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- Book of the Week: MATTERHORN
The HBO series The Pacific launched last week, Hurt Locker won big at the Oscars, the Green Zone, a movie based on a book about soldiers in Baghdad releases today — it feels like we’re surrounded by American wars. And now, coming next week, one of the most anticipated novels of the season is about a group [...] [Fri, March 19] - REWORK
A book that takes a contrarian approach to business, Rework, arrives on the new USA Today best seller list at #49. It has been rising on Amazon as well, reaching as high as #4 last week. The authors, miffed that Karl Rove’s book shot above theirs, retaliated with this video (via Gawker): They might also have noted [...] [Thu, March 18] - Procrastinator’s Guide to PLA
Behind on putting together your PLA schedule? Here’s how to do it in just two steps. After all, you’re not really a procrastinator, you’ve just got too damned much to do, so you need all the help you can get. [We're sorry that budget issues means many of our colleagues won't be there. Here's hoping for [...] [Thu, March 18] - Talk to Marilyn Johnson!
The author of This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All has been on tour, talking up her book and the need to support library funding. Now, you have a chance to ask her questions. She’ll be interviewed by Virginia Stanley of HarperCollins’ Library Marketing on Virginia’s Blogtalk Radio show, Library Love [...] [Wed, March 17]
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