You Can’t Trick Bloggers-2

Trick bloggers!!

Two recent revelations about the validity of comments being posted on blogs are raising some interesting questions. In one instance, an LA Times columnist was caught in April posting comments to his own blog under a pseudonym. More recently, blogg Continue reading

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Book Search Tips: A Guide to Hunting Books on the Net


There are quite a few places on the web where you can track down out-of-print titles. Here is a list of places to search, with some tips about where to look for what.

Meta Search Tools
These sites are simply tools for searching more than one web site (see next section) at a time. They are great time savers, and I recommend them highly as a starting point for your search.

* Amazon.com Do you want book-its amazon-this is almost a brand now for book buysales- A very useful site with the ability to search many databases on the web. It’s similar to the Continue reading

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Shane Claiborne’s Community Fire


This morning, a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Community Center at 3200 Potter Street was destroyed as well as at least eight of our neighbors’ homes. Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes, and 400 families are currently without power. Despite this developing tragedy, we are incredibly thankful to share that all of our community members and every one of our neighbors is Continue reading

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