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Garner named West Virginian of the Year - Yahoo! News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Actress Jennifer Garner has been honored as the 2007 West Virginian of the Year by her hometown newspaper.
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The Sunday Gazette-Mail says it chose Garner for her dedication, hard work and service as an ambassador and role model for West Virginia.

Rich Rodriguez wasn’t available?

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This is horrible news.

Discworld News © PJSM Prints

AN EMBUGGERANCE
Folks,

I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with a very rare form of early
onset Alzheimer’s, which lay behind this year’s phantom “stroke”.

We are taking it fairly philosophically down here and possibly with a mild optimism. For now work is continuing on the completion of Nation and the basic notes are already being laid down for Unseen Academicals. All other things being equal, I
expect to meet most current and, as far as possible, future commitments but will discuss things with the various organisers. Frankly, I would prefer it if people kept things cheerful, because I think there’s time for at least a few more books yet :o)

Terry Pratchett

PS I would just like to draw attention to everyone reading the above that this should
be interpreted as ‘I am not dead’. I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as
will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think - it’s too soon to tell.
I know it’s a very human thing to say “Is there anything I can do”, but in this case I
would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.

Heinlein, Project Moonbase and Others (preorder): Subterranean Press

Subterranean Press is proud to announce a two volume set that will contain virtually the last unpublished material by Robert A. Heinlein.

Project Moonbase contains the screenplay for the now classic sf film, plus twelve finished teleplays and two story outlines for a projected television show, The World Beyond. In addition to original tales (”Ring Around the Moon” and the story outlines “Home Sweet Home” and “The Tourist”) Project Moonbase also contains teleplay adaptations of such RAH classics as “Delilah and the Space Rigger,” “And He Built a Crooked House” and much more.

Important news. I wonder exactly when Heinlein wrote these things and whether this work represents his “A” game.

Review of: Whatever happened to the daughter of Spider-Man?

Answer: she was justly relegated to a side-track of the Marvel continuity.

Review of: The long road home : one step at a time : a Doonesbury book by Trudeau, G. B., 1948-

Genuinely moving, and must reading for any Doonesbury fan. Find out why B.D.'s last name is "D"!

Review of: The discovery of global warming by Weart, Spencer R., 1942-

Oddly enough, I found the supporting website for this book to be more useful for my needs. The book is at too high a level of abstraction from the underlying scientific literature (no doubt to appeal to a general audience). The supporting website goes into more depth.

Review of: I am America (and so can you!)

Cute, but not nearly up to the standard of Al Franken's similar non-book from last year.

Review of: Hog pilots, blue water grunts : the American military in the air, at sea, and on the ground by Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-

Case studies of a reporter embedded in various military units. Friendly to the military, written for a general audience. I especially liked the profiles of life on board a destroyer and on board a sub.

Dear reader,

I hope you enjoy COOL MAPS OF IRAQ.  I've read a lot of books about Iraq.  A few must-reads:


  Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq







  Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq







  Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge 







  Imperial Life in the Emerald City









You may also enjoy some of the other books in the Cool Maps series from Nimble Books:


  Cool Maps for Curious Kids #2: Afghanistan, an Unauthorized Tour of the Land of A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS and THE KITE RUNNER



  THE WORLD IS FLAT: NOT! Cool New World Maps for Kids










Cordially,

Fred Zimmerman
Publisher, Nimble Books LLC

Review of: The elements of typographic style by Bringhurst, Robert

excellent -- the best book on typography I've ever read. I particulary enjoyed his bracing attitude about the hyphen.