Like many of you, I planned my day yesterday around watching the inauguration activities. I flipped the TV on around 10:30 and took it all in for over three hours, then switched to radio for the sake of my young son’s sanity.
True confession time: LM4 was not content to sit next to me on the [...]
Direct from Shelf Awareness (11/10/08):
‘The Library Has Always Been a Window to a Larger World’
“More than a building that houses books and data, the library has always been a window to a larger world–a place where we’ve always come to discover big ideas and profound concepts that help move the American story forward. . . [...]
The rain didn’t keep away the graduates, alumni, family and friends when J. K. Rowling delivered her commencement address at Harvard University this afternoon. Commencement activities were available live on streaming video at Harvard’s website and various Rowling fan sites. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series, shared her thoughts on “The Fringe Benefits of [...]
Renowned historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough gave the 2008 commencement speech at Boston College this past Monday. It was an oration charged with encouragement and wisdom for his audience.
There has been a lot of press about one particular section of the address, in which McCullough encourages [...]
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