Tag: books

Saturday Links

Dec 29, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Central America, China, Culture, Demography, Economic Development, Economic News, Environment, Health and Medicine, History, Kansas City, Links – Saturday, Religion, Social Media, Theology

(Like the Kruse Kronicle on Facebook if you want links to daily posts to appear in your Facebook feed.) I hope you had a great Christmas and are enjoying the holidays. 1. The Huffington Post offers their top religion stories of 2012: 2012 Religion Stories: The Top 10 2. David Gushee reflects on Glen Stassen's…
The Evolution Of English Words And Phrases Since 1520

Dec 12, 2012

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mwkruse

in Culture, History, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Social

MIT Technology Review: The Evolution Of English Words And Phrases Since 1520 The digitisation of the world's books reveals how the popularity of English words and phrases has evolved since the 16th century. And the Top 100 lists for each year are now free to browse online. The digitisation of the world's books reveals how…
America Reads Red

Nov 5, 2012

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mwkruse

in Culture, Demography, Politics, Sociology

Amazon.com has taken the top 100 "red" and "blue" books and mapped where they were sent in the last thirty days. The map below is a screen capture. Go to the website to see the list of books and use the interactive map: Amazon Election Heat Map 2012. Any thoughts?
Saturday Links

Oct 27, 2012

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Crime, Gender and Sex, History, Links – Saturday, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Science, Social Media, Sports and Entertainment, Technology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Weatlh and Income Distribution

I spend considerable time scanning headlines each week as I look for stories to blog about at the Kruse Kronicle. I clip them into an Evernote Notebook and usually twice a day, I select one or two to link and discuss. Several interesting stories never make it onto the blog. So this week, I’m beginning…
Product Placement Discovered in 19th Century British Novels

Sep 7, 2010

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mwkruse

in Business, History

Seattle PI: Product Placement Discovered in 19th Century British Novels According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Get Ready for Ads in Books, with the drop in e-reader prices, tech players entering the book retail trade, and the ever-downward pressure on book prices, e-book or otherwise, publishers, facing diminishing profits, are turning…
Not bound by anything

Mar 23, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The Economist: Not bound by anything Now that books are being digitised, how will people read? IN SECRET locations and using secret methods, human beings are scanning lots and lots of books for Google, the world's largest web-search company. That humans are involved is beyond doubt (fingers are visible in the corners of many pages…

Tag: books

Saturday Links

The Evolution Of English Words And Phrases Since 1520

America Reads Red

Saturday Links

Product Placement Discovered in 19th Century British Novels

Not bound by anything