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BookWire Online portal into the book industry. Provides book enthusiasts with author biographies and interviews, book statistics and reviews, and an events calendar. www.bookwire.com BookWeb Official site of the American Booksellers Association. Offers details on author tours, independent bookseller recommendations, and directories for publishers and bookstores. www.bookweb.org BookBrowse.com Offers reviews and book excerpts from current fiction and nonfiction bestsellers. Read through author biographies and interviews or browse the reading guide for book suggestions. www.bookbrowse.com Today in Literature [read review] A calendar of engaging stories about the great books, writers, and events in literary history. Daily articles are supplemented with links to author biographies, texts, reviews, and other reference materials. www.todayinliterature.com Booknotes America's finest authors on reading, writing, and the power of ideas. Includes transcripts and RealVideo clips from the C-SPAN show. www.booknotes.org Whichbook.net [read review] Offering book choices that stem from the reader rather than from the overwhelming choice of books available. Choose a book to match your mood. www.whichbook.net Booktalk All the buzz about books. Features author autobiographies as well as book reviews and excerpts primarily in the romance and mystery genres. www.booktalk.com Covers [read review] Dedicated to the appreciation of book cover design. www.covers.fwis.com TextArc An alternate way to view a text. Combining text index and summary, the tool helps people discover patterns and concepts in any writing using the viewer's eye and intuition. www.textarc.org Readers Read Features news about books and authors in all genres. Includes forums, events guide, future releases, and more. www.readersread.com Book-A-Minute Classics Great works of literature boiled down to their essence. Read Beowolf, Don Quixote, or War and Peace in one minute or less. www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/classics.shtml globebooks.com Features news, forums, reviews, interviews, and articles for book lovers. Also contains databases of literary awards, authors, and Canadian Booksellers Association members. www.globebooks.com Chapter One Luring readers with the first chapters of selected new fiction and nonfiction. Most books have been reviewed by The Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/chapterone.htm BookFilter Forum for book aficionados. Discuss books, magazines, authors, and publishers with people who love analyze and debate what they read. www.bookfilter.com Literary Dick, The A place for book-lovers to come with their literary mysteries. www.jonathanames.com/blog/literary_blog.html BookBrowser Collection of reading lists from Barnes & Noble with excerpts for each book. Learn more about your favorite authors, discover what America's reading, or see what titles are coming soon. www.barnesandnoble.com/bookbrowser Eric Jean's probably-weekly podcast of programs devoted to literary culture. www.deadwhitemales.net >Digested Read, The Must-read books presented in just 400 words. www.books.guardian.co.uk/digestedread Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature Includes teachable units on World War I poetry and Isaac Rosenberg's Break of Day in the Trenches. www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/tutorials