LITERATURE
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something fun for every day!
This is the companion site for C-SPAN's American Writers
special television series for 2001. Look for great timelines, teacher resources,
biographical material, full-text material, and more.
Author Pseudonynms -
What other names else does your favorite author use?
Blue Letter Bible - offers
commentaries, study tools, Hebrew/Greek access, and more.
Book Repair
- A nice site at Dartmouth College.
Readers Advisory. This is a fun site for book-lovers! It
includes an extensive collection of Reading Lists, with interesting
links. Features include Series and Sequels in order, The Best of..., If You
Like... Try..., Sleuths by Occupation, and Mysteries by Region. Also, Storytellers
and Reviews, has Authors' Pseudonyms, and Readers' Resources
includes Genre Fiction sites and Listservs for Readers. Excellent resource from
two librarians.
Digital counterpart of the American Library
Association's Booklist magazine. Annually reviews about 4,000 books for adults,
2,500 titles for children, 500 reference books and electronic reference tools,
and 1,000 other audiovisual materials. Searchable. Includes feature articles
and bibliographies. For librarians - it has a cumulative index not
available in the print version.
This site includes book reviews, lists of what your favorite
author wants to read, helpful hints for book discussion groups, books that are being
made into movies, and more.
NEA:New England. This annotated list includes
one of the Nesmith
Library Librarians!
Earlyword - gives previews of what's coming out in the publishing world,
books into movies, and much more.
Faithful Reader - Study
guides, book reviews, and more.
Fantastic Fiction - Want to
know where a book stands in a series? This site will help.
Gnooks.com - helps you find an author you would enjoy based on your favorite
author choices
ISBN
Database - "ISBNdb.com project is a database of books in different languages
providing on-line and remote research tools for individuals, librarians,
scientists, etc."
LitLovers - A site "dedicated
to books and book clubs—because both enrich our lives." Find reviews, book
discussion questions, and more.
Lexile Level
Mystery.net
is for all those mystery-lovers!
New Hampshire Antiquarian Booksellers Association - Looking for rare
or out-of-print books, or an appraisal on your
treasure?
Includes an archive of more than 50,000 reviews,
book-related news pieces, and interviews back to 1980. In addition, the
full-text of First Chapters of selected bestsellers and featured titles are
available.
The
Online Library of
Liberty (OLL) - "The aim of the OLL is to provide thousands of titles
about individual liberty, limited constitutional government, and the free
market, free of charge to the public, for educational purposes." Some titles are
available on audio as well.
Preservation and Conservation of Materials - and excellent collection of
materials and manuals from Cornell University. From preserving books in your
home library to preserving old photographs, these documents offer practical
advice and procedures.
Pulitzer Prize
winners from 1917 to current.
Reader's Advisory - Of course we'd love to have you come in to the Library
and ask us for assistance, but online, try
NoveList (with password provided by the Library).
Reader's Circle - A source for book
clubs to network
Quotations from many sources
may help with your next speech or paper. This site offers "over 25,000 quotes
online
from over 6,700 famous authors."
Science
Fiction readers will enjoy this site.
Series - Here is a
great site for finding the next book in a series.
Shakespeare! These sites
are certain to help with those English projects!
- Absolute
Shakespeare - Find Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, study guides,
timelines, portraits and paintings, trivia, and more!
- Shakespeare
for Students - Great information and suggested activities from the
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Includes a Teacher's Guide.
Children's Writers and Illustrators - Are you an aspiring children's
writer or illustrator? Here are some websites with information on manuscript
submissions, workshops, and more:
Society of Children's
Books Writers and Illustrators (costs $85 to join with an annual
renewal fee is $70)
New England Society
of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators lists the SCBWI-affiliated
critique groups in NH as
well as announcements of upcoming events of interest to writers and
illustrators.
Find a book to match your mood
Whichbook gives
readers an enjoyable way to find books to match their mood. You can either
choose types of characters, plots, or settings; or select from sliding scales of
moods (happy/sad, optimistic/bleak, no sex/sex). This web application is run by
Opening the Book Ltd. in the UK, which gives it an international flavor of
choices....
Write 4 Kids
is another website to check out.
Young Adult Books in
Series and Sequels - At last! A site to help you find out what's next in
that series by your favorite author!
Updated
11/22/10