Bart King's Blog, page 244
March 25, 2011
Publishers Weekly reviews "The Big Book of Spy Stuff"!
Allow me to quote this fine article!
Ahem
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[This] tongue-in-cheek guide to espionage . . . explores a broad swathe of spy-related topics--everything from eavesdropping and code breaking to cyber-warfare and spreading misinformation--while referring to historical (and recent) spies and spy operations.
King includes topics like assassination, but keeps the tone light ("Some villains are so mean, their assassination seems only fair"). Amusing anecdotes, such as when Madeleine Albright wore a bright bug pin for a meeting with the Russians (to inform them that she knew of the bugs they'd placed in State Department offices), should entertain while giving readers a sense of how espionage works in the real world.
March 24, 2011
Rachael Ray: Please Don't Eat That Dog!
Look at the cover story: "Rachael Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog"?Sheesh, she's a cannibal, too!
(Either that or the headline writer had a comma shortage and decided to do without.)
March 21, 2011
March 18, 2011
March 17, 2011
Now THIS is good news!
I was already excited about the upcoming royal wedding . . . and now I can KNIT it too. (Complete with corgis!)
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Reading Copy Book Blog
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Reading Copy Book Blog
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March 16, 2011
Warning: I have a library card.
And I know how to use it!The Library Foundation takes photos of library users at their local branches. So this was a great way for me to honor my library card. I've had it for over 15 years... but just after this picture was taken, the card burst into flame when I checked out 12 books at once!
March 15, 2011
WARNING: I have a library card.
And I know how to use it!
The Library Foundation takes photos of library users at their local branches. So this was a great way for me to honor my library card. I've had it for over 15 years... but just after this picture was taken, the card burst into flame when I checked out 12 books at once!
March 12, 2011
The Book Dam!
Does this painting by Jacek Yerka symbolize the way that books contain knowledge? Or maybe it's a metaphor for how books protect us from a deluge of ignorance?Or does the painting just look really cool?
Yes, yes, and yes!
