Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Literature for Free


Internet should help us getting in touch with other literatures, but we know it's not always like this. Anyway, exceptions are growing:

- This month issue from the Words Without Borders brings Modern Chinese Literature translated into English (and some Spanish and Romanian as well).

- The American Small Beer Press is publishing a collection of short stories by John Kessel for free download, under creative commons. You can do with it almost whathever you want, including reading. (Source: Boing Boing)

And for read all this PDFs you can use Skim (if you're a Mac user). I've already read some books with it. Yes, I bring my laptop to bed to read before going to sleep...

Friday, October 26, 2007

Materials Missing At Library Of Congress


13 Percent of Collection Misplaced, Survey Finds

Via TeleRead

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Jack Kerouac

Esse mês comemora-se os 50 anos do lançamento do "On the Road". Esse vídeo dele lendo o próprio livro é mesmo irrestível...

This month is the 50th anniversary of the Jack Kerouac's "On the Road". And this video is really unresistible...

Via Paper Cuts

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Hemingway


Em 2005, 0 governo americano decretou que a casa de Hemingway em Cuba é um patrimônio histórico nacional (americano) que corre perigo. Mas o embargo americano está impedindo que os próprios americanos cuidem de seu patrimônio. Vai entender...

In 2005, the North-american government declared that the Hemingway's house in Cuba is a historic place in danger. But the american embargo is preventing the americans of taking care of it. Go figure...

Via Guardian Unlimited