tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post114657709680029447..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Good news for readers with short attention spansCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1146743659594786612006-05-04T07:54:00.000-04:002006-05-04T07:54:00.000-04:00Here's something on those durable and "universal" ...Here's something on those durable and "universal" signs for nuclear sites:<BR/><BR/>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-forever3may03,0,6513414.storyJeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1146592718919582912006-05-02T13:58:00.000-04:002006-05-02T13:58:00.000-04:00So they are a mixed bag. I suppose that has to hap...So they are a mixed bag. I suppose that has to happen once your series runs into the triple digits.<BR/><BR/>And as HD makes clear with her close reading of the series list, Very Short does not equal Very Accurate.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1146590213964522992006-05-02T13:16:00.000-04:002006-05-02T13:16:00.000-04:00And on their website, both evolution and feminism ...And on their website, both evolution and feminism are listed as volume "141." coincedence? i think not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1146589959022439772006-05-02T13:12:00.000-04:002006-05-02T13:12:00.000-04:00i'm intrigued-- they've planned both a "renaissanc...i'm intrigued-- they've planned both a "renaissance" and "the renaissance" title for 2006...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1146588540970452982006-05-02T12:49:00.000-04:002006-05-02T12:49:00.000-04:00The VSI to the Celts isn't very good at all: it br...The VSI to the Celts isn't very good at all: it breezes from Roman times to the twentieth century without pausing at all in the medieval period. It certainly wasn't worth the $4.98 I paid for it on discount.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1146580595409611592006-05-02T10:36:00.000-04:002006-05-02T10:36:00.000-04:00I'm a big fan of the VSI series (although, as you ...I'm a big fan of the VSI series (although, as you say, the Anglo-Saxon entry is soft). The literary theory one paired with a Norton Critical Edition works really well for those "Welcome to English!" classes. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the Medieval England volume doesn't work very well in the classroom -- partly because it starts at 1066 (why couldn't they have started with Bede?), and partly because it never addresses the question of what "medieval" is.meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388701045008533927noreply@blogger.com