Fun and Informative Lists

There are several volumes of The Book of Lists; three were published in the late 1970's and and early 1980's, while a fourth was published in the 1990's. All ar...read more

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The Animal Channel

Animal Planet is an offshoot of The Discovery Channel, and, as its name implies, it is devoted to animals. Some of is its programs, like ''Killer Elephants'' ar...read more

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Life as a Young British Vet

At least in the United States, it's called All Creatures Great and Small, and it is the first in a series of four books. The others are All Things Bright and Be...read more

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Science Versus Pseudoscience

The Demon-Haunted World is the last book published during Carl Sagan's lifetime. (Another book, Billions and Billions was published posthumously.) Most of Sagan...read more

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A Charming Introduction to Middle-Earth

The Hobbit is sometimes described as a prelude to Lord of the Rings, and it does indeed introduce characters and places that later appear in that epic. But it c...read more

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One Man's Struggle for Freedom

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography written when the author was only 27 or 28 years old-- but at that age he was already considered ...read more

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Harry's Grim Fifth Year

Pity Harry Potter. He is not having a good year. Sent home just weeks after witnessing Voldemort's return and Cedric Diggory's murder, he is ambushed in his own...read more

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The X-Men Are Back-- With a Bang

X-Men 2 has a number of traits distinguishing it from other superhero movies. First off, it's an ensemble piece about an entire team, rather than a single hero....read more

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For Kids of All Ages

Scooby-Doo will appeal to two types of people: kids, and adults who grew up watching the cartoon, which had debuted in the late 1960's. It concerns four young p...read more

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Great Performance, Rotten Movie

Monster's Ball is a rotten film that happens to have some nice performances, most notably that of Halle Berry, who won the Oscar for Best Actress. She plays Let...read more

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A Splendid Beginning of Tolkien's Epic

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring tells of the events in the first book of Tolkien's trilogy. It begins with a voice-over narration of the history o...read more

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Quidditch

Quidditch Through the Ages is a supplement to the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, who is writing in the persona of ''Kennilworthy Whisp'', a wizard and Qui...read more

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My Childhood Favorites

For this list of favorite children's books, I decided to use certain criteria. First, I picked books from my own childhood. Much as I love the Harry Potter book...read more

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Journey Along the Mississippi

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and begins a few month after the end of Tom Sawyer. Both books are set in the sou...read more

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A Latterday ''Just So Story''

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is reminiscent of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, which were mock folk tales that supposedly explained how an animal got a cer...read more

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The Basics of Netiquette.

Netiquette literally means ''Internet etiquette'' and can be defined as proper ''public behavior'' while on the Internet. In the real world, it is considered un...read more

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