and a former British Prime Minister. From an article from the Seattle Post Intelligencer
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April 08, 2004Little Bill Books Book ListCheck out Bill Cosby's popular Little Bill Books series for children.
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April 06, 20042004-2005 Tayshas Reading List"Tayshas" takes its name from the Caddo Indian word meaning "friends or allies". Written texas, texios, tejas, teyas, or tayshas , the word was applied to the Caddos by the Spanish in eastern Texas, who regarded them as friends and allies against the Apaches. (Newcomb, W.W., Jr. The Indians from Texas: Prehistoric to Modern Times. University of Texas Press, 1961.) The objectives of the Tayshas project are to motivate young adults to read more and to enjoy opportunities to become a community of readers in Texas. Books marked with an * are nonfiction.
Posted by Grace at 04:17 PM
Looking for a Good Movie?We have added three new movie lists for your viewing pleasure.
Posted by Grace at 02:25 PM
Freeman Construction PicturesView construction pictures of Freeman, set to open in the new building in June. Barbara Bush Branch Library also has a photo album. More branches will be adding photo albums in the coming months.
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2004 Pulitzer Prize Winners AnnouncedThe 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winners are:
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April 05, 2004Everyone Is a CriticAn interesting article from the Los Angeles Times about customer reviews on Amazon.com. "Customer reviews on Amazon and other websites can seriously affect book sales, and don't publishers know it." Rebecca Johnson, who is featured, is Amazon's number 4 reviewer; she receives between 40 and 60 books per month from publishers!
Posted by Grace at 02:47 PM
Best Selling Books DatabaseUSA Today has a new database of best selling books that goes back to 1993.
Posted by Grace at 02:43 PM
April 02, 2004Southern Living Ice Box Roll RecipeSouthern Living has issued a Safety Notice regarding a recipe for Ice Box Rolls, on page 154, in it's April 2004 issue. A corrected verision of the recipe is now available.
Posted by Grace at 03:17 PM
April 01, 2004New TitlesThe lists for new books, audio, and DVD/videos have been updated for March additions. These lists include titles that were cataloged during the month of March.
Posted by Grace at 03:25 PM
Library LookupDo you ever find yourself on a book site (e.g. Amazon or Barnes & Noble) and wonder, "Does Harris County Public Library have this book?" Thanks to Jon Udell's library lookup bookmarklet, you have an easy to way to find out. Drag this link to your favorites and the next time you're looking at a book on a store's site, click it to see if the library has the book! Note: The bookmarklet will open in a new window.
Posted by Grace at 03:13 PM
National Poetry MonthApril is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we've collected our poetry book lists and will be featuring a poem a week.
Posted by Grace at 03:06 PM
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