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X’s In The Desert

from NPR Decades-Old Mystery Put To Rest: Why Are There X’s In The Desert? by DANNY HAJEK Pez Owen was joyriding in her Cessna airplane when she first spotted a giant X etched in the desert. “It’s not on the [flight] chart. There just wasn’t any indication of this huge cross,” she says. Chuck Penson/Pez Owen […]

James Lackington, Bookseller

from Literary Hub THE MAN WHO INVENTED BOOKSELLING AS WE KNOW IT ON JAMES LACKINGTON’S TEMPLE OF THE MUSES, “THE CHEAPEST BOOKSTORE IN THE WORLD” By John Pipkin Today, few people are likely to remember James Lackington (1746-1815) and his once-famous London bookshop, The Temple of the Muses, but if, as a customer, you’ve ever bought a […]

American Fear

from USAToday Survey reveals what Americans fear the most As the presidential election campaign drags on, it may come as no surprise that corrupt government officials are one of the greatest fears many Americans have, according to a new study.  People are scared of a lot of things, ranging from terror attacks to identity theft and […]

The United States of Books

from Electric Lit INFOGRAPHIC: 50 States of Literature A tour of the United States through books! [ click to read at ElectricLIterature.com ]

States by Books

from Electric Lit INFOGRAPHIC: 50 States of Literature A tour of the United States through books! [ click to read at ElectricLIterature.com ]

Hawking Hunts Aliens

from c|net Stephen Hawking wants to find aliens before they find us The famed cosmologist is all in on searching for signals from E.T., but warns that we should be careful about inviting aliens over. by Eric Mack Stephen Hawking is again warning about announcing our presence to any alien civilizations that might be out there, especially […]

BJI Endorses Gary Johnson For President

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USA ‘Elements’ James Frey & Amblin TV

from DEADLINE USA Sets ‘Elements,’ Canadian Series Adaptation With James Frey & Amblin TV by Nellie Andreeva Babel Films USA Network has put in development Elements, a high-concept drama from writer James Frey and his Full Fathom Five, Amblin TV, Intrigue and Universal Cable Prods. Written by Frey, Elements is based on Babel Films’ French-language Canadian film/web series Time Out (Temps Mort). It follows the aftermath […]

These People Really Exist

from LiveLeak [ click to view at LiveLeak ]

The Matrix Is Real

from The Independent Tech billionaires convinced we live in the Matrix are secretly funding scientists to help break us out of it Many of the world’s richest and most powerful people, including Elon Musk and Bank of America, think that we live in a simulation of the real world by Andrew Griffin Some of the world’s richest and […]