Word to the mother
November 25, 2006
Today my mom has two reasons to celebrate:
- It's her birthday, and
- She just took delivery of the first copies of her ninth book, a Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne
File under: Personal
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GLUT:
Mastering Information Through the Ages
“A penetrating and highly entertaining meditation on the information age and its historical roots.”
—Los Angeles Times
“A fascinating tour of the many ways that humans have collected, organized and shared information.”
—Publisher's Weekly
“A readable romp through the history of information processing, from the origins of writing to the emergence of libraries and finally the World Wide Web.”
—New Scientist
