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The Life and Death of the Great American People’s Library
It started innocently enough. A place where the demonstrators and occupiers could feed their mind while they did their duty to try and bring about a just, sane society. Before long the smattering of books had evolved into a fully-functioning public library. Books were coming from everywhere, there were readings, events and even a reference desk to help with the most basic and complex questions. It was a library that would have made Andrew Carnegie proud. Carnegie, whose gracious donations were responsible for the building of over 2500 libraries in the late 19th early 20th century, believed that giving to...
A Pedophile’s Memoir. Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story
As the Penn State child rape saga continues to unfold and the horrors committed by former defensive coordinator and accused serial pedophile Jerry Sandusky come to light there will be a lot of second guessing and soul searching as to how such a tragedy was allowed to continue for so long.One of the most telling signs and one that is almost impossible to believe is the title of Sandusky's memoir that was published in 2001, Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story.The 'about the author' section on Amazon further states that "Sandusky is the founder of The Second Mile, a charitable foundations...
Build Your Own Bookmobile
"Fun for schools, librarians, kids, adults, and bibliophiles -- because you CAN'T make this on an iPad or a Kindle!" is how Bob Staake refers to his 3-D crafty bookmobile. You simply print it out, fold at tabs, apply a little glue and whammo you're up and running. No library card required.
The Birth of the Occubraian
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