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A friendly public service reminder to make sure you caught last week’s “Nothing Can Compare to First-hand Experience in the Holy Land” on Ninetyandnine. Roy Fisher will be teaching a class in Israel. It’s very affordable and offers a once in a lifetime experience. Check out the full interview.
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This week’s Ninetyandnine issue features a wonderful article titled “Books You Should Have Read in School Had You Been Paying Attention.” I’ve actually read all but one of the reviewed books, and I echo Alison Andrews in that these classics deserve a second (or seventeenth) read.
Contemporary Book News
Speaking of books, Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is in hot water today. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who wrote The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail in 1982 are suing Random House, Inc. on the grounds that Brown lifted major elements of his book from theirs. Fortunately plagiarism is taken seriously these days. However, ideas can’t be copyrighted, and I remember claiming that Brown’s premise is by no means original. We will see if London courts agree that there is no new thing under the sun….
A friendly public service reminder to make sure you caught last week’s “Nothing Can Compare to First-hand Experience in the Holy Land” on Ninetyandnine. Roy Fisher will be teaching a class in Israel. It’s very affordable and offers a once in a lifetime experience. Check out the full interview.
New on Ninetyandnine.com
This week’s Ninetyandnine issue features a wonderful article titled “Books You Should Have Read in School Had You Been Paying Attention.” I’ve actually read all but one of the reviewed books, and I echo Alison Andrews in that these classics deserve a second (or seventeenth) read.
Contemporary Book News
Speaking of books, Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is in hot water today. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who wrote The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail in 1982 are suing Random House, Inc. on the grounds that Brown lifted major elements of his book from theirs. Fortunately plagiarism is taken seriously these days. However, ideas can’t be copyrighted, and I remember claiming that Brown’s premise is by no means original. We will see if London courts agree that there is no new thing under the sun….
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