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Current Books and Literature News Today Books: Newbery and Caldecott prizes for U.S. children’s literature awarded This year’s winners of the top U.S. prizes in children’s literature were honoured this week for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses its favourite toy. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:48 -0800 Entries Now Being Accepted For The Sixth Annual Green Prize For Sustainable Literature The sixth annual Green Prize for Sustainable Literature is now accepting entries. The Green Prize is sponsored by the Santa Monica Public Library and the City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment. It was created to encourage and commend authors, illustrators, and publishers who produce quality books that make significant contributions to, and broaden public awareness of ... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:18:14 -0800 Do E-Books Threaten Democracy? Do digital books threaten our democracy? Depends on who you ask. eBooks are on trial once again. This time, they represent nothing short of an existential threat to democracy itself. In the prosecutor's corner we have novelist Jonathan Franzen, playing the role of 'bookservative' and decrying the rise of these anti-democratic digital Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:29:49 -0800 ANDREW LO: I Read 21 Books About The Financial Crisis And They Explained Nothing Ever thought you would have to read 21 books to get to the bottom of what caused the financial crisis? Lo, a leading expert on hedge funds and financial engineering, has written a paper (h/t NPR ) for the Journal of Economic Literature describing his experience reading 21 books on the crisis — nine by journalists, 11 by academics and one by a former Treasury Secretary. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:09 -0800 Robert Teitelman: Andrew Lo and the Wisdom of Reading 21 Crisis Books Playing catch-up here. MIT economics professor Andrew Lo has written a paper for the Journal of Economic Literature summarizing, with a few general points, some... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:41:24 -0800 |
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