Kevin Baker
Official site for the author of Dreamland.
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Official site for the author of Dreamland.
News and information on this author and his books.
Official site with biography, reading guides, feature articles and news.
Akhlah: Yom Kippur for children
Information including traditions, blessings, vocabulary, worksheets, special readings, and crafts.
Father's Day Website from Aristotle
Tributes to dads, postcards, gifts, trivia and links to other sites.
This site offers children's activities, traditional Easter recipes, information on the traditions associated with Easter, jokes, cards, and crafts.
Information on ancient Rome with sections on the kings, the emperors, the high point, the decline, the collapse, religion, society and maps.
Information on the seven principles, symbols, greetings, gifts, decorations, celebration, meditation and more.
Fascinating site where you can learn how much the national candidates for president are raising, from whom and from where. The money maps are amazing, especially the Democrat vs. Republican one.
This site offers news from the top liberal arts colleges in the nation with sections on top headlines, campus coverage and editorials.
Bush signed parts of Patriot Act II into effect on the day of Hussein's capture. The following quote from the article tells of the ramifications:
"...the Bush administration is ramping up provisions within the 2001 USA Patriot Act, which granted the FBI the authority to obtain client records from banks by merely requesting the records in a "National Security Letter." To get the records, the FBI doesn't have to appear before a judge, nor demonstrate "probable cause" - reason to believe that the targeted client is involved in criminal or terrorist activity. Moreover, the National Security Letters are attached with a gag order, preventing any financial institution from informing its clients that their records have been surrendered to the FBI. If a financial institution breaches the gag order, it faces criminal penalties. And finally, the FBI will no longer be required to report to Congress how often they have used the National Security Letters."
The British Film Institute offers this site with information on British movies and TV from the 1890s to the present. The site has still images, video clips, publicity materials, and analyses.
The Washington Monthly Magazine
Politics, news, and culture in Washington D.C.
Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America
This Library of Congress exhibit on the explorations of Lewis and Clark gives viewers a glimpse of what was happening before, during and after their travels through maps and documents.
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has gotten a new URL without a handy referral page from the old one, or perhaps it had one at one time and I am too late to see it. So here is the new, shorter and more memorable URL so that those of you in Wisconsin can change your links.
Information and supplies for handspinning, including drop spindles, spinning wheels, techniques, and information on fibers such as angora, mohair, silk and wool.
A large gardening site with information on flowers, fruits, veggies, lawns, landscaping, garden pests and kids gardening. Additional resources include regional reports, zone information, how-to projects and online courses.
Poynter Online - Save This Tip!
Column on the top tips for using the Web. With a follow-up with even more tips: here.
Amazing Thailand Tourism & Travel Directory
Information on accommodations, attractions, destinations, entertainment, news, sports, transportation, travel and weather.
Guide to traveling in Tajikistan with city guides, news, facts, maps, weather and more.
Collection of news stories in English.
Travel and vacation guide with information on accommodations, the islands, and activities.
Information about Syria with sections on business, culture, government, travel, media and news.
Search or browse the categorized links. This site is available in German, French, Italian and English.
News, sections on specific ministries, events, documents and links.
A collection of Internet sites on the Sudan with sections on government, education, history, human rights, politics, and society.
Directory of sites with sections on recreation, travel, news, business, and culture.
Information on the country, the people and history.
NewsForge | Getting open source into public libraries
A great article on what is going to be one of my upcoming projects. I firmly believe that public libraries should be aiding open source software by providing it to the public. Open source programs and public libraries should be working hand in hand to demonstrate that there are legitimate alternatives to expensive software. Plus libraries with limited budgets, meaning all of us, need to be exploring open source software for our own uses. Knowledge of free software cannot be a bad thing to have.
Via LISNews.
News, entertainment, sports, college and travel, all from an African American perspective.
Directory of Philippine web sites with news, articles and online forums.
Collection of sites, plus news, magazines, media, and online discussion forums in English and Spanish.
News and information on the island nation of Niue.
Collection of Namibian links.
Government, economy, environment, and tourism.
Online magazine with travel routes, country information, weather, accommodations, basic Mongolian, travel, museums, and restaurants.
LISNews.com -- Which dictionary is the best?
Reference to an article that ranked the best dictionaries. Now if only someone would rank the top atlases!
A handy site to check where your site ranks on Google.
Via Phil Bradley's Blog.
If your ranking was affected by the latest Google updates, check out the other article that Phil has on Google that links to an informative article on what happened at Google that changed the rankings for many sites.
The premiere travel review site online, this site features reviews of vacations and hotels from people who have been there.
Information on visas, tourism, culture, business, government, and news.
History, culture, accommodations, activities, cruises, airports, and eco tourism.
Information on history, geography, hotels, and travel.
From WorldNews, comes this site covering business, economy, politics, and sports.
Web sites, news, business, travel, music and more.
One of my patrons (thanks Rick) told me about this site. It is perfect for people using public Internet access, since it saves bookmarks on the Web rather than on the local drive. The bookmarks are then accessible from anywhere online.
Government structures and documents, plus articles and related links.
Lebanese search engine with a directory of sites in categories.
Embassy of Latvia -- Washington, DC
News and information on tourism, culture, business, and policy.
Information on hotels in Laos plus basic country and travel information, including customs, geography, government, history, transport, visas, and maps.
Kurdish search engine with categorized links.
Links, information, and resources on Kuwait.
Information on state, economy, culture, history, geography, tourism, and news.
Links, information, resources and more on Jordan.
Information on local recycling services, beach water quality, environmental resources and making ecologically sound purchases.
Boston.com -- Forget book sales; libraries find eBay
I had been considering EBay sales for some of our booksale items for awhile now, but never got around to arranging it. The mention of $15 per title has me very intrigued, since we only charge $1 at our booksale. Our booksales do very well for us, due to the large number of donated bestsellers we get from the community. I will have to dig in the boxes of books that don't move in our sales and see what gems we can sell online...
Via [places for writers].