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Monday, October 31, 2011

Planet Earth: Population 7 Billion

A milestone was reached today as the planet’s population reached 7 billion. National Geographic started a yearlong series in January featuring the world’s population increase. In the following video, NPR details how we have gotten so large.

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Althea & Oliver

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Some suspension of disbelief is definitely required here, but the relationship between Althea and Oliver feels authentic and although both characters make huge mistakes, they are sympathetic. The narrative shift is an interesting way to ...

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The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean

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When reading a David Almond book, the only constant you can expect is eccentricity and this book does not disappoint in that area. Unfortunately, I could never get past Billy's strange phonetic spelling, and I wasn't entirely captivated ...

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I appreciate that DeLillo chose to take on this subject matter much more than I appreciate the novel that resulted. It's styled and serious in the manner we expect from DeLillo, but it's also a novel wherein, beyond the cataclysmic event...