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Is my iPhone Changing my Brain?

Schadenfreudian — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:23:12 -0800

What's Wrong With Online Reading, a slide presentation by Randy Connolly, argues that the relatively recent and increasingly popular approach to reading and learning - on computers, tablets and smartphones instead of traditional print - influences what and how we read, research and think, with disturbing consequences.

Arthur's Classic Novels, his Love of Mankind and the Internet

nickyskye — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:16:57 -0800

Arthur's Classic Novels has 4000 free ebooks, no registration, nicely organized by author and topics: great old Science Fiction magazines l plentiful online education with 650 books for doctors l a vast collection of famous novels l short stories l by women l Buddhist Scriptures, including The Buddhist Bible, a fave of Jack Kerouac l magazines online l stories by Robert Sheckley l The Autobiography of Charles Darwin l huge collection of fairy tales l philosophy l P. G. Wodehouse l vintage technology l Oscar Wilde l Mark Twain l Rudyard Kipling l George MacDonald l the Koran l a collection of eText resource links. About Arthur Wendover. The Top Ten Novels of the Early Twentieth Century in America grouped according to year from 1900 to 1919 A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment Antique Sci-Fi Far Away And Long Ago - A History Of My Early Life By W. H. Hudson Autobiography of a Yogi By Paramhansa Yogananda Antique Detective Stories The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Some Weird & Horror Tales Among the many books for children: Silver Pennies with lovely illustrations Frances Hodgson Burnett Novels Adventure and Mystery Boy's Own Tall Tales of Oz by L. Frank Baum Bonus: Arthur's photographs of the various ethnic neighborhoods and streets of Toronto

Readernaut

chunking express — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:58:12 -0800

Readernaut. Share your reading experience by writing notes, tracking progress, and engaging in meaningful discussions with friends.

Read Print.

St Urbain's Horseman — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:40:01 -0800

Read Print. Online books, poems and short stories.

Hear Free Culture

majcher — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:01:33 -0800

A free, blogger-read version of Lawrence Lessig's new book, Free Culture is being produced. The book is released under a Creative Commons license which allows non-commercial derivative works to be created from it. (Some chapters are already available.) This is great - I think it would be a fine thing if more people produced audio versions of open-licensed or public domain works in this manner. (From boingboing)